Lake Region senior Melissa Bonenfant (10) celebrates with her teammates after their 42-34 win over Freeport in the Class B South regional final. (Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — If there’s been one constant through the years for Lake Region’s success in girls’ basketball, it’s been defense — an in-your-face, full-court-pressure, nothing-comes-easy defense. That defense […]
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Greenville boys dominate start, finish to defend D South title
Malakai Brimage of AR Gould brings the ball up the court on a fast break against Greenville in Augusta on Saturday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) AUGUSTA — Top-seeded Greenville started the Class D South final with a 9-0 run and ended it with a 13-1 run to win its second consecutive regional title, 43-28, over AR […]
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Vinalhaven tops Rangeley in D South girls’ basketball final
Brooke Egan of Rangeley shoots over Deja Doughty of Vinalhaven during the fourth quarter in Augusta on Saturday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) AUGUSTA — A rare charge call against Gilleyanne Davis-Oakes lit a fire in the Vinalhaven senior. That was the spark the Vikings needed to repeat as Class D South girls’ basketball regional champions, which […]
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AA South boys' final: Scarborough wins first regional basketball title
PORTLAND — Phil Conley walked into the Scarborough High’s boys’ basketball team’s locker room and let out a yell: “Are you kidding me?” And the celebration began with a roar. Finally, Scarborough is playing in a boys’ basketball state championship game. The top-ranked Red Storm used near-perfect foul shooting in the fourth quarter to pull […]
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Gorham girls keep rolling, reach AA state title game by routing Scarborough
Mackenzie Holmes, center, and Gorham teammates celebrate after defeating Scarborough. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — Back in early January, when asked how his Gorham High girls’ basketball team was handling a four-game losing streak, Laughn Berthiaume responded that the only streak that mattered was at the end of the year, in Portland, where the […]
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RED EDDIES' DAY — EL shuts down Windham to win AA North boys' title
Edward Little celebrates their win of the Class AA North boys’ basketball finals in Portland at the Cross Insurance Arena on Friday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PORTLAND — Edward Little’s boys’ basketball team didn’t want to be left out of the party the girls’ team has planned for next weekend, so it used its calling-card defense to […]
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RED REIGN — Edward Little girls going back to state title game after beating Oxford Hills
Edward Little’s Grace Fontaine drives to the basket past Oxford Hills’ Maighread Laliberte during the Class AA North girls’ basketball finals at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland on Friday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Edward Little’s Piper Norcross waves the net after the Auburn players won the Class AA North girls’ basketball finals at the Cross […]
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Hall-Dale holds off Richmond in OT in C South semifinal
Hall-Dale High School’s Josh Nadeau (3) makes the steal from Richmond High School’s Nathan Kendrick (11) in their Class C South semifinal Thursday at the Augusta Civic Center. (Michael G. Seamans/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — It wasn’t easy but somehow, some way, the No. 1 seed in the Class C South regional tournament survived. The Hall-Dale […]
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Wells stymies Gray-New Gloucester in B South boys' semifinal
Tyler Bridge of Wells grabs a rebound in traffic in the first half Thursday in the team’s Class B South quarterfinal against Gray-New Gloucester at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — As impressive as the Wells High offense was, the Warriors sure were persistent on defense. Call it a […]
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Cape Elizabeth powers past Yarmouth in B South boys' basketball
PORTLAND — When everyone is contributing and your best player is playing like your best player … well, that’s a pretty good recipe for success. Cape Elizabeth High and Finn Bowe, in the role of head chef, cooked up a winning combo Thursday night in a 51-30 Class B regional semifinal win against old rival […]