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Professional motivator Brett “Ooch” Outchcunis of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, compares his height Monday to sophomore Donel Tangilamesu at Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn. Outchcunis spoke with students and used his yo-yo skills to teach them what to do after one makes a mistake. “You’re going to make a lot of mistakes in life, so you might as well be good at it,” he said on the first day of Catholic Schools Week. Saint Dominic campuses in Lewiston and Auburn have events scheduled throughout the week to celebrate. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Professional motivator Brett “Ooch” Outchcunis of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, creates “Darth Vader’s mask” Monday for students at Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn. Outchcunis spoke with students and used his yo-yo skills to teach them what to do after one makes a mistake. “You’re going to make a lot of mistakes in life, so you might as well be good at it,” he said on the first day of Catholic Schools Week. Saint Dominic campuses in Lewiston and Auburn have events scheduled throughout the week to celebrate. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Professional motivator Brett “Ooch” Outchcunis of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, gives a high-five Monday to sixth grader Addie Lemieux at Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn. Outchcunis spoke with students and used his yo-yo skills to teach them what to do after one makes a mistake. “You’re going to make a lot of mistakes in life, so you might as well be good at it,” he said on the first day of Catholic Schools Week. Saint Dominic campuses in Lewiston and Auburn have events scheduled throughout the week to celebrate. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Professional motivator Brett “Ooch” Outchcunis of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, encourages students to work through mistakes Monday at Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn. Outchcunis spoke with students and used his yo-yo skills to teach them what to do after one makes a mistake. “You’re going to make a lot of mistakes in life, so you might as well be good at it,” he said on the first day of Catholic Schools Week. Saint Dominic campuses in Lewiston and Auburn have events scheduled throughout the week to celebrate. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Daryn Slover always pulls for the underdog - what would you expect from someone that was raised in Cleveland and lives in Lewiston. He drinks cheap coffee and cheap beer so that he can afford to put his...

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