The Girls and Boys Outdoor Track teams closed out the regular season at home today in a 9 team meet at the Victory Field Complex.
The girls team finished a close 2nd behind Hampden in the team results and were led by Lucy Veilleux with a 1st in Long Jump and a 2nd in Triple Jump, Ely Briggs with a 1st in High Jump, Olivia Barthelemy with a 1st in the 400M, Emma Mushero with a 1st in Racewalk, Kylee Murray with a 2nd in Javelin & Discus and 3rd in Shot Put, Ruby Whitmore with a 2nd in the 300M Hurdles and they also received 3rd place finishes from Olivia Lizzotte in Triple Jump, Lily Heitmann in the 1600M and Ari Murray in the Racewalk, while the girls relay teams also had a strong day, receiving 1st place finishes from the 4x100M team of Lizzotte, Libby Saucier, Whitmore & Veilleux and the 4x800M team of Lexi Wesley, Liz Preble, Chloe Henry & Heitmann and a 2nd place from. The 4x400M team of Briggs, Whitmore, Henry & Barthelemy.
For the boys team, who finished up in 4th place, Hayna Francis with a 1st in Long Jump, a 2nd in the 800M, and a 4th in the 400M and Killian Pottle with a 1st in Shot Put and 4th place in both the Discus & Javelin led the way, while CJ Yanush finished 3rd in the 110M Hurdles and the 4x400M relay team of Andrew Wolfertz, Yanush, Marcus Cote & Francis closed out the meet with a 3rd place finish.
We would also like to thank our five seniors, Danica Flewelling, Lilly Mitchell, Ari Murray, Norah Sanborn, and Andrew Wolfertz, for their commitment and dedication to our outdoor track and field program. Good luck to all of you in your future endeavors.
Championship Meet season begins next week with the JV Championship Meet in Brewer on Tuesday and the PVC Large School Championship Meet next Saturday, also in Brewer.
Varsity Baseball/Softball making the trip up North to PI for a doubleheader action - 🥎 Game 1 OTHS 5 - 2 PI Game 2 OTHS 11 - 1 - ⚾️ Game 1 OTHS 12 - 0 PI Game 2 OTHS 12 - 1 PI - stretch of games next week!
JV Sports ⚾️/ 🎾 in action on this muggy day - JV Jambo in Brewer yielded some solid play from OT's JV Doubles teams - JV Baseball welcoming our friends from the North PI - Double-Header with a split - OT 10-0 Game 1 and Losing 8-7 Game 2
OTHS Tennis 🎾 representing at the Maine State Tennis Singles Tournament yesterday- All three members, K. Plourde, K. Plourde, and S. May faced the best in the state at Bates College. Plourde x 2 got knocked out in the first round, Sadie won her first, but lost in the next round... Congratulations and thank you for representing our school at the state level!
Braving the sudden showers, JV Baseball in action at Brewer, on the turf, Yotes bring home the W with a 4-2W.... back in action tomorrow as PI comes to town!
LMS Baseball and Softball avoided the rain for a couple games at home this afternoon. Unfortunately both teams are going into the weekend with a loss. Teams are back in action Tuesday vs. Cohen for their last home game of the season.
Update on Saturday in P.I. - Due to predicted weather in the afternoon, we have moved the start times for Baseball/Softball to 11 AM/1 PM for tomorrow, Saturday May 18th double-headers - Coach Bus Departure is 6:30 AM
The only games to get in happened down on the coast at Ellsworth - Closer game than the score but the boys ⚾️ dropped one to Ellsworth 7-3 - Softball 🥎 on the other hand picked up a solid W with great pitching and solid bats 4-3 W.... Up to the county on Saturday!
OTHS Athletics is happy to announce the hiring of Josh Bousquet for Varsity Boys Soccer ⚽️. Josh comes with years of coaching experience through the premier programs, high school teams, and his playing history at the D2 level/European tournament league. Welcome to Yote Nation!
OTHS Athletics is happy to announce the hiring of Chris Wesley for Varsity Girls Soccer 🥅 - long time coach from F.A., actively involved in our community through the Y and motivated to keep the momentum of Girls Soccer ⚽️ going for the years to come! Welcome to Coyote Nation!
