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PHOTOS: Oak Hill/Lisbon, Dirigo wrestlers hit the mat

Dirigo’s Owen Libby, top, tries to get control of Lisbon/Oak Hill’s Zoe Buteau during a high school wrestling meet at Lisbon on Saturday. Buteau won the 128-pound match by decision. (Bob Conn/The Times Record) Jack Tibbets of Lisbon/Oak Hill ties up Dirigo’s Jason Beaucage during their 126-pound match at Lisbon High School on Saturday. Tibbets […]

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Class B girls' basketball preview: Gray-New Gloucester the favorite but expects challenge

Gray-New Gloucester’s Jordan Grant, center, drives to the basket past Lake Region’s Shauna Hancock, left, and Lauren Jakobs, right, last season. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Two major factors make Gray-New Gloucester an overwhelming favorite in Class B South this season. First, every player returns from last season’s top-seeded team. Second, the other top teams in last […]

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2018-19 girls' basketball preview capsules

BUCKFIELD BUCKS Coach: Ryan Wilkins (fifth year) Conference: East-West; Class: C Last year’s results: 1-17. Returning athletes: Senior — Hannah Shields; Juniors — Deja Bennett, Katy Henderson, Karen McNeil; Sophomore — Siana Jacobs. Promising newcomers: Senior — Soyoung Park; Juniors — Molly Bourget, Josephine Replogle; Sophomores — Cassidy Lowell, Shyloe Morgan; Freshmen — Kailie Bernard, […]

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2018-19 boys’ basketball preview capsules

BUCKFIELD BUCKS Coach: Kyle Rines (third year) Conference: EWC; Class: C South Last year’s results: 9-9, lost in C South preliminary round Returning athletes: Seniors — Noah Wiley (5-9 guard), Hunter White (6-1 center), Abram Cormier (5-10 forward), Jacob Toomey (6-0 forward), Shawn Hardy (5-10 forward), Corey Umsteadt (5-10 forward); Junior — Tyler Gammon (6-2 forward), Dan Perry (6-0 forward); […]

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2018-19 High School boys’ hockey preview capsules

Cony/Monmouth/Hall-Dale Rams Coach: Shawn Johnson (first year as head coach) Class: A North Last year’s results: 8-9-2, lost in regional quarterfinals. Returning athletes: Seniors — Reed Hopkins (F), Joey Arps (D), Michael Boivin (F), Connor Albison (F); Juniors — Sam McFarlane (D), Mike Crochere (G), Zach Whitney (D), Caleb MacFarland (D), Collin Osborne (F); Sophomores — Tyrell […]

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Wrestling preview: Zoe Buteau's second senior project? A state title

Oak Hill High School senior Zoe Buteau’s goal is to be the first girl to win a state championship in a Maine Principal’s Association sanctioned meet. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) LISBON — Zoe Buteau selected an unusual endeavor for her senior project at Oak Hill High School — she organized a preseason high school wrestling meet. […]

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2018-19 High school wrestling preview capsules

DIRIGO COUGARS   Coach: Dana Whittemore and Gunnar Bradbury (second year) Conference: MVC; Class: B Last year’s results: Fourth Mid-State, fifth Class B South, seventh Class B. Returning athletes: Seniors — David Pelletier, Nolan Degroot; Sophomores — Blaine Wilkins, Owen Libby, Chase Nelson, Colton Carlow. Key losses: Jon Wainwright, Dalton Berry. Promising newcomers: Senior — Wyatt Lufkin; Sophomore — Jason Beaucage; […]