The Maine Principals’ Association announced on Tuesday that the streaming rights to the North and South regional high school basketball semifinals and finals has been awarded to the Northeast Sports Network, Inc. (NSN) of Lyndonville, Vt. All 60 games from Bangor, Augusta, and Portland will be provided free to the viewer via internet, Northeast Sports […]
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Boys’ basketball: Hickey, Winthrop race past Monmouth
Good luck with that this winter, especially after performances such as the one the junior turned in Monday night at Stu Foster Gym. Hickey rained down six 3-pointers and accumulated 26 points, seven assists, five rebounds and four steals, leading Winthrop to a 70-41 road win over neighboring Monmouth in MVC and Class C South […]
Local Roundup: Conley, Kariotis lead Gray-New Gloucester girls’ basketball to win
Girls’ basketball Gray-New Gloucester 36, Yarmouth 27 GRAY — Skye Conley notched a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds to lead Gray-New Gloucester to a 36-27 triumph over Yarmouth in boys’ basketball action Saturday afternoon. The Patriots jumped out to a 21-12 haftime lead. Grace Kariotis added eight points and four steals for Gray-New […]
Boys’ basketball: Fleming, Oxford Hills stuff Lewiston
LEWISTON — Oxford Hills already knows its capabilities with Andrew Fleming on the court. The Vikings showed on Saturday night that as the wear-and-tear and whistles accumulate over the boys’ basketball season, they can survive (for a few minutes, at least) without him. Fleming sat down after an intentional foul, his second personal, with 6:07 […]
Girls’ basketball: Monmouth opens with win over Lisbon
LISBON — The Monmouth Academy girls’ basketball team watched a 12-point first-half lead reduced to four points by Lisbon in the Mountain Valley Conference season-opener for both teams on Saturday. With the fans in the new Greyhounds’ home gym firmly behind their team, Lisbon went to the half down just five points behind and seemingly […]
Boys’ basketball: Oak Hill, Therrien too much for St. Dom’s
The Raiders also haven’t been able to transform their gridiron greatness into hardwood prosperity, but Friday night’s 52-27 rout of St. Dom’s at Lewiston High School was a sign that they may have turned the corner. Oak Hill held St. Dom’s to one field goal in the first half and 11 points through three quarters […]
Boys’ basketball: Dirigo finds redemption in 78-52 win
DIXFIELD — When the chips are on the line, there’s a better than average chance that a Dirigo team will step it up, and that’s what the Cougars did in season-opening Mountain Valley Conference boys’ basketball game. Dirigo went on a 22-3 run in the middle quarters to break the contest wide open and never […]
Boys’ basketball: Greyhounds howl in new gym
LISBON — A new gym and a really big win made the Lisbon Greyhounds’ Friday night. Ditto for fans on both sides of the gym. The Lisbon Greyhounds fended off Monmouth Academy in a Mountain Valley Conference boys’ basketball game and came away with a 48-39 victory. The roomy, pristine gym was undoubtedly an inspiration […]
Boys’ basketball: Edward Little thwarts Bangor late
But the chance to make his first varsity start Friday night brought out the best in the 6-foot-1 junior guard, who scored 14 of his game-high 31 points in the fourth quarter as the Red Eddies rallied past Bangor 67-62 at Red Barry Gymnasium. “It was just adjusting to the refs and being able to […]
Girls’ basketball: Sabine, Oak Hill rally past St. Dom’s
At the risk of oversimplifying matters, that distinction appeared to make all the difference in the fourth quarter on Friday night. Two evenly matched MVC teams went in opposite directions on the neutral court at Lewiston High School, with eight unanswered points reversing the Raiders’ direction to a 29-21 win. “We’re young. It’s the first […]