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Camden Hills ready for 2022 football campaign in 8-man
Tue, 09/06/2022 - 2:00pm

ROCKPORT — The Camden Hills high school football team had a Week 1 bye on its schedule, but will be ready to kickoff the season Saturday, Sept. 10 in the 8-man large school division. The Windjammers will open the season against Yarmouth at 1 p.m. with the contest taking place on Don Palmer Field at Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport. Camden Hills finished the 2021 regular season at 4-2 before succumbing to Morse in the divisional semifinal. And while the Jammers return a number of...
Stalcup Award takes its place among Windjammer lore
Wed, 06/22/2022 - 11:00am

ROCKPORT — A student-athlete award for football players at Camden Hills Regional High School that began in 2019 now has some hardware to support the meaning behind it. A quietly arranged gathering took place May 31 on the school grounds to recognize four now-former football players that have received the honor of receiving the annual Stalcup Award. Previously, a symbol of the award that was initiated by former head coach Jeremy Marks did not exist until this offseason when head coach Chris...
Camden Hills football concludes season with accolades at team banquet
Mon, 11/22/2021 - 10:30am

ROCKPORT — The 2021 Camden Hills football team recognized its successful 2021 campaign during a ceremony held at the Camden Snow Bowl on the evening of Wednesday, November 17. The event took place among parents and a few siblings of the players with the team's head coach Chris Christie handing out the platitudes. Following a preseason 34-12 exhibition win over eventual eight-man small school conference champion Dexter, the ‘Jammers finished with an overall record of 4-3 falling to Morse in the...
Camden Hills football eager for return to playoffs
Tue, 10/26/2021 - 8:45am

ROCKPORT — Following a year layoff due to the pandemic and being ineligible for the MPA playoffs in 2019, the Camden Hills football program will make their first playoff appearance since 2018 when they travel Friday, Oct. 29 to Edward McMann Field at Morse High School in Bath challenge the Shipbuilders in an eight-man football quarterfinal game that will begin at 7 p.m. Morse is entering the contest as the No. 2 seed and sports a 5-2 record while Camden enters as the No. 3 seed sporting a 4-2...
Camden Hills football eager for 2021 eight-man campaign
Tue, 08/31/2021 - 2:30pm

ROCKPORT — The Camden Hills eight-man football team opened the 2021 campaign with a preseason scrimmage Saturday, Aug. 28 on the road against Dexter, and is eager for the regular season to begin Saturday on its home turf in Rockport. In its preseason scrimmage, the visiting Windjammers posted a 34-12 victory thanks to an opportunistic defense and offensive combination of smash mouth football to go along with a reliable aerial attack. A 12-0 lead vanished into a halftime tie of 12-12 that held...
Camden Hills football coaches to host conditioning program
Sun, 06/20/2021 - 2:45pm

ROCKPORT — After missing the 2020 season due to the pandemic, the Camden Hills varsity football team is eager to return to the gridiron this fall ahead of its debut as an eight-man football team in the MPA large school division. As such, Windjammer head football coach Chris Christie and his coaching staff invite returning players, as well as interested rising ninth through 12 graders who will be attending the school this fall to participate in the annual July conditioning camp. The sessions are...
Camden Hills football players suit up ahead of Oct. 7 virtual fundraiser
Sat, 10/03/2020 - 11:30am

ROCKPORT — Despite being sidelined from the fall tackle football season amid the COVID-19, members of the Camden Hills football program suited up in jerseys and pads Saturday, Sept. 26 for a team photo day. The 2020 Camden Hills football team includes Dyllyn Anderson, Ben Craft, Jordan Durkee, Landen Stearns, William Thorn, Kyle Hicks, Thomas Mitchell, Ethan Cleaveland, Zachary Gilbert, Mason Thomas, Cameron Lawrence, Owen Reynolds, William Haslam, Hayden Davis, Ryan Clifford, Enzo Russillo,...
Camden Hills names Chris Christie new head football coach
Mon, 08/03/2020 - 3:15pm

ROCKPORT — As the Camden Hills Regional High School football team transitions this fall from playing 11-man football to playing eight-man football, the Windjammers will be under the guidance of a new head coach. And though Chris Christie is the new head football coach for the high school, he is a familiar face in the Camden Hills athletic community, most recently serving as an assistant coach for the football team. In the past, Christie coached the high school’s alpine ski and golf teams,...
‘the right move for our football program’
Camden Hills football to ask state association to join eight-man classification
Fri, 01/03/2020 - 5:15pm

ROCKPORT — The Camden Hills varsity football team is looking to move to eight-man classification football for the 2020 season and has asked the state athletic association for approval to make the switch. The classification, which allows for eight players per team on the field instead of the traditional 11 players per team, celebrated its inaugural season in the state in 2019. As of an early December school board meeting, Camden Hills athletic director Jeff Hart notified the school board...
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Camden Hills football to host spaghetti supper, reflect on season
Thu, 10/31/2019 - 4:00pm

