With the regular season competition winding down, here are the results so far.

Boys Basketball:  9-5 record

Girls Basketball:  5-9 record

Boys Hockey:  5-4-1 record

Girls Hockey:  3-11 record

Boys Swimming: 3-4 record

Girls Swimming:  5-2 record

Skiing:  Results are hard to come by, but the Girls teams are doing well in both Alpine and Nordic.  The Girls Nordic team won the Sasse Memorial in Rumford on January 27th, defeating fourteen other schools.   Sophia Laukli ’18 won the race, defeating her nearest competitor by one minute.

Track:  Results hard to come.  Both Boys and Girls placed fifth of seven schools in a recent WMC meet.

 

At an all-school assembly on January 12, the 2018 Hector Hebert Award was presented to Emilia “Emi” Ruth.  Phil Harriman ’73 made the presentation.

In the late 1990s a group of former students and long-time history teacher Alan Hall spurred the effort to create a prize in honor of their former teacher and colleague.  They noted that Mr. Hebert, who taught history at YHS from 1961 until his retirement in 1980, was an “…engaging and thoughtful scholar …. who was passionate about history, architecture, jazz, and sports.”  The award goes to a senior who “…typifies personal integrity, intellectual curiosity, and the Renaissance ideal of of excellence in a wide range of activities.”

Emi Ruth personifies the award criteria.  She takes advanced placement and high honors courses, focusing on physics and mathematics, and intends to major in mechanical engineering in college.  Outside of the classroom, she has served a Class Clerk all four years and has captained the sailing and alpine ski teams.  A strong musician, she has been a trombonist in several YHS instrumental groups, and plays the piano and ukelele as well.  She has attended Mandarin Chinese classes at USM, and Bowdoin, and has served as a martial artist at Aikido of Maine for nine years.

Congratulations Emi, a true Renaissance person.

 

 

For the first time, Yarmouth High School hosted a naturalization ceremony in a public assembly on December 7, 2017.  With the Yarmouth Performing Arts Center full to capacity, the ceremony was live-streamed to viewers in the cafeteria. Thirty-one “candidates” from twenty-two countries took the oath of allegiance to the United States.  Canada, Philippines, Brazil, Russia, Iraq, Rwanda, the Netherlands, and Ireland were among the countries represented.

Paige Reinfelder ’19, a member of the YHS Civil Rights Club, was the driving force behind this event.  Last March Paige did her Career Exploration Program at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office in Portland.  She observed several naturalization ceremonies there, and decided to help bring one to Yarmouth.  The Civil Rights Club, their advisor Deborah Johansen,  school administrators, and Portland Adult Education assisted in organizing the event.  Representatives from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officiated.

Superintendent Andrew Dolloff delivered the keynote speech.  Harrison Middle School teacher Charlotte Agell also spoke.  An immigrant from Sweden, she was naturalized on February 21, 1992 in the first naturalization ceremony held in the State of Maine.

Music and Post-season Athletic Awards

As usual, as number of YHS students have been selected for All-State musical programs.

All-State Orchestra: Lydia Dustin ’21, Lee Federle ’21, Hannah Grant ’19, Zoe Hardel ’19, Flan Sheehan ’20, Abby Van Lonkhuyzen ’19

All-State Mixed Choir:  Eli Anderson ’19, Bay Hanson ’18

All-State Treble Choir: Gabby Colby-George ’19, Vicky Williams ’19

Athletic Awards

Cross Country: Luke Laverdiere ’18 was named the Portland Press Herald’s (PPH) Boys’ Runner of the Year.  Luke won the Class B State Championship the second consecutive year.  He will attend Harvard next year. Anneka Murrin ’18 and Sophia Laukli ’18 were named to the PPH’s Girls’ All-State team.  They led the Clippers to the Class B State Championship.

Volleyball:  Kaitlyn Bennett ’21 was named to the PPH’s All-State team

Soccer:  Both teams had undefeated seasons, and won Class B State State Championships.

Luke Groothof ’18 was named the PPH’s Boys’ Player of the year.  He was also selected for All-New England and All-American teams.

Eric LaBrie ‘19, son of Andrew LaBrie ’84, was named to the PPH’s All-State team.

Sara D’Appolonia ’18, was name the PPH’s Girls’ Player of the Year.  She also garnered All- New England and All-American honors.