Wiscasset is not a beachfront community, but that didn’t stop more than two dozen volleyball enthusiasts from playing in the sand on August 17 at the Superhero Showdown Sand Volleyball Tournament in Wiscasset. Seven teams competed for the $500 dollar championship prize sponsored by 4 Seasons Automotive during the day-long tournament at the Jones Sand Volleyball Court in Wiscasset. The Spike Tyson team defeated How I Set Your Mother in two straight sets that each went to overtime 25-23, 22-20 to win the championship in a very close match.

Tryouts for fall 2024 high school sports teams began on Monday, August 19 and it won’t be long before varsity and junior varsity preseason scrimmages, meets and regular season games are underway. In this week’s edition, we have shared the fall 2024 sports schedules for Medomak Valley High School, Lincoln Academy and Wiscasset Middle High School. We look forward to covering local teams and hope that you will go to upcoming sports events to support the athletes.

The Midcoast Disc Golf Club (MDGC) enjoyed a large turnout for Random Doubles League play on Tuesday, August 13 at the Cider Hill Farm course on Main Street in Waldoboro. The parking lot was overflowing as twenty-eight players participated during the gorgeous summer evening. The Random Doubles League convenes at Cider Hill Farm (785 Main St, Waldoboro) every Tuesday night at 5 PM.

The 18th annual Sanford Open benefitted from pleasant summer weather on Friday, Aug. 16 and Saturday, Aug. 17 that boosted participation in the tennis tournament and helped lift spirits at the dinner fundraiser for the CLC YMCA tennis program.

Despite rain showers and overcast skies, the 19th annual Healthy Kids Strawberry Shortcake Shuffle 5K enjoyed record registration and provided a tasty reward for all the participants on Saturday, July 6 in Damariscotta. Volunteers served all of the 260 dishes of homemade strawberry shortcake that had been prepared.

More than 50 runners braved a steady rain to take part in the Edgecomb 250th birthday road race on Saturday, June 22 in Edgecomb.

Connor Daigle broke the event record while winning the Waldoboro Day 5K on Saturday, June 15 in Waldoboro.

Camden Hills rallied for three runs in the top of the extra eighth inning to surge past Medomak Valley 3-0 on Monday, May 20 in Waldoboro. Two of the top pitchers in midcoast high school softball squared off in an epic pitchers’ duel that was tied 0-0 after regulation. The Panthers committed five errors in the game, including three in the final inning that sank their chance to earn the win.

Medomak Valley rallied in the sixth inning to tie Camden Hills but lost 4-1 in eight innings on Monday, May 20 in Waldoboro. Gabe Lash drove in Aaron Reed from second base on a single to tie the game 1-1. Both teams held opposing batters scoreless in the final inning to send the match to overtime. The Panthers made a couple of costly errors in the 8th inning, as the Windjammers plated three runs. Medomak Valley could not get a rally going in the bottom of the extra inning off Camden Hills ace Hunter Bell and the Windjammers held on for the win.

The Lincoln Academy girls lacrosse team continued a hot streak on their home turf with an exciting 9-8 overtime win against Morse on Tuesday, May 7 in Newcastle. Mariam Delisle won the draw control to start the overtime session and raced up the field past two Morse defenders and scored the winning goal just 18 seconds into the extra period. Lincoln Academy improved to 4-3 with the win and leaped into first place in the Class C Heal Points. The Eagles are now 4-0 at home. Morse dropped to 6-2 on the season.