LISBON — There was no denying the good looks Lisbon earned in the first quarter of Tuesday’s boys’ basketball contest at Manchester Gymnasium against Wiscasset. One shot after another clanged the iron or rimmed out on the way to a 2-for-18 showing. The 12-point deficit the Greyhounds faced after a quarter was enough to help […]
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Boys’ basketball: Fleming’s buzzer-beater boosts Oxford Hills past Lewiston in OT
PARIS — If you want to see strength against strength, athleticism against athleticism, there won’t be a much better exhibition than the final eight seconds of boys’ basketball overtime Tuesday night between Oxford Hills and Lewiston. And even though it was one-against-three, the Vikings’ strength, which answers to the name Andrew Fleming, came out on […]
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Girls’ basketball: Wiscasset comes back on Lisbon
LISBON — Little went right for the Wiscasset girls through most of three quarters Tuesday. The Greyhounds led from the start, taking an early eight-point lead, and Lisbon still led by three with three seconds left in the third quarter. That’s when Wiscasset coach Patrick Quinn took a chance. He reinserted forward Alecia Faulkingham with […]
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Boys’ basketball: Dirigo outguns Boothbay in key Mountain Valley Conference showdown
DIXFIELD — All that time spent shooting free throws at the end of practice paid off for Dirigo High School on Friday. The Cougars made a living at the stripe, and with the game on the line, knocked down crucial free throws down the stretch. They hit 17 of 18 free throws in the fourth […]
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Boys’ basketball: Saints repel Rebels
AUBURN — Two teams struggling to stay afloat in the Mountain Valley Conference turned what could have been a ho-hum basketball game into a dogfight that featured clutch performances and raw determination Friday night. St. Dom’s and Telstar picked away at each right down to the final seconds and provided fans with some surprising melodrama […]
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Girls’ basketball: Poland stymies Freeport
FREEPORT — For four quarters Tuesday, the winless Freeport High School girls basketball team attacked the Poland Knights with a ferocity not shown this year by Mike Hart’s Falcons. The Knights felt like they escaped with a hard-fought 36-27 Western Maine Conference win. “Escape is the right word,” said Poland coach Mike Susi, whose Knights […]
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Boys’ basketball: Clippers evade Patriots
GRAY — There wasn’t much Gray-New Gloucester could do when Yarmouth started knocking down 3-pointers and working the ball inside Saturday night. The Patriots found a way to get around the Clippers’ stifling, full-court press in the first half before Yarmouth made its move in the third quarter and slipped away with a 65-51 victory. […]
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WMYBL Basketball Travel Teams River Valley 29, Oak Hill: 7 Top Scorers: River Valley: Jayden Carpenter 10 points, Kayleigh Gilbert 6 points; Oak Hill: Peighton Theriault, Amaya Bauer and Anna Beach 2 points each. Lewiston 30, AYS 19 Top Scorers: Lewiston: Olivia Lampron 10 points, Kaelynn Girouard & Jamyah Nicolas 6 points each; AYS: Emily […]
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Boys’ basketball: Shipbuilders cruise past Hornets
BATH — If fans at Bath Middle School Saturday afternoon looked away from the court in the first quarter, there was a good bet they missed something. Playing the opening eight minutes like a Harlem Globetrotters exhibition, both Morse and Leavitt played end-to-end boys basketball, with the host Shipbuilders claiming a 20-16 lead. A brief, […]