http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ en-us rlenzi@pressherald.com 2008-08-19T23:31:15-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/031783.html John Challis, a Pennsylvania teenager whose battle with liver and lung cancer I blogged about in May, died Tuesday at his home in Freedom, Pa. Here's a few words to take with you today, from John, who graduated from high... 31783@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ 2008-08-19T23:31:15-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/031280.html It's about 10 days until the start of fall sports practices here in Maine but in Texas - the heartland of high school football - high school teams are in their first day of contact drills after starting practices on... 31280@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ football 2008-08-08T11:04:05-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/030984.html Yarmouth's Matt Lane prepares to run the TD Banknorth Beach To Beacon on Saturday in Cape Elizabeth. But if you turn the clock back about 12 1/2 years (or simply do a Google search), chances are you'll turn up a... 30984@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ running/Beach to Beacon 2008-08-01T12:37:04-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/030718.html Texas implemented random steroid testing at the start of the 2007-2008 school year, starting the nation's largest steroid testing program (in one of the nation's largest states, go figure). But according to an Associated Press report from earlier this week,... 30718@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ high school sports 2008-07-24T13:07:49-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/030666.html If you read today's story on fundraising and the 19th Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl, you're probably wondering what exactly all that money goes towards. The money goes towards the Shriners Hospitals for Children, a 22-hospital system that provides orthopaedic care,... 30666@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ football 2008-07-23T15:50:06-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/030616.html It's that time of year again ... and more than 100 football players and coaches have congregated in Hebron for the week leading up to the 19th Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl. The annual game showcases the top high school football... 30616@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ football 2008-07-22T15:54:40-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/030331.html You might be familiar with the story of Sean Daniels of Easton (up in the County), who lost his right hand in a farming accident last fall but returned to play basketball at Easton High. Daniels attended the Kobe Bryant... 30331@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ basketball 2008-07-16T11:49:38-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/030294.html We've all been feeling the economic strain, whether it's $4-a-gallon gas, higher costs of home energy or the stagnant housing market. Sports Illustrated examined an issue that's facing school districts nationwide: the economic health of high school athletic programs.... 30294@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ high school sports 2008-07-15T15:34:37-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/030067.html If you've read today's paper about the International Scouting Services' Challenge Cup at North Yarmouth Academy, you might be wondering what exactly this International Scouting Services is. Here's a quick link: www.isshockey.com ***... 30067@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ 2008-07-10T11:32:32-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/029762.html Jamie Belleau has been named the hockey coach at Lewiston, his alma mater. Belleau previously coached at Edward Little Belleau led Edward Little to state championships in 2003 and 2004, his first two seasons of coaching at the Auburn school.... 29762@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ ice hockey 2008-07-03T13:12:47-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/029661.html 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... 29661@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ soccer 2008-06-30T12:05:04-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/029564.html It's good to see some dialogue regarding Dr. Daniel Wann's presentation on involvement in youth sports on Pressherald.com. In his presentation Wednesday at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Dr. Daniel Wann recommended a few books regarding the topic... 29564@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ youth sports 2008-06-26T17:01:17-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/029319.html Brunswick's David Slovenski was one of 27 athletes honored this afternoon at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram's All-Sports Awards Ceremony in Portland. Slovenski, the boys indoor track MVP, arrived in Maine this morning, a day after winning the national... 29319@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ track and field 2008-06-22T15:26:26-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/029202.html Waynflete won its seventh girls lacrosse championship on Saturday with a 12-8 win over North Yarmouth Academy, and in her 16 years of coaching, Flyers Coach Cathie Connors' teams haven't just been defined by championships. Connors also believes goodwill is... 29202@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ Waynflete lacrosse 2008-06-19T19:57:50-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/029189.html David Slovenski of Brunswick High has been named the 2007-2008 Gatorade boys track and field athlete of the year in Maine. Slovenski set the New England record of 16 feet, 9 inches in the pole vault and won the Class... 29189@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ track and field 2008-06-19T15:55:09-05:00