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BRHS boys basketball

The Boothbay Region High School boys basketball teams will face the Winthrop Ramblers tonight, Dec. 16 at BRHS with the junior varsity game starting at 5 p.m., followed by the varsity tilt at…

All hands on deck! About a dozen able bodies are needed to help lay down the liner at the community ice rink this Saturday, Dec. 21 at 10 a.m. at the Boothbay Fire Station (on Route 27). Many…

Senior co-captain Hunter Crocker made both ends of a 1-1 free throw situation with just over 16 seconds remaining to put the Seahawks up by four points and Boothbay Region held on for a 60-56 win…

BRHS girls basketball

The Boothbay Region Seahawks got back on the winning track with a 39-12 win over the Mt. Abram Roadrunners Wednesday, Dec. 11 at Porter Memorial Gymnasium.

The Seahawks held the visitors to…

Boothbay Region High School Athletic Director Allan Crocker has announced the boys basketball games at BRHS on Saturday, Dec. 14 will be played at 5 and 6:30 p.m., not…

For anyone facing the challenge of choosing the right gift while avoiding the guilt of unnecessary consumption, Midcoast Conservancy has a few gift ideas that are sure to meet gift…

BRHS girls basketball

Boothbay Region High School Athletic Director Allan Crocker has announced there will not be a junior varsity basketball game tonight, Wednesday, Dec. 11 due to illnesses in the program. The…

BRHS boys basketball

The Boothbay Region Seahawks improved to 2-0 with a 69-59 win over the Dirigo Cougars at Dixfield Tuesday night, Dec. 10.

Boothbay had four players score in double figures with Ben Pearce…

Please support the community ice rink, so another season of free and healthy family fun can be made possible.

Volunteers are urgently needed to help set up the community ice rink this…

BRHS girls basketball

The Mountain Valley Falcons jumped out to a 26-9 lead at halftime and went on to defeat the visiting Boothbay Region Seahawks, 55-29, in Rumford Monday night.

The loss stopped a 23-game…

BRHS girls basketball

The defending state champion Boothbay Region Seahawks held off the visiting Hall-Dale Bulldogs and went on to win their season-opening game,…

BRHS boys basketball

The Boothbay Region Seahawks jumped out to a 24-0 lead and went on to easily defeat the visiting Wiscasset Wolverines, 83-19, at Porter Memorial Gymnasium, BRHS on Saturday, Dec. 7. It was the…

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The Seahawks indoor track teams are already hard at work gearing up for the season ahead. This is the second year the Seahawks have fielded indoor track teams since 2008.

Perhaps more…

In order to help get kids and families outside having fun in the snow, Midcoast Conservancy offers affordable cross-country ski equipment to local kids ages kindergarten through eighth grade. High…

high school basketball

AUGUSTA — The Maine Gold Rush invitational basketball tournament, being held later this month, will feature some local basketball teams. 

The boys tournament will be held Thursday, Dec. 26…

Mid-Coast Audubon invites all interested birdwatchers to participate in the mid-coast Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) this December. If you like to feed birds in your yard and will be around to watch…

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THOMASTON — Local radio station 106.9 FRANK FM (WBQX-FM) will broadcast over 30 regular season varsity basketball contests this winter. 

In February, the Thomaston-based station will…

For senior point guard Chloe Arsenault, March 2, 2019 is a night she will never forget and remembers it vividly through the miracle of DVDs. Arsenault has watched her school’s first girls…

Tonight’s (Dec. 3) scheduled boys basketball scrimmage at Boothbay Region High School against Old Orchard Beach has been canceled due to the weather, according to BRHS athletic director Allan…

Boothbay boys basketball fans should expect to see a lot more of the top teams in the Mountain Valley Conference this winter. The conference has rearranged its basketball schedule so the…

Boys basketball

Saturday, Nov. 30: Tip-Off tournament at Winthrop (varsity only/two games), 3:45/6:15 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 3: Home scrimmage vs. Old Orchard Beach, 5:30/7 p.m…

The 2019-2020 Boothbay Region Elementary School basketball season for the boys grade 7/8 team and girls 7/8 team will kick off Dec. 2.

Monday, Dec. 2: At Wiscasset, 3:45 and 5:15 p.m.

BRHS boys basketball

The Boothbay Region High School boys varsity basketball team will play in the annual Tip-Off Tourney at Winthrop High School Saturday, Nov. 30.

The Seahawks will play George Stevens Academy…

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Turkeys may be the bird on the minds of most people during Thanksgiving week, but we find ourselves instead considering a small, dainty gull (imagine calling any gull “dainty”!) that can be found…

On Nov. 17, Boothbay football presented its season-ending awards. Head Coach Ed Crocker presented Hunter Crocker with Most Valuable Player, Michael Cusumano received Most Improved, and Nicholas…

Boothbay Region High School

Parents and coaches met with Boothbay Region High School Principal Dan Welch and Athletic Director Allan Crocker Nov. 14 to discuss lower turnout for sports and other extracurricular activities.…

The Boothbay Region Seahawks basketball season is underway as pre-season practices began Nov. 18.

