The Dirigo girls’ basketball team may be hard-pressed to replace the talents of post players Jessica Conant and Kelsey Hutchins, but the Cougars have a returning group that should keep the club a contender. Conant was the MVC Player of the Year, while Hutchins was a first-team pick in the MVC. Together they were a […]
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2015-16 Buckfield boys’ basketball preview
Coach: Mark Thurlow (second year) Conference: EWC Class: C South Last year’s record: 5-14, lost in Class D South preliminary Returning players: Seniors — Hunter Wiley (6-0 forward), Aaron Rowe (5-10 guard), Alec Brough (6-1 forward); Junior — Jake Kraske (5-11 guard); Sophomore — Zack Grover (6-0 forward). Key losses: Jared Eastman, Tyler Vallee. Promising newcomers: Juniors — Jake […]
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Boys’ basketball: Buckfield moving up to Class C
The expansion of Maine high school basketball from four classes to five didn’t do Buckfield any favors, on the surface. After decades as a fixture in Class D, the Bucks are now slotted in Class C South with the likes of Dirigo, Winthrop, Boothbay, Waynflete and Old Orchard Beach. Despite that step up in tournament […]
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Class C boys’ basketball: Dirigo poised for another run
Class C South boys’ basketball got smaller … and more crowded. Gone are the three largest schools — Maranacook, Lisbon and Mountain Valley — back to Class B. Moving in are four schools closely identified with Class D — Richmond, Buckfield, NYA and Searsport — along with Hebron. At the top? Still pretty much the […]
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Buckfield cheerleading
Coaches: Jillian Chabe and Debbie Wetherell (both 16 years) Conference: East-West Class: D Athletes: Seniors — Sam Strout, Courtney Keough, Britney Hart, Alyssa Bailey, Olivia Dooley, Jennifer Dobson;Junior — Jasmine Wheeler, Sophomores — Meagan Strout, Andrew Wilson,, Cassidy Hart, Hailey McNeil; Freshman — Faith Worthley.
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Selectmen discuss library’s historical items
BUCKFIELD — The future of some historical documents and items collected over the years by the Zadoc Long Free Library remains uncertain until selectmen gather more information. Town Manager Cindy Dunn told selectmen at their Tuesday night meeting that the Zadoc Long Free Library Committee has discussed what to do about the library’s inventory of historical […]
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Buckfield’s Zack Grover goes for the alley-oop in Austria
BUCKFIELD — Organizers of this week’s fundraiser to help send a local basketball player overseas to further realize his sports dreams hope it’s a slam-dunk. Fifteen-year-old Zack Grover of Buckfield is a sophomore at Buckfield Junior-Senior High School and was one of 15 players chosen from across the United States for the Student Athlete United World […]
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Fort Fairfield edges Buckfield in Class D boys’ soccer final
Player took a free kick from 30 yards out in the middle of the field and lofted it beautifully to Giberson, who was running down the left side. Giberson needed just one touch and he struck the ball into the upper right corner of the goal, breaking the scoreless draw. “It was a nice through […]
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Class D South final: Buckfield edges Richmond in PKs
The Buckfield senior just wasn’t sure whether it would be a good memory, or one he’d like to forget. “I was talking to my coach saying, ‘You’ve put me in an awkward position,’” Chabe said as he waited to take a penalty kick to decide Wednesday’s Class D South championship game. “We take PK’s all […]
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Gail T. Hicks
1940 – 2015 BUCKFIELD — Gail T. Hicks, 75, died peacefully in her sleep Sunday morning, Nov. 1, in her home, after a yearlong battle with cancer. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, who went home to be with her Lord and Savior. Gail was born in South Paris on Oct. […]