Newcastle summer resident Alison Hayden swam the length of the Damariscotta River on Saturday, Aug. 21, without fanfare. She left her family’s home on Glidden Street in Newcastle a little after noon and arrived at the South Bristol Coop at 6:15 p.m.

Medomak Valley senior Connor Daigle broke the school cross country course record in 15:52.76 at the Panthers Homecoming meet on Sept. 16. Daigle beat nearest competitor Jacob Pelletier (17:07.15) of Cony by over a minute.

Gardiner robbed the Eagles nest for a 2-1 overtime win on Sept. 16. After a scoreless first half, Casey Duncan scored on a Nick Archer back pass two minutes into the second half. Casey Paul knotted the score for Gardiner on a Braden Dorogi corner kick. Cam Lassalle scored the game winner for the Tigers in overtime on a mad scramble in front of Lincoln Academy’s net.

Medomak Valley boys soccer team defeated Maranacook 5-1 on Tuesday, Sept. 14. Addison Mellor scored two penalty kick goals. Mo Ngido scored two and Noah Ludwig one.

Medomak Valley girls soccer team defeated Gardiner 3-0 on Tues., Sept. 7. Freshman Kytanna Williamson netted two goals and Annie Vannoy one. Autumn Ripley had two assists.

Lincoln Academy field hockey opened their season with a 2-1 win at Oceanside on Sept. 1.

Third seed Damariscotta Lions won the Midcoast Babe Ruth championship on July 11 in a best of three series against Granite Coast.  The Lions upset second seed Rockland Ford on July 10 to advance to the championship series. Granite Coast got past PG Willey and knocked off top seed Waldoboro 9-7 on July 10 to advance to the finals.