Local Sports

AUGUSTA – The fall high school sports season has begun for sports deemed a lower or moderate risk of spreading COVID-19. Like volleyball, tackle football has been pushed to the spring, bringing supporters of fall football once more to Augusta.

ORONO – Cross country is back, and while practice started later than usual, members of Orono cross country have been running since the summer in order to find some sense of normalcy amid COVID-19.

BANGOR – As the season gets underway for golf, cross country, field hockey, and soccer, some schools that made a decision on those seasons before the Maine Principals Association released its guidelines have reconsidered after considering the updated rules.

SKOWHEGAN – After weeks and months of uncertainty the high school sports at a low or moderate risk of spreading COVID-19 kicked off their seasons on Monday. As one of the moderate risk sports, field hockey will have a chance to play this semester but won’t have the chance for any playoff games.

OLD TOWN – COVID-19 has left its mark on the high school sports seasons, but it has also hurt local businesses, specifically those that rely on those sports in order to survive.

STATEWIDE – The Maine Principals’ Association’s announcement over the upcoming high school fall sports season answered many of the questions that have been raised over the last few weeks.

FOXBOROUGH – No fans will be allowed in Gillette Stadium, at least through the end of September, creating new challenges for those in charge of the Patriots game day experience.

BALTIMORE – For the fourth year in a row, former UMaine defensive lineman Pat Ricard will take the field for the Baltimore Ravens starting this Sunday against Cleveland.

FALMOUTH – As part of the Maine Principals’ Association’s fall sports guidelines released on Thursday, volleyball will not compete this fall, but will be able to practice and play outside.

ORONO – High school football and volleyball athletes will have to wait to compete until the spring, and, for athletes, that change can mean a significant blow to their mental health.