Armed with three returning starters, including one of the top seniors in the state in Riley Robinson, Dirigo will set its sights on a sixth Class C South championship in eight years this winter. Robinson will graduate as the Cougars’ all-time leading scorer and has an outside shot to end his career with 2,000 points. […]
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Class C boys’ basketball: Dirigo poised for another run
Class C South boys’ basketball got smaller … and more crowded. Gone are the three largest schools — Maranacook, Lisbon and Mountain Valley — back to Class B. Moving in are four schools closely identified with Class D — Richmond, Buckfield, NYA and Searsport — along with Hebron. At the top? Still pretty much the […]
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Boys’ Basketball: James Ouellette of Spruce Mountain pushes through injury, tragedy
JAY — Doctors have told James Ouellette that he has the right knee of a man 60 or 70 years old. It has cost him much of his basketball career at Spruce Mountain High School. A month into his senior year, Ouellette experienced something no man should endure until he is a ripe, old age: Saying […]
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Celts snap road slide, beat Heat
MIAMI (AP) — Whenever Boston’s lead looked shaky in the final minutes, Avery Bradley had an answer. And just like that, the Celtics’ three-game road slide is over. Bradley scored 25 points and forced a big turnover when he knocked away a pass by Dwyane Wade with a minute remaining, Jared Sullinger scored 17 points […]
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Orlando works its Magic on the Celts
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Victor Oladipo scored 19 points and Nik Vucevic added 18 points and 10 rebounds to help the Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics 110-91 on Sunday night for their third straight victory. Tobias Harris had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Magic. Andrew Nicholson added 14 points and eight rebounds […]
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College Roundup: CMCC basketball sweeps
AUBURN — Carrington Miller led a second-half comeback Sunday, netting 17 points and dominating the boards with 22 rebounds as Central Maine Community College roared back from a 14-point halftime deficit to nip the Lions of Penn State Allegheny, 73-70. A lifeless first half resulted in CM shooting 30 percent and 2-for-15 from beyond the […]
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H.S. Basketball: MPA puts tourney broadcasts up for bid
Maine’s high school basketball tournament will have a new television and internet home in February. Maine Principals’ Association executive director Dick Durost announced Tuesday morning that Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN) will not carry or stream the regional semifinals or championships this winter. Durost added that bids to broadcast those games, as well as the […]
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College Basketball: Courtney Anderson named director of operations for UNH women’s hoop
DURHAM, N.H. — Courtney Anderson of Greene, who led Leavitt to a Class B girls’ basketball championship and helped anchor the resurgence of the University of Maine women’s basketball program, has been named director of basketball operations at the University of New Hampshire. New Hampshire coach Maureen Magarity announced the hiring Monday. “We are thrilled […]
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Dedicated inductees honored
BANGOR — A shared passion for their chosen sport often had most modest roots a generation or more ago. Sometimes it was as simple as a backboard and rim attached to a garage or barn located at the end of a dirt driveway. Other times it might have been a smallish indoor court with overlapping […]