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June 30, 2008
A little bit of inspiration

So if you read the paper today you got to read about Carrie Holmstrom, a Massachussetts teenager who lost both of her legs below the knees and suffered burns across 70 percent of her body after a car accident two yeas ago ... and got to play soccer Sunday in the U.S. Youth Soccer Region I championships.

Definitely inspirational stuff. Whenever you think things might be rough for you, think about Carrie Holmstrom and what she's been able to do after nearly losing her life.

Check out her Web site at www.carrieholmstrom.com

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The University of Maine has lost one of its recruits. Kevin Gagne, a sophomore at Rothesay (N.B.) Netherwood School who verbally committed to Maine in the fall, has decided to play for St. John of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

So instead of buying a ticket to Alfond Arena to see the defenseman play hockey in two years, you'll have to reserve your seats this winter at the Colisee in Lewiston.

Posted at 12:05 PM

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Rachel is in her fourth year as a sports reporter at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. A Maryland native and a former college soccer and softball player, she covered high school and college sports at newspapers in Pennsylvania, Texas and Colorado before joining the Press Herald/Sunday Telegram staff in June of 2004.

She grew up watching the NHL, the Pittsburgh Steelers, Georgetown basketball and the Baltimore Orioles and is a confessed sports nut. Her interests include reading and movies, going to the gym, Motown and '70s R&B music and following the New York City tabloids.

Married in July, she and her husband Tommy are avid Steelers and Kansas Jayhawks fans. Their toughest decision as newlyweds has been "NESN or ESPN?"



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