Dor Saar advances down the court against the University of Maryland-Baltimore County during an American East quarterfinal game at the Cross Insurance Arena on Saturday. (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald) Looking for a weakness on the University of Maine women’s basketball team? Don’t look at the Black Bears’ freshman point guard. When Maine played New Hampshire […]
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Bobcat Beat: New Gloucester's Woods 25th at Nordic nationals
New Gloucester’s Kaelyn Woods, a sophomore at Bates College, finished 25th out of 40 skiers in the women’s classical technique race at the NCAA National Collegiate Ski Championships on Thursday in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Woods completed the 5-kilometer course in 16 minutes, 45.9 seconds. Her showing is Bates’ highest at the national championships in three […]
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Unified basketball: Eddies would like to make it 3-for-3, but goal is more than a gold ball
The main goal Edward Little co-coaches Elaine Derosby and Sandy Whiting have for the start of the Unified basketball tournament in the South quarterfinals is the same as it’s been throughout their undefeated regular season — creating an environment where everyone is having fun, developing skills and learning life lessons. But like everyone else in […]
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Unified basketball: Lisbon outruns Oak Hill
Lisbon’s Dawson Martel, right, defends against Oak Hill’s Tommy Grayson during the first half of Tuesday afternoon’s Unified Basketball game in Lisbon.(Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LISBON — The Lisbon Unified basketball team broke away from Oak Hill early in the preliminary-round showdown on its way to a 54-28 win Tuesday. After the teams swapped buckets to […]
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Patricia "Patty" Higgins
LEWISTON — Patricia “Patty” Higgins, of South Portland, unexpectedly passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 27, after complications from an illness. Patty was born Dec. 16, 1966, in Lewiston, the daughter of Rita Vachon and William “Buddy” Higgins and grew up in Sabattus. She graduated from Oak Hill High School, where she excelled as a student and […]
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Dropping Dimes: Looking back at a great tourney
It’s starting to sink in. The 2018 MPA basketball tournaments are over. No more trips to Portland and Augusta to see the state’s best teams show up. No more living day-to-day, forgetting which games you covered yesterday and not being quite sure where you’ll be tomorrow. The 18 days between Feb. 13 and Saturday were […]
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Women's basketball: UMaine reaches America East final with win over New Hampshire
University of Maine forward Fanny Wadling and guard Blanca Millan celebrate in the closing seconds of the Black Bears’ win against UNH during an America East semifinal at the Cross Center Arena in Portland on Sunday. (Carl D. Walsh/Porland Press Herald) PORTLAND — They had skill, senior leadership and certainly motivation. But the New Hampshire […]
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Boys’ basketball: Edward Little’s Adams has built a winning culture for all
Edward Little High School basketball players are a blur as they run through a drill during last Wednesday’s practice at the school’s gym under the watchful eye of their head coach, Mike Adams, middle, as they prepare for Friday night’s state championship game in Portland against Scarborough. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) An Edward Little High School […]
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Three times two equals more gold for Monmouth
Monmouth Academy’s Abby Allen shoot against Houlton in the Class C state championship basketball game Saturday in the Paul G. Poulin Auditorium at the Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — Many high school basketball teams live or die by the 3. Monmouth Academy thrived by it. Monmouth Academy used the 3-point shot to fuel […]
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Monmouth tops Houlton, repeats as Class C girls’ basketball champion
The Monmouth Academy Mustangs celebrate with gold ball emblematic of winning the Class C state championship Saturday in the Paul G. Poulin Auditorium at the Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — Monmouth’s offense came ready to defend the Class C state championship. The Mustangs started fast and held on to defeat Houlton 56-50, […]