Scott Martin

1 week ago | sunjournal.com | Scott Martin

Gabe White is one of Buckfield’s starting pitchers, but he learned to throw his two best pitches, curveball and changeup, from Edward Little’s coach. “I couldn’t get anywhere where I am right now without the help from Dave,” White said.

3 weeks ago | sunjournal.com | Scott Martin

Erik Swenson pitched a perfect game in a matchup of aces against Wyatt Nadeau to lift Scarborough to a 3-0 win over Gorham in a Class A baseball game on Saturday in Scarborough. Swenson has a no-hitter a combined perfect game and a perfect game in his last three starts. He no-hit Falmouth on May 5, then combined with Ryan Shugars for a perfect game against Cheverus on Tuesday. Against Gorham, the University of Maine bound pitcher, threw 75 pitches and struck out nine.

3 weeks ago | centralmaine.com | Scott Martin

NAPLES — Swish. That satisfying sound of leather sliding across nylon when a perfectly shot basketball goes through the net. We heard that sound over and over and over Friday in Lake Region High School’s gymnasium. Ryan Martin, Lake Region’s boys basketball coach, attempted to claim his third world record. This time, Martin went for most free throws made in an hour. After 60 minutes, he had 2,336 makes. The record, though, is 2,461.

3 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Scott Martin

YARMOUTH — As athletic director at Kennebunk High, Joe Schwartzman has been girls lacrosse coach Annie Barker’s boss. As a volunteer assistant coach with the team, he’s worked under Barker. It’s as the father to three girls who came through Barker’s lacrosse program where Schwartzman saw her true impact. “As a parent, she was great with my girls (Kyra, Hallie, and Lili). All three played college lacrosse. All three were captains in high school and captains in college.

1 month ago | sunjournal.com | Scott Martin

PITTSFIELD — Sitting in the middle of a field on his John Deere Gator, surrounded by hundreds of high school throwers, Maine Central Institute athletic director Jason Allen sits, reminiscing of the early days of an idea he and his coaches thought up 11 years ago. “To be honest, I can’t believe we made it 10 years,” said Allen, who was MCI’s track and field coach when the Throwdown first started.