Wiscasset — The Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame recently announced its 2018 class.
The class was inducted in a ceremony on Saturday at the Rockland Elks Lodge.
The inductees are Bob Brewer, Penny Post Crockett, Robert Huntley, Richard Kelley, Jeff Madore, Wade Oliver, Charles “Chuck” Shea and Russell “Rusty” Worcester, Jr.
Shea is the only inductee from Lincoln County. He is a 1959 graduate of Wiscasset High School, where he earned 15 varsity letters in basketball,
During his high school career, Shea played baseball, and ran cross country, and track and field. Wiscasset won three straight league and state championships in cross country from 1956-58 and captured the state track and field championship in 1958.
Shea won the state cross country championship as an individual in 1956.
After graduation, Shea attended Bowdoin College, where he earned seven varsity letter in cross country, baseball and basketball.
Just after graduating from Bowdoin, he returned to Wiscasset High School to coach cross country from 1963-1995. His teams won two state championships during his coaching tenure, one of which included his son Steve, who was also an individual state champion in 1989. He coached basketball from 1963-1967 and again from 1980-1982. Shea also coached the 1980-81 team to Wiscasset’s first undefeated season at 18-0, one of the most talented teams in the school’s history.
Shea also started the tennis program at Wiscasset in 1977 and served as athletic director at Wiscasset High for several years.
Shea has stayed active over the years by playing in Brunswick, Bath and Adult softball leagues, numerous basketball leagues into his 50s, lots of tennis matches, and has run a plethora of road races, including the Casco Bay Marathon. He is now an avid bowler and plays pickleball in his spare time.
Shea still resides in Wiscasset with his wife Faye.
The Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame is located on Route 1 in Waldoboro at Dow’s Discount.
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