Article: Maine pros in front

AUBURN - John Hickson proved Thursday what a wise old turtle has been telling children for generations: Slow and steady wins the race.

Or, at least, keeps you close.

Hickson followed his first-round 69 with a 4-under-par gem at the par-72 Fox Ridge Golf Club, putting him in prime position for Friday's final round, tied for the clubhouse lead with first-round leader Shawn Warren at 7-under-par 137 as darkness suspended play at the 90th Charlie's Maine Open.

"I really don't think about (what I have to shoot)," Hickson said. "I played well."

Hickson, who works out of Dick's Sporting Goods of Topsham, started the day three back of Warren.

And the birdies in Hickson's round weren't all that ...

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