ROCKPORT — Though the Camden Hills varsity football team’s season is over, the Windjammers are still keeping busy as a program. The team is inviting the public to the Rockport Masonic Center on Saturday, Nov. 16 for a spaghetti supper being hosted by the players from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The cost is $8 per person. Raffle tickets will be available to win a handmade quilt by seamstress Carrie Connors that honors the youth and high school football programs of Five Town Football and Camden Hills...
Windjammers eager for season finale rematch
Camden Hills football downed by Lisbon/St. Dominic
Mon, 10/21/2019 - 10:45pm

LISBON FALLS — The Camden Hills varsity football team hit the road Saturday, Oct. 19 to Lisbon Falls for a showdown against Lisbon/St. Dominic. Early miscues resulted in the Windjammers (2-5) finding themselves in a 26-0 deficit with over six minutes to go in the opening quarter. The host Greyhounds took their foot off the gas by halftime, thus allowing for a more enjoyable second half including a patented splash play by junior Ben Craft on the kickoff return to begin the half and a Brady...
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Camden Hills football shows potential in under-the-lights showdown
Mon, 10/14/2019 - 5:00pm

ROCKPORT — The Camden Hills varsity football team was back in action Friday, Oct. 11 after an unexpected bye week Oct. 4 as a result of Dirigo cancelling the remainder of its season. In the under-the-lights showdown against Lake Region (3-3), the host Windjammers (2-4) were defeated in a hard-fought contest 28-20. Camden Hills took an early 8-0 lead on a six yard run by sophomore Hunter Norton and a two-point conversion. The visiting Lakers quickly responded with a five yard touchdown run of...
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Despite loss, Camden Hills football trending upward into unexpected bye week
Sun, 09/29/2019 - 10:15pm

RUMFORD — The Camden Hills varsity football team took to the road Friday, Sept. 27 hoping to spoil Mountain Valley's decorated Homecoming festivities. Without the services of its starting quarterback, Ryan Clifford, it was obvious the visiting Windjammers would require the contributions of many to meet their goal. Though the team fell short of its bid for a second road win this season, falling 21-6, the Windjammers showcased its best defensive performance of the year, holding the Falcons to two...
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Fast start by Spruce Mountain sets tone as Camden Hills football falls
Mon, 09/23/2019 - 10:45am

ROCKPORT — The Camden Hills varsity football team hoped its Saturday, Sept. 21 home contest against Spruce Mountain would signal the start of a redemptive effort based on last week's showing versus Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall Dale. Instead, an opening three-play drive by the visiting Phoenix sent additional signals to head football coach Jeremy Marks, his staff, and Windjammer players that there is much work to do as they head into a showdown with Mountain Valley on Friday, Sept. 27 in Rumford. With...
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Camden Hills football falls in homecoming showdown
Mon, 09/16/2019 - 10:15am

ROCKPORT — The lights were bright for Homecoming on Friday the 13th at Don Palmer Field as Homecoming festivities kicked off with the Windjammers football team hosting the veteran laden Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall Dale Ramblers. The hosts suffered a 43-0 shutout, a tough, yet realistic, awakening for the young upstarts of Camden Hills compared to the Ramblers’ starting lineup of nine seniors. "Winthrop presented many challenges for us as a team," said Camden Hills head coach Jeremy Marks. "They are...
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Windjammers overcome early jitters, top Old Town
Sun, 09/08/2019 - 9:15pm

OLD TOWN — The Camden Hills varsity football team was not originally slated to play Friday, Sept. 6. While other teams around the state were set to be enjoying their first regular season football contests, the Windjammers had been scheduled to have the week off. Thanks to a schedule re-shuffle, however, the Class D Windjammers (1-0) found themselves on the road challenging the Old Town Coyotes (0-1), a Class C program, when Old Town found themselves with an open date due to Orono opting not to...
‘I know we will prepare and play every game as if we were on the road to the playoffs’
Despite playoff ineligibility, Camden Hills football excited for 2019 season
Mon, 08/26/2019 - 9:45pm

ROCKPORT — The 2019 football season is about to kick off and the Camden Hills Windjammer football program is in the midst of completing their two-a-day practice regimen. Third year head coach Jeremy Marks does not hide his excitement for the coming season. “Camden Hills Football is growing and looking forward to what should be a competitive and thrilling year,” said Marks, as he considered just a few of the players for whom fans should keep an eye out to be major contributors. “We have senior...
Letter from Camden Hills head football coach
Future of Camden Hills football
Tue, 11/06/2018 - 11:45am
On our playoff loss : I am not going to lie. Its going to take me a bit to get over the season-ending loss but hats off to Freeport. They played a mistake free game and were able to take everything we threw at them. They are well coached and I was confident we would get the win but turnovers and penalties were the difference in us playing for a championship and going home. We did not accomplish our goal of winning Class E,...
to play first ever home playoff game
Camden Hills football eager to be playoff team for second consecutive season
Mon, 10/22/2018 - 7:30pm

