Cody St. Germain played for four different coaches in a four-year high school basketball career that culminated with Dirigo’s first state title in 29 years. Dirigo’s newest varsity boys’ basketball coach understands how that perennial upheaval might appear to some. But he’s never been more thankful to have had his hoops knowledge shaped by some of […]
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Posted insj-web, The Franklin Journal, Varsity Maine
Mt. Blue athletes get a lift in weight room
Mt. Blue coach Nate Quirion is surrounded by cheering intramural lifters as Caleb Haines does his best to get another rep during intramural lifting at Mt. Blue’s weight room the past week. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — The thunderous hollering resonating from the Mt. Blue High School weight room sounds like a bunch of U.S. […]
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Boys' tennis: Hall-Dale zips past Dirigo in C South semis
Dirigo’s Brandon Harris returns a shot in a doubles tennis match against Hall-Dale Saturday morning at Hall-Dale High School. (Jennifer Bechard photos) FARMINGDALE — End-of-match drama never materialized in Hall-Dale’s semifinal boys tennis meeting against Dirigo on Saturday. The Bulldogs pulled off a couple of unexpected wins in third singles and second doubles and coasted […]
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H.S. softball: Mt. Blue sputters against Oxford Hills
Oxford Hills’ Brooke Carson, center, is congratulated by junior Lauren W. Merrill, right, and Madison Day after hitting a home run. (Brewster Burns photo) SOUTH PARIS — No question a handful of errors sabotaged Mt. Blue’s swift and promising start, but Oxford Hills reliever Lauren N. Merrill changed the look and feel of Tuesday’s Kennebec […]
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High School Roundup: Flanagan leads Mustangs past Cougars
MONMOUTH — Trevor Flanagan had three singles to help lead Monmouth to a 6-4 victory over Dirigo in a Mountain Valley Conference baseball contest. He had an RBI single in the bottom of the first and fifth while recording a sacrifice fly in the sixth. Brad Neal had two singles in the victory for the […]
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Magnusson named new Mt Blue boys' basketball coach
Dirigo coach Travis Magnusson psychs up his team during a timeout at a game against Lisbon in December. Magnusson left Dirigo last week and Thursday was announced as the next boys’ basketball coach at Mt. Blue in Farmington. (Sun Journal File Photo) Hiring Travis Magnusson as the new Mt. Blue boys’ basketball coach was an […]
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Boys' lacrosse: Morse rattles Mt. Blue with 'blitzkrieg'
Morse’s Don Green tries to race by Mt. Blue’s Dominique Giampietro (32) in a boys’ lacrosse game at Caldwell Field in Farmington on Tuesday afternoon. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — Turn around for a second and you just missed the Morse Shipbuilders score another goal in the first half of a boys’ lacrosse game at […]
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H.S. tennis notes: Doubles tournament returns to KVAC
This past Saturday, boys’ and girls’ doubles teams across the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference squared off at Lewiston High School to decide the best doubles teams in the conference. The KVAC doubles tournament had been played in the past, but was shelved because of scheduling issues. However, there was a desire to bring it back. […]
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The Hot Corner: Dirigo shows success is fleeting
Youth sports are my life. They were crucial to my own educational process, and I still believe in this profession because I honor how much student athletics mean to the development of countless others. It is with this affection for the games people play, and for that special nook of the world you all still […]
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H.S. baseball: Leavitt puts kibosh on young Mt. Blue team
Leavitt’s Allen Peabody (28) is dives toward the plate, but is greeted by Mt. Blue catcher Hunter Bolduc for the out. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — With the playoffs well out of reach and a frustrating season winding down, Mt. Blue coach Stephen Lancaster gave his JV players an opportunity to square off against Leavitt’s […]