Michael Hoffer

Michael Hoffer

Portland, Maine, USA
Arizona native, Mainer for three-plus decades. Former (25-year) sportswriter for The Forecaster. Excited to keep longform writing going on this site.
11
Jun
Top-ranked Gorham gets an assist from Mother Nature as big deficit to Falmouth wiped out due to thunderstorm

Top-ranked Gorham gets an assist from Mother Nature as big deficit to Falmouth wiped out due to thunderstorm

GORHAM—The top-ranked Gorham baseball team was on life support Thursday afternoon against No. 8 Falmouth in a Class
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11
Jun
Scarborough boys dig into bag of overtime tricks again, survive Windham in preliminary round

Scarborough boys dig into bag of overtime tricks again, survive Windham in preliminary round

GORHAM—Scarborough's boys' lacrosse team loves overtime. In fact, the Red Storm live for it. And as
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10
Jun
Cape girls spring another playoff upset, eliminate Scarborough in prelim

Cape girls spring another playoff upset, eliminate Scarborough in prelim

GORHAM—Cape Elizabeth's girls' lacrosse team is at it again. Ruining the playoff dreams of its higher-
9 min read
09
Jun
Yarmouth ekes out dramatic prelim win over Poland

Yarmouth ekes out dramatic prelim win over Poland

YARMOUTH—After a year away from stealing postseason headlines, Yarmouth's baseball team is back in the title hunt.
10 min read
09
Jun
Greely pulls away to oust Yarmouth in softball prelim

Greely pulls away to oust Yarmouth in softball prelim

CUMBERLAND—Greely's softball team ended the regular season red-hot. And the Rangers carried that sizzling play right
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09
Jun
HHSS Super-Six Polls

HHSS Super-Six Polls

Every Tuesday throughout the season, Hoffer's High School Sports will present Super-Six polls for baseball, softball, boys&
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08
Jun
HHSS/cPort Athlete of the Week

HHSS/cPort Athlete of the Week

Every Monday this season, Hoffer's High School Sports/cPort Credit Union will select an Athlete of the Week.
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06
Jun
Greely boys believe the future is now

Greely boys believe the future is now

"The future is positive, but I keep telling the guys, 'Why not us? Why not now?" Greely
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05
Jun
Newsletter #46...What a season it's been, and the best is still to come...

Newsletter #46...What a season it's been, and the best is still to come...

The regular season has concluded. It's playoff-time. And that has to be music to the ears of
7 min read
05
Jun
Cheverus closes superb regular season with win over Bonny Eagle

Cheverus closes superb regular season with win over Bonny Eagle

PORTLAND—Even the players on Cheverus' baseball team were willing to admit it. There's no way they
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