Below are upcoming pre-season games.

Girls basketball

Saturday, Nov. 23:…

Thirty Boothbay Region YMCA Dolphins swim team members competed at the Alfond Youth and Community Center pool in Waterville on Saturday, Nov. 16 against the Mid-Maine Dolphins of Waterville.

BRHS field hockey

Coach Donna Jordan’s awards ceremony presentation on Nov. 13 began with a recap of the past season which she called “the season of storms,” how the team weathered the various storms, and ended…

Midcoast Conservancy will offer a full moon hike (or snowshoe, if there is snow on the ground) at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson on Wednesday, Dec. 11 from 5-7 p.m. Hikers can enjoy a…

BRHS cross-country

The Seahawks-Wolverines cross-country teams met for an evening of accolades, awards and farewells Nov. 13. Coaches Nick Scott of Boothbay Region High School and Josiah Winchenbach of Wiscasset…

A personal view
Porter Preserve, Boothbay Region Land Trust

Back in early spring, when we were still coming out of the stark weather we’re now entering again, two things came into my life that didn’t seem, at a glance, to amount to a confluence:

Four Boothbay Region Elementary School students are becoming hockey players. Third grader Desmond Conlin and second graders Logan Harjula, Landyn Rego and Anthony Barter have trained in the Bruins…

Seahawk Will Perkins stretched his cross-country season to the New England Championships, held Nov. 9 in Manchester, Connecticut. Perkins placed 85th out of 260 runners with a time of 16:59.

On Sept. 13, Boothbay football seemed poised as a strong contender for the state’s first eight-man small conference championship. The Seahawks had just defeated Old Orchard Beach in Boothbay…

Getting out for a little exercise can be a gratifying way to kick off the Thanksgiving holiday, especially when it benefits a good cause. For the second year on Thanksgiving Day, volunteers will…

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The Old Orchard Beach Seagulls scored early and often to defeat the visiting Boothbay Region Seahawks 48-14 in the conference final of the Maine Principals Association’s eight-man football league…

Boothbay Region High School seniors Chloe Arsenault and Will Perkins were named the top performers in their respective fall sports by a recent vote of the Mountain Valley Conference coaches. The…

To help get kids and families outside having fun in the snow, Midcoast Conservancy is providing affordable cross-country ski equipment to local kids ages kindergarten through eighth grade.…

BRHS cross-country

After winning regionals the previous weekend, Boothbay Region High School senior Will Perkins won states Nov. 2, making him the first Seahawks state champion in cross-country.

Perkins’…

Boothbay football overcame a slow start before soaring to a 36-22 playoff victory Nov. 1 over Sacopee Valley. This was Boothbay’s second victory over the Falcons this season. On Oct. 13, Boothbay…

BRHS cross-country

Boothbay Region High School senior Will Perkins won the Maine State Class C Championship Nov. 2 at Cumberland’s Twin Brook Recreation Area. Race results to follow when they are available. 

Boothbay overcame a slow start Nov. 1 to defeat Sacopee Valley 36-22 in an eight-man small conference playoff game at Sherman Field Nov. 1.

Sacopee Valley scored on the game’s opening…

It was a wild, wet Halloween on Southport but that did not dampen spirits at Southport Central School where the second annual Pumpkin Catapult Olympics went on as scheduled.

The students…

The Seahawks-Wolverines cross country teams competed at Cumberland’s Southern Maine Class C Regional Championship Oct. 26. The boys placed second out of 16 teams outrun only by Maine Coast Waldorf…

Despite the adolescent makeup of the Boothbay Region High School field hockey team, the Seahawks played well for most of their game against the seasoned St. Dom’s Saints in the quarterfinal round…

Update: The Seahawks will host Sacopee Valley in the opening round of the playoffs on Friday, Nov. 1 at 6:30 p.m., according to BRHS Athletic Director Allan Crocker.

Old Orchard Beach…

The top two teams in eight-man football small conference clashed Oct. 25 in Old Orchard Beach resulting in a decisive victory for the Seagulls. No. 2 Old Orchard Beach avenged an earlier season…

Lincoln Academy’s Ella Beauregard and Arden Carleton dominated afternoon sailing to overcome a six-point deficit and win the 2019 Maine State Women’s Double-Handed Championships on Saturday, Oct.…

BRHS field hockey

The St. Dominic Academy Saints will play in the Class C South tournament semifinal as they defeated the visiting Boothbay Region Seahawks 7-3 in field hockey in Auburn on Wednesday afternoon, Oct…