The Medomak Valley girls soccer team defeated MCI 8-0 on Tuesday, Sept. 10 in the Panthers den. The Lady Panthers netted four goals in each half, led by Scarlett Flint with four goals. Flint netted the final two goals of the game to tie the school record.  Haylee Chandler added two goals and Kytana Williamson and Grace Townsend one each.

A former NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse champion outpaced more than one hundred other competitors to win the Pemaquid Beach Triathlon during pleasant summer weather on Sunday, Aug. 25 in Bristol. Sidney Swormstedt of Laconia, NH became the first female to win the overall race championship. Her blazing time of 1:18:48 beat the closest competitor by more than two minutes. Swormstedt was a member of the 2016 women’s lacrosse team at North Carolina University that won the national championship during her freshman season. Rounding out the top five overall racers were Kyle Long of Portland (1:21:12), Stuart Olsen of Newburyport, MA (1:22:09), Curtis Bentley of Cushing (1:22:32), and August Avantaggio of Damariscotta (1:23:19).

Some superb golfers go their entire lifetime without achieving a hole in one. The extended Oliver family have registered 25 aces and counting.

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.

Tryouts for all fall sports at MVHS begin Monday, August 19th. MMS Football begins Monday, August, 19th. MMS Fall Cheer Club begins August 21st, MMS Soccer begins, Monday, August 26th and MMS Cross-Country Begins August, 27th. Below are times and coaches contact information for each sport. The times below are for preseason and will change […]

Following a couple of busy weeks at the track, Wiscasset Speedway slowed the pace this weekend as they hosted a standard group 2 racing program. The night included four divisions of racing fun, featuring the Portland Glass Strictly Streets, T&L Automotive Modifieds, Wood Pellet Warehouse Late Models, and the Chestnut Auto Roadrunners.

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.