Athletics

Good afternoon! RSU 34 schools will be closed Monday, 1/26/2026, due to the storm forecast. Stay warm!

- Senior Recognition - The last games of the night in Mackenzie featured our Boys Basketball 🏀 program welcoming Caribou - Senior Night for the Yotes as we celebrated our class of 2025 Members - Boys played hard to a 78-47 L, JV played the last games of the day and fought hard to a 64-49 L - Thank you to our two Seniors and the time/effort they gave to the program over the years. Onto the next!

A day of celebration of OTHS Athletes past and present - First we honored the Historic 2025 Girls 🎾 Tennis 🎾 Program as they earned the programs first ever undefeated season, first ever Northern Maine Championship, and First ever Class B State Runner-Up Title - the members of the team were recognized at halftime of the girls basketball 🏀 game. OTHS was honored to recognize the Class of 2025 Inductees to the Athletic Hall of Fame - this class saw 27 Regional and State Championships - Congratulations on OTHS newest members - Andy Sibley ('96), Eric Hoogterp ('15), Coach Jenn Plourde, Paul Bouchard ('71), Brooke Salinski ('17), and Corey Thibodeau ('93) - Well Deserved

- Senior Day In Mackenzie -Dominant performance by the lady Coyotes today for Senior Day, JV up first against Caribou 38-19 W, Varsity following up with a 59-41W and locking in 2nd in heals! We got to celebrate our seniors today as well, thank you all for the dedication, the smiles, and the competition you have brought to the program!

🎉 OTHS Cheer heading to the North for the PVC Cheer Competition- Hosted by Stearns HS - Ladies with a strong finish, finishing 4th, best finish of the year so far! Ramping up for Regionals and States! Good work ladies 📣

LMS Cheering competed in their second competition of the season at the Golden Bucks Invitational in Bucksport this afternoon. The team had a great showing finishing in a solid 5th place. Congrats to Gabby for winning the tumbling competition! The team will finish out the season with the OTHS and LMS showcase on Thursday 1/28 followed by the Doughty Cheering Invitational at Bangor High School on Friday 1/30.

Varsity basketball teams on the road to MDI tonight, Girls basketball 🏀 up first and come away with the 51 - 38 win 🏆 for the lady coyotes - Boys Basketball 🏀 team played tough but a talented MDI team pulled away 82-50 L for the boys.... Big day on Saturday as we welcome Caribou and a new class to the Athletics Hall of Fame!

Today - We will play Varsity Only @ MDI - Girls 5:30/ Boys 7 PM - Bus 3:30 PM - We will have a date for the JV games at a later time.

RSU 34:: There will be a one hour delay in RSU 34 today, Thursday January 22nd.

Update: Tomorrow's (1/21) OTHS and LMS Cheer showcase has been rescheduled for Thursday 1/29 in the LMS gym. Doors open at 5:00.

Scores From Today: Girls Basketball 🏀 Var PI 41 - 38 OTHS JV OTHS 50 - 43 PI Boys Basketball 🏀 JV PI 53 - 41 OTHS Var PI 65 - 44 OTHS Hockey 🏒 JB 10 - 0 OTO JV OTO 3 - 3 JB

Events Week - Jan 19th Week - Busy Week Again!

I ❤️ love ❤️ it when a plan comes together - Proud of our little sports community and our 📣 OTHS Cheer team 📣 as we came together to execute the Big East Cheer Competition today in Mackenzie Gym - 13 team event that was shifted at the last minute and required our team to be present at 6 AM to setup our facility to host - Girls did amazing on mat and amazing job hosting a packed Mackenzie Gym! Again, very proud of our community as it came together, thank you to Julia and Mak Money our powerful co-coaches, OTHS Boosters, our Volunteers, Officials, Toby Nelson (stepping up at the last minute), and most of all our OTHS Cheer Team - onto the next Competition Ladies!🤸

The OTHS Girls and Boys Indoor Track teams both came away with 2nd place team finishes this morning in the their 9 team regular season meet at the UMaine Fieldhouse. Leading the way for the girls was Ely Briggs who remained undefeated in the High Jump and placed 3rd in the 400, while Liz Preble was 3rd in the 2 Mile & 6th in the Mile, Addison Hill was 4th in the 200 & 5th in the Hurdles, Meredith Cyr was 4th in the 800, Ruby Whitmore was 4th in the Hurdles, Izzy Howard was 4th in the Mile, Olivia Lizzotte was 6th in both the 55 & Triple Jump and Chloe Henry was 5th in the 2 Mile and in the Relays, the 4x800 team of Olivia Barthelemy, Preble, Henry & Cyr finished 2nd and the 4x200 team of Lizzotte, Barthelemy, Lindsay Mockler & Briggs also finished 2nd. For the boys, Noah Briggs also stayed unbeaten in the High Jump and also placed 1st in Triple Jump and was 5th in Long Jump to lead the way, while Cooper Neely was 3rd in the 800, Aidan Sucy was 3rd in the 200, CJ Yanush was 3rd in the Hurdles, Maximus Ramos was 4th in the 400, Cullen Lothian was 4th in Long Jump, Parker Day was 4th in Triple Jump and Carter Osnoe was 4th in the Shot Put. In the boys Relays, the 4x200 team of Sucy, Neely, Lothian & Ramos and the 4x800 team of Ramos, Lothian, Mason Choiniere & Neely both finished 2nd. The teams are now off for 2 weeks before returning and wrapping up the regular season back at UMaine on Friday Jan. 30.

While Mr. B was busy planning a massive cheer event, our teams plugged away at some competitions - here is some updates on scores! Friday Events 🏊‍♀️ NPV Girls Swim over Belfast HS - 52-46 W 🏊‍♂️ NPV Boys Swim @ Belfast - 64-30 L 🏀 1st Team Boys v. JB - 51-27 L Saturday Events 🏀 Boys Varsity Basketball @ Hermon - 50-38 L 🏀 Girls Varsity Basketball @ Hermon - 48-39 L And more to come when scores roll in!

See the Updated Big East Cheer Invitational Competition Schedule of Events!

Due to the predicted weather tomorrow, the following changes and postponements are happening -
- Big East Cheer Invitational has been MOVED to a 10 AM start, doors open at 9 AM
- Basketball has been changed to Varsity Only - Boys 11:30/ Girls 1 PM - Bus 10 AM
- OTO Hockey @ Portland has been postponed to another date TBD
- Track is on as scheduled
- PCW is on as Scheduled
More updates to come when it happens

A full night of sub-varsity basketball and hockey with plenty of learning and effort on display! 🏒 OTO JV picked up a big 5–1 victory at F.A. 🏀 Boys 1st Team battled but came up short 62–34 vs Hermon 🏀 Boys JV fell 84–43 to Hermon Wins, lessons, and continued growth—keep grinding teams! 💙🏀

LMS basketball team were back in action last night vs. the Warriors of Nokomis. The girls played home and all though the scores didn't go in our favor, the effort and sportsmanship of our teams certainly did. The boys played on the road and came away with two victories! B team final 43-35, A team final 50-34. Teams are back at it 1/21 vs. Hermon.