POLAND — Wait, you’re surprised by Poland Regional High School’s amusement park-quality ride to a Class B West boys’ basketball championship and journey to the state final? Seven Knights seniors are still trying to figure out how it didn’t happen two years ago. “My sophomore year we had a chance to compete for a state […]
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Class B Boys’ Basketball Final: Six of one, half-dozen of the other
Quick, name that team. These guys finished the season with a substantial winning streak to sneak into the regional tournament as a No. 6 seed, then kept it going with an improbable run. They won those playoff games with high drama, timely defense and scoring balance, sometimes letting a lead slip away but always exhibiting […]
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Youth Basketball League 2/15HS Division Pat’s Pizza 50, Buffalo Wild Wings 38 Euro Motors 59, Play it Again Sports 41 Limb-It Landscaping 64, Play It Again Sports 55 3-4 Division Austins 28, Jokers 25 Jim’s Auto Sales 29, Gammon Landscape 20 5-6 Division Photo Finish 33, Boys and Girls Club 8 Friends of East Auburn […]
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Tourney Notebook: Peers thrilled for Poland coach
Friends and former teammates of Poland boys’ coach Tyler Tracy reacted with joy to his unexpected run to a Class B West title with the Knights. In a unique twist, Tracy and his former college roommate at the University of Maine at Farmington, Brody Artes, were coaching in back-to-back games Saturday at Cumberland County Civic […]
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The Hot Corner: Final thoughts that won’t bounce away
After covering eight days of a high school basketball tournament — morning, noon and night, in two cities 60 miles apart — what does the writer do? This is neither a riddle nor a rhetorical question. I’m going to tell you whether you like it or not. My aching bones and bleary eyes tell me […]
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College Basketball: Mustangs headed to YSCC finals
SOUTH PORTLAND — Central Maine Community College rallied from a 10-point deficit in the second half to win its Yankee Small College Conference tournament semifinal game over University of Maine-Machias, 102-95, on Saturday. Shaun Hill scored 16 of his team-high 18 points in the second half to lead the Mustangs’ comeback. Kazre Cummings added 15 […]
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Class B West Boys’ Basketball Final: Poland shocks Greely for first regional title
Having already lost to Class B West boys’ title game opponent Greely by 23 points in the regular season, the Knights were down by 19 Saturday more quickly than you could say, “in over their heads.” Brimming with confidence, flaunting size, strength and facial hair, overflowing with all-conference players, Greely was a lock to hit […]
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Class B West Girls’ Final: Lakers tip Warriors for sixth title in nine years
PORTLAND — Lake Region won its third straight Class B West girls’ basketball title and sixth in nine seasons Saturday, pulling away from Wells in the second half for a 59-51 victory at Cumberland County Civic Center. Senior center Tiana-Jo Carter scored 24 points, ripped down 18 rebounds and took home the Mike DiRenzo Award […]
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Class A East Girls’ Championship: Vikings’ defense too tall an order for Eddies
AUGUSTA — Oxford Hills survived four overtimes to beat Skowhegan by four points, then outlasted Messalonskee by a bucket. Anybody who had been paying attention to Tourney 2014 knew the Vikings had a chance to beat top-seeded Edward Little. They were the ones who dealt the Red Eddies their only prior loss of this girls’ […]
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Western C Boys’ Final: Maranacook, Waynflete bring new blood to regional final
For the first time in the 21st century, Western Class C will crown a champion that does not play in the Mountain Valley Conference on Saturday night. Waynflete, representing the Western Maine Conference, and Maranacook, in its first year in Class C out of the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference, ended the MVC’s 15-year reign over […]