A common preseason exercise for wrestlers approaching a career milestone is to pull out the schedule and count down the wins to get an idea of when they will reach their goal. Caleb Hall’s countdown to 100 career victories started and ended with his first match of the season. And with his first meet coming […]
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Boys’ Basketball: Cougars trounce Mustangs
DIXFIELD — When the Dirigo boy’s basketball team is clicking on all cylinders good things happen. Good things happened over and over again Tuesday, as the Cougars remained unbeaten in the Mountain Valley Conference. Setting the tone early, Dirigo ran early and often. Josh Turbide scored a season high 14 points and spot starter Mitch […]
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Girls basketball: Cougars hold off Mustangs’ charge
DIXFIELD — Even some of the most violent collisions during Monday night’s Mountain Valley Conference clash at DeFoe Gymnasium weren’t enough to draw a whistle. Braced by that knowledge, Dirigo’s Alyssa Wade decided to step in front of a driving Kylie Kemp in hopes of preserving a seven-point lead late in the fourth quarter. “The […]
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Jean Hascall Walker
LEWISTON — Jean Hascall Walker, 84, a resident of Welch Avenue, Monmouth, died Wednesday, Dec. 14, at d’Youville Pavilion. She was born in Monmouth, Dec. 2, 1927, the daughter of Elmer S. and Ruby M. Day Hascall. She was a 1946 graduate of Monmouth Academy, attended Bates College and graduated from the University of Maine […]
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Girls’ basketball: Falcons fight off Mustangs
MONMOUTH — Monmouth had a hard time playing catch-up after a slow start. And when the Mustangs surged past Mountain Valley in the fourth quarter, they had a hard time holding onto a short-lived lead. The Falcons, though they struggled mightily from the floor and allowed the pesky, short-handed Mustangs to hang around, found their […]
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Boys’ basketball: Mustangs cut off Greyhounds at the pass
MONMOUTH – While the Monmouth Mustangs took awhile to settle into their offense, the Lisbon Greyhounds never did. The Mustangs used an 18-3 run in the second half to pull away for a 51-32 boys’ basketball win Saturday night. Brandon Goff led all scorers with 19 points, including 10 during the decisive run. The run […]
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SPEWS11 Monmouth girlsbasketball
Coach: Scott Wing (second year) Last year’s record: 5-13 Returning letter winners: Seniors — Kristine Kahl (5-10 forward), Molly Menice (5-5 guard), Colby Wilson (5-3 guard); Juniors — Melissa Brassard (5-7 forward), Daisi Poole (5-5 guard/forward); Sophomore — Kylie Kemp (5-6 guard/forward). Key losses: Kristi Hilton (guard), Kelsie Hilton (guard), Danielle Bumann (guard), Sierra Spencer […]
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SPEWS11 Monmouth wrestling
Coach: Shawn Schultz (seventh year) Last year’s record: Seventh in Mid-State League, seventh in Class C qualifier, seventh in Class C Returning letter winners: Senior — Tamara Cushman (145); Sophomores — Stewart Buzzell (138), James Gambino (138). Key losses: Kyle Foyt-Bridges, Eric Coulombe, Pat McInnis, Matt McInnis. Outlook: Coming off one of their most successful […]
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Monmouth boys’ basketball
Coach: Lucas Turner (third year) Last year’s record: 12-7, lost in Western Class C quarterfinals Returning players: Seniors — Scott Peacock (6-0 forward), Nick Trenholm (5-9 guard), Ben Woodman (6-1 center), Cam Copeland (6-0 center); Juniors — Drew McFarren (6-3 guard), Devin West (5-10 guard); Sophomore — Brandon Goff (6-2 forward). Key losses: Roger Bachelder, […]
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Monmouth man remembers Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor attack by the numbers 2,000-plus: Number of Americans killed. 350-plus: Number of Japanese planes involved. 8: Number of U.S. Navy battleships damaged. 1,177 : Number of men killed on the USS Arizona, which exploded when a bomb ignited gunpowder. 2: Number of battleships — the USS Arizona and the USS Utah — that […]