Drew Bonifant covers sports for the Press Herald, with beats in high school football, basketball and baseball. He was previously part of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel sports team. A New Hampshire native and 2010 graduate of Northeastern University, he came to Maine in September 2016 after four years at the Concord Monitor, where he covered NASCAR, University of New Hampshire hockey and high schools and won a NH Press Association award for his work. He also worked for two years as a college co-op at the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. An avid golfer, frequent skier and consumer of sports, movie and music trivia, he’s a fan of the New England Patriots, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Flyers and Miami Heat – and yes, he’s aware of how random those teams seem.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2023
Sports betting nears in Maine, but some in-person sites won’t be ready for launch
At least three retail locations, two of which are moving to new sites, will not be taking bets until December or early 2024.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2023
Turf wars: Home-field advantage takes on added significance in field hockey
With artificial turf fields expanding in Maine, more field hockey teams have to play a far different style when competing against teams on grass fields.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2023
Youth football coaches removed from team amid investigation in Naples
One parent who watched a practice last weekend alleges that the coaches picked up 3 players ‘two to three feet off the ground’ and drove them ‘into the ground.’
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2023
Cooper Flagg’s prep team to play two games in Portland this winter
Flagg, and his twin brother, Ace, will return to Maine in January for games between Florida’s Montverde Academy and opponents yet to be determined.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2023
Football: Brunswick ends losing streak with victory over Gray-New Gloucester in eight-man debut
Cam Beal and Trevor Gerrish led an aerial attack to help the Dragons roll past Gray-New Gloucester.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2023
Sports Digest: Cooper Flagg to visit Duke, Kansas and Connecticut
Newport’s Cooper Flagg will be a senior this year at Montverde Academy in Florida.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2023
Sports Digest: Maine’s Cole Anderson falls in Round of 32 at U.S. Amateur
The Camden native made the cut in stroke play and won his first match, but never led Thursday against Andi Xu of China.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2023
Memories linger for last Maine team to play in Little League World Series
The 2005 Westbrook baseball all-stars revel in having played on the big stage, and they’re rooting for Gray-New Gloucester/Raymond at this year’s World Series.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2023
Golf: Cole Anderson ready for second crack at U.S. Amateur Championship
The Camden native will play in the nation’s top amateur golf event, wrapping up what is likely his last summer before turning professional.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2023
Ruth White cruises to victory among Maine women at Beach to Beacon
White, 17, who’ll be a senior at Orono High this fall, finishes nearly a minute ahead of runner-up Alexis Wilbert of Cumberland.
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