Jordon Hudson came up just short in the Miss Maine USA pageant on Sunday, finishing in third place in the competition with her boyfriend Bill Belichick reportedly looking on in the crowd.

The 24-year-old, representing Hancock, surged to the final day of the competition over the weekend. She was named one of the top-10 finalists on Saturday. She won the “style” portion of the event and, on Sunday, positioned herself to be within the final five competitors.

She participated in the interview portion of the event and appeared to take a shot at detractors amid a turbulent few weeks after the disastrous CBS interview in which she shut down a question to Belichick on how the two met.

Hudson was asked how she was doing before launching into her answer.

“I’m feeling an immense amount of pride right now,” she said via Mass Live. “I hope anyone who’s watching this finds the strength to push through whatever it is that they’re going through and embodies that hate never wins.”

When asked what moment in life she would want to go back to, Hudson said she wished she could be transported back to her family’s fishing boat.

Jordon Hudson (Skip Bolen/Getty Images)

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“I think about this often because there’s a mass exodus for fishermen occurring in the rural areas of Maine, and I don’t want to see more fishermen leave this place,” she said. “As your next Miss Maine USA, I would make a point to go to communities … to go into the government and advocate for these people so that they don’t have to think about these memories as a past moment.”

Hudson has been a champion for Maine fishermen. She thanked President Donald Trump and Maine Sen. Susan Collins as the administration renegotiated the Maine Sea Grant funding.

Hudson was caught up in another report on Friday. Journalist Pablo Torre said, citing sources, that she was barred from North Carolina’s athletics facilities and football field.

The school refuted the report.

Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

“While Jordon Hudson is not an employee at the University or Carolina Athletics, she is welcome to the Carolina Football facilities. Jordon will continue to manage all activities related to Coach Belichick’s personal brand outside of his responsibilities for Carolina Football and the University,” the school said.

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The dream of virtually any high school baseball player in Massachusetts is to get an opportunity to compete at the next level.

Dan Donato is hoping to make some of those dreams come true.

For the third straight year, Donato has spearheaded the New England Elite 100 Showcase, designed for high school baseball players looking to get noticed by college coaches at all levels. The two-day event will take place at Boston College on June 4-5.

“The numbers are coming in but we appear to be 15 ahead of last year’s pace,” said Donato, the head baseball coach at No. 1-ranked Dexter Southfield. “I think we’ve gotten to the point where this event is a must for any kids who want to play in college.”

A two-sport standout at Catholic Memorial, Donato went on to play hockey and baseball at Boston University. Following college, Donato had a minor league career in both the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays organizations, getting as high as Triple-A.

In his travels as a player and later as a coach, Donato noticed a growing number of baseball camps and clinics popping up in the south. He often wondered why a similar format couldn’t work in the north, leading to the creation of the New England Elite 100 Showcase.

“You would go to places like Georgia and see these great showcases,” Donato said. “The reality of the situation is that 90 percent of the kids who play high school baseball around here are likely going to play college baseball somewhere in New England.”

The early success of the camp has allowed Donato to bring in some of the top local high school coaches to help run things. Among those on the staff include Rick Forestiere, who climbed on board from Day 1; Jonathan Pollard (Austin Prep); David Cunningham (Belmont Hill); David Cataruzolo (Roxbury Latin); and former major leaguer Matt Duffy, a group which has more than 100 years of coaching under their collective belts.

The first day serves as a showcase for kids to display their talents in a variety of drills. The next day will consist of a series of games in which every kid is guaranteed a minimum of three at-bats a game and every pitcher would get an opportunity to throw 20-30 pitches. Donato thinks this is more than sufficient for a player to showcase his skills in front of a bevy of coaches from the likes of Harvard, Dartmouth, Boston College, Northeastern, Bryant, as well as Saint Anselm and the NESCAC.

“This is a great opportunity for kids who want to play college baseball to be able to have that chance to do it locally,” Donato said. “They’re going to get a chance to be seen by coaches from Division 1, 2 and 3. No matter what you are as an athlete, there is a home for anyone who wants to play college baseball.

“All I am trying to do here is help kids achieve their dreams of playing at the next level. It’s hard enough to play college baseball and it’s become even harder because of the transfer portals. I’ve coached for 25 years and I just want to do anything possible to help kids get to the next level whatever it happens to be for them.”

For further information, contact Tim Fledderjohn at fledd@premierfootballconsulting.com