Waterville area natives Jesse Labreck and Jon Alexis Jr. have advanced to American Ninja Warrior's national finals in Las Vegas after successful course runs in the Philadelphia city finals.
Former University of Maine and Messalonskee High School star athlete, Jesse Labreck, saw her friend, Jon Alexis Jr. from Waterville, compete on the reality TV show, ‘American Ninja Warrior,’ and decided to try for herself.
A Waterville, Maine father and son are competing on the NBC show 'American Ninja Warrior'. Jon Alexis Sr. did well, in fact, he was the best of the night!
Jonathan Alexis, 48, and his son, also named Jonathan Alexis, 26, from Waterville, will be competitors on the new season of 'American Ninja Warrior.' The reality show airs on NBC, locally on channels 2 and 6, and premiers it's new season on Monday, May 26 at 8 pm.
We have been watching American Ninja Warrior for three seasons now. Each year, we see the men and women vying for their chance to defeat Mount Midoriyama. There are contestants from all walks of life: mailmen, rock climbers, schoolteachers, doctors.
Each evening we all watch it together, all three kids, Bradley, Anderson and Jayden, all say "Daddy can do that!" And Chad smiles. They cont