Only entertainment in town was JV Baseball/Softball hosting Hermon at Victory Fields - Baseball ⚾️ backed by solid pitching walked away with a 6-1 W - Softball 🥎 battled a tight game, coming out on top with a 2-1 W - Back in action welcoming PI to town...
LMS Track & Field team competed in their 4th meet of the season yesterday afternoon in Bucksport. Lots of new PRs set and top play finishes were taken by:
Faelynn Briggs- Long Jump
Aria Clark- Long Jump
Olivia Ketch- Shot Put & Discus
Linzy Heitmann- 800m Racewalk
Curtis Green- 50m
Alex Gelo- 55m Hurdles
Austin King- 100m
Jack Degrasse- 200m
Trenten Seavey- 400m, Shot put and Discus
Boys 4x100 Relay team made up of Jack, Austin, Luke and Caleb
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LMS Baseball and Softball teams played home yesterday vs. Hermon. Softball had great run in the last inning but it wasn't enough finishing with a 13-7 loss. The Baseball team took a commanding 4-0 lead until the top of the 7th inning where the Hawks drove in 7 runs which lead to their victory 7-4. Both teams are home again Friday vs. Nokomis.
Final tallies of the day come from OTHS Tennis 🎾 at MDI - Boys Tennis losing 3-2 and moving to 5-3 on the year... Girls Tennis wins 3-2 and moving to 5-3 on the season... at FA on Thursday!
OTHS JV sports had a day as well - JV Baseball ⚾️ playing down in MDI coming home with the extra-inning W 10-6 completing the sweep 🧹 - JV Tennis dominating the courts with a match v. Orono - Victories all around for the Yotes!
OTHS had some fun ones today as we played host to MDI at Victory Fields - ⚾️helped by a 1-hitter from Duty, and home runs from Baker and Mahaney winning 6-0 - moving to 7-2 on the season - 🥎 had to make it interesting coming back to win with key hits from Evans and dance moves from Brown winning in extras 5-4 - moving to 6-3 on the season.... going to Ellsworth on Thursday!
Old Town welcoming Orono to the Community Courts for an afternoon match on the green top 🎾 - Boys and Girls both battled to the last match and coming away with 3-2 Victories - boys move to 5-2 and girls move to 4-3 on the season!
Busy Busy Busy Week for the Yotes!
The Girls and Boys Outdoor Track teams traveled to MDI on Friday for a five team regular season meet, with the girls' team finishing 2nd behind Hampden and the boys' team finishing 3rd. Leading the way for the girls with individual 1st place finishes were Kylee Murray in the Javelin, Ely Briggs in the High Jump and Emma Mushero in the 1600 Racewalk, with a personal best 8:50.15. They also received 2nd place finishes from Lexi Wesley in the 800, Ruby Whitmore in the 300 Hurdles, Lilly Mitchell in the 100 Hurdles, Ari Murray in the 1600 Racewalk, Kylee Murray in the Shot Put, the 4x100 Relay team of Olivia Lizzotte, Libby Saucier, Whitmore & Olivia Barthelemy, the 4x400 team of Wesley, Mikayla Johnston, Whitmore & Barthelemy and the 4x800 team of Liz Preble, Chloe Henry, Phoebe Yerxa & Lily Heitmann, and also had 3rd place finishes from Lizzotte in the Triple Jump & Javelin, Heitmann in the 3200 and Crystal Thacker in the Shot Put.
For the boys, Hayna Francis led the way with a 1st in the Long Jump, a 2nd in the 400 & a 3rd in the Triple Jump, and received 2nd place finishes from Killian Pottle in the Shot Put, Noah Briggs in the High Jump and the 4x100 Relay team of Andrew Wolfertz, CJ Yanush, Lucas Bartkiewicz & Evan Reardon, and got 3rd place finishes from Pottle in the Javelin, Tommy King in the High Jump and the 4x400 Relay team of Andrew Wolfertz, Marcus Cote, Griffen Henderson & Francis. The teams close out the regular season next Saturday afternoon at home.
OTHS played host to Class A Bangor and we got to see home runs all around the complex - Sage Evans with a bomb with Emma D's solid pitching let to a 12-1 W - Boys battled back from a 5-0 deficit that saw a Tyler Priest dinger, but came up short 14-9 L.... teams back in action next week!
