Location
- Hyde School in Bath
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Hall of Fame Inductees- Dr. Thomas Ward as competitor
- Douglas Gilbert as competitor
- Jon Kane as competitor
- Maynard Pelletier as competitor
- Rusty Smith as competitor
- Robert Ewing of Mt. Ararat High
- Luis Ayala of Dover-Foxcroft High
- Dan Del Gallo of Gardiner
- Chuck Alexander as MAWA past president
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Terry Deveroux presenting
OW to Dan Del Gallo
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Maynard Pelletier and Luis Ayala
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| Rusty Smith and Luis Ayala | HOF Inductees |
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HOF inductees
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Tim Wilson and Tom Ward and wife
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Al Kirk and Wally Lafountain
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STATISTICS
Rusty Smith (Competitor)
- Wrestled at Dexter HS 1969-1972
- 1969 State Champion Class B 103lbs
- 1970 State Runner-Up Class A 107lbs
- 1971 State Champion Class A 112lbs
- 1971 New England Runner-Up
- 1972 State Champion Class A 112lbs.
Doug Gilbert (Competitor, Coach)
- 1973 Placed 3rd on Rumfords State championship team
- 1974 Placed 2nd at Hwt. (weighed 190) Rumford won 3rd consecutive State championship.
- 1976 Won Northern New England championship competing for Maine Maritime Academy. ( Beat HOFer Kevin Gilmore, who decisioned Gilbert in finals of Class A State meet in 1974)
Coach
- 1981 Asst. Coach Rumoford championship team
- 1997- to present Varsity Coach Dirigo HS
- 1997 to present Dirigo has finished first or second in every Regional
- 2007 Dirigo won Class C States
- Coached two dozen State Champions
- 2004 and 2009 coached 2x Dan Waite and 3x Jon Smith who each earned All American honors by Wrestling USA Magazine after placing fourth and second in New England.
Jon Kane (Competitor)
- Attended Deering HS from 1998-2002
- 1999-2000 3rd in Regionals and 4th in States
- 2000-2001 2nd in Regionals and 2nd in States
- 2001-2002 Wrestled 171lb weight class
- 4x varsity letter winner
- 1st in Regionals, State Champion
- 5th in New Englands
- Champion 176lbs National Wrestling Coaches Association tournament (Newark DE.)
- Career Record 108-30
- High School All American from the National Wrestling Coaches Association.
- Most Valuable Wrestler at the Following Tournaments
- McDonalds
- Essex
- Maine State Class A
- National Tournament (Newark DE.) 4 pins
- Elected Student Government President by his class
- Selected by the Maine Sunday Telegram as the Most Valuable Wrestler
- Selected by the Maine Sunday Telegram as 2002 "Male Athlete of the Year"
- Kane, played four sports at Deering. He played football, lacrosse, ran cross country and dominated in wrestling. As a senior, he went 36-0 with 21 pins and won the 171 pound State title and won the 176lb National Wrestling Coaches Association tournament.”
- Received a letter from State Senator Michael Brennan congratulating him on his achievements.
- Selected to the U.S. Naval Academy
- 2002-2006 Attended the U.S. Naval Academy
- 2002-2006 Wrestled on the U.S. Naval Academy Wrestling Team at 184lbs weight class
- Had a career record of 75 wins
- Missed qualifying for Nationals by one match his senior year
- He is a Naval Aviator flying helicopters.
- He was previously deployed to the Middle East
Maynard Pelletier (Competitor)
- Attended Fort Kent HS
- 1979 Maine State HS Champion
- Wrestled at University of Maine and was UMaine’s first Division 1 National Qalifier
- Coached at Foxcroft Academy
- Foxcroft Academy won 4 State Class C titles while he was coaching.
Tom Ward (Competitor)
- Attended Mt. Blue H.S.
- 1972 Maine HS champion at 155lbs for Mt. Blue
- Wrestled at University of Maine
- Coached Mt. Blue HS to two Class A titles in early 80’s
- Ward's career includes being a teacher, coach, athletic director, assistant principal/athletic director and principal of Mt. Blue High School in Farmington. He also was principal at Dirigo High School in Dixfield and then came back to Mt. Blue High School as principal for eight years. He then was principal of SAD 35's Marshfield High School in South Berwick for eight years and superintendent of SAD 21 for six years before consolidation to RSU 10, which he has led for four years.
- Superintendent RSU 9:
- FARMINGTON
- There were smiles all around Tuesday night when RSU 9 directors voted unanimously Tuesday to hire a 1972 graduate of Mt. Blue High School to lead the district, beginning July 1