Gary Hawkins

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Published
August 30, 2012

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER: Quirion sisters are Cony’s triple threat

Together, Cony High School triplets Hayley, Emily and Lindsey Quirion have a combined weight of an average NFL lineman. But don’t underestimate them.
Published
August 30, 2012

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER NOTEBOOK: Beckwith readies Black Bears

When Maranacook boys soccer coach Don Beckwith prepares for the season, that includes the postseason, too.
Published
August 28, 2012

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER: Game, part of Challenge, draws big crowd

GARDINER — As exhibition games go, Monday night’s matchup between the Cony and Gardiner high school girls soccer teams stood out for a couple of reasons.
Published
August 24, 2012

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Rivalry game still draws a crowd

GARDINER — It may be billed as an exhibition game these days, but the Cony-Gardiner football game still brings fans out of the woodwork. More than 3,000 showed up on a warm Friday evening at Hoch Field to watch teams square off for the 135th time in one of the nation’s oldest high school football rivalries.
Published
August 23, 2012

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Premiere backs lined up in ’84 Cony-Gardiner game

In the 120-year history of the Cony-Gardiner football rivalry, the outcome has often come down to running backs. Both high schools have had some good ones.
Published
August 21, 2012

GOLF: Ace nets CMP employee electric car

Mike DuBois never saw the ball go in the hole, but he could tell from the commotion on the 17th green at the Augusta Country Club last week that something good had happened.
Published
August 7, 2012

VOLLEYBALL: Beach volleyball court ready for use

AUGUSTA — You don’t have to qualify for the Olympics to give beach volleyball a try. You can play the sport in Augusta at the new Olympic-sized beach volleyball court at the small park to the rear of the Buker Community Center off Capital St. Extension.
Published
August 7, 2012

GOLF: An improved Western View thrives as it turns 80

AUGUSTA — On a clear day the view from the eighth fairway at Western View Golf Club affords a glimpse of Mt. Washington in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Look slightly left and you can see Sugarloaf in western Maine.
Published
August 4, 2012

MAINE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME: Sutton, Fairchild enter Maine Baseball Hall

Bill Fairchild and Mark Sutton share some common ground — both played baseball at the University of Maine.
Published
August 3, 2012

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Martin, Clark new assistants at USM

Toby Martin and Danielle Clark worked together at a basketball camp at Colby College, but it wasn’t until they moved over 3,000 miles away that they became close friends.