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Graffam brothers, Strong honored by Maine Basketball Hall of Fame
Medomak Valley High School graduates Scott and Jim Graffam, along with Georges Valley High School's Christina Strong, highlighted for coaching, playing careers.
Graffam ('17) inducted in Maine Baseball Hall
Midcoast Sports Hall of Famer Jim Graffam ('17) Inducted Into Maine Baseball Hall of Fame
Messer Named National Soccer Coach of the Year
Building her program and giving back to her community are two things Coach Messer takes on outside of her coaching responsibilities. By serving as a long time chaperone and a class adviser, Meredith serves as a mentor to students at her school, regardless of if they're in her soccer program or not. Camden Hills Regional High School should be extremely proud of their coach, Meredith Messer, as she has been named the 2018-19 NATIONAL Girls soccer Coach of the Year!
Dave Ames honored by IAABO
Post date: Jan 26, 2015 2:56:17 PM
Dave Ames has been selected to receive the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials' Life Member Award. This is the organization's highest honor. The award will be presented at the Annual Meeting on April 25.
Dirigo BBC v. Sunrise Club of Brunswick
This event was hosted by us on September 13, 2016.
Coverage of the game can be found here.
July 9-10, 2016 GRAND OPENING
Saturday Exhibit Hall opening and reception for all inductees, 2007-2015.
Inductees received a MSHOF baseball cap. All enjoyed a slide show of Bob Green's photographs of teams from the 50's to 70's narrated by Neil Lash, MSHOF President. Everyone helped identify the players in the teams.
Helen Plourd received the Abby Spector Award in July 2015. The Abby Spector Award is voted on by a committee from the men's association, two women's associations and Golf and Ski present to a women for her ability to play golf and contributions to women's golf. Helen (MSHOF President) was also the first person to receive a life membership in the Women's State Golf Association.
Don Shields is National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association's Maine Sportscaster of the Year
Post date: Jan 16, 2015 3:44:04 PM
Go directly to Bangor Daily News story in LINKS
Don Shields has spent nearly 30 years working on Maine’s radio airwaves as a disc jockey and sports broadcaster.
That includes a lengthy stint as a basketball broadcaster on the midcoast and with the Black Bear Sports Network.
The Rockport native was recognized recently as the recipient of the Maine Sportscaster of the Year award as presented by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association based in Salisbury, North Carolina.
Shields, 54, earned the nod by a vote of his Maine peers, joining sportswriter Mark Emmert of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram as the state winners for 2014.
Shields, who is known for his distinctive call of “bingo!” on a made 3-pointer, has been a fixture in Maine sports radio since 1985.
He started his career in Maine at WCME in Wiscasset in 1985, then he quickly made the move to WRKD/WMCM, where he spent 24 years. He has been calling high school basketball games ever since.
Shields, who since 2010 has worked at Islesboro-based WBYA (105.5 Frank FM), also previously broadcast Eastern Maine high school tournament games for WQDY in Calais and WABI in Bangor. One year, he called 36 of 42 games played at the Bangor Auditorium.
In 2007, Shields became a more recognizable voice to more Maine fans when he became the play-by-play announcer for UMaine women’s basketball team on the Black Bear Sports Network, a Division of Learfield Sports.
Shields, who estimates that he will call more than 55 basketball games this winter, has broadcast events for Bowdoin College in Brunswick and Colby College in Waterville.
He also has been a varsity baseball coach for six seasons, including three years at the former Georges Valley High School and three at Oceanside High of Rockland/Thomaston.
Shields is a 1978 graduate of Camden-Rockport High School and a graduate of the New England Broadcasting School in Boston. He got his on-air start in Western Pennsylvania, where he met his wife, Mary.
Shields explained that his call of “bingo” was born in February 1988 as he was working a Lincoln Academy-Lisbon boys high school basketball game. The term got two thumbs up from his broadcast partner, the late Dave Hollis, and he has been using it ever since.
Shields’ son Jon Shields is a radio personality with Blueberry Broadcasting in Bangor and also calls local games, including some UMaine hockey contests.
Emmert burst onto the Maine sports journalism scene in late 2013 and has filled a key role on the the Press Herald/Sunday Telegram sports staff. He has been the outlet’s primary beat reporter for University of Maine sports, focusing on football, men’s hockey and men’s and women’s basketball.
The Minnesota native came to the Portland Press Herald from the Des Moines Register in Iowa, where he was the deputy sports editor. He is a graduate of Minnesota State University Moorhead.
THANK YOU TO OUR GRAND OPENING SPONSORS:
The First
Maine Lobster Festival
Colby & Gale, Inc.
Moody’s Diner
James Brannan, Attorney
Fuller Chevrolet/GMC, Inc.
Lash Realty Group
Reny’s
RZR Hardware
and special thanks to
Dow Furniture and Dow’s Discount
Thanks also go to members, who support MSHOF programs all year long!
The office and exhibit hall are now open by chance or by appointment at
Dow's Discount, Route 1, Waldoboro, ME
to visit or donate artifacts and memorabilia.
April 2016 - MSHOF Director Jacob Newcomb has been elected
to the Board of Directors of the national Vintage Base Ball Association.
MSHOF Director Dave Ames selected to receive the International Association of Approved Basketball Official's LIFE MEMBER AWARD. See story in News section.
MSHOF Director Don Shields named SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
See story in News section and go to BDN article in Links.
