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INDOOR TRACK - KVAC CHAMPIONSHIP The meet started out with the 4x800 Relay, an event in which the Eagles have not been particulary ...Read more |
NORDIC SKIING - KVAC CHAMPIONSHIP
The Eagles competed in the "Classic" portion of the KVAC Championship at Titcomb Mountain. ...Read more |
BOYS BASKETBALL VS OXFORD HILLS
Tyler Pelletier hit 5 (count 'em) 3 pointers as the Eagles defeated the Vikings in the season ... Read more |
GIRLS BASKETBALL VS OXFORD HILLS
The Girls travelled to Oxford Hills fresh off a upset victory over Edward little. Unfortunately, the ... Read more |
NORDIC SKIING
Eagles Compete at Part II of the KVAC Championships
The Eagles competed in the "Classic" portion of the KVAC Championship at Titcomb Mountain. I am using the roman numerals to designate this event as part II in homage to the Super Bowl numbering conventions. From what I can gather, the championship results are determined by combining the results from Wednesday's "Skate" event with Saturday's "Classic" event. There may even be an Alpine component to determine the winner, but who knows.
What we do know is that the Girls once again had a great showing. Despite missing Kate Spies, the third leg of their Triumverate, they had a strong fourth place finish. Emma Wood and Linnea Tilberg finished 4th and 5th in the Classic portion and 4th and 6th overall. If you are not impressed, you should be. Maggie Bouchard, in her first year of skiing, had another impressive outing as she finished 21st in the Classic and 17th overall. The following girls also contributed to the team's outstanding finish with their places for the Classic and overall finishes in parentheses: Emilia McGrath (53-39), Lauren McNett (58-42), Morgan Kinney (40-43), Morgan Martin (74-59), Addie Schneider (83-68), and Eloise Melcher (85-70).
For the Boys, Nick Parsons led the way in the Classic portion with an 18th place finish to place him 30th overall. It was not enough to overcome Alex Spies, who finished 30th in the classic, but 28th place overall to claim team bragging rights. James Martin (43-49), John Carpenter (44-47), Colin Cundy (58-54), and James McCracken (59-58) all had strong performances.
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INDOOR TRACK
Girls Excel at KVAC's - Boys Surprise
There was some confusion and computer glitches regarding the scoring, but according to my unofficial account, I have Brunswick (with a big asterisk) tieing Edward little with 123 points each and the Eagles close behind with 119 points. Both MTA and EL chose not to participate in the newly conjured Girls Junior Division. Brunswick picked up 68 unanswered points in this division. For the Eagles, there were several outstanding individual performances, this was a total team effort.
The meet started out with the 4x800 Relay, an event in which the Eagles have not been particulary strong. But the coaches moved up Ellen Pinnette, Jess Leeman, and Katrina Gelwick all of whom have very limited, if any experience at the distance, to join Chloe Emerson. The Girls finished second in a thrilling finish with Brunwick's Kyia Jensen just nosing out Katrina Gelwick at the wire. It is the Eagles outstanding depth that allowed this type of transposition of runners.
The Girls have such tremendous depth in the sprints and middle distances, at times the meet looked like a Mt Ararat practice section. For example in the 400 Meter Dash, the Girls finished 1-2-3-4-7-8-10 (and without Rebecca Merritt, out with a tender hamstring) with all the girls running sub 1:09. That's depth. Carrie Smith, who has been emerging as a top runner in recent meets, is the new KVAC 400 Meter champ. Last year's reigning champion Ellen Pinnette finished 2nd, followed by Jess Leeman, and Katrina Gelwick, who perhaps were a little tired from the 800 Relay, finishing 3rd and 4th. Mikaela Melcher, Charlotte Crosby, and Lizzie O'Neal were the other fleet finishers. The story was little different in the 55 Meters and 200 Meters, although some of the actors were. Maddison Prescott led a 1-4-5 finish in the 200 followed by Haley Michaud and Carrie Smith. In the 200 Meters, the Eagles finished 2-3-4 with Prescott, Michaud, and Pinnette placing.
Katrina Gelwick had a 3rd place finish in the 800 and Chloe Emerson finished 5th. Lissa Pelletier picked up a 6th place finish in the mile with a personal best.
In the Jumps, Michaela Melcher, Jess Leeman, and Haley Michaud finished 3-4-6 in the Long Jump. Chloe Emerson leapt to a 5th place finish in the High Jump and Maddison Prescott picked up a 6th place finish in the Triple Jump.
