basketball
Boys’ basketball: Robinson races past 1,000, scores 36 as Dirigo drops Monmouth
DIXFIELD — Riley Robinson and his Dirigo boys’ basketball teammates say they didn’t talk about his pursuit of 1,000 career points at all this week. That’s OK, because everybody else picked up the slack. If you missed the flyer with his picture and a breakdown of the mathematics on it as you paid admission Thursday […]
H.S. Roundup: Chapman’s hat trick propels Eddies
AUBURN — Cade Chapman notched a hat trick and Cody Woodward scored twice Wednesday, igniting Edward Little to a 6-0 Class A boys’ hockey win over Cony/Monmouth at Norway Savings Bank Arena. Max Giard added a goal and two assists for the Red Eddies (2-2). Chapman scored twice in the first period, the first an […]
Girls’ basketball: Gray-New Gloucester overwhelms York in second half
Led by a defense that held York to two points in the fourth quarter, Gray-NG turned a tense showdown of unbeaten Western Maine Conference teams into a blowout, 52-35, on Tuesday night. Gray-NG (4-0) has been competitive since Katie Whittier’s teams won back-to-back regional titles in 2001 and 2002, but not a year-in, year-out championship […]
Boys’ basketball: Dirigo trounces Mt. Abram
DIXFIELD — A foursome of players scored in double figures — led by Riley Robinson with a game-high 24 points — as Dirigo used a total team effort and clicked on all cylinders in a 99-34 triumph over Mt. Abram at Defoe Gymnasium on Monday. Dirigo jumped out of the gates on fire and executed […]
Boys’ basketball: Different game, same result as Leavitt stuns Spruce Mountain
Not even two months after souring Spruce Mountain’s then-undefeated football season on its way to another regional championship, Leavitt — with much of the Hornets’ lineup still visibly hobbled from that journey — handed the Phoenix their first boys’ basketball loss as a member of the KVAC, 51-49, on Monday night. This one was much […]
Boys’ Basketball: Knights’ one-two punch knows encore no easy task
POLAND — Derek Michaud and Alan Young always held high expectations for their basketball team. Now they’ve been part of helping everyone else see Poland Regional High School boys’ hoop as an overnight sensation. It’s a blessing, and yes, maybe a little bit of a curse. “We sort of set a standard for Poland basketball […]
Boys’ Basketball: EL survives Bangor, moves to 3-0
BANGOR — One reason the Edward Little boys’ basketball team was picked first in this year’s Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A preseason poll was because of the Red Eddies’ veteran leadership. Coach Mike Adams’ club needed all that experience Friday night to remain unbeaten through three games, withstanding a 3-point shooting barrage by Bangor […]
Boys’ basketball: Mustangs fight off Falcons, 52-49
MONMOUTH — Mountain Valley Conference boys’ basketball might be appropriately renamed the Fab Five this winter. With the quintessential quintet of Boothbay, Dirigo, Winthrop, Hall-Dale and Madison likely levitating above the pack, not necessarily in that order, any game between two teams in the next echelon is a donnybrook in the gotta-have category. So far, […]
Boys’ basketball: Ring rolls up 30, shoots Spruce past MCI
JAY — Deonte Ring outscored Maine Central Institute by himself Thursday night, but the Spruce Mountain senior had a hard time believing it. Seven free throws that rolled off the rim and a smattering of runners and jumpers that fell inches shy of the mark were still floating through Ring’s head after his 30 points, […]