Athletics

We would also like to recognize two boys who were left out of the recap of yesterday's State Track Meet, Noah Briggs who finished 3rd and Parker Day who finished 4th in the Triple Jump.

The OTHS Girls and Boys Indoor Track teams closed out the season on Monday at the Class B Indoor Track State Meet at Bates College, with the girls finishing tied for 4th and the boys finishing 5th in the meet with over 30 schools competing. The girls were led individually by Elyannah Briggs who finished 1st in the HighJump, remaining undefeated in that event this season, with a jump of 5'-6.25", which increases her school record and also sets a new Class B State Meet record and she also finished 6th in the Long Jump. Lucy Vellieux finished 2nd in the Triple Jump and 3rd in the Long Jump, while other individual point scorers were Olivia Lizzotte 7th in the 55M Dash with a personal best time of 7.60 and Addison Hill 7th in the 55M Hurdles with a personal best time of 9.60, and the 4x200M Relay team of Lizzotte, Olivia Barthelemy, Lindsay Mockler & Hill finished 6th and the 4x800M Relay team of Barthelemy, Phoebe Yerxa, Chloe Henry & Meredith Cyr finished 7th. For the boys individually, Carter Osnoe led the way with a 2nd place finish in the Shot Put with a personal best throw of 48'-8.50", while Noah Briggs finished 4th in both the High Jump and Long Jump, Cullen Lothian was 8th in the Long Jump and the 4x200M Relay team of Aidan Sucy, Cooper Neely, Lothian & CJ Yanush also finished 8th. The coaches would like to congratulate and thank both teams on a very successful season. The teams do have four individuals who have qualified to compete at New England's in Boston at the end of the month, and they are Elyannah Briggs [High Jump), Lucy Vellieux (Long Jump), Carter Osnoe (Shot Put) and Noah Briggs (provisionally in High Jump).

Last regular season game tonight for the OTO Black Bears 🐻 as they hosted #1 Messo - 11-1 L - Highlight of the Night was the working PA and the ability to announce the 2025 Hobey Baker Award recipient - None other than the captain, #2 Noah Schneider - well deserved award!

NPV 🏊 Swim 🏊‍♂️ in the pool down state for the KVAC Championships at Bath YMCA - First time competition for the RiverHawks and they did not disappoint - Girls swam to a 3rd place finish, while the boys swam to a 5th place finish in a very competitive swim meet....

A season ending is never easy, but we made it and we did it with pride! OT Girls Basketball 🏀 fell to Ellsworth in the first round at the Cross - Great season, thank you to our senior group of girls!

We are proud to share the February 2026 edition of Community Connections. Inside you will learn about a student earning a very rare honor, the celebration of a treasured staff member's 50-year work anniversary, info about how to be involved in the RSU budgeting process, our Athletics Hall of Fame, and much more!
If you have an upcoming Pre-K or Kindergarten student, enrollment info is on Page 5.
Many thanks to those who shared pictures and articles of the wonderful things underway in our schools! https://aptg.co/QMftnk

Favorite Time of The Year --- UNIFIED BASKETBALL 🏀 in Mackenzie Gym this afternoon v. Orono - Opening Night for the Coyotes - Orono pulling off the W, Coyotes having the most fun - Big Ry Guy Eastman with the Birthday Game - Happy Birthday 🎉 Mr. Eastman!

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Unified Basketball game today v. MDI has been postponed. This game will be made up on Feb. 25th at MDI 3:30 PM - Bus 2:15 PM

RSU 34:: 1-Hour Delay in RSU 34. Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Another great accomplishment from Olivia Barthelemy as she was awarded the Ann Norton Sportsmanship Award for the Girls Large School PVC. This is awarded to an individual who portrayed outstanding sportsmanship for the indoor track season in the PVC! Well Deserved!

Events for the Feb. 9th Week

Last Night the OTO Black Bears 🐻 hard worked paid off and they came away with a 2-1 W over Portland Co-Op - They just had to stick to the game plan and let Portland decide what game we had! 🤔 Focusing on the positive, we got to celebrate our 1 senior in the program and give him a Black Bear send off and thank you! Noah Schneider, The Captain, best of luck in the future, Always a Black Bear 🐻!

The OTHS Girls and Boys Indoor Track teams turned in strong performances last night at the PVC Large School Championship Meet held at UMaine, with each team finishing up in third place, behind only two very good Class A schools, Bangor and Hampden. Leading the way for the girls were Lucy Vellieux with a 1st in Long Jump and a 3rd in Triple Jump and Ely Briggs who remained undefeated in the High Jump and finished 6th in Long Jump, while Addison Hill was 3rd in the Hurdles, Olivia Lizzotte was 5th in both the 55 and 200, Izzy Howard was 5th in the 2 Mile, Ruby Whitmore was 6th in the Hurdles and Chloe Henry was 6th in the 2 Mile. In the Relays, the 4x800 team of Olivia Barthelemy, Phoebe Yerxa, Henry and Meredith Cyr finished 4th and the 4x200 team of Natalie Fournier, Barthelemy, Lindsay Mockler and Hill finished 5th. For the boys, they were led by Noah Briggs with a 1st in High Jump, a 1st in Triple Jump and a 5th in Long Jump and Cullen Lothian with a 1st in Long Jump, while Cooper Neely was 3rd in the 800, CJ Yanush was 3rd in the Hurdles, Maximus Ramos was 4th in the 800, Carter Osnoe was 5th in the Shot Put and the 4x200 Relay team of Aidan Sucy, Neely, Lothian and Yanush and the 4x800 Relay team of Ramos, Lothian, Mason Choiniere and Neely each finished 3rd. The teams finish up the season on February 16th at the Class B State Meet at Bates College in Lewiston, beginning at noon.

NPV Swim 🏊‍♂️ on the road to Husson for a little duel in the pool against the BBHA team - Girls swam away with a NPV 106 - 62 BBHA - Boys swam to a BBHA 91-79 NPV - KVAC Championship week next meet in Bath!

JV OTO Hockey 🏒 completed the sweep of F.A. Tonight as they skated away with a 4-0 W tonight at the Alfond. Team back in action tomorrow as they play host to Portland/S Portland

It had a tournament feeling in Mackenzie Tonight as the OTHS JV Boys Basketball 🏀 advance to the next round in the Bunky Dow Cup Tournament with a solid effort against F.A. - boys pulled a 50-39 W off and advance to the championship round against Brewer, at Brewer on Monday, Feb. 9th at 7 PM - Huge thanks to Jay Baines and the OTHS Pep Band for assembling for the team and announcing the game! Great support for our Yotes tonight!

LMS (A) basketball teams finished out their season with our cross town rivals, the Red Riots of Orono this afternoon. The girl got the night started and although they were down a number of players due to illness, the young team held their own ending with a 30-21 loss. The boys wrapped up the night with a great team win 49-42! Congratulations on a great season!

LMS basketball teams have made it to their final week of play. Today, teams faced off against Doughty where the boys stayed home and girls were on the road. A girls final 45-16 loss, B girls final 40-23 win! Boys A final 52-45 loss, B team final 52-46 victory! Shout to our 8th graders who played in their last home game a an LMS coyote. Thank you to Lucas, DC, Gage, Karter, Connor H, Connor W, JJ, Keagan, Alex, Brandon, Carter and Jaxson! A teams travel to Orono tomorrow to round out their season!

Reminder: Todays LMS vs. Doughty boys basketball games today will be played starting with the A team followed by the B team. Girls at Doughty are still as scheduled, B team followed by the A team. Games begin at 3:30 as usual.