On Sunday, March 12th, Downeast Wrestling Club (DWC) traveled to Bucksport.  There were many teams in attendance for the competition and a packed house.  

Though DWC may be a small group, they are tough and great at putting on a show, with an impressive showing at the competition.

The Woodland Recreation Tammaro Tanks went to Washington Academy last Saturday and brought home some hardware.  Pictured with their medals are (front) Violet Dineen, first place; Connor Grass, third place; Oliver Bishop, first place; Jordy Collins, fourth place; Alex Laney, second place; Delylah Grass, second place; Jesse Grass, manager; Justin Bishop, third place; Austin Nichols, first place; Mayson Pulk, first place; (back) Noeah Collins, assistant coach; Cliffy Collins, coach; Elijah Niles-Cowell, assistant coach.  (Submitted photo)

Phil Stuart

Jace Cook, of the Northern Maine Class C champion Calais Blue Devils, won the William Warner Award as the Northern Maine tourney’s most valuable player. 

Cook is the 10th Washington County player to win the award and the seventh player from Calais to do so.  

Joining Cook on the all-tourney team this year are teammates Jacob Sockabasin and Evan Gillespie, along with Ethan Daigle, of Fort Kent, and Will Kusnierz, of Dexter. Ethan Monk of Woodland, Lance Gagnon and Micah Daigle, of Fort Kent, were honorable mentions.

On Saturday, March 18th, the Spednic Club in Baileyville held its annual Alzheimer’s Bowling Tournament.  Magnolia Assisted Living was the corporate sponsor with a generous $1000 donation to go to the Alzheimer’s Association.  Pictured above are the winning team members Michelle Sabattus, Opal Seeley, Jackie Martin, Craig Seeley, and Cierra Seeley, all of whom donated their winnings to the Alzheimer’s Association. The Spednic Club thanks all who participated in the worthy event.  (Spednic Club photo)

Local youth wrestlers took part in another weekend meet, this time at Mount View High School in Thorndike.

Kids from Downeast Wrestling Club did well once again, with the following placements:  Ethan Clark, third; Colton McGouldrick, fourth; Baylee Benson, first; Juniper Davis, fourth; Vercin Davis, third; Bradley Walton, second; Parker Walton, fourth.

DWC invites all to its meet this Sunday, April 2, at Calais High School beginning after the 8:30 a.m. weigh-ins.  Admission is $4 for adults, $2 for students, and concessions will be sold all day.

Downeast Wrestling Club held a wrestling meet on Sunday, April 2nd at Calais High School. About 60 kids participated in the meet from various teams.

DWC represented their mats well and again brought home new hardware.

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Coach Marc Rohde has begun his 13th year with the Blue Devils baseball team, his eighth as head coach.  

This season, the Blue Devils bring a young roster, but the team size has nearly doubled from the last couple, fielding 19 players this year.  Many of them are freshmen and sophomores. 

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The Woodland High School baseball team is back with a big roster again this year.  First-year Dragon baseball coach Ryan Lincoln said 18 make up his roster this year and he believes he has plenty of firepower for the mound.

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The Blue Devils softball team will field 18 this season under first-year coach Honor Wilkinson.  

“As you can tell from the size of our roster, there is a lot of interest in and excitement to play softball, which is a great position in which to start,” Wilkinson said.