As they ambled down the dirt path, they heard a familiar sound — click, clack, click, smack . . . thunk. A senior a year ago, Emily Gibson was already on the field with a ball, dribbling back and forth and occasionally plunking the back of the cage, waiting for a new group of varsity […]
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Summer learning scheduled in RSU 10
DIXFIELD — Classes in Regional School Unit 10 ended this week, but a host of activities are scheduled this summer so students can continue learning. From 8 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, from July 7 to July 30, incoming kindergartners and first-graders can attend events at all elementary schools to practice math, writing, […]
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Dirigo, Mountain Valley students travel to Quebec
RUMFORD — Students from Mary Kaubris’ French classes at Dirigio High School and Marie Russell’s at Mountain Valley High School traveled to Quebec City, Canada. The students and chaperones took a six-hour bus ride, got a walking tour of the city, then went to a Cabane à Sucre Québécoise (sugar shack) for a 17th century […]
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High School softball: Monmouth holds off Dirigo for quarterfinal win
The freshman hurler knew there was a chance she might be summoned into Thursday’s Western C quarterfinal softball game. She just didn’t know the circumstances. She never imagined the trouble she’d face in making her playoff debut. She entered the circle with the bases loaded, nobody out and the game on the line in the […]
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Class C West Baseball quarterfinals: Mike Bryant, No. 8 St. Dom’s dismiss No. 1 Dirigo
DIXFIELD — With apologies to LL Cool J: Don’t call it an upset. St. Dom’s has been here for years. Led by the live, rested arm of senior Mike Bryant, the Saints looked like the same baseball club Thursday they’ve been for a decade-and-a-half, no matter what the Heal Points or Class C West tournament say […]
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Eastern A Local players to watch: Edward Little: Sarah Hammond, Jr. P, Emmy Lashua, Fr. C, Jordyn Reynolds, Jr. 1b; Oxford Hills: Anna Winslow, Sr. 1b, Annika Kahkonen, Sr. 2b, Shannon Fillebrown, Sr., OF, Erika Whitman, Jr. P/3b, Cody Akers Jr. P/3b. Favorites: Messalonskee is the top seed and has finished strong. Teams will have to […]
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H.S. Baseball Playoffs: Class C West bracket brutal for top seeds Dirigo, Winthrop
Nowhere in high school sports is the single-elimination format scarier for top-ranked teams and their coaches than baseball, the game in which a dancing curveball or a perilous hop can stymie the best on the wrong day. Easy to understand, then, why one potential quarterfinal matchup in Class C West quickens everyone’s pulse rate ever-so-slightly. […]
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H.S. Baseball: Frost is Cougars’ catch-all
DIXFIELD — He is a unique, versatile athlete; one of the most accomplished in Dirigo High School’s proud athletic history. Yet, somehow, Tyler Frost doesn’t even hold bragging rights in his own house. “Coming off a loss in the basketball state championship, we want to get to every state championship we can, and we don’t want […]
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H.S. Baseball: Dirigo, Kaine Hutchins shut out Mountain Valley, 4-0
DIXFIELD — Dirigo senior pitcher Kaine Hutchins and coach Ryan Palmer might be on to something after Hutchins’ three-hit shutout of Mountain Valley on Thursday afternoon. The first of two weather-related delays wiped out both teams’ infield practice and all Hutchins’ pre-game throws at Harlow Park. He only needed 17 pitches to get through two […]
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H.S. softball: Monmouth walks off with win over Dirigo
Tangled up in the dirt with Dirigo first baseman Ellen Wainwright, the Monmouth freshman ignored any pain and looked at her coach. “The first thing I asked my coach was, ‘Did we win?’” Day said. Her Mustangs indeed had won, claiming a 3-2 nail-biter in the bottom of the seventh. Day’s routine grounder to second […]