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Photo: Cindy Jones from Pixabay An SHS Varsity Spring Sports Preview By Bella McCall and Eliza Allen, sports writers (reprinted from The Spartan Times) With spring sports already underway at Sanford High School, this season’s varsity head coaches have recapped last year’s season and what their goals and expectations are for this season. BASEBALL Coach Kyle Bernier enters his 4th year as the head coach of the baseball program.Last year, baseball finished the regular season 10-6 and lost in the…

Mainers Welcome Back Familiar Faces

By Jackson Walsh, Director of Broadcasting & Media The Sanford Mainers announced Monday that Nic Lops will return as manager for his fifth season. 2025 will be Lops' sixth season overall with the organization after serving as hitting coach for one year. He will return to Sanford this summer after the conclusion of the season for St. Joseph's College where he has taken on the role of Director of Player Development for his alma mater. Lops was named the 2024…

Pickleball a Smash Hit in Sanford 

The Memorial Gym’s pickleball courts are usually busy.  Photo: Claudette Dupee  By Claudette Dupee  It’s been 20 years since pickleball, a paddle sport related to both tennis and ping-pong, came to Sanford. It’s going strong today with more than 400 players of all ages.  Sanford resident Duke Dugre brought pickleball to his hometown in the spring of 2007, after he and his wife were introduced to it in South Carolina. He encouraged his longtime friend and neighbor Roger Huppe to…

Sanford Athletes Chosen for Lobster Bowl 

From left to right: Natalie Lam, Taylor Coffey, and Rhylen Avery are the Spartans selected for the 2025 Lobster Bowl.  By Eliza Allen and Isabella McCall, SHS students  This year, one Sanford football player, Rhylen Avery, and two cheerleaders, Natalie Lam and Taylor Coffey, have been selected to participate in the 2025 Lobster Bowl. The game will take place on July 19 at Lewiston High School.  The Lobster Bowl takes the state’s best high school football players and cheerleaders to…