Who: Edward Little (14-7) vs. Gorham (14-7) What: Class AA state championship Where: Cross Insurance Arena, Portland When: Friday, March 2, 6 p.m. Starting fives: Edward Little — Piper Norcross (Sr. G), Grace Fontaine (Jr. G), Grace Beaudet (Sr. G), Chantel Ouellette (So. F), Jade Perry (Jr. C); Gorham — Brittany Desjardin (Jr. G), Olivia […]
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Anderson’s defense will be crucial to Monmouth’s Class C state title defense
Monmouth’s Hannah Anderson (11) drives to the basket as Boothbay’s Page Brown follows from behind during their game at Monmouth Academy last season. (Sun Journal File Photo) Hannah Anderson lives for this type of matchup. The Monmouth senior will be the main defender charged with guarding Houlton’s Kolleen Bouchard, one of the state’s top players, […]
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H.S. roundup: Greely’s Sullivan wins Becky Schaffer Award
FALMOUTH — Greely/Gray-New Gloucester’s Courtney Sullivan was named the first recipient of the Becky Schaffer Award on Tuesday. The honor is given to the most outstanding senior girls’ hockey player. Sullivan led the Rangers to the state championship, scoring all three goals in a 3-1 win over Cheverus/Kennebunk on Feb. 17. Unified basketball Lisbon 48, […]
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Tale of the tape: Class AA boys’ state championship
Who: Edward Little (17-4) vs. Scarbourgh (16-5) What: Class AA state championship Where: Cross Insurance Arena, Portland When: Friday, March 2, approximately 7:45 p.m. (following AA girls’ championship) Starting fives: Edward Little — Tyler Morin (Sr. G), Ibn Khalid (Sr. G), Darby Shea (Sr. F), Austin Brown (So. F), Wol Maiwen (Jr. C); Scarborough — Jaquan Seme […]
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Boys’ basketball: Each of Edward Little’s senior trio has played unique role on road to state title game
AUBURN — Each of Edward Little’s three senior starters has one goal in mind, but each brings something different to the Red Eddies’ success this season. On Friday night, Ibn Khalid, Tyler Morin and Darby Shea could become the first seniors in 72 years to say they led Edward Little to a state championship. “It […]
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Women’s basketball: CMCC ready for national title defense
Central Maine Community College’s Brooke Reynolds, left, drives around UMA’s Caitlin LaFountain during their game in Augusta in November. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUBURN — The weekend the Central Maine Community College women’s basketball team has prepared for since September has arrived. The Mustangs open their national championship defense Thursday in the first round of the the […]
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Unified basketball: Poland tops Oxford Hills for first victory of the season
POLAND — David Ellington and Logan Flewelling each had 28 points in Poland’s 60-51 victory over Oxford Hills in unified basketball action Monday. The win is the Knights’ first of the season. Brandon Skinner led the Vikings (0-6) with 16 points, while Brandon Robare had 13 in the losing effort.
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Maine's dunking problem — Technical fouls causing uproar
Edward Little’s Wol Maiwen goes up for a dunk during a game earlier this year in Auburn against Lewiston High School. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Dunk the ball. Get a technical foul. It’s a trend that has coaches, players and fans exasperated during this year’s Maine high school basketball tournament. Dunking a basketball is legal in […]
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Unified basketball: Freeport edges Gray-New Gloucester
Gray-New Gloucester’s Roland Buzzel drives to the hoop against Freeport’s Kenny Brewer-Frazee. Gray-New Gloucester’s David Ayer trails the play during Tuesday’s game. FREEPORT — Freeport rallied from seven points down late in the second half to slip past Gray-New Gloucester 40-39 in Unified basketball action Tuesday. Kenny Brewer-Frazee scored all of his points at the […]
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Mr., Miss Maine Basketball finalists announced
Portland High’s Terion Moss has been named a finalist for the Mr. Maine Basketball award, to be presented on March 9. Moss is joined by other finalists Taylor Schildroth of George Stevens Academy and Ian McIntyre of Hampden Academy. The three finalists for Miss Maine Basketball include Page Brown of Boothbay Region, Kolleen Bouchard of […]