Second-year coach Rebecca Fletcher says Dirigo needs to limit turnovers and take advantage of every possession. And, of course, score. The Cougars averaged 31.3 points per game in 2016-17, which ranked ninth in the Mountain Valley Conference. “We did a pretty good job defensively, we just really struggled to score,” Fletcher said. Dirigo lost the […]
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Class D Girls: Rangeley tough, but Vinalhaven the favorite
Sydney Royce of Rangeley looks for an open teammate while being pressured by Deja Bennett of Buckfield on Friday. Rangeley loses two starters from last year’s team, which failed to reach the Class D South regional semifinals for the first time since 2011. But back is top player Natasha Haley, a senior. Along with her […]
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Ramblers' rise: Sophomore trio ready for next stage of Winthrop girls' basketball
Jillian Schmelzer, Kena Souza and Aaliyah WilsonFalcone are sophomores on the Winthrop basketball team. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Winthrop found itself in a close game with Oak Hill in last year’s season opener. For the Ramblers, only two seasons removed from not even having a varsity girls’ basketball team, close games were a foreign experience. In […]
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Class C Girls: Monmouth, Boothbay still a step ahead
Monmouth’s Abbey Allen eyes the basket between Boothbay’s Nicole Clarke and Page Brown during Saturday afternoon’s game at Monmouth Academy. Dirigo coach Rebecca Fletcher might have put it best when asked about Class C South and the Mountain Valley Conference. “The league is, I think, a year stronger,” she said. And that’s difficult prospect for […]
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Class B Girls: Agile Gray-New Gloucester hopes for encore, region up for grabs
The Gray New Goucester bench erupts after the final basket of the Class B girl’s State Championship at the Augusta Civic Center last March. Several Patriots had front-row seats as four seniors, a sophomore and a junior carried Gray-New Gloucester to the first girls’ basketball state championship in the school’s history. Playing time was sparse […]
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Class A Girls: Mt. Blue, Leavitt eyeing postseason berths
Mt. Blue’s Kasadie Barker (22) and Leavitt’s Allie Belaire, right, wrestle for the ball in a basketball game in Turner last season Mt. Blue coach Fred Conlogue has to be one of the few coaches in the state who would love to have a shot at Greely. “That’s where I went to high school,” Conlogue […]
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Class AA Girls: Oxford Hills has plenty of teams chasing this season
Edward Little High School’s Jade Perry, left, drives past Lewiston High School’s Gabrielle Wilson during their game in Lewiston last season. (Sun Journal file photo) Oxford Hills has just enough question marks to make Class AA North interesting. The Vikings are still the favorites, after plowing through the region last year with a 17-1 regular […]
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Spruce Mountain Phoenix 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
Last season, everything Spruce Mountain did was centered around Alex Bessey. And for good reason: Bessey was a career 1,000-point scorer, and the Phoenix were an inexperienced team. Bessey is now playing at Central Maine Community College, but second-year Spruce Mountain coach Zach Keene said the program is ready for the next stage. “We return […]
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Oak Hill Raiders 2017-18 girls basketball preview
The Raiders are down five seniors from last year and don’t have much returning varsity experience with which to replace them. Still, second-year coach Mike Labonte said, “Should be a fun and exciting season at Oak Hill.” Sophomore Desirae Dumais is back at point guard after leading the team with 10.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and […]
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Lisbon Greyhounds 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
A scrappy group of seniors led Lisbon to the Class B South preliminary round in 2016-17. They set the tone, but on the court were mixed in with several players who return this season. “(We) return a strong core with some experience,” seventh-year coach Julie Petrie said. Giana Russo had a standout freshman season at […]