Central Maine Community College didn’t waste any time asserting itself in either half of its USCAA Division II semifinal against Berkeley College of New York. Those strong starts assured the Mustangs a memorable finish to their season. CMCC earned its first trip to the national championship game with a 56-48 win over No. 4 Berkeley […]
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College basketball: Top-seeded Mustangs upset in OT
The depth that was Central Maine Community College’s calling card this season didn’t translate to success when the season went to sudden death. Despite a tournament-record 46 points from Shaun Hill, the Mustangs fell in overtime, 103-101, to No. 8 Penn State Beaver in the quarterfinals of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association DII tournament […]
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Men’s League A Division TJ’s Place 80, Chapter 11 Furniture 67 Zack Armstrong 21; John Benjamin 32 KC Division JC Services 88, Gippers/Maine Family 52 Heath Crocker 30; Brandon Giguere 30 A Division P-G 52, Legends Sports Grill 40 Rich Doble 19; Chris Branagan 12 KC Auto 67, TJ’s Place 60 Brandon Kyjohnian 15; Zach […]
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College Basketball: CMCC’s Medina knows how to deliver
AUBURN — Luis Medina went from a UPS employee to top delivery man in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association. This weekend, Medina hopes to deliver a national championship for Central Maine Community College, which on Thursday enters the USCAA DII National Championships as the top seed. On a team that regularly rotates 14 players […]
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College Basketball: Mustangs enter USCAA tournament as top seed
AUBURN — Central Maine Community College coach Dave Gonyea doesn’t think the USCAA Division II national tournament will come down to five-on-five as much as a combination of 12-on-12 and three-in-three. “It’s a Thursday, Friday, Saturday schedule,” Gonyea said. “The way we play, the amount of guys we use, I think it benefits us to […]
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H.S. Basketball: State basketball awards finalists announced
Two teammates and two state champion are among the finalists for the Mr. and Miss Maine Basketball awards, which were announced Monday. Hampden Academy teammates Isaiah Bess and Zach Gilpin are finalists for Mr. Basketball, along with Dustin Cole of Bonny Eagle. Allie Clement, a member of Class A champion Catherian McAuley, and Tiana-Jo Carter […]
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The Hot Corner: Tourney’s great, but no reason to fear change
It’s always tricky analyzing things in a world where the Greatest Thing Ever is usually no more than eight minutes old. But the general consensus is that this year’s high school basketball tournament was one of the best in a while. And when something is good, the tendency — especially here in Maine, where the […]
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Boys’ Class B championship: Coyotes end Knights’ charge
Old Town jumped out to a 9-0 lead and never blinked to defeat Poland, 64-39, for the Class B championship in a historic meeting of underdogs at the Cross Insurance Center Friday night. It is Old Town’s fifth state title, but first in Class B. All of the others came when it was in Class […]
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Girls’ Class B championship: Lakers finally get Gold
BANGOR — It was a championship 39 years and five painful close calls in the making. Led by senior center Tiana-Jo Carter, Lake Region finally won its first state Class B basketball championship since 1975, and its first after five title game losses in the last eight years, with a 56-47 victory over Mount Desert […]