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Maine’s high school wrestling season officially canceled The Maine Principals' Association will allow wrestlers to continue conditioning workouts with coaches for the next two weeks, but there will be no competitions. The Maine Principals’ Association officially canceled the high school wrestling season on Friday. There had been only a small glimmer of hope that a wrestling season – already delayed on multiple occasions – could be held if the state revised its Community Sport Guidelines and moved wrestling out of the high-risk category for spread of the coronavirus, or did away with ...

Fate of high school wrestling season remains undetermined as MPA again delays decision Maine Principals' Association postpones meeting with community sports guidelines unchanged and wrestling still considered 'high risk.' Share Brycen Kowalsky of Mount Ararat/Brunswick, left, competes against Skowhegan’s Aiden Clark during a 120-pound match in the 2020 Class A state championship at Sanford High School. Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald The Maine Principals’ Association announced Monday that it was again delaying a decision on the status of a high school wrestling season in Maine this w...

High school wrestlers in Maine bitter about lost opportunities The vast majority of states are offering interscholastic wrestling this winter, but Maine wrestlers cannot even scrimmage against teammates during practices because of pandemic safety precautions. Share Since his freshman year, Noble High’s Josh Cote had set a goal of becoming the first four-time state champion in the school’s historic program. Now a senior, he won’t get the chance because of the coronavirus pandemic. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer Were it not for the coronavirus pandemic, Noble High senior Jos...

Decision on Maine high school wrestling season delayed The MPA Wrestling Committee decides to wait until its Feb. 22 meeting to make a final decision on whether a competitive season can be held during the pandemic. Share “Is this a false sense of hope?” Noble wrestling coach Kevin Gray asks of another delay to the season. “And, there’s so many other avenues open right now. It’s hard to tell kids, ‘Hey, be hopeful for a season’ that at best is only going to be a couple of dual meets.” Jill Brady/Staff Photographer The start of the Maine high school wrestling season has been ...

Jim, Ernie and Mark are joined by Mike Burnham and Mike Bisson from the Maine Principals Association, as well as Eduardo Encina from the Tampa Bay Times ahead of Super Bowl 55.