4 years ago Orono takes home golf state championship The Orono Red Riots golf team became state champions after winning the Class C State Championship match on Saturday, Oct. 10 at Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro.
4 years ago Sports roundup The Old Town girls cross country team finished in sixth place at the Festival of Champions meet on Saturday, Oct. 3 at Belfast Area High School.
4 years ago Old Town football, cheerleading kicks off season with a new look The Old Town Coyotes kicked off their first football game of the season with a 12-7 win over the John Bapst Crusaders at home Tuesday night.
4 years ago Old Town sports store to close amid delay of fall athletics Amy Albert opened Replay Sports two years ago with a dream of a local shop where families could buy used gear for their kids at affordable prices.
4 years ago Old Town softball coach steps down to take a new teaching job Jenn Plourde wasn’t able to enjoy her ninth season as the head softball coach at Old Town High school. It would have been her last.
4 years ago Orono native gets chance at the majors with Washington Nationals contract For Orono’s Jackson Coutts, the conditions created by the coronavirus have served only to intensify his desire to become a professional baseball player.
4 years ago Wool sweater that started a valued Orono athletics tradition discovered 71 years later Recently, the original Frederick T. Burpee Award “O” sweater was discovered -- 71 years after a student named Earl Goodine received the inaugural award.
4 years ago UMaine basketball coaches join ‘Team New England’ to promote COVID-19 prevention guidelines University of Maine basketball coaches Richard Barron and Amy Vachon are among 45 coaches at the 23 Division I schools who have formed “Team New England.”
4 years ago Former Orono running star transfers to North Carolina State Steelman is leaving a school of 1,700 students that competes in the Southern Conference for an Atlantic Coast Conference institution with 34,000 students.
4 years ago Black Bears tabbed for hockey accolades Several members of the Old Town-Orono hockey team were recently honored with all-star accolades for Class B North.
4 years ago Old Town best friends commit to Husson athletics program Come this fall, Teagan Blackie and Hannah Sibley will return to the field together again -- this time as college athletes.
4 years ago Tyler McCannell sparks Old Town-Orono to 3rd straight B North hockey title Old Town-Orono senior left wing Tyler McCannell created a lasting memory Thursday night.
4 years ago Hockey playoff moved back a day due to predicted storm Due to the impending snow storm in Aroostook County Wednesday, the Class B North hockey championship game has been moved to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5, at the University of Maine.
4 years ago Skiers compete in Caribou Bog race for first time in 10 years After unpredictable weather and logistical challenges hit pause on an Orono tradition for close to a decade, the long-standing Caribou Bog Ski Race made a comeback this weekend.
4 years ago Aidan Rand spearheads Old Town-Orono into B North hockey semis Two-time defending Class B North champion Old Town-Orono earned a hard-fought 3-0 quarterfinal hockey victory at Alfond Arena in Orono.
4 years ago Weekly sports recap Highlights include the Black Bears' quarterfinal match on Tuesday and the Girls All-State Wrestling Championship.
4 years ago Old Town loses to defending B North champ Caribou boys The 12th-ranked Coyotes finished the season at 11-10.