In the Shot Put, the Girls do not have depth, but they make up for it with talent. Randi London continued her undefeated season with a toss of 36-03. And in the Pole Vault, Lindsay Smith and Valerie Johnstone both posted personal bests as each vaulted 6-06 with Lindsey placing 4th and Valerie 5th based on fewer jumps.
Girls who posted personal bests included: Haley Michaud in the 55 and 200 Meters; Tracey Tran and Whitney Dano in the 55 Meters and 55 Meter Hurdles; Lizzie O'Neal in the 55 Hurdles and the 400; Ellen Pinnette in the 200 and 400; Pann Nwe and Abby Zurcher in the 55 Meters; Mikaela Melcher and Charlotte Crosby in the 400; and Ashley Libby in the 200.
Boys Surprise
The Boys have a young and talented team as demonstrated by their first place finish in the Junior Division. In fact, points wise, they won every single event in the Junior Division. The Senior Division team is a little thinner, but still had some great performances.
Tim Bickford once again led the way with a first place finish in the Triple Jump, 2nd place in the Long Jump, and 6th in the 200 Meters with a season's best time. Jamie Clark heaved the shot 40-08 that was good for a third place finish. Brian Nolan earned a 6th place finish in the 55 Meter (SR) Hurdles with a personal best time of 9.10.
Ryan Holmes's pole vaulting crew really stepped up with a 2-3-4 finish. Seniors Brent Kramer and Alex Robinson both vaulted 11-06, with Alex establishing a new personal best and Brent matcing his personal best. Joey Fournier hit 10-06 on the pole matching his personal best.
In the Junior division, McKenzie Gary brought his eraser to the meet, all the better to rewite the school record book (again!). McKenzie started with a new school record in the 55 Meters for the second week in a row with a time of 6.95. In the 200 Meters, McKenzie trimmed almost 3/4 of a second off his existing record with a time of 23.76. That's smoking.
Freshmen Will Hirnak and Ryan Smith finished 1-3 in the 400 Meters. Will added a 6th place finish in the 200 with a personal best. Nathan Jackson, a late season addition to the hurdling squad, Keith Becker, and Colton Byrne placed 2-3-5 in the 55 Jr Hurdles. Up and coming Dylan Cyr placed 6th in the Junior Shot Put with a personal best. The Junior 4x200 relay team consisting of McKenzie Gary, Ryan Smith, Will Hirnak, and Nathan Jackson coasted to victory in the 4 x 200 Relay.
The following athletes established personal bests at the meet: Matt Pelletier in both the 55 Meters and Long Jump; Joey Fournier and Brent Kramer in the Hurdles; Andy Reifman-Packett in hte Mile; and Seth Bryant in the 200
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BOYS BASKETBALL
Eagles Close Out Season in Style - Beat Oxford Hills 47-42
Tyler Pelletier hit 5 (count 'em) 3 pointers as the Eagles defeated the Vikings in the season finale. Both teams entered the game with identical 7-10 records. Barring a miracle, both teams knew they were out of the playoffs before the game began, so they were playing for pride only.
The game started out slowly enough. The Vikings struck first with a three pointer and then added another bucket to make it 5-0 two minutes into the game. It was more than half way through the quarter before Will Gerencer opened the scoring for the Eagles when he converted off a nice twisting drive. Chris Kilbreth aded a free throw and then Gerencer brought the crowd to its feet when he stuffed a Knight on a fast break. Rolando hit two free throws to tie the game, but Oxford Hills added a free throw to go ahead 6-5. Coach Watson had a very young team on the floor as the quarter ended, perhaps a signal of his displeasure with the pace of the game.
The second quarter started with a Josh Walker pass finding Chris Kilbreth underneath, who converted in traffic. Walker, who has entertained all year with his pinpoint passing, seemed to have raised his passing to a higher level throughout this game. Walker hit a three and then set up Colin Swan underneath with a pretty pass to put the Eagles up 12-8. Chris Kilbreath executed a thundering block at the other end and then converted a free throw. After some tough inside offensive rebounding by Eliot Swan, he outletted a pass to Tyler Pelletier, who converted his first three of the night. On the next possession, Pelletier struck again with another three. Eliot Swan closed out the half with a free throw to give the Eagles a 20-12 lead.
The third quarter has given the Eagles problems all year. Tyler Pelletier made sure it would not happen this night as he sandwiched two threes around an OH basket. Walker convered on a drive and Eliot Swan showed his athleticism as he received a Tyler Pelletier pass mid air and tossed down two. Walker closed out the quarter with his second three to give the Eagles 37-27 lead at the end of the third quarter.
