AUGUSTA — Cony knew it was the inevitable victim of Andrew Fleming’s 1,000th career point. He was stuck at 999 coming into Wednesday night, after all. But that didn’t mean the Rams needed to make it easy for the Oxford Hills senior boys’ basketball star. Fleming was double-teamed at every turn from the opening tap. When […]
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Boys’ basketball: Dirigo, Arsenault shut down Winthrop
AUGUSTA — Dirigo read the box scores and scouting reports about Winthrop’s Jacob Hickey. Six 3-pointers and 26 points at Monmouth. Ten triples and 41 points against Lisbon. There was no way Hickey would be allowed to take that many shots on Wednesday night Augusta Civic Center without the MVC’s chief defensive stopper, Gavin Arsenault, in […]
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H.S. Roundup: Mountain Valley girls hold off Madison
Mtn. Valley 38, Madison 35 MADISON — Liza White scored 15 points and Mountain Valley warded off a second-half comeback by Madison for a 38-35 MVC girls’ basketball win on Monday night. Sydney Petrie added 10 points and Ashley Russell eight for the Falcons (6-1). Mountain Valley gained the upper hand, 13-8, after one quarter […]
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Bowling/youth basketall results
Bowling Sparetime Mamas & Papas Men Handicap Series 778 Philip Provencher 706 Andrew Burke 693 Leo Daigneault, Scratch Series 752 Mike Thibault 597 Rick Giguere 589 Don Moore, Handicap Game 276 Jake Coulombe 265 Andrew Cogswell 255 Erland Holt, Scratch Game 241 Shane Pearl 225 Phil Doucette 218 Wayne Bryant; Women Handicap Series 697 Janessa […]
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Girls’ basketball: Boothbay edges Mountain Valley in battle of unbeatens
RUMFORD — Something had to give on Tuesday night between the top two girls’ basketball teams in the Mountain Valley Conference, and the showdown between Boothbay and Mountain Valley certainly lived up to expectations. Boothbay freshman Faith Blethen scored the final seven points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:01 remaining, as the Seahawks edged the […]
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Celtics cut down Timberwolves
BOSTON (AP) — Kelly Olynyk scored 19 points, Jae Crowder had 18 and the Celtics beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 113-99 on Monday night while the crowd begged to see former Boston player Kevin Garnett. Tyler Zeller scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds before fouling out. David Lee had 13 points and eight boards to […]
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Boys’ basketball: Late comeback by Poland zones out Spruce Mountain
POLAND — Poland boys’ basketball considers the 1-2-2 halfcourt zone its emergency defense. Watching Spruce Mountain dribble around, nursing a nine-point lead with 4:30 to go in a game that neither team led by more three until the final tick of the third quarter clock, fit that description. “We know when we have to go […]
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Boys’ basketball: Lisbon fights off feisty Telstar
BETHEL — Lisbon and Telstar flirted with monumental upsets in the opening week of the MVC boys’ basketball season. Their collision on Monday night was a chance for each club to prove it is near the front of that second tier after Dirigo, Winthrop and Wiscasset. The Greyhounds, currently No. 5 in Class B South, delivered […]
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Boys’ basketball: All roads lead to Dirigo excellence for Robinson
We’re not talking about some of those three-hour, round-trip bus journeys in the far-flung Mountain Valley Conference, either. Robinson and his parents, Jamie and Marcy, have spent countless hours at the mercy of spinning tires on the family vehicle, chasing AAU games all along the Atlantic coast with his MBR-sanctioned all-star squad. “Since seventh grade, […]