Tag: Ricky Goupille

After last season’s restrictions, Presque Isle soccer teams thrive on their hometown support It was a warm, late September’s night at the Presque Isle Middle School’s turf field, a rivalry girls game between Presque Isle and...

How a backyard football game became an unbreakable tradition      Football on Thanksgiving is not a novel idea. The NFL has held games on Thanksgiving since 1934. Seeing the Cowboys and Lions play on Thanksgiving is just another...

There are many reasons, but the biggest of which nobody wants to talk about…      In Aroostook County, high school basketball is a rich tradition. With the exception of last year’s COVID season, people pack our tiny gyms...

Rookie UMPI Athletes Continue Playing Basketball in the County After High School     Playing high school basketball in Aroostook County is a way of life. But rarely do county athletes go on to play in college for UMPI. Two...

The NCAA Is Getting Its Northernmost Division I School       The University of Maine at Presque Isle has an enrollment of around 1,100 students. It has just three resident dorms and 12 building structures. The small-town feel of...

What the UMPI Baseball and Softball Teams Do to Play the Game They Love      “Are we there yet?” junior infielder Joey Blake asked jokingly as the 30-passenger bus rolled out of campus at 4 in the morning and began to head south...

The Investigative Journalism That Nearly Cost Us the First Amendment      “All the President’s Men” is a film released in 1976. It detailed two Washington Post journalists’ quest to dig to the bottom of the infamous Watergate...

The Impact of Aaron Marston By Ricky Goupille      It’s difficult to put into words the effect Aaron Marston had on everyone he encountered. But if words don’t suffice, perhaps an enormous crowd of blue and...

How New York Times writer Bill Pennington put UMPI on the map      It is not often that Presque Isle, Maine, gets national attention. In 2009, New York Times beat writer Bill Pennington wrote a story on...

Pat Baker and Aaron Marston By Ricky Goupille  In the last three years, UMPI has experienced some wrenching losses through the deaths of two of its athletic staff members: Pat Baker and Aaron Marston. The UMPI and Presque...

Two Classic TV Shows and Their Christmas Specials By Ricky Goupille  In a world where wholesome entertainment is sparse, let us step back in time to classic TV shows that gave quality entertainment that an entire family...