PHIL DI VECE, News Contributor Fri, 05/07/2021 - 3:00pm
Austin Trask takes the baton from Payton Blagdon in the 4x100-meter relay race. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Seahawks Grace Campbell, left, and Ava Schlosser before the start of the May 6 track meet Wiscasset hosted. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Gwen Webber, left, and Josie Harrington compete in the hurdles. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Kayden Ames won three events – the discus, shot put and javelin. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Alivia Orr warms up to throw the shot put. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Nathan Chatterton placed first in the mile run. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wolverines dominate Mountain Valley Conference meet
PHIL DI VECE News Contributor Tue, 05/04/2021 - 12:45pm
Nate Gilliam starts the final lap in the 4 x 800 relay at Monday’s track meet WMHS hosted and won. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Josie Harrington, a state champion in the high jump as a freshman in 2019, attends Chop Point School in Woolwich. She returned to compete with the Wolverines this season. Her winning time in the 100-meter hurdles was 19.11 seconds. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Cory Ricker high jumps. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Johnny Spies competed in the shot put. His best toss was 29’9”. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
SARAH WHITFIELD, News Contributor
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood addresses the school committee. Zoom screenshot
Wiscasset Middle High School is ranked 13
th in the 2021 U.S. News & World Report high school rankings for Maine, Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood announced at the March 9 school committee meeting. Wood said she looked through the rankings for the past three years and that “13
th is good, but it would be great to be 12
th, 11
th, or 10
th and one of the goals I want to focus on is how we can move up higher.”
The rankings are based on factors including math and reading performance and proficiency, college-level curriculum and graduation rate. Morse High School in Bath ranked 17