Kents Hill School Viewbook | Design Your Future (2016-17)

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he athletics program offers beginning and

seasoned athletes teams in 19 plus sports and a full range of opportunities for practice and competition. Students participate in a team sport or afternoon activity each trimester. Our coaches have extensive experience competing as college and professional athletes. Kents Hill School fields junior varsity and varsity teams in most sports and is known for strong teams in alpine skiing, ice hockey, cross country, and fencing. Our facilities feature the largest contiguous complex of turf fields in New England to accommodate our football and other teams, an NHL-size ice hockey rink, and a state-of-the-art gymnasium complex and fitness center.

Team Spirit AT K E N T S H I L L

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The Joanne & Dick O’Connor Alpine Center is one of the most unique features of our campus and athletics program. With two on-surface lifts, the Center provides

MY FAVORITE THING about Kents Hill is that I’m not defined by

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beginner and intermediate skiing and snowboarding terrain. The Liz Cross Mellon Lodge, with its beautiful views of the ski slope and Torsey Pond, is the center of

a single sport, like a “hockey player”

ski coaching and a gathering place for weekend events.

or “lacrosse player.” Even though we

Kents Hill hosts an extensive alpine racing schedule,

have our own passions and talents,

including U.S.S.A. races with close to 200 participants.

we’re encouraged to play other sports

A Division I Collegiate ski team and local public school

and join different teams on campus.

teams make use of our facilities.


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