PORTLAND — A sophomore and a freshman took over what looked like a lost cause Tuesday night and accelerated Lincoln Academy into the next round of the Class B West girls’ basketball tournament. Point guard Brie Wajer amassed 20 points, nine steals and five assists, and first-year, six-foot center Kaitlyn Feltis scored three huge baskets during […]
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Class B West girls’ quarterfinal: No. 9 Cape Elizabeth shocks No. 1 Spruce Mountain
PORTLAND — Another No. 1 regional seed has gone down in the girls’ basketball tournament, and this one hits close to home. Felled by 16 percent shooting, No. 1 Spruce Mountain saw its undefeated season dissolve in stunning, heartbreaking fashion Tuesday night in a 32-30 Class B West quarterfinal loss to No. 9 Cape Elizabeth […]
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Class B West girls’ quarterfinal: No.2 Gray-New Gloucester survives No. 10 Poland, 45-37
PORTLAND — Collars tighten in the quarterfinal spotlight of Portland Expo, and for three-and-a-half quarters Tuesday, No. 2 Gray-New Gloucester looked like the team with the oxygen deficit while No. 10 Poland took the deep, cleansing breaths. The air quality changed just in time for the Patriots to pull away for a 45-37 victory, a tournament […]
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LIVE BLOG: Western D, Western C and Western B girls’ basketball
Welcome to the final day of #Tourney15 quarterfinal action. Today, the Western D, Western C and Western B girls’ teams take the floor in Augusta and Portland. Follow along with our team, and journalists across the state, as we bring you live updates from all of the games, all in one place. Click below to […]
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Class B West girls’ quarterfinal: Greely eliminates Lake Region, 45-31
PORTLAND — It is official: For the first time since 2011, Class B West girls’ basketball will have a new champion. Greely senior center Ashley Storey scored 19 points Tuesday afternoon, vaulting the Rangers to a 45-31 quarterfinal victory over Lake Region at Portland Expo. Isabel Porter put up nine of her 11 points during […]
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Western C quarterfinal: Winthrop wallops Madison by 40
AUGUSTA — Each of the four surviving teams in the Class C West boys’ basketball tournament is considered a threat to win it. Ignoring matchups, injuries and any other intangible factors that might have intervened Monday, there’s little question that No. 4 Winthrop celebrated the most impressive quarterfinal win of the bunch. The Ramblers scored […]
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Basketball tournament notebook: Edward Little, Lewiston hold up bargain, align dream matchup
Here we go. For the second time in four years, Edward Little (18-1) and Lewiston (12-7) will meet in the Class A East boys’ basketball tournament at Augusta Civic Center. Rarely if ever in the century-plus history of the Twin Cities rivalry have the stakes been higher. The winner at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday earns a […]
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Western C quarterfinal: Dirigo tops Old Orchard Beach, wins in playoffs for 10th consecutive year
AUGUSTA — Riley Robinson had a sore back, lungs that were worn out from their first real test after a dozen days resting that injury, and a fresh, four-inch abrasion tricking blood from beneath his left eye. Winning, that feeling to which the Dirigo boys’ basketball program has become so accustomed in the past decade, […]
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Eastern Class A boys’ quarterfinal: No. 1 Edward Little overcomes No. 8 Brewer, 54-38
AUGUSTA — Two prior first-round losses when seeded No. 1 in the boys’ basketball regional tournament may scar the Edward Little faithful for generations to come. So when the Red Eddies fell behind No. 8 Brewer by six points early in the second quarter Monday, nobody could blame maroon-clad spectators for the inability to stomach […]
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LIVE BLOG: Eastern A and Western C boys’ quarterfinals
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