Ben Barr
Sports Director
Bangor, ME
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I'm very excited to join the TV5 team as Sports Director!
I'm coming from KMOT in Minot, North Dakota where I held the same position. After six years in the Peace Garden State, I decided to make the move to Maine to be closer to my hometown of Lancaster County, Pa. Besides being back on the East Coast, I'm looking forward to cover the Maine Black Bears, Husson Eagles, and more high school and college that our region has to offer. I take a ton of pride in covering as much as I can around our viewing area, from highlights and scores to feature stories that take you beyond the box score.
I'm ready to hit the ground running at WABI, so if you have a story idea, shoot me an email at bbarr@wabi.tv.
See you on the sidelines!
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The achievement came in Searsport’s 6-0 road win over Sumner on May 24 during a 15 K outing
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Black Bears will face Louisiana in an elimination game on Saturday at Noon
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NGA Nationals is coming up on June 18 in New Orleans
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She’s had assistant coaching stops at Elmira College in New York and Colorado Mesa University
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The Bulldogs wrapped up a 10-3 season, good for fifth place in Class D North
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Shayne takes what he learns on the ice to the other side in lacrosse
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Head coach Pete, assistant coach Fred, senior Ben
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The Black Bears start Coral Gables, Fla. regional play on Friday at 7 p.m. against No. 9 Miami
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Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Silk was an Orono graduate who was killed in action on June 21, 2010 in Afghanistan
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The Black Bears will be back in action on Friday at 1 p.m. against the winner of No. 2 UMBC vs. No. 3 Binghamton
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Event held by Friends of Community Fitness, Hooked on Maine Outdoors, and Varney Ford
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Senior 3 team wins title, Junior 5 team finishes 2nd, Junior 1 team finishes 5th
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Jeremiah Jenkins wins Player of the Year, Nick Derba wins Coach of the Year
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14-year-old was lone Maine qualifier at event
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Black Bears start on Thursday at 11 a.m.
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Dropped third strike gave Libby the chance to finish with 22 instead of the 21 total outs in a seven-inning game
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Eagles finish 0-2 in NCAA Regional play
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The Eagles will be in an elimination game on Saturday at 11 a.m.
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Eagles will play a regional elimination game on Friday at 1:30 p.m.
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He finished in a tie for 2nd place at the NCAA Regional Tournament at Eagle Eye Golf Club in Bath, Mich. on Wednesday
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Celebration of life hockey play day planned for Sunday from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Penobscot Ice Arena to honor Brewer coach
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Black Bears will face Georgia, Illinois, and Iowa in pool play
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Special Olympics Maine wraps up May with Spring Games at York, Aroostook, and Oxford
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Black Bears knocked out Binghamton before falling to UAlbany
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Jazmin plans on working toward a real estate career
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The Eagles defeated Cazenovia, 1-0, to seal the title
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No. 6 Black Bears upset No. 4 UMass Lowell, 1-0
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Siblings Finn, Zoe, Tessa Castrucci, plus Harrison Withee
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The Saints defeated the Mariners, 12-7, after taking a 9-1 lead into halftime
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Black Bears lost to UAlbany, 7-3, then defeated Bryant, 11-1, in an elimination game
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Their core four consists of senior Jackson Quinn, juniors Brayden Bellerose and Noah McMahon, and sophomore Silas Tibbetts
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He pitched seven shutout innings in Sunday’s 9-0 win over UMBC
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Former players of local programs and clubs have been able to stay home and show their school pride in their spring sport
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The top two seeds avoid single-elimination play
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Saturday’s 12-0 win over UMPI was the first seven-inning perfect game in team history
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Sports seasons continue for networking group
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The Mariners went 8-0 in the NAC this year and will open the tournament against No. 4 Husson
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No. 2 Eagles to face No. 3 Maine Maritime on Saturday at SUNY Canton
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The event is moving from Thornton Academy to Bangor
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He also coached Bangor High from 1992-1994
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She will compete in the Senior 8 Level 9 National Championship on Sunday in Kissimmee, Fla.
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Scott signed undrafted free agent deal, Gerace to attend rookie mini camp
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Coyotes’ Kameron and Kaiden Plourde, Eagles’ Koa and Kai Bennett feature at No. 1 and 2 singles
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The events run Saturday and Sunday at Colby
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It’s a round-robin competition between the Eagles, Southern Maine, New England, and St. Joseph’s with hour-long matches
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The Jammers are bringing back depth in the 2023 lineup to try to maintain that high standard
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