JAY — Dirigo wrestling coach Doug Gilbert is a mathematics teacher by trade, so the Cougars knew the bad news before anyone picked up a microphone and told them. “If one more person placed,” said sophomore Nelson Pepin, “we would have won.” The Cougars celebrated four champions and a runner-up and won eight consolation finals […]
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Class C Cheering: Mustangs take tough road to title
AUGUSTA — There are two ways to reach the Class C championship round in competition cheerleading. Play it safe, don’t make too many glaring mistakes and squeak your way into the top six. Or put on a show, ramp up the level of risk and send your score through the roof, even if you fall […]
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High school wrestling conference meets begin post-season
High school wrestling’s top competitors will start to get the measure of one another with the conference championships this Saturday, highlighted by the Mid-State League championships at Fryeburg Academy and the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference championships at Mt. Ararat High School. Mountain Valley hopes to give retiring coach Gary Dolloff his fifth league title in […]
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Girls’ Basketball: ‘Hounds muzzle Mustangs in OT
LISBON — Lisbon’s run of Western Class B girls’ basketball tournament appearances is likely to end in three weeks. Hey, playing the spoiler can be fun, too. Jessica Campbell scored all 11 of her points in the fourth quarter and overtime Thursday night, rallying the Greyhounds to a 46-40 victory over Monmouth in an MVC […]
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Boys’ basketball: Monmouth edges Wiscasset
MONMOUTH — The Monmouth boys’ basketball team is getting used to this overtime thing. For the third consecutive game, the Mustangs journeyed beyond regulation. Tuesday night they battled Wiscasset into two overtimes before Tim Whitmore found Roger Bachelder wide open underneath the basket with 3.3 seconds left on the clock to lift the Mustangs to […]
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Girls’ roundup: Saints win heavyweight ice hockey battle
GORHAM — Lauren Ratsep collected her own rebound after a one-timer on a feed from Marisa Zamrock and slipped it into the net with 1:08 to play in regulation, lifting St. Dom’s to a 3-2 win over Scarborough in a battle of the state’s top two girls’ hockey teams Monday. Ratsep finished with a goal […]
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DIXFIELD — Dirigo and Monmouth boys’ basketball teams battled to the bitter end. Caleb Turner calmly sank 10 of 13 free throws, including six in overtime as Dirigo pulled together when necessary for a thrilling 62-59 victory against Monmouth. The MVC crossover contest was the only scheduled meeting, so the contest at DeFoe Gymnasium proved […]
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Girls’ basketball: Dirigo runs away from Monmouth
DIXFIELD — When the Dirigo girls’ basketball team plays together as a cohesive unit, good things are going to happen. They did on Thursday. Senior Hannah Knight and Alyssa Wade combined for 33 points as the Cougars pulled away down the stretch for a 51-37 win against Monmouth Academy at Defoe Gymnasium. Each team entered […]
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Boys’ Basketball: Mustangs awaken, ward off Winthrop in OT
MONMOUTH — Wednesday’s game at Foster Gym was so tense, so dramatic and at times so frustrating that it left Monmouth coach Lucas Turner mixing his metaphors. And hitting the rewind button on the historical highlight reel. “It was like Pedro Martinez was on the mound,” Turner said. Well, for the second time in a […]
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Monmouth’s Foyt-Bridges turning heads
MONMOUTH — Among Kyle Foyt-Bridges earliest memories are watching his brother, Ryan, 10 years his senior, wrestle for Monmouth Academy. “When I was a little kid, he used to wrestle around with me and beat me up and stuff all around the house,” Foyt-Bridges said with a smile. “I used to come to the meets […]