Karl Lebreux

On the eve of the BHS Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony, it was a pleasure to unite the 1984 and 2025 Baseball State Championship teams at today’s home baseball game. Two championship teams, separated by more than 40 years, came together for a special “Champions Reunion.”

@FixingEducation 100 percent distraction

Lower Merion parents are asking the district to opt their kids out of school-issued Chromebooks. Parents cite low-quality programs and concerns about cognitive development. Have Chromebooks improved student learning…or made it worse? Are they a distraction to most students?

@EchoesofWarYT I thought the S was for Simpson?

He won the Civil War, broke the Klan, went bankrupt at 62, got terminal throat cancer, and wrote one of the greatest books in American literature in the final year of his life. He finished it 5 days before he died. Ulysses S. Grant was born 204 years ago today. His name wasn't even Ulysses S. Grant. He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27, 1822. The congressman who nominated him to West Point wrote down the wrong name. Grant kept it. The "S." stands for nothing. He hated his father's tannery and loved horses. Graduated 21st of 39 at West Point. Fought in the Mexican-American War, then came home convinced it was an unjust war designed to expand slavery. He later said he believed the Civil War was divine punishment for it. He married Julia Dent in 1848, into a slave-owning Missouri family. His abolitionist father refused to attend the wedding. In 1859, broke and desperate, Grant freed the one enslaved man he'd briefly owned instead of selling him. He could have gotten a year's wages. In the Civil War he became what no other Union general was: relentless. Vicksburg (July 4, 1863) split the Confederacy in half. Lincoln then gave him every Union army. His Appomattox surrender terms: officers kept sidearms, men kept horses for spring planting, no one prosecuted. As president (1869 to 1877) he did something no president would do again until LBJ: used federal troops to crush the Ku Klux Klan. He suspended habeas corpus in 9 South Carolina counties, prosecuted Klansmen before predominantly Black juries, and broke the first Klan. His presidency was also rocked by scandal: Black Friday 1869. Crédit Mobilier. The Whiskey Ring. Belknap. Grant himself never took a dime. He was just disastrously loyal to corrupt friends. The pattern damaged his reputation for a century. After the White House, he toured the world for 2 years. Dined with Queen Victoria. Met the emperor of Japan. Then in 1884, a Wall Street partner named Ferdinand Ward ran what we'd now call a Ponzi scheme. Grant was wiped out. 62 years old. Penniless. Weeks later he was diagnosed with terminal throat cancer. Mark Twain offered to publish his memoirs. Grant wrote in agony, sometimes 50 pages a day, racing the disease to leave Julia an inheritance. He finished the manuscript July 18, 1885. He died July 23. The book made Julia $450,000, about $14M today. It's now considered one of the finest memoirs in the English language. For decades historians ranked Grant a failure. Since 2000 he's jumped 13 spots in the C-SPAN survey, the biggest rise of any president. Happy birthday, General 🇺🇸

@uncle_june My second favorite episode!

On this day, 22 years ago, The Sopranos episode "Marco Polo" premiered. Written by Michael Imperioli. Easily one of my fav episodes of all time. Pretty much all of the cast are here, and watching Hugh and Tony's relationship play out is a rare wholesome moment.

Those were some sweet moves, Brian Dumoulin 😳

A very good night for Biddeford hockey fans! – BIDDEFORD GAZETTE

Who was the best pitcher on your favorite MLB team when you were 15?

@HawkEmDownChris Brian Dumoulin pro hockey player from Biddeford, Maine

True or False: Someone that attended your high school became a professional athlete.

Congratulations to the boys from York-Biddeford-OOB on today's Maine Principals' Association Class B State Championship Game victory! Great game and great season!

The York/Biddeford/OOB Boys Hockey team are Class B State Champions! Congratulations!

BHS Marching Band is preforming in a MBDA Show this Sunday at South Portland High School. The show will begin at 1:00 PM with Blaze Color Guard on at 1:08 PM, Blackout Percussion at 2:50 PM and Blizzards Winds at 3:05 PM. #Biddefordtigerpride.

Without telling me your age. What is the first video game you played? GIFS ONLY!!!

The 4 Finalists for the 9th annual Becky Schaffer Award which goes to the States top girls senior high school hockey player! Congratulations to: Corinne Ramunno – Biddeford Solveig Ledwick – Brunswick Ellie Skolnekovich – Cheverus Adelaide Strout – Yarmouth/Freeport!

Windham was valiant, but Biddeford was clutch and the Tigers move on to the semifinals after a palpitating quarterfinal round win. Story: hoffershighschoolsports.com/biddeford-surv… @rsu14athletics @BiddHSAthletics

BHS Marching Band is back! This Saturday the BHS Marching Band will travel to Everett MA to compete in the NESBA Evaluation Show. This show features Blackout Percussion and Blizzard Winds, with Blackout Percussion taking the stage at 5:30 PM and Blizzard Winds at 7:30 PM.

Congratulations to BHS ice hockey player Joey Davis, the latest recipient of the Tiger Pride – Character Above All Else T-shirt. Joey was selected by his coach for being a positive influence on his teammates, coaches, and officials. Character Matters! Tiger Pride!

Thank you Randy Forcier and CMG Home Loans for your continued partnership with the Biddeford Athletics Hall of Honor! Triumph, Tradition, Legacy...Tiger Pride!

The Tigers defeat Gorham 5-4 in 2OT in girls hockey! Regional Finals will be Wednesday with a time TBD.

Congratulations to Biddeford-TA-Kennebunk-Wells Girls Hockey on their 8-0 victory over Greely in the Regional Quarterfinals! They move on to face Gorham in the Regional Semifinals Saturday at 4:30 pm at Troubh Ice Arena in Portland.

Congratulations to our latest recipients of the Tiger Pride - CHARACTER - Above All Else t-shirts! These individuals were chosen by their coaches for being a positive influence and great teammate. Tiger Pride!