Softball: Players to watch in southern Maine
These players didn t get to take the field last spring, but they are well worth keeping an eye on in 2021.
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Emily Antrim, Massabesic junior pitcher: After sharing pitching duties in 2019, when she went 4-1 with a save and a 3.73 ERA, Antrim will be the No. 1 pitcher. She also hit .455 in the cleanup spot.
Chantelle Bouchard, Biddeford junior catcher: Recovering from a knee injury, she is expected back later this spring. In 2019, Bouchard batted .458 with eight doubles, six home runs and 29 RBI.
Elly Bourgoine, York junior infield/outfield: Bourgoine had some key hits for the Wildcats in their 2019 run to the Class B state title game, and she’ll ignite the offense from the leadoff spot.
There’s an influx of new high school coaches this spring
With the 2020 season wiped out, many coaches in southern Maine have been waiting more than a year to get going.
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Yarmouth s new boys lacrosse coach, Jon Miller, gives instructions to Ollie Prinn during practice on Thursday. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer
Yarmouth High boys’ lacrosse coach Jon Miller admits he was getting anxious before the Clippers’ first practice on Monday.
After all, it had been more than a year since Miller had been hired as the new varsity coach, and he still hadn’t been with his team in person. He was supposed to take over for David Pearl and try to guide Yarmouth to a second consecutive Class B championship. Instead, the coronavirus pandemic wiped out the 2020 spring season. So Miller, a former standout player at Yarmouth (2004 graduate) and an assistant coach since 2015, was stuck in neutral.
Jeremy “Jerry” F. Grenier Jr.
Jeremy F. “Jerry” Grenier Jr., 81, of Litchfield, passed away on March 21, 2021, from complications relating to pneumonia, following a long battle with cancer.
Jerry was born on May 15, 1939, in Biddeford, to Phyllis L. Hanson and Jeremy F. Grenier Sr.
Jerry grew up in Saco, graduating from Thornton Academy. He then entered the Air Force, serving honorably for four years. Upon his return to Maine, he enlisted in the Maine State Police Academy and became a state trooper, serving from 1965 to 1970. He was assigned to the Scarborough Barracks, where he patrolled the Brunswick/Harpswell/Midcoast region. He had many stories from his days as a police officer, and while he enjoyed the excitement and thrill of the chase, what he cherished most was the camaraderie and brotherhood of his fellow troopers. He remained friends with many of them to this day.
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Noble High students named winners in academic competition
Four Noble High School students are winners in the Academic World Quest competition by the World Affairs Council. Team members Sofia Dillon, Sage Study, Ryan Menter and team captain Rain Bugado now move on to represent Maine in the national competition in April.
The first ever regional, virtual Academic World Quest competition was organized in collaboration with seven sister councils of the World Affairs Council of Maine. Twenty-six teams slogged through 100 questions detailing everything from the future of the U.S. Foreign Service, to the International Labor Organization and Uzbekistan.
Martin Luther King Magnet School in Tennessee and Eastern Valley High School in Illinois won top honors, and will receive scholarships for CIEE’s High School Global Navigator summer programs. Maine will be represented at the national competition in April by Gould Academy, Thornton Academy, and World Quest newcomers, Noble High Sch