Walker dished off to Adam Levesque on a fast break to open the fourth quarter. Chris Kilbreth hit a 8 foot turnaround and Pelletier hit his 5th three pointer with 3:30 left to maintain the Eagles lead at ten, 44-34. Will Gerencer worked for a layup off a baseline drive to keep the lead at ten. The Eagles then went into a bit of a stall game. The Vikings slowly narrowed the Eagles lead. They were fortunate to convert off a loose ball generated from another Kilbreth stuff. But the Eagles had this game firmly in control as Tyler Pelletier added a free throw to provide the final score of 47-42. Pelletier finished with 16 points and Walker added 8.
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GIRLS BASKETBALL
4th Quarter Does Eagles In - Fall to Oxford Hills 35-26
The Girls travelled to Oxford Hills fresh off a upset victory over Edward Little. Unfortunately, the Eagles could not maintain they momentum as they enter the playoffs. Oxford Hills used a 16-8 outburst in the fourth quarter to put away what had been a close game. The Eagles did not have a good night shooting, but the refs did not do them any favors either as the Vikings went to the line 31 times versus 13 trips for the Eagles. Both Hannah Fenwick and Amber Bowley fouled out. Fenwick was the top Eagle scorer with 9 points, followed by Tess Hitchcock with 8 points.
SWIMMING
Mt Ararat Swim and Dive Ends Regular Season
by Monica Kinkaid
The MTA Swim and Dive teams ended their regular season schedule against the Brunswick Dragons. Outnumbered 2 to 1 in the pool, the Eagles held their own with the Dragon’s during Senior Night.
Swimmers from the Class of 2010 were recognized half way through the meet and it is appropriate to do so here: Jenna Herrick, Eileen Streeter, Danielle Smith, Julissa McLaughlin, and Jacob Lessard; divers; Carolyn Ducharme, Cassie Susemihl, Evelyn Dickenson, and Nico Kaufmann. The Coaching staff wishes to thank this great group of seniors for their many contributions to the swim/dive programs.
This meet was the last opportunity for athletes to improve on their times prior to the KVAC and State Championships. They did not disappoint the coaching staff as 27 athletes posted 40 personal bests with an incredible 158.17 seconds off their times.
On the boys side, Alex Cornwall in the 100 Free and 100 Breast, Peter Burtt 200 and 500 Free, Ben Davis 50 free, Will McCorkle 200 and 500 Free, Zach Ormsby 100 Free, Tim Prindall 50 and 200 Free.
Girls; Allison McDonald 200 Free, a large group posted best times in the 50 free; Eileen Streeter, Sara Rogers, Brennie Radulski, Mercedes Henke, Genny Beaudoin, Caroline Ducharme, Cassidy Lumbert, Cassie Susemihl; Hannah Kincaid, Jenna Herrick 100 Fly, Eileen Streeter, Meaghan Jordan, Allison McDonald 100 free; Kasey Gerencer, Julissa McLaughlin, Margaret Webber, Danielle Smith, Korin Nickerson 500 free; Celia Ouellette, Kasey Gerencer 100 back; Brennie Radulski, Meaghan Jordon, Mercedes Henke 100 breast.
Divers Kristi Snipe and Kendra Skelton also posted season bests.
Celia Ouellette continues to lead the Eagles with wins in the 50 Free and 100 Backstroke. Hannah Kincaid qualified for States in the 100 Butterfly. Peter Burtt won the 200 and 500 Free and Patrick Lynch winning the 100 Butterfly.
The team now has their sights set on the KVAC Championship, Saturday February 6, 2010 at the Bath YMCA and the State Meet February 15, 2010 (boys) and February 16, 2010 (girls) at Greason Pool, Bowdoin College (during February break).
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HOCKEY ROUNDUP
After playing their best game of the season vs Brunswick, the Eagles were hopeful they could carry the momentum forward against Camden Hills, Gray - New Gloucester, and Skowhegan. The Eagles, who have had trouble socring all year, came away empty-handed losing by scores of 8-1, 4-0, and 5-0.
WRESTLING
Eagles Wrestle with MCI, Lincoln, Skowhegan, Windham, and Cony
Justin Ciciotte, the Rinaldi brothers, and Henry Chandler continued their dominance in the wrestling world. The Eagles have established themselves as one of the top wrestling teams in the state. In recent meets aaginst MCI, Lincoln, Skowhegan, Windham, and Cony, the Rinaldi brothers combined for 8 pins and a win by Technical Fall (wrestling's version of the mercy rule). Joe Rinaldi scored five consecutive pins and Dan had three pins. Justin Ciciotte continued his winning ways with 3 pins and a win by decision to go with a win by forfeit. And Henry Chandler had two pins to go with three wins by forfeit.
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