Olivia McNally’s jumper with 5.4 seconds left gave the University of Maine at Presque Isle a 59-58 win and ended Central Maine Community College’s 18-game winning streak on Saturday. UMPI rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit, thanks in large part to McNally’s game-high 20 points. Amanda Hotham added 17 points for the Owls (16-6). Gabby […]
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Boys’ Basketball: Devils zone out Eddies
AUBURN — Zone defenses have been causing Edward Little some sleepless nights this season. But what Lewiston showed the Red Eddies in Friday night’s season finale gave them nightmares. The Devils’ length, athleticism and determination was too much for the Eddies, as was a 14-point third quarter deficit that EL nearly erased. Lewiston shut down […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Harriman, Eddies go off on Devils
AUBURN — Any time Edward Little and Lewiston meet on a basketball court, the basket seems to get bigger for Tianna Harriman and Kory Norcross. After scoring a game-high 21 points in EL’s 64-29 win over the Blue Devils on Jan. 11, Harriman lit them up again in Friday’s season finale, this time for 27 […]
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Auburn-Lewiston YMCA Biddy Basketball Junior Division, Jan. 20 Sam’s 40, Androscoggin Title 26 In a tight first half, Sam’s finished the game on a 17-7 run to secure the win. Storm Jipson and Devonte Scott paced Sam’s with 16 and 12 points respectively. Braeden Lynch added four points. Quincy Coachman, Aiden Charest, Audrey Hamel and […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Eddies spoil Rams’ home farewell, 52-40
AUGUSTA — Edward Little put away the horrible memories a bit more quickly than Cony could process the emotion of its wonderful memories Tuesday night. The Red Eddies never trailed and looked unstoppable in spurts, spoiling the Rams’ Senior Night with a 52-40 KVAC girls’ basketball win at Ryan Gym. Ranked No. 1 in Class […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Kemp catches fire; Monmouth escapes Lisbon
MONMOUTH — Better now than in a week or two, but the flu has attacked the Monmouth Academy girls’ basketball team like a half-court trap. Already down their point guard and another key contributor due to injury, the Mustangs had three of their surviving starters in sick bay over the weekend, including do-everything senior Kylie […]
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The Hot Corner: Kane is able, and we’re the lucky ones
Five hundred. As a number of laps, it symbolizes the standard endurance test in auto racing. Allow me to mix metaphors and argue that nowhere is the number more indicative of patience, persistence and passion than when it denotes victories by a high school basketball coach. In any sport, at any level, getting halfway to […]
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H.S. Notebook: Hearty tune-up for Lewiston cheering
Lewiston High School prepared for next weekend’s Class A cheering championship by winning its division Saturday in the annual Cheers from the Heart competition at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. It was a clean sweep for Lewiston, which also prevailed in the middle school category. “It’s a nice, relaxed meet. It keeps us on the […]
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Boys’ Basketball: Defense dominates as Eddies win ugly
AUBURN — Edward Little couldn’t gripe too much after Friday’s 44-30 KVAC boys’ basketball victory over Mt. Blue. The Red Eddies set specific team goals prior to every game, and EL (10-6) met every one of them on its annual Pack the Gym Night. Shoot more free throws than the Cougars? Done, although trips to […]
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Boys’ Basketball: Fired-up Knights finish off Warriors
POLAND — Jake Moody and CJ Martin staged a shooting clinic in the first half of Friday night’s Western Maine Conference game between Wells and Poland. Both cooled off a bit in the second half, but Poland had Tyler Michaud and Alan Young to pick up the slack. Wells lacked that luxury, and watched the […]