Coach: Travis Magnusson (third year) Last year’s record: 19-2, lost Western C semifinal Returning letterwinners: Senior — Dylan Kidder (6-0 forward); Junior — Kaine Hutchins (6-2 forward), Tyler Frost (5-9 guard), Nick St. Germain (6-3 center), Joe Casey (5-10 guard); Sophomore — Riley Robinson (6-2 guard), Clay Swett (6-4 center). Key loses: Travis Frost (guard), […]
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Preview 2013: Dirigo girls’ basketball
Coach: Reggie Weston (seventh year) Last year’s record: 15-5, lost in Western C quarterfinal Returning players: Seniors — Kelsey Wilson (5-5 guard), Lindsy Crutchfield (5-4 guard); Juniors — Meagan Bradbury (5-5 guard), Rachel Knight (5—9 guard), Jessica Conant (5-9 guard), Kelsey Hutchins (5-9 forward), Gabby Scott (5-6 forward); Sophomores — Emma Leuders (5-3 guard), Lauren […]
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Preview 2013: Wide open in Western C
It is tough to pick an overwhelming preseason favorite for the Western C tourney field. That should make an especially interesting year in the Mountain Valley Conference and Western Maine Conference as various Western C teams attempt to establish themselves. All the top teams from a year ago — Boothbay, Madison and Waynflete — lost their […]
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Preview2013: Dirigo cheering
Coach: Melissa Carrier (fifth year) Assistant coach: Dawn Blackman (first year) Conference: Mountain Valley; Class: C Last year’s result: Fifth in West C regional Team roster: Seniors — Caitlin Gallant, Katrina Riggs, Courtney Heintz, Grace Hebert, Hannah Dorion, Hannah Robinson, Mika Johnson, Stephanie Janke, Nikole Breau; Juniors — Kayla Perry,, Kaitlin Morang, Nina Radzwill, Taya […]
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Preview 2013: Dirigo wrestling
Coach: Doug Gilbert (19th year) Conference: Mid-State League; Class: C Last year’s results: Mid-State League champions, Class C regional champions, second in Class C state meet Returning letter-winners: Seniors — Jesse Hutchinson (16o), Julian Baldinelli (182), Gavin Sanders (170), Jason Baldinelli (215), Torey Barnett (285); Sophomores — Gus Brown (126), Griffyn Smith (113). Key losses: […]
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The Hot Corner: A Saturday afternoon 31 autumns in the making
WALES — Oak Hill hadn’t won a football championship of any kind since Rambo ruled the box office, a duet involving Joe Cocker was the No. 1 song in America, and current coach Stacen Doucette was eight years old. You didn’t think spinning history in a new direction would be easy, did you? The Raiders […]
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Western Class D Football Championship: Oak Hill edges Dirigo, 16-14; wins first regional in 29 years
Maine’s fourth high school football class returned this year, and Oak Hill is returning to the state title game. Facing much the same grinding schedule they faced last year in Class C, the second-seeded Raiders completed their near three-decade odyssey to the third state title game in school history with a 16-14 victory over No. […]
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Western Class D Football Championship: Cats out of the bag
DIXFIELD — Aside from a trick play or an injury-related switch there, not many championship football teams fundamentally change who they are at this time of year. Almost never will spectators see a regional semifinalist suddenly shift gears from two of the gridiron’s most time-honored offensive attacks to the gadget approach du jour … and […]
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H.S. Football Playoffs: Regional finals pit Leavitt vs. Spruce Mtn., Dirigo vs. Oak Hill
The local regional football finals feature rematches of a pair of intense regular season meetings between Spruce Mountain and Leavitt in Class C West and Dirigo and Oak Hill in Class D West. If last weekend’s action is any indication, football fans looking for even more intense and exciting sequels are in for a treat. […]
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H.S. football: Dirigo stuns top-seeded Ramblers
WINTHROP — It may have seemed like a good idea at the time and it almost worked. But the fourth-down gamble that Winthrop-Monmouth opted for Friday night proved to be a fatal blow to their playoff hopes. Dirigo made the defensive stop, got the ball back at the Rambler’s 26 and scored just three players […]