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Girls’ basketball: Calley Baker’s game-winner puts Spruce Mountain over Dirigo

Spruce Mountain’s Haley Turcotte (24) dishes the ball off to Julianne Doiron (21) during an MVC basketball game in Jay on Thursday. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) JAY — Senior guard Calley Baker’s game-winning shot heard around Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls might just be the gift that keeps on giving when the postseason rolls around and […]

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Boys’ basketball: Gray-New Gloucester overcomes Freeport’s strong third quarter

Gray-New Gloucester guard Nick Pelletier (4) shows his wingspan while defending Freeport’s Eriksen Shea (13) during a boys’ basketball game at Freeport on Thursday. Pelletier scored nine fourth-quarter points to help rally Gray-New Gloucester to a 57-56 victory. (The Times Record photo by Bob Conn) FREEPORT — Throughout the second half of Thursday’s Western Maine […]

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Girls’ basketball: Oak Hill edges Richmond in offensive struggle

WALES — A cold evening outside carried over to the shooting touches inside the gym at Oak Hill High School on Thursday. Both the Raiders and visiting Richmond struggled to make shots in an MVC girls’ basketball tussle, which Oak Hill won 31-28. “I think both teams played reasonably good defense,” Oak Hill coach Mike […]

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Local roundup: James Anderson’s 39 points lead Mt. Blue over Brewer

FARMINGTON — James Anderson led the Mt. Blue Cougars to a 75-61 victory over Brewer in KVAC boys’ basketball action Tuesday. Anderson put up 39 points in the win. Garrett Reynolds added 12 for the Cougars (2-0). Brewer spread the scoring around. Brandon Glidden led the way with 17 points, while Trevor Pearson had 12 […]

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Girls’ basketball: Monmouth keeps cool, dismisses Spruce Mountain

Monmouth Academy’s Abby Ferland (21) heads to the basket as Spruce Mountain’s Julianne Doiron looks on during an MVC basketball game in Monmouth on Tuesday night. (Sun Journal photo by Tony Blasi) MONMOUTH — The Spruce Mountain girls’ basketball team passed the point of no return late in the third quarter against an opponent who […]

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Girls’ basketball: Gardiner holds on to defeat Leavitt

Gardiner Area High School’s Maggie Bell, center, gets sandwiched between Leavitt Area High School’s Emma Chiasson, right, and Alison Nonewicz during a basketball game Tuesday in Gardiner. (Kennebec Journal photo by Andy Molloy) GARDINER — Bailey Poore was already having a productive night. But the sophomore forward saved her best plays for late — as […]

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Girls' basketball: Spruce Mountain zones out Mt. Abram

Mt. Abram’s Madison Phelps (20) and Spruce Mountain’s Summer Chretien (14) close in as Spruce’s Calley Baker (22) and the Roadrunners’ Summer Ross (23) battle for the ball during a game at The Nest in Jay on Saturday night. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) JAY — Whether Spruce Mountain forward Haley Turcotte knocks down a 3-pointer or […]