by Will Tuell

Machias varsity boys basketball coach, James Getchell, said during an interview last week that he is leaving the sidelines after fourteen years coaching the Bulldogs and over 20 years coaching elementary and junior varsity basketball in the area. Getchell said in a recent interview that he thought about hanging it up last year but decided to come back for this year’s group of seniors who finished runners-up in the Northern Maine Class D boys basketball tournament in Bangor.