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Youth Basketball League

HS Division Limb-IT 44, Pat’s Pizza 40 Buffalo Wild Wings 56, Play It Again Sports 51 Pat’s Pizza 59, Euro Motors 59 3-4 Division Jim’s Auto Saoles 26, Sundown Construction 23 Austin’s 28, Joker’s 22 5-6 Division Sundae’s 33, Interstate Batter 19 Lee Auto Mall 41, L-A Harley 11 Boys & Girls Club 0, Friend’s […]

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Colleges: Bates women’s hoop blasts RPI

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Senior Meredith Kelly led five Bobcats in double figures with 21 points as Bates College women’s basketball beat Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 68-51, at the Williams Classic on the campus of Williams College in Chandler Gymnasium on Sunday afternoon. The Bobcats (7-5) captured an early 10-2 lead in the contest and held a […]

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HS Basketball: Vikings hang on to edge Rams, 51-50

PARIS — Andrew Fleming is a sophomore whose understanding of the game of basketball will never be described as sophomoric. With Cony contesting Fleming’s every move from the moment he left the locker room, Oxford Hills’ 6-foot-5 swingman found other ways to impact Friday night’s KVAC barnburner with Cony — crashing the boards, facilitating for […]

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Western Maine Youth Basketball League

Western Maine Youth Basketball League Girls 5th & 6th Grade Travel Teams Lewiston 42 Oxford Hills 6th 20 (make up game) Top Scorers Lewiston: Maddie Foster 18 points, CC Racine 10 points Oxford Hills 6th: Marissa Payne 8 points, Brooke Carson 6 points Farmington 6th 34 Oak Hill 25 (make up game) Top Scorers Farmington […]

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Red Claws make Gaines ringing in the New Year

PORTLAND — If the arrival of Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo is indeed on their horizon, the Maine Red Claws aren’t talking about it. Rest assured that if and when Rondo does indeed undertake a much-discussed rehab stint with the Red Claws, he won’t be taking Frank Gaines’ place in the starting lineup. Gaines poured […]

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Capable coaching: Poulin powers through MS

Two years after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, doctors advised Jim Poulin to give up teaching and stop coaching. The longtime Winslow coach looked at his doctor and nodded in agreement. Then, he continued teaching, and kept on coaching. “He suggested I teach no more than half a day,” Poulin said. “I’d say, ‘OK, no […]

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Capable coaching: Despite disabilities, coaches continue to thrive

The best coaches make adjustments. Something suddenly goes wrong. Unforeseen circumstances alter the game plan and force an alternative strategy. Sometimes, it takes a couple of tries to get it right — extra effort here, hard work there — and the coach needs to have an unrelenting attitude. Matt Clark knows all about that. He’s […]

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Auburn-Lewiston YMCA Boys’ Basketball Team

The fifth-and-sixth grade Auburn/Lewiston YMCA boys’ basketball team remained undefeated in the Cape Community League A division with a 55-17 victory over Saco recently. Storm Jipson led the attack with 15 points. Dan Milks was next with 10 points followed by Max Creaser with nine points,Devonte Scott had eight, Austin Brown seven points, Giles Paradie […]

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Boys’ Basketball: Eddies come up big against Eagles

The problem for the Eagles was Edward Little has a pair of 6-foot-5 athletes with the ability to alter the act/react equation enough to frustrate even Sir Isaac Newton. Lew Jensen and Andrew Middleton combined for 46 points, seven 3-pointers and 10 of Edward Little’s 16 offensive rebounds, leading the Red Eddies to a 65-53 […]