after Maine: keeping up on former UMainers

by **Tom Nolette** » Wed Mar 21, 2018 5:28 am

Colby has championship connection behind bench
Assistant coach Mike Latendresse was a freshman when UMaine won the Division I hockey title in 1993.

...There are similarities between the two championship runs, Maine’s in 1993 and Colby’s this month. And if anyone would recognize a resemblance, it would be Mules assistant coach Mike Latendresse.

“I was just talking to (head coach Blaise MacDonald) about it the other day,” said Latendresse, now 47, who was a freshman on the Black Bears’ first national championship team in 1993. “We had a great head coach in Shawn Walsh, and I think we have a great head coach now in Blaise. The players, too. We had the ability to score a crazy amount of goals back in the day, we could do a lot of damage. In a similar way, I think we have that with the Mules, too. And there’s the similarity in goaltenders. Mike Dunham and Garth Snow both went on the play in the NHL, and Sean Lawrence is playing so well right now. We had a defensive corps that was solid, and that’s what we have now.

“This run here has really brought back a lot of memories for me.”

https://www.pressherald.com/2018/03/20/ ... ind-bench/

by **Tom Nolette** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 3:44 am

Former UMaine football teammates now next-level rivals in CFL

ORONO, Maine — They were teammates at the University of Maine and now they are friendly rivals in the Canadian Football League.

And when receiver Damarr Aultman runs a pass route for the Hamilton Tiger Cats against the Ottawa Redblacks, one of the defensive backs who could be covering him is his friend and former Black Bears teammate Sherrod Baltimore.

“It was a great sight to see … someone I consider a brother of mine on the same field, sharing the same passion,” Aultman said last week at UMaine’s Pro Day. “It’s all love off the field. But, on the field, it’s all business. He knows that and I know that.”

http://bangordailynews.com/2018/03/30/s ... ls-in-cfl/

by **Tom Nolette** » Sun Apr 01, 2018 5:04 am

The hockey dream lives on for Greg Moore — Lisbon native, former St. Dom's, UMaine star

...Greg Moore is still living the hockey life.

The sport has taken him from Lisbon, Maine, to Michigan, to Orono, Maine, to Germany, and several points in between — and beyond. It has given him a couple of sips of the NHL, gold medals, and the chance to play for a team called Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg.

Moore, who turned 34 last week, is back in Michigan — again — as an assistant coach for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program’s U17 team.

“I just love the sport,” he said. “I wanted to stay in it and be a part of it. I just love the game of hockey and I couldn’t imagine doing anything else outside of the sport when I was done playing.”

http://www.sunjournal.com/the-hockey-dr ... reg-moore/

by **Tom Nolette** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:56 am

Maine Football
@BlackBearsFB
From Orono to the @NFL ...

Former Black Bears Jeremy Kelley, Phil McGeoghan and Brian Gaine (L-R) featured in the 2018 #BlackBearNation Magazine

View the complete publication here: http://bit.ly/2IjAhx5

by **Tom Nolette** » Thu Apr 05, 2018 4:45 am

Jamil Demby works out for two NFL teams in Vineland

...The 6-foot-5, 335-pound Demby is the No. 18 ranked offensive tackle in the draft according to WalterFootball.com, which predicts he will get drafted anywhere from the fourth to sixth round.

"He's the total package," Russo said of his former player. "He can do everything they are asking him to do. They are telling him to be ready to play center, guard and tackle."

Russo said Demby is handling the pressure of obtaining a job in the NFL like he was already there.

"He's handling it like a professional," Russo said. "He's a mature kid, very humble. He's just appreciative for the opportunity he has before him."

https://www.thedailyjournal.com/story/s ... 486298002/

by **Tom Nolette** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 2:36 am

Demby's final NFL Draft preparations underway

VINELAND, N.J. - One of the biggest weekends of Jamil Demby's life is quickly approaching, and the final preparations for it are underway.

The former University of Maine offensive lineman's NFL Draft prospects have been well-documented, and his early projections may be coming to fruition. He has had several meetings with NFL teams within the last month, with a few more scheduled prior to the draft at the end of the month.

- https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/item/2 ... s-underway

- http://wgme.com/sports/content/maine-pr ... -nfl-teams

by **Tom Nolette** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 4:21 am

Vineland Grad Jamil Demby Gets Ready for the NFL Draft

Vineland grad Jamil Demby has been all over the country getting ready for the NFL Draft. Demby is back in his hometown this week, working out for NFL teams. Mike Frankel goes 1-on-1 with Demby to hear what the process has been like.

http://www.snjtoday.com/clip/14255019/v ... 2004.06.18

by **Tom Nolette** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 1:27 am

Former UMaine basketball player vying for Olympic trial time at Boston Marathon

BANGOR, MAINE (WABI) - Tracy Guerrette will start the Boston Marathon with the best runners in the world. The former UMaine basketball player earned an elite bib for the event on Monday.

http://www.wabi.tv/content/sports/Forme ... 57343.html

by **Tom Nolette** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 3:26 am

Guerrette 25th woman to finish at Boston Marathon

BOSTON, Ma (WAGM) - It was not a nice day for a 26 mile run from Hopkinton to Boston, but thousands of people still competed in the Boston Marathon. A field of 30,000 runners fought drenching rain, temperatures in the mid-30's and gusts of up to 32 mph on the 26.2-mile trek from Hopkinton to Copley Square.

- http://www.wagmtv.com/content/sports/Gu ... 29793.html

- https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/item/2 ... n-marathon

- http://bangordailynews.com/2018/04/16/s ... -marathon/

by **Tom Nolette** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 2:38 am

UMaine's Demby in waiting phase of NFL Draft process

ORONO, MAINE (WABI) - Former Black Bear offensive lineman Jamil Demby is one of the guys hoping to hear his name called in this week's NFL draft. He was at today's scrimmage and after working out for a few pro teams says he's just playing the waiting game now...

http://www.wabi.tv/content/sports/UMain ... 72541.html