Chad Sturgis, who has guided the A.R. Gould boys’ basketball team to the Class D South final two years in a row, is one of 50 national winners of the Positive Coaching Alliance’s Double-Goal Coach Award. The award honors coaches who teach life lessons through sports while also striving to win. Sturgis will be recognized […]
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TX2 wins Mountain Valley Rec Women's Basketball Tournament
TX2 with their Mountain Valley Rec Women’s Basketball Tournament championship trophy. The Mountain Valley Rec Women’s Basketball Tournament was held on March 23, 24 and 25 at Mountain Valley High School. There were five very committed entries whose enthusiasm created a great weekend of basketball. Mike Perry was able to put together two travel teams of […]
Bucks overwhelm Celtics for Game 3 win
MILWAUKEE — Khris Middleton scored 23 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo added 19 and the Milwaukee Bucks used a dominating first half to overwhelm the Boston Celtics 116-92 on Friday night, narrowing their deficit in the first-round playoff series to 2-1. Eric Bledsoe and Jabari Parker each added 17 for the energized Bucks, who held the Celtics […]
Celtics’ Terry Rozier making name for himself against Bucks
MILWAUKEE — Two games into their first-round playoff series, Milwaukee point guard Eric Bledsoe and his Boston counterpart, Terry Rozier, still seem to be having trouble remembering each other’s names. Maybe it’s the sign of a festering feud with the Celtics up 2-0 as the series shifts to Milwaukee. Perhaps it’s a case of Bluegrass […]
NBA Playoffs: Celtics survive Bucks in OT
BOSTON (AP) — Boston coach Brad Stevens loves the postseason because it offers a chance to “bust narratives.” The Celtics took their first step toward shattering the belief they can’t win without their biggest stars. Al Horford had 24 points and 12 rebounds and Boston overcame Khris Middleton’s long 3 that beat the fourth-quarter buzzer, […]
YMCA Hoopsters Basketball results
Team Averill 32, Team Ouellette 31 Elliot Blais led Team Averill with 20 points while Hayden Avery had eight points and Emily Ward had four points. Team Ouellette was led in scoring by Nolan Smith with 17 points while Jacob Segar had 10 points. Jaymien Palmer and Jamison Adams had two points each. Team Vincent 26, Team Berry […]
NBA: Steve Clifford, former UMF player, fired as Hornets coach
First the general manager, now the coach. In another move aimed at getting the Charlotte Hornets on track, majority owner Michael Jordan fired coach Steve Clifford on Friday after the team went 36-46 and failed to reach the playoffs for the third time in the last four seasons. Clifford had a year left on his […]
Auburn/Lewiston YMCA Hoopsters results
Week five results. Team Berry 44, Team Averill 30 Team Berry was led in scoring by Connor Labrie with 36 points, followed by Ian Rausch who had four points. Sienna Cifelli wand Ben Berry each had two points. Team Averill was led in scoring by Jackson Ford who had 12 points while Hayden Avery chipped […]
Lawrence W. Davis
BETHEL — Lawrence W. Davis, 89, of Bethel, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Apr. 4, at his home in Bethel. He was born June 24, 1928, in West Farmington, the youngest son of, Royal V. and Ethel M. (Craig) Davis. He attended schools in Farmington and later the University of Maine at Farmington, where he played baseball and […]
Prince scores 33, Hawks beat resting Celtics
BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown could see the fourth quarter well enough from the Boston bench to know he wasn’t worried about the Celtics’ recent stumbles. “If we would have played our normal rotation, we would have won that game,” he said Sunday after coach Brad Stevens rested his starters and watched the subs blow […]