BANGOR, Maine – The Maine Association of Basketball Coaches (MABC) this evening presented its Media Award to Ernie Clark of Dover-Foxcroft. The award for outstanding coverage of Maine high school basketball was presented at the 2016 Maine McDonald’s® High School Senior All-Star Basketball Games awards banquet in Bangor.
Clark has covered Maine high school sports as a reporter and broadcaster for three decades. He has worked as a sports reporter and editor at the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, editor of Maine RoundBall Magazine, host of a sports talk show for WZON radio in Bangor, and color commentator and interviewer for Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s coverage of the high school basketball tournaments.
Now a sports reporter for the Bangor Daily News covering primarily high school sports, Clark is a four-time recipient of the Maine Sportswriter of the Year award as presented by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. He was a 2015 inductee into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame.
“The MABC would like to thank Ernie Clark for his coverage of Maine high school basketball for more than 30 years,” said Peter Murray, MABC president. “We are honoring Ernie this weekend with MABC’s Media Award for his commitment to exceptional high school basketball reporting.”
Also honored at the MABC Awards Banquet were the Maine McDonald’s High School Senior All-Star Basketball Players, Regional Foul Shooting Champions, All-
Star Coaches, members of the All-State Academic Team, the Maine McDonald’s Spirit of the Game Award recipients, and the MABC Contributor Award honoree.
The 2016 Maine McDonald’s High School Senior All-Star Basketball Games marks McDonald’s 28th consecutive year as lead sponsor of this event. This year’s games will be played at Newman Gymnasium on the campus of Husson University in Bangor on Saturday, March 12. Game day tickets are good for all four Games and may be purchased at the door. Tickets are $8.00 for adults and $5.00 for children age 10 and under. More information is available at www.mainemcdonaldsbasketball.org
Net proceeds from the Games benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC) of Maine. Last
year’s All-Star Weekend raised more than $32,000.00 for the Charities. Since its founding in 1998, RMHC of Maine has granted more than $3 million to more than 250 non-profit organizations that positively impact the health and well-being of children and families in Maine and eastern New Hampshire. More information is
available at www.rmhcmaine.org.
In addition to underwriting the cost of planning and executing the event, the Maine McDonald’s Owner/Operator Association, a collaboration of 14 local Maine McDonald’s franchisees, works hand-in-hand with the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches and these sponsors to make the event possible. Premiere Title Sponsors Dr Pepper and Maine Athletic Fundraising. Major Sponsors University of Southern Maine and Coca-Cola. Supporting Sponsors Hancock Lumber and McCain Foods. Contributing Sponsors Coastal T-Shirts of Auburn, Holiday Inn Bangor and Bronson Audio/Visual. And, Media Partners WLBZ-2, Bangor and WCSH-6, Portland.
