Will Bliss, who assisted Mic LeBel for the past two seasons, is the new head coach for Lincoln Academy girls lacrosse team. LeBel coached the Lady Eagles for eight years.

Maine Coast Gymnastics gymnasts brought home the gold from the USA Gymnastics Maine state championships, held at the Augusta Armory on March 28-29.

Maeve Hickey, 12, won the Maine all-around level gold competition with a 37.1. She will now represent her team and the state at the regional USA tournament on Saturday, May 16 in Wilmington, Mass.

Boothbay Region High School winter sports teams gathered recently to reflect on their season and to present their team awards.

The Medomak Valley outdoor track and field team is off and running with 39 athletes on the roster this season. While the Panthers struggled to field a full team during the winter indoor track season that concluded in February, the spring has attracted a well-rounded squad of athletes for the spring edition of outdoor track and field that got underway on Monday, March 30.

The Medomak Valley boys tennis team will have an unexpected advantage this spring as they look to improve upon their 7-5 regular season record last season. The 2026 team will feature depth due to having 12 players on the roster, double what they had last year when the team was forced to forfeit one match at each competition.

This year’s squad has a strong core of experienced players. Senior Jayden Drost, juniors Kollin Donlin and Michael Riley, and sophomore Judd Gamage all return from last year’s team that advanced to the Class B South playoffs before losing to Cape Elizabeth in the quarterfinals.

The Boothbay-Wiscasset track and field team heads into the season with a huge team with a lot of experience. The squad of 33 boys and 24 girls is a cooperative team, boasting 47 athletes from Boothbay Region High School and 10 from Wiscasset Middle High School.

Despite losing key leaders from last season’s state championship team, the Lincoln Academy girls tennis team is expected to be in the mix of contenders once again when the Class B playoffs arrive later this spring. The 2025 Eagles cruised to an undefeated regular season (12-0) and earned Class B South playoff wins against Erskine and York before battling their way to a state title in a dramatic come-from behind 3-2 victory over Old Town on Tuesday, June 11 at Bates College in Lewiston.

The Medomak Valley High School tennis program did not have to look far to find its next girls tennis coach. The school has hired 2017 graduate Chelsea Ripley to head up the squad this season. Ripley is a former captain of the Panthers girls tennis team, and the three sport Panther athlete was also a captain of the girls basketball and soccer teams.