ROCKPORT — For the second consecutive season, the Camden Hills football team is playoff bound. The Windjammers football squad completed the regular season on Saturday, Oct. 20 against Class C Medomak Valley and find themselves as the fourth seed in Class E, good enough to host a new-found rival in the fifth-seeded Old Orchard Beach Seagulls on Saturday, Oct. 27 at Rockport’s Don Palmer Field. The quarterfinal contest will start at 2 p.m. Camden Hills finished 4-4 on the season, tied with three...
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Medomak Valley football cruises past Camden Hills to first playoff game
Mon, 10/22/2018 - 5:15pm

ROCKPORT — The Medomak Valley varsity football team hit the road to Rockport on Saturday, Oct. 20 for a regular season finale showdown against Camden Hills and returned home to Waldoboro with a 50-22 victory over the Class E Windjammers. Quarterly scores saw the visitors hold advantages of 22-0, 36-0 and 44-6. For the Class C Panthers, the win bumped their record to 4-4 and put the Panthers on course for the program’s first ever playoff game in only the program’s second year of playoff...
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Familiar ghost haunts Camden Hills football at Boothbay
Mon, 10/15/2018 - 9:00pm
BOOTHBAY HARBOR — The Camden Hills football team saw its defense incur several long and intermediate pass plays by the opposition in what became a triple overtime loss at Old Orchard Beach on Oct. 6. Although the Boothbay Seahawks are best known for its vaunted double wing run oriented offense, it was a couple of touchdown passes that converted Camden Hills 16-6 fourth quarter lead and turned it into an 18-16 win for the hosts on a clear but chilly Friday night game under the lights in Boothbay...
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Camden Hills football falls in triple overtime
Mon, 10/08/2018 - 10:45pm

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Camden Hills football team traveled to the home of the Old Orchard Beach Seagulls on Saturday, Oct. 6 with hopes of keeping pace with Freeport and Dirigo in the Class E standings. Despite incurring a dramatic triple overtime loss to the hosts 26-20, the Windjammers still find themselves much in control of their playoff destiny as the team sits in third place with a 4-2 record. The top six, of nine, teams in Class E will make the playoffs. The Seagulls presented a...
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Camden Hills football sails past Traip in homecoming victory
Mon, 10/01/2018 - 11:00pm

ROCKPORT — The Camden Hills football squad used a punishing ground game lead by senior Ethan Cayouette to overwhelm the Traip Academy by a final score of 30-8. The “Friday Night Lights” game was part of the school’s homecoming weekend. The Windjammers with the victory improved to 4-1 and are in the thick of the Class E playoff scenario. On a cool, humid night that kept the ball slick throughout the contest, the home team was having their way at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball...
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Camden Hills football tops Maranacook, gets back in win column
Mon, 09/24/2018 - 7:30pm

READFIELD — Although the penalties that plagued the Camden Hills football team against Freeport continued to hinder efforts on both sides of the ball, the Windjammers reduced its turnovers from three to one, held the ball control advantage by running 62 plays to Maranacook's 40, continued a masterful defensive stance against the opponent's run game and allowed no third down conversions. The Windjammers also turned a 6-0 halftime deficit into a 12-6 victory that was crucial to the team’s hopes...
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Camden Hills football shows mettle in loss to Freeport
Tue, 09/18/2018 - 9:45pm

ROCKPORT — Despite out-gaining last year's Class C playoff team in total yards (192-92), first downs (13-7) and running 18 more plays, it was turnovers (3-1) that doomed the Camden Hills varsity football team in its 14-6 Saturday, Sept. 15 loss to Freeport in what was considered an upset bid to prove to the high school football pundits locally and around the state that this squad is to be taken seriously. The enthusiastic crowd at Don Palmer Field started the day by singing our National Anthem...
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Windjammer football sails to second victory
Mon, 09/10/2018 - 7:30pm

ROCKPORT — The Camden Hills Windjammers football squad demonstrated to a friendly afternoon crowd Saturday, Sept. 8 under equally friendly blue skies they are not to be taken lightly in the 2018 season as they picked up where they left off last week on the road and opened the home season with a dominant 36-0 victory over Telstar. Both team’s offenses ran 41 plays but it was Camden Hills blocking upfront which aided the efforts of its senior laden backfield in outgaining the Rebels on the ground...
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Camden Hills football blanks Sacopee Valley in season opener
Tue, 09/04/2018 - 10:00pm

HIRAM — Camden Hills senior Ethan Cayouette took the ball on the game's second offensive play for a 55 yard touchdown run launching the Windjammers football squad into its second year in the developmental Class E high school division with a dominating 30-0 victory over Sacopee Valley in Hiram Friday night, Aug. 31. With Cayouette amassing 10 carries for 125 yards and three touchdowns, while adding a fourth quarter 58 yard punt return for another score, the Windjammers defense introduced itself...
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Camden Hills football preps for second season in Class E
Mon, 08/27/2018 - 11:00pm

ROCKPORT — It is a little after 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 24 and Camden Hills head football coach Jeremy Marks is in his office overlooking the front entrance of the school. He is openly excited and looking forward to what his 2018 squad can bring in the way of school and community pride to the Five Towns area this season. “Last year, I would not have said that I think we can be really good because I didn't really know what we were going to have,” said Marks. “But with this year's team, I have no...