Winthrop’s Katie Beck, left, Zion Armstrong, top center, and Ella Rice run through agility drills during girls soccer practice Tuesday in Winthrop. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Joy Singleton casts her line Monday, Aug. 19, while fishing for bass and pickerel in Webber Pond near her family’s Vassalboro home. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Shoppers are reflected in a mirror Saturday, Aug. 17, as they browse during a yard sale fundraiser put on by United Community Living Center in the parking lot of the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Maranacook football players work through a drill during practice Monday, Aug. 19, in Readfield. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Richmond’s new coach Randy Hinkley demonstrates a drill during a girls soccer preseason practice Tuesday in Richmond. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

A Skowhegan player strikes the ball during field hockey practice Tuesday in Skowhegan. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Emily Willson, an Early Start tutor and a senior at Thomas College in Waterville, helps carry items Wednesday that belong to first-year students who are attending the Early Start program and moving into dormitory rooms at the college at 180 West River Road. Early Start is an 11-day program held prior to the start of the fall term that offers new students tools to assist in academic coursework, help manage the transition to college and prepare for their future. Willson is studying psychology and minoring in management. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

After removing the netting, Charlie Lawrence disassembles a pitcher’s safety screen on Friday, Aug. 16, at the baseball diamond at Gardiner Area High School in Gardiner. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

John Harris powers up his 1932 Ford AA while competing in the doodlebug tractor pull at the Maine Antique Tractor Club in Norridgewock on Sunday, Aug. 18. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Weston Chase, 8, is the newest pie-eating champion, finishing his pie in a time of 2 minutes, 2 seconds, during Saturday’s contest at the Skowhegan State Fair. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Walkers are reflected Saturday, Aug. 17, in Mill Pond in Wayne as they cross a bridge decorated with patriotic bunting. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Jacob Ouellette, 7, catches a pig by the legs Saturday, Aug. 17, during the pig scramble at the Skowhegan State Fair. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel