DIXFIELD — It has taken some time this season, but Monmouth boys’ basketball team has started to put things together, and showed as much with a solid performance Wednesday night in a Mountain Valley Conference game against Dirigo. A well-balanced offense had four players reach double figures, led by Travis Hartford with a game-high 21, […]
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Boys’ basketball: Lisbon knocks off Dirigo, 66-48
LISBON — What a week for the Lisbon High School Greyhounds. It started Monday with a Mountain Valley Conference road win over Boothbay. Then, on Thursday, the Greyhounds hosted Dirigo in a key boys showdown. Just like earlier this week, Lisbon put to rest another program that has given it fits over the years, pulling […]
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Local Roundup: Bessey leads Spruce Mountain girls’ basketball to blowout win over Maranacook
JAY — Alex Bessey and the Spruce Mountain girls’ basketball team lit up Maranacook on Monday, 57-37. Bessey finished with 26 points, including four 3-pointers, to go along with five steals and five assists. Haley Turcotte added 12 points and six rebounds, and Morgan Dalton had seven points, six assists and five steals. The Phoenix […]
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Winter Preview 2016: Mt. Blue Nordic skiing
Coach: Claire Polfus (second year) Conference: KVAC; Class: A Last year’s results: Boys won the KVAC and Class A state championships. Girls finished second at the KVACs and won the state title. Returning athletes: Boys: Seniors — Tucker Barber, Nolan Rogers; Junior — Zeke Robinson; Sophomores — Sam Smith, Dominic Giampietro. Girls: Seniors — Julia Ramsey, Grace […]
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Winter Preview 2016: Dirigo Nordic skiing
Coach: Ann Speth (sixth year) Conference: MVC; Class: C Last year’s result: Boys were second at MVC championships. Returning athletes: Boys: Justin Cantin, Ethan Couture, Jonah Downs. Girls: Nicole Whitman, Lillie Meehan, Becca Daily, Ashley Hutchinson, Beth Jacques. Key losses: Ben Buck, Keenan Martin, Ellie Jasper, Nicole Dumond. Season outlook: This will be a building year for the Cougars. They are inexperienced […]
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Alpine skiing: Mt. Blue boys eyeing a state title after falling short in 2015-16
FARMINGTON — The Mt. Blue boys’ alpine ski team was four points away from three-peating as the Class A State champion last season. The Cougars made up 20 points on the second day of competition at Mt. Abram. The problem on the first day was that they took coach Mark Cyr’s message to literally. “They […]
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Winter Preview 2016: Mt. Blue Alpine skiing
Coach: Mark Cyr (13 year) Conference: KVAC; Class: A Last year’s results: Boys finished first at the KVACs and second at state championship. Girls finished third at the KVACs and fifth at state. Returning athletes: Boys: Senior — Miles Pelletier; Junior — Hunter Bolduc; Sophomores — Sam Smith, James Guillaume. Girls: Sophomores — Ellie Pelletier, Jenna Hanrahan, Ashley Wiles, Kate Brittain, Rylee Briggs. […]
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Winter Preview: Mt. Blue girls’ basketball
Mt. Blue’s seniors will be under the stewardship of the third head coach of their tenures with the Cougars basketball team. However, the new coach, Fred Conlogue, isn’t completely unfamiliar to most of the Cougars, including those seniors. He previously served as the freshman and JV coach before taking a few years off to earn […]
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Winter Preview: Mt. Blue boys’ basketball
Brian Kelly, who coached at Jay High School, is the Cougars’ fourth coach in six years hoping to continue building the program. With 14 freshmen in the class, they are off to a good start. But they also have seven seniors they hope can lead them back to a tournament berth. All-conference forward Zack Mittelstadt […]
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Winter Preview: Dirigo girls’ basketball
Rebecca Fletcher is getting her team up to speed on how to do things the Dirigo way. “It’s a new coach, so there’s a new system, trying to teach them how we want to do things,” Fletcher said. “It’s been good having as much time as we have had. We’re starting to put together what […]