http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ en-us rlenzi@pressherald.com 2008-07-03T13:12:47-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 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 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/029025.html Greely’s Becky O’Brien has been named the 2007-2008 Gatorade Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year for Maine. O’Brien is a finalist for the national award, which will be announced later this month. O’Brien won Class B championships this... 29025@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ track and field 2008-06-17T12:00:50-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/028969.html Four finalists have been named for the Dr. John Winkin Award, given annually to the state's top senior baseball player – better known as Mr. Baseball. Wells' Demitrios Gazogiannis Dirigo's Jon Smith Bangor's Ian Edwards Gardiner's Kyle Stilphen The award... 28969@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ baseball 2008-06-16T13:22:48-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/028911.html For Greely's Becky O'Brien, the butterflies don't come at the meet, they come before the meet. "It's always in the car ride," said O'Brien, who set New England records in the girls shot put and discus Saturday at Thornton Academy.... 28911@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ track and field 2008-06-14T19:21:41-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/028564.html Kevin Gagne, a defenseman from Rothesay Netherwood School in New Brunswick, gave the University of Maine hockey program a verbal commitment last fall to join the team in 2010, as chronicled in December. However, Gagne has another option to consider... 28564@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ ice hockey 2008-06-10T14:38:50-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/028483.html The playoffs begin in boys and girls lacrosse today and just in time for the first draw, the mercury is rising ... and continues to rise ... and is expected to hit the high 80s (with nearly 85 percent humidity)... 28483@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ spring sports 2008-06-09T11:59:51-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/028337.html For those of you who were too lazy to do the math and figure out the final Heal points for the spring ... The Maine Principals' Association released the final Heals for baseball, and softball. The MPA has also released... 28337@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ spring sports 2008-06-06T10:29:21-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/028207.html Long time no blog, shame on me! Kyle Skipworth of Patriot High School in Riverside, Calif., has been named the Gatorade National Player of the Year in baseball - he's the latest announced winner of the award. *** Today's the... 28207@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ baseball 2008-06-04T14:14:33-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/027361.html It's official - Lewiston High School is in search of a new hockey coach. Norm Gagne's name was not put forth to the Lewiston School Committee on Monday night for renewal of his contract. No word yet on whether or... 27361@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ ice hockey 2008-05-20T12:03:35-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/027211.html In case you're watching the NHL playoffs on television, here's a name for you: Jim Dowd. According to the National Federation of State High School Associations, Dowd, a center for the Philadelphia Flyers, is the nation's all-time leading scorer in... 27211@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/varsityblues/ 2008-05-16T17:26:03-05:00