RUMFORD — The 2025 Mountain Valley Rec Women’s Invitational Basketball Tournament was held on March 22 and 23 at Dirigo High School in Dixfield after a year hiatus and was well received. An expected 8-team entry got pared down to just 5 teams, but all enjoyed being on the court and competing for fun […]
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Mountain Valley Rec Basketball League Championship
RUMFORD — Clean Cut Painting came out of 5th place, finishing the regular season with a 6-8 record to previously knock off 4th place Jay (7-8) in the quarterfinal and upset 1st place Smart Care PT, Inc (15-1) in the semifinals. They then surprised everyone again by beating a strong A & G Carpentry […]
MBHS Weekly Sports Schedule
MBHS Weekly Sports Schedule 1/20/2025 – 1/25/2025 NOTICE: Due to lack of snow, the MBHS Nordic Ski race on Saturday, January 18 has been moved to Titcomb. The race was originally in Maranacook. The start time will remain the same at 11 a.m. Day Date Sport Opponent Location Time Bus time Depart From Monday 1/20/2025 […]
Smart Care only undefeated team in MVRBL
RUMFORD — Smart Care PT, Inc (6-0) remains the only undefeated team in the Mountain Valley Rec League with a one sided victory over Flint Tropics (1-5), 95-50. Trent Hutchinson was hot from outside with 34 points (6 threes), while Cody St Germain dominated the inside with 31 more. Ben Holmes had another 11. Flint […]
MBHS Weekly Sports Schedule
MBHS Weekly Sports Schedule 1/6/2025 – 1/11/2025 Day Date Sport Opponent Location Time Bus time Depart From Monday 1/6/2025 JV Boys Basketball Messalonskee MBHS 4:30 PM Monday 1/6/2025 JV Girls Basketball Messalonskee MBHS 6:00 PM Tuesday 1/7/2025 V Boys Basketball Messalonskee Messalonskee 6:00 PM 4:30 PM MBHS Tuesday 1/7/2025 V Girls Basketball Messalonskee Messalonskee 7:30 […]
The Early Years of FHS football and its inspirational coach
FARMINGTON — On Saturday, June 5, 1902, a young George Pratt took the evening train from Farmington to Strong to visit his parents when he was in a startling accident. Pratt was engaged in conversation when the train slowed up and he thought the train had reached the Strong station. He stepped out into the […]
Santa Claus is coming…to Saddleback
SANDY RIVER PLT — Take a run with Santa down Royal Tiger at Saddleback Mountain. Santa will make an appearance on Dec. 21, 22, and Christmas Day. Meet in the base area by the Sandy Chair at 10 a.m. to take a run on Royal Tiger with Mr. Claus. Following Santa’s run, our snow reporter […]
Hotel Rumford off to a good start
Returning champ Hotel Rumford is off to a great start to the 2024/25 season as is Smart Care, both with convincing wins. Hotel Rumford defeated Jay (1-2), 71-45, while Smart Care manhandled Clean Cut Painting (1-2), 75-46. Both teams seem destined to be the top choices for winning the league championship, although several other teams […]
Mt. Blue cross country teams win sportsmanship awards
FARMINGTON — The Mt. Blue High School boys and girls cross country teams were both presented with the Northern Maine Class A Sportsmanship banner at the Class A State Championship meet on Saturday, Nov. 2. Competitively the Mt. Blue boys placed 11th and the girls were 12th in Class A. The boys finish was a […]
Mt. Blue cross country team advances to state meet
FARMINGTON — The Mt. Blue High School Boys and girls cross country teams both advanced to the state meet with their performances at the Northern Maine Regional Championships in Belfast on Saturday, Oct. 26. The girls team placed fourth and the boys were fifth. Both teams will compete in the State Championship at Twin Brook […]