LEWISTON — A team comprised almost exclusively of seniors is the ultimate blessing-or-curse experiment in high school sports. If one or two of those athletes play with the compulsion that they know it all, or have one foot already out the gymnasium door or one eye already fixed upon June, it can be disastrous. Get […]
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Girls’ basketball: Faith Grady with another banner game as St. Dom’s solidifies playoff hopes
AUBURN — It came down to this for the St. Dom’s and Wiscasset girls’ basketball teams. Win Thursday’s Mountain Valley Conference game and a Western Class C preliminary game might be in the future. The Saints completed the job at hand, downing the Wolverines, 43-38, to improve to 5-10 and strengthen their hold on the […]
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Boys’ basketball: Myers, Dillingham step up for Lewiston in win over Brewer
One in December. One in January. See the pattern developing? “I want to start a four-in-a-row streak on February 14,” Lewiston coach Tim Farrar said. “That’s when I’d like the streak to start.” That’s the beginning of the tournament, and it would mean a state championship, something that hasn’t happened since 1960. The Gold Ball […]
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Girls’ basketball: Kristina Blais scores 22, leads Lewiston to third win
LEWISTON — Twelve losses against one win, with minimal chance to make the tournament, are enough to persuade many high school basketball teams to pack it in and play out the string. Not the Lewiston girls, who have answered the bell in late January with their three best offensive games of the season. Thursday’s 52-42 […]
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Timberwolves stop Celtics
MINNEAPOLIS — Kevin Martin scored 21 points in his first game in more than two months and Gorgui Dieng added 16 points and 14 rebounds to lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 110-98 victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night. Zach LaVine added 17 points and six assists and Martin scored nine straight points […]
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Boys’ basketball: Isaiah and Eli Calder give Leavitt brotherly boost
TURNER — Once a common experience in rural, working-class Maine, brothers starting together on the same varsity basketball team is decidedly rare in the tri-county region these days. Isaiah and Eli Calder of Leavitt are one of only two such combinations this winter. Austin and Andrew Darling of neighboring Spruce Mountain are the other. There […]
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Boys’ basketball: Lewiston burns Brunswick in KVAC showdown
Friday’s Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference contest between current Eastern Maine Class A fifth-seed Lewiston and No. 6 Brunswick was pretty much over when Blue Devils coach Tim Farrar went to his bench with his team holding a commanding 22-point advantage with 3:27 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Dragons and their never-quit attitude produced a […]
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Boys’ basketball: Calder brothers lift Leavitt past pesky Nokomis
TURNER — Leavitt boys’ basketball playoff hopes, already flickering like the lights during a blizzard, nearly went black Friday night during a flurry of a 3-pointers from Jakob Erskine of Nokomis. Led by the Calder brothers, the Hornets restored the power, at least for now. Senior point guard Isaiah and sophomore wing Eli combined for […]
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Girls’ basketball: Mountain Valley overcomes Hall-Dale in MVC tilt
And the Falcons responded to the challenge. Sophomore Ashley Russell scored a game-high 18 points, while Sidney Petrie and Karen Flaherty each had solid contributions as the Falcons switched things up in a 45-35 triumph over Hall-Dale at Puiia Gymnasium on Thursday. Mountain Valley started out fast and maintained its intensity level throughout the game. […]