RUMFORD — Mountain Valley’s football team didn’t quite feel whole until senior Nathan White returned from 11 weeks in basic training. White, who comes from a family with a proud military tradition, feels more complete, too. Football wasn’t far from White’s mind while he was grinding through boot camp at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. […]
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UMaine tailback Mack wants to run stronger, smarter this season
University of Maine running back Josh Mack is hoisted by his teammates after scoring one of his three touchdowns against Bryant last season at Alfond Stadium in Orono. The Black Bears won 35-31. ORONO — It didn’t take Josh Mack long to make an impact for the University of Maine football team. As an 18-year-old […]
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Large family helped UMaine quarterback develop competitive nature
ORONO — Liam Coen, the University of Maine football team’s offensive coordinator, said one of the attributes possessed by new starting quarterback Chris Ferguson is his competitive nature. When you are the 10th of 11 children in your family, you have to be competitive. The redshirt freshman has nine sisters and a brother. “We’re definitely […]
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College Football: Redshirt freshman wins UMaine QB job
Redshirt freshman Chris Ferguson of Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, will be taking the snaps as the starting quarterback for the University of Maine when the Black Bears open the season on Aug. 31 against archrival University of New Hampshire. Ferguson Saturday morning was named the starter by second-year head coach Joe Harasymiak. He beat out graduate […]
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College Football: Demaray, Friedman added to Husson staff
Shawn Demaray, Matt Friedman and Ellis Throckmorton have been added to the football coaching staff at Husson University. Friedman will serve as the team’s wide receivers coach, while Demaray is the running backs coach and Throckmorton is the assistant defensive line coach. “We are excited to have Matt, Shawn and Ellis join our coaching staff,” […]
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2017 HS Football Preview: Tragedy amid changes brings Phoenix closer together
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Spruce Mountain Phoenix played much of last season under a cloud after the mid-season resignation of head coach Walter Polky. They went into the 2017 season hoping for a new start under Polky’s replacement, David Frey, and excited about moving from Class C to Class D. But the untimely death of senior […]
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UMaine picks Ferguson as starting quarterback
ORONO — The University of Maine football team has a starting quarterback, and it’s not who most expected. UMaine head coach Joe Harasymiack named redshirt freshman Chris Ferguson as the team’s starter, the school announced Saturday. Ferguson will be under center for the Black Bears when they open the season Aug. 31 at New Hampshire. […]
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On first day of practice, Lewiston goes back to its football roots
LEWISTON — As the son of a Lewiston High School football coach, and later as a football player, Kevin Collins virtually grew up at Lewiston Athletic Park. Collins was a toddler running up and down the hill behind the south end zone when his father, Dick — who is still coaching football at Lewiston four […]
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Former Arkansas coach, AD Frank Broyles dies at 92
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Frank Broyles, who guided the University of Arkansas to its lone national football championship and later molded the overall program as its athletic director, died Monday at the age of 92. Broyles died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a statement from his family. “He passed peacefully in his home […]
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NCAA adopts sexual violence policy
NCAA member schools will be required to provide yearly sexual violence education for all college athletes, coaches and athletics administrators under a policy announced Thursday by the organization’s board of governors. Campus leaders such as athletic directors, school presidents and Title IX coordinators will be required to attest that athletes, coaches and administrators have been […]