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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Ben Barr and Bryan Sidelinger bring you tonight’s high school basketball highlights and scores
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The triplets were born in the 8 a.m. hour on Christmas Eve 2004
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Now in their 40′s, they’ve been on the sideline since high school
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Walston looks to model his game after Steph Curry and Kyrie Irving on the offensive side, but it’s the other end of the court that he really enjoys
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Bussey is completing his MBA in Business Administration after already studying Sport Management
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Ortiz is a three-time World Series Champion with the Red Sox, and hit 541 career home runs
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170 lb. senior is a two-time state champion
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Ben Barr and Bryan Sidelinger bring you tonight’s basketball highlights and scores
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Seniors say keys are toughness, work ethic, and depth
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Senior helping Eagles defend NAC Championship
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She’s hoping to help six-senior lineup to State Championship
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She scored school-record 112 goals during All-American career
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She also helps the American Lung Association in Augusta
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Freshman forward, senior guard playing big minutes
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Maine fell behind 3-0 after the first period both times on the way to losing, 5-3 and 4-3, to the River Hawks
Ben Barr and Bryan Sidelinger bring you Friday’s basketball highlights and scores
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Six-foot junior center making a difference in the paint
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Black Bears defeat Wildcats, 77-51
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Rahel Enzler (Switzerland) and Amalie Andersen (Denmark) will travel to Beijing
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Maine-Wildcats set for Thursday at 7 p.m. from Bangor’s Cross Insurance Center
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Monkey Mind Athletes premiered in June 2020
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Araujo is taking over a unit that allowed 27 points per game to go with 161.4 rushing yards and 225.55 through the air per contest
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She was just named Big East Girls Player of the Week for the second time in the season’s first three weeks
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Lamprecht plans to pursue junior or college hockey
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Black Bears to host Alaska Fairbanks on Friday and Saturday
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She's one of three triplets, along with her brothers, Collin and Kyle, who play on the Skowhegan boys basketball team
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Sam Duerr joins the defense core from the St. Cloud Norsemen of the North American Hockey League
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Next scheduled action for the Black Bears is a Jan. 7 and 8 home series with Alaska Fairbanks
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The alley is starting a youth candlepin league in January
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Bentley is a Division II program located in Waltham, Mass. that competes in the Northeast-10 Conference
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Pereira is the 2021-22 Massachusetts Gatorade Football Player of the Year
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Hunter Curtis and Chance Mercier showing team’s versatility
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She's been training with Results Basketball coach Mark Baxter
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He was recently named PVC Peak Performer of the Week
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Senior guard/forward hopes to play college basketball
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The Eagles finished 2021 with a 7-3 (4-2 CCC) record
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He’s already won North Atlantic Conference Rookie of the Week three times for men’s swimming and diving
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Jones is coming off an Offensive Player of the Year performance in Quebec’s RSEQ conference
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She’s in her third season averaging double-digit scoring
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He was a three-time finalist for the Vezina Trophy, which is awarded to the league’s top goaltender every year
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She also plays for the AAU Maine Firecrackers
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Allen has already logged a near quadruple-double in Central’s Dec. 10 win over Sumner
Ben Barr and Bryan Sidelinger bring you tonight's basketball highlights and scores
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Winter hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, typically from Nov. 1 to April 14, with varying holiday hours
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Business began roughly 30 years ago in Dover-Foxcroft
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Jordan Stevens introduced as Maine head football coach