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Different strategies are in play for different races, but pride, teamwork remain key for each relay race.

BELFAST — The Mt. Blue High School Cross Country teams competed in the Class A State Championship Meet at Belfast on Saturday. The boys team placed 9th and the girls team finished in 10th place. The boys team place was particularly impressive as the team ran without two runners who placed as high as 2nd […]

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OAKLAND — The Mt. Blue High School girls cross country team placed 4th at the KVAC Championships held in Messalonskee on Saturday, Oct 14. Mt. Blue junior Nora McCourt earned All-KVAC honors as she placed 4th overall. Senior captain Lucinda Carroll made All-KVAC 2nd team with a 14th place finish. The other scorers for Mt. […]

FARMINGTON — The Mt. Blue boys cross country team took first place at the Mt. Blue relays in Farmington on Friday, Oct. 6. There were 17 schools competing in the race in which teams of 5 runners each complete a 2 mile loop. There were over 70 teams in all. Lucas Hutchinson of Oxford Hills […]

NEWCASTLE — Mt. Blue High School Junior Henri McCourt set a course record of 17:16.10 edging out Lincoln Academy’s Eliot O’Mahoney by just under half a second leading Mt. Blue to a 2nd place finish in an 8 team race at Lincoln Academy on Tuesday. Camden Hills became the first team to defeat Mt. Blue […]

TURNER — The Mt. Blue HIgh School Girls & Boys Cross Country teams each finished first in a meet at Leavitt on Friday, which also included Oxford Hills. The girls team earned a near perfect score of just 17 points, with Leavitt finishing 2nd. Oxford Hills, racing without their top runner, placed third. Nora McCourt […]

WATERVILLE — The Mt. Blue High School Boys Cross Country team turned in a dominating performance in a 9 team Cross Country meet at Waterville on Saturday. Henri McCourt, Luke Doscinski, Ben Hatch, and Eli Hoeft grabbed the 3rd through 6th spots and freshman Daminan Wynn placed 10th as the Cougars easily outpaced runner-up Lincoln Academy […]

FARMINGTON — The Mt..Blue High School Boys and Girls Cross Country teams opened their season with a pair of dominating victories in a 5 team meet on their home course on Friday. Nora McCourt was the first runner across the line for Mt. Blue, with an outstanding time of 21:43, which is the 4th fastest […]

With graduation to central Maine's top runners, the field is much more wide open this fall.