Winning never gets old
After a 2-0 win over Sanford for the Class A field hockey championship, Skowhegan Coach Paula Doughty put her team's seventh consecutive title in perspective.
"You do it over and over and over and over but the kids that won the first of the seven, they're out of college and they're married with kids," Doughty said. "They're gone. But a lot of people don't take every team seriously because, oh, you do it all the time.
"I try to tell people, I remember when my goal used to be to get to a semifinal game. To get here year after year is just amazing."
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Seven straight state championships is no easy feat, but Skowhegan is only halfway to the state record for consecutive championships – the Old Town boys swimming team won 14 straight Class B titles from 1985 to 1998.
The St. Dominic ice hockey team won 11 straight state titles from 1947 to 1957, while the Mt. Blue girls skiing team won 11 Class A titles from 1992 to 2002.
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