A town fire truck meets a school bus full of athletes and a motorcade of parents and siblings at the only red, yellow and green beacon in this one-stoplight town. The impromptu parade makes the 3/4-mile hillclimb from Towle’s Corner Store to Dirigo High School, siren wailing, horns blaring, celebrants of all ages screaming and […]
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Class C boys’ basketball championship preview: Lots alike, and lots to like, in Dirigo-Calais clash
BANGOR — Some basketball state championship games, like heavyweight title fights, are a clash of styles. Other than greatness and a desire to be the best in the business, there aren’t many common denominators linking the combatants. That’s far from the case as Dirigo and Calais get set to battle in the Class C boys’ title […]
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Dirigo AD Hutchins leaving to take international job with Lee Academy
DIXFIELD — Michael Hutchins is moving on, but he’s surely not the retiring type. Dirigo High School’s athletic director gave his one-month notice this week. He’s leaving the school March 23 to help start a sister school to Lee Academy in Shanghai, China. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing,” Hutchins said. “It allows me to teach teachers, which […]
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H.S Basketball Tourney Notebook: Rangeley’s birthday party
AUGUSTA — When the subject of Seve Deery-DeRaps birthday came up, the Rangeley senior guard didn’t have to say a word about her wishes. Coach Heidi Deery, Seve’s mother, had already made gift plans for her daughter’s birthday, which was Saturday — the day of Rangeley’s Western D championship game. “We did talk about her […]
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The Hot Corner: Dirigo wins habitually, and does it the right way
The hollering from Locker Room No. 3 at the north end of Augusta Civic Center prompted an exchange of quizzical looks, followed by doubled-over laughs, among every coach and reporter within earshot Saturday night. Dirigo boys’ basketball players were, ahem, enjoying a moment. They’ve shared enough of them for our enjoyment over the years. All […]
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Class C West boys’ basketball final: Dirigo rolls over Maranacook, 68-51
AUGUSTA — They’re baaaaaack. Dirigo boys’ basketball returned to the Class C West mountaintop with authority Saturday night, mashing the gas pedal in the second half to blow out Maranacook, 68-51, in the championship game at Augusta Civic Center. “Over the course of the season they just improved so much. They kept getting better and […]
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Western Class C girls’ final: Dirigo falls to Maranacook
AUGUSTA — What started out as a defensive struggle was quickly interrupted by an offensive outburst Saturday night. In a tight ballgame in the Western C championship game, Maranacook’s Sarah Clough’s long-range prowess turned the tide in a hurry. “After like two shots, I felt really comfortable,” said the senior guard, who admits she was […]
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Class C West boys’ semifinal: Dirigo dominates Waynflete
AUGUSTA — Dirigo boys’ basketball has a new scoring king and is back in an old, familiar place. The No. 2 Cougars avenged a 2013 Class C West tournament loss to the No. 3 Waynflete Flyers with an emphatic, 58-36 semifinal win Friday night at Augusta Civic Center, cruising into its seventh regional final in […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Dirigo returns to regional final with win over Madison
AUGUSTA — The Energizer Bunny has nothing on this group of Dirigo Cougars. Dirigo was amped up from the start Friday and never wore out in a 58-44 win over Madison in a Western C semifinal at the Augusta Civic Center. The Cougars went wire to wire with an emotional and energized effort that Madison […]
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H.S. basketball tournament notebook: Magnusson enjoys return to tourney
AUGUSTA — Before taking the court Tuesday night, there was probably a lot of nervous energy in the locker room of the Dirigo girls’ basketball team. Much of that excitement and anticipation may have been coming from Coach Karen Magnusson. Though Magnusson has been part of plenty of tournament games as a player and a […]