AUBURN — Edward Little still isn’t completely satisfied with its team defense. The Red Eddies will need more stops and fewer foul difficulties to achieve their goal of an Eastern Class A girls’ basketball championship. When the 3-pointers are tickling the net and the pick-and-rolls and backdoor cuts are leading to uncontested layups the way […]
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76ers chip away at Celts
BOSTON (AP) — Evan Turner sank a layup at the buzzer to give the Philadelphia 76ers a 95-94 win over the Boston Celtics in a matchup of the two worst teams in the Atlantic Division on Wednesday night. The 76ers rebounded the ball after Kris Humphries missed a jumper with 12 seconds left. They hurried […]
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High school basketball: Games won’t be on MPBN
The high school basketball Class A state finals in Portland will not be televised by Maine Public Broadcasting Network this March because of a disagreement between Time Warner Cable and the Cumberland County Civic Center. Time Warner informed MPBN that it has been unable to come to an agreement to continue its partnership with the […]
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Girls’ basketball: Wolverines finish off Greyhounds
WISCASSET — It is getting down to the nitty-gritty in the high school basketball season, with teams jockeying for a playoff spot. Lisbon and Wiscasset met on Monday in a key Mountain Valley Conference contest, with the Greyhounds entering just two-tenths of a Heal Point behind the Wolverines for the 14th and final postseason position […]
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Boys’ Basketball: Ramblers tame Mustangs
Motivated by the memory of last year’s tournament loss to Monmouth, undermanned Winthrop dominated the fourth quarter to pick up its second win of the season over the Mustangs, 48-39, on Monday night. “This is huge. Losing last year in the prelim game to them, this one was huge for us,” said Winthrop center Anthony […]
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Boys’ Basketball: St. Dom’s shuts down Oak Hill on Senior Night
Matt Dyer and five other Saint Dominic Academy boys’ basketball seniors made the story a good one Monday night. Led by Dyer’s 19 points, 14 rebounds, four assists, four steals and three blocked shots, the Saints closed down Callahan Family Gym for the season in style and kept their Class C West playoff hopes alive […]
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Girls’ Basketball: St. Dom’s survives sputtering start, overcomes Oak Hill
AUBURN — Down double digits Monday night more quickly than you could say “worst nightmare,” the St. Dom’s girls’ basketball team at least had recent historical perspective to know the damage could be undone. The Saints saw such a lead blow up last time they encountered Oak Hill. Only problem that time: They were the […]
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Rec basketball roundup
Auburn Rec Men’s League A Division KC Auto 75, Crew 62 Josh Morin 23; Deon Cheers 25 Carlton Club 68, Chapter 11 Furniture 59 Shane Ciriello 27; John Benjamin 21 Lewiston Pawn Shop 101, G-F Masonry 77 Arsenio Santa Maria 32; Chcuk Paletra 21 TJ’s Place 64, SPC Paving 47 Zac Armstrong 19; Matt Donar […]
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Boys’ Basketball: Phoenix hold off Seahawks, 66-64
For a few tense moments, Friday night’s game against Boothbay looked like it might roll the worst of those two losses into a frustrating third defeat. Instead, it ended up being the kind of gut-check win the Phoenix needed with the Western Class B tournament looming. Spruce Mountain never trailed, but had to hang on […]
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H.S. Basketball: Brannon, Greyhounds brimming with confidence
LISBON — Jake Gentle delivers the same message to the players in the Lisbon Greyhounds’ huddle before every game. “Be confident on defense. Be confident when you shoot. Be confident every play,” Gentle says. The Greyhounds haven’t been this confident in nearly a decade. They’ve won seven in a row and are 9-5, already posting […]