Paul Dineen:
CLASS OF 1975
Wilmington High SchoolClass of 1975
Wilmington, MA
INDIANA UNIVERSITY-BLOOMINGTONClass of 1982
Bloomington, IN
Northeastern University,BostonClass of 1980
Boston, MA
Paul's Story
Paul is from Wilmington, Massachusetts. His schools include Wilmington High School, Northeastern University (Mathematics), and Indiana University (Bloomington, Computer Science). Paul works(ed) at Kroll Factual Data and Hewlett-Packard. Paul was married to Allison from 1989 to 2004. They moved to Fort Collins, Colorado in 1989 and adopted a son, Sam, from Korea at 4 months old. Sam graduated from Rocky Mountain High School and Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Paul married Jennifer in 2014. They moved to Fort Morgan in 2016, where Paul has since taken photos at 556 high school sporting events. He has taken photos for OTSPORTSCHEK since 2019 and reported on sports for the Lost Creek Guide newspaper since 2021. They have two dogs and thirteen cats.
Paul's interests include Animals, News, Science. Music Paul likes includes Fatboy Slim, Led Zeppelin Official, The Chrystal Method. Movies Paul likes include: Gladiator, The Graduate, Borat, Kill Bill: Volume 2. TV shows Paul likes include Mad Men, The Sopranos, Dexter.
One of Paul's favorite quotes is:""Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse." -- Lily Tomlin
"They can make me do it, but they can't make me do it with dignity." - Calvin and Hobbes
"Do onto others."".
More about Paul
I wrote this poem about one of the high school sports teams I cover with photos and newspaper articles:
Ode to Wiggins Tigers Varsity Baseball 2019.
The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Wiggins team that day.
The score stood four to one with one half inning left to play.
Mazzuca hit a rocket for out number one.
When Devon Harshman followed, it seemed they might be done.
But Bryce Ford smacked a base hit, as he so often had.
And Dillon Harshman did the same. Isn't he the lad?!
But, there, the rally ended. No fantasy -- this was true.
The Tiger Faithful mood had at last turned blue.
But only for a moment, did this melancholy tarry.
For, compared to the season, this mood was most contrary.
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in the frigid blasts of April, four straight vanquishings of foes.
Followed by a slump of one-for-seven. Oh, golly, such woes!
A lesser team might have folded, yielding to despair.
But not this Phillips team of Tigers. Nothing ordinary there.
The outlook then turned sunny. Eight straight began with Yuma!
Scoring twelve to naught they took revenge. Just like Montezuma!
On and on it went, until, at end, a fateful pair with Wray.
They'd won six straight, but needed two more to save the day.
Last year, those Eagles had dashed the playoff hopes of Tiger Nation.
"Not this time," said the Tigers, "that's just more motivation."
Two more to play, on Saturday. Two more, to seal their fate.
Two more, they won! What a day! Now, on the road to state!
First stop: districts, to slay the playoff dragons!
"In Akron, versus Holyoke, we'll circle up the wagons!"
Now, there, events unfolded that were very much disputed.
They won! They lost? They won! They lost? Arguments? Refuted!
The game, they lost. Yet, playoff end was commuted!
For that, we thank you RPI: you're so convoluted!
Ranked twelfth at state, was Wiggins, and hoping for an upset.
The original one score and four had pared down to a quartet.
T'was Wiggins, Peyton, Fowler, Rye.
In Pueblo, now, the elite of 2A vie.
Those Panthers of Peyton came to the show top-rated.
At their hands the Tigers plans were soon to be truncated.
They drew first blood, the Tigers did, in the second frame.
Logan Kerr drove in Dillon Harshman, as Wiggins staked their claim.
But runs were few, and favored Peyton made them count.
They built a lead the scrappy Tigers just could not surmount.
Three in the next frame. One more in the last.
Tip your hat to champs Peyton. They were unsurpassed.
But, honor these Wiggins Tigers, champs in their own way.
Effort, character, respect, as AP taught them. You see it in their play.
And you'd better watch out for them in the coming year.
Or else, sure as shootin', you'll sadly shed a tear!
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