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Winthrop football, field hockey have new faces but same expectations in 2025

Both teams entered Monday’s midnight practices less experienced than last year, but both are confident they’ll again be contenders.

Fall practices begin Monday, and some teams rang in the new sports year at the earliest possible moment.

Wolfgram, the winningest coach in state history, died Aug. 5 at 77.

Coming off an eight-man state title, the Rangers are ready to face 11-man competition in Class C this fall.

But it isn’t all chill and grill: athletes and coaches share some of the ways they’ve used the past couple weeks to prepare for the fall season.

Polky, who has his own bumpy past, is charged with rebuilding the Greyhounds after hazing allegations shut down the program last fall.

The veteran coach takes over a program that was derailed by a hazing investigation last fall.

As Gardiner’s football coach from 1975 through 1985, Wolfgram laid a foundation still in place.

Wolfgram won 10 state titles and 309 games in a storied coaching career at Madison, Gardiner, South Portland and Cheverus.

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