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I.J. Pinkham,former BRHS boys varsity basketball coach, was recently inducted in the Maine Principals’ Association’s “Hall of Excellence.” File photo
As a Maine high school basketball coach, I.J. Pinkham had a long list of accomplishments in his 49 years patrolling the hardwood. Pinkham’s teams won 659 games, more than any other Maine high schoolboys’ basketball coach. His 2001, his Boothbay Seahawks won the Class C State championship. Another achievement arrived in 2016, when he was inducted to the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame. On Feb. 25, Pinkham added another achievement to his lengthy list. Pinkham and 10 others were inducted to the Maine Principals’ Association “Hall of Excellence” via an online ceremony.
Prep school programs forced to scramble for opponents
With out-of-state travel off the table during the pandemic, athletic schedules are greatly reduced and include a mix of public and private school opponents.
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Berwick Academy’s athletic teams have been unable to play their traditional out-of-state opponents this winter, forcing them to cobble together schedules. The private school’s basketball teams have been playing southern Maine teams that compete in the Maine Principals’ Association.
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The coronavirus pandemic has caused the same core problem for athletic administrators and coaches across the state: How do you create a schedule that meets ever-evolving state and local safety standards and still provides opportunities for student athletes?
Community briefs for Thursday, Feb. 11
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Rumford board announces May plant sale
RUMFORD The Rumford Historical Society Board of Directors has announced the annual spring plant sale, with seedlings from Nghia Ha’s greenhouse, will be available for purchase at 11 5th St., Mexico, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 22 and 23.
However, it is the consensus of the board that the usual June yard sale cannot be planned at this time, with so many cases of COVID-19 currently in the area and the availability of COVID vaccines still in flux.
The board reminds those who have not paid their 2020-2021 dues to please remit the $10 per member to: Lewis Irish, Treasurer, RHS, 145 Congress St., Rumford, ME. 04276.
Bruins to honor Travis Roy with helmet logo during 2021 season
Roy, who grew up in Yarmouth and died in October, became an advocate and fundraiser after being paralyzed from the neck down during his first hockey game at Boston University.
By Matt VautourMassLive.com
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Travis Roy died in October at age 45. The Bruins will wear a TR24 logo on their helmets this season in honor of Roy.
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When the Bruins take the ice for the first time Thursday night and throughout the 2021 season, they’ll be honoring Travis Roy.
Roy, who grew up in Yarmouth, died in October at age 45. He attended Yarmouth High School and North Yarmouth Academy, where he was a standout hockey player, graduated from Tabor Academy in Massachusetts, and played hockey for Boston University. But just 11 seconds into his first college game on Oct. 20, 1995, Roy hit the boards and shattered his fourth and fifth cervical vertebrae, paralyzing him from the neck down at 20 years old.
Boston Bruins to honor Maine native Travis Roy with helmet emblem during 20- 21 season
Roy played hockey for North Yarmouth Academy and later for Boston University. He died on October 29, 2020. Author: Chris Costa (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 11:20 AM EST January 13, 2021 Updated: 6:29 PM EST January 13, 2021
PORTLAND, Maine The Boston Bruins, Boston University, and North Yarmouth Academy hockey teams will honor Maine native Travis Roy with a helmet emblem during the 2020-2021 season.
Roy, who played hockey for North Yarmouth Academy and later for Boston University, died on October 29, 2020 in Burlington, Vermont. The BU men s and women s ice hockey teams will also wear the emblem: a sticker that reads TR24, the number he wore with the Terriers.