The verbal commitment by 13-year-old Yarmouth hockey player Oliver Wahlstrom to play at the University of Maine — you know, after he starts shaving — was received with an alarming lack of critical thinking from the Maine media. Some of that is a reflection of the times in which we live. You aren’t allowed to […]
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Bates Sports Roundup: Bobcats to host elite squash tourney
LEWISTON — The world’s best squash players are returning to our backyard. Bates again will host the Bobcat Classic on Friday, Sept. 27 and Saturday, Sept. 28 at its squash center at 56 Alfred Plourde Parkway. In addition to the professional event sanctioned by the Pro Squash Tour, there will be an amateur tournament over […]
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Tough enough?: Youth sports safety depends on what, where the games are played
On August 19, high school students will fan out across fields all over the state for the first day of practice for the fall season. Taking the field with them will be coaches trained in basic first aid, CPR and concussion recognition, as required by the Maine Principals’ Association. As early as Aug. 10, the […]
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In youth sports, parents should ask questions
Parents have plenty to be concerned about when their children start playing organized sports. But youth advocates point out parents also have the right and obligation to get as much information they can on a league or team when they sign their kids up to play. Parents should never assume that all leagues, teams, sports […]
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Proposed PE curriculum in SAD 17 emphasizes fitness, not sports
PARIS — Physical education in SAD 17 will undergo a radical change, if a new curriculum developed by the district’s PE department is approved by the School Board next fall. Long gone are the days of dodging rubber balls and climbing ropes in school gymnasiums. Now, the focus is on physical fitness and giving students […]