The NCAA Division I men's hockey tournament gets under way this weekend, which will bring Ohio State fifth-year senior Zach Pelletier closer to home.

There are a lot of changes in store for American Legion Baseball this summer. It's too soon to tell what effect they will have, but it's sure to be interesting.

Skowhegan Area High School football coach Mike Marston was recently named Coach of the Year by the Maine Football Coaches Association.

Marston coached the Indians to the Pine Tree Conference Class A title and the team's first trip to the state championship since 1989.

Marston, who will be an assistant coach for the East in this summer's Lobster Bowl, was selected as the Morning Sentinel Coach of the Year last fall.

It's been a whirlwind senior year for Shelby Tuttle.

The Maine Moose Super Elite and Elite teams are in the International Junior Hockey League finals this weekend.

Waterville Senior High School basketball star Morgan Frame was named the 2008-2009 Gatorade Maine Girls Basketball Player of the Year on Thursday.

A 6-foot-1 center, Frame led the Panthers to their 66th straight win and third straight Class B state title last month.

She averaged 21 points, 16.2 rebounds, four blocked shots and 3.1 steals per game. Frame is also a finalist for Miss Maine Basketball, which will be awarded on Friday.

"Frame is a winner and she does whatever it takes to win," Waterville coach Ted Rioux said. "She will not accept defeat. Her performance in the state title game was a reflection of that."

The rosters for the Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl, the annual all-star football game to benefit the Shriner's Hospitals, are set.

While the roster usually is in flux right until the start of training camp, the following central Maine players have been selected to participate:

Greg O'Neill (Cony); Andy Kelley (Gardiner); Kevin Pressey, Matt Perkins (Lawrence); Nick Miller (MCI); Pat Norwood (Maranacook); Kyle Grover (Messalonskee); Chris Reynolds (Mt. Blue); Andrew Jannelle (Oak Hill); Cody Williamson, Peter Boardman, Billy Clark (Skowhegan); Cam Bishop (Waterville); Scott Siviski (Winslow); Sam Perkins (Madison); Jake Steele, Kevin Hart (Winthrop)

Messalonskee High School graduate Nils Koons will represent Dartmouth College at the NCAA Nordic skiing championships this week at Black Mountain in Rumford.

Koons is scheduled to compete in the 10K classic on Thursday and the 20K freestyle on Saturday.

Koons is a sophomore at Dartmouth.

Size doesn't mean a thing when it comes to Bethany Dumas. At a shade under 5-foot-2 and 125 pounds, Dumas doesn't fit the physical mold of a track star.

Waterville senior defenseman Shawn Lee was named a Travis Roy Award finalist.

There were a few doubters when Cony High School's Rachael Mack swept all the major high school basketball awards last season, including Miss Maine Gatorade and Miss Maine Basketball.

A lot of people have been wondering how close the Waterville girls basketball team is to a state record for consecutive wins in girls basketball. The Valley boys won 101 consecutive games, but the top girls streak in Maine is more of a mystery.

You could forgive Deering girls basketball coach Mike Murphy if he felt mostly relief after the Rams defeated Messalonskee, 49-34, to win the Class A state title on Saturday night.

Waterville boys Dennis Martin called timeout with 10 minutes, 17 seconds remaining in the Panthers' Eastern A semifinal game vs. Bangor on Saturday. The Panthers were about to begin a 5-on-3 power play, which would last 1:09, and were trailing by a goal.