Roger Reed’s Life Defined by Humility, Class
39 seasons. 573 wins. 8 gold balls and 11 Eastern Maine championships. The numbers are impressive indeed. When talking about veteran basketball coach Roger Reed, the numbers don’t begin to tell the...
View Article2015 High School Football Predictions from The Press Box
Familiar faces are expected to adorn the top of northern Maine’s high school football standings in 2015. How long will it take all of us to get used to saying north and south rather than east and...
View ArticleQuestions, Answers Abound as High School Football Nears Halfway Mark
Just a few random thoughts this week as the high school football regular season enters its halfway point: I’ve spent some time in thought over the past week as to why I love the high school football...
View ArticleKey Ingredients Needed to Build Successful High School Football Program
Week four is now in the books for the 2015 Maine high school football season. Thirty seven games were played from the tip of southern Maine to Millinocket. Most of the results will soon be forgotten....
View ArticleIf I were Czar of Maine High School Football….
On Friday nights and most Saturday afternoons I find myself basking in the glow of the field lights or enjoying the fading sunlight and last vestiges of warmth at a football game somewhere in Maine....
View ArticleHigh School Football: The More We Think We Know…..
The high school football season is in a sense concise. Only eight games decide which teams continue their quest for gold and which squads pack up the gear awaiting the next campaign. Conversely, the...
View ArticleTraditional Rivals Clash in Football’s Regular Season Finale
You’ve heard the cliches. Throw out the records. We can lose every game all year, a win in this game will make our season. We’ve come to that time of the year again when rivals will clash on the...
View ArticlePredictions: Where I Was Right, Where I Went Wrong
Back in August, many who follow the game of high school football boldly proclaimed who they believed would be the contenders and pretenders for the upcoming season. If you follow this space weekly,...
View ArticleLighted Fields Needed for Soccer Regional Finals
Soccer. It’s reverenced as ‘the beautiful game’ by the sport’s aficionados. Over the next two days the region’s top teams will converge at pitches throughout the state in hopes of claiming Eastern or...
View ArticleMPBN Leaves Large Tourney Void
1979. Much has changed in the realm of high school basketball since then. The shorts have gotten much longer. Any shot made beyond the arc extending around the top of the key is now worth three...
View ArticleBasketball Coaches Corner: Handling the “Swing” Player
It’s that time of year again. It’s a season when anticipation has finally hit the hardwood. When all the hard work spent in the off-season possibly comes to fruition. How good are we going to be,...
View ArticleA Press Box Guide to Predicting High School Football Games
The 2015 Maine high school football season, for all intents and purposes concluded this past Saturday with the presentation of gold balls in all four classes. Those hoisting the coveted trophies felt...
View ArticleRepeats, Resurgence Mark 2015 High School Football Season
As the turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce have been put away, another Maine high school football season came to a close yesterday. Portland and Deering capped off the season with their annual...
View ArticleComebacks Abound in High School Basketball’s Opening Weekend
Everyone loves a good comeback story. The fighter that gets knocked to the ground, staggers to get him or herself up, brushes themselves off, and lives to fight another day. Movies like Rocky and...
View ArticleWhere have all the Players Gone?
According to a recent survey conducted by the National Federation of High Schools, basketball has the second most participants of all high school sports nationwide. The great game developed by Dr....
View ArticleArea High School Teams Give Much to their Communities
‘Tis the season for giving. When scurrying about for those last minute gifts at the local mall, you see those famous Salvation Army red kettles out. Those who ring the bells remind us there are many...
View ArticlePress Box Extra: Rose Should NOT be in Hall of Fame
This week, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfed, upheld the decision of his predecessor Bud Selig in denying Pete Rose’s readmission back into baseball. Predictably, the many apologists for...
View ArticleMaine’s Top Ten Youth Sports Stories of 2015
With the wrappings and tinsel put aside for another year, our thoughts turn to the dawning of a new year. The next week will be a time of reflection for many, thinking back on all the memories of what...
View ArticleA Treatise on Sportsmanship: What it is and isn’t
If you attend even a few high school sporting events a year, you’ve heard the speech. The public address announcer typically takes a moment, sometimes more, to exhort those in attendance to practice...
View ArticlePlaying Not to Lose has Merit
They’re leaving it all on the field. That player is giving 110% effort. It’s gut-check time. The ball’s in your court. One thing sport has provided over the last century is an endless vocabulary of...
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