Softball notebook: Soaked fields provide early season headaches for teams

Teams take different roads in getting games played while fighting inclement weather.

Sidelines: Flagg’s latest return home takes us back a year — and reminds us we’re still watching

Cooper Flagg, who returned home Saturday to accept his 2021-22 Gatorade Player of the Year honor, is no less a piece of basketball in the state of Maine than he was a year ago, Mike Mandell writes.

A North boys basketball: Swagger, star power abound as scene shifts to Augusta

Brewer enters as the top seed, but the region is full of contenders.

Basketball: With the departure of Cooper Flagg, what will 2022-23 season look like?

Many coaches insist the excitement will still be palpable even after Nokomis twins Cooper and Ace Flagg left for a Florida prep school.

Central Maine field hockey teams come together for Victories over Violence fundraiser

Fundraiser to fight domestic violence was set to smash fundraising goals.

Sidelines: After striking gold with U17 national basketball team, Cooper Flagg receives warm homecoming

As the teen sensation's career takes a new turn, a celebration Wednesday is a sign that his story in Maine is only getting started, staff writer Mike Mandell writes.

KVAC All-Conference and All-Academic teams

Cooper Flagg earns spot on U17 national basketball team

The former Nokomis standout was selected out of a field of 18 finalists to compete in Spain next month.

ESPN ranks Cooper Flagg the nation’s No. 3 high school basketball freshman

The 6-foot-7 forward from Nokomis helped lead Warriors to first-ever boys basketball state title this season.

Nokomis freshman Cooper Flagg impresses at USA Basketball minicamp

The 6-foot-7 Flagg continues to make national noise while working with USA men's junior national team in New Orleans.