Hall-Dales’ Jett Boyer, left, and Dirigo’s Luke Lueders battle for a rebound during a game in the Penny Memorial Gym on Thursday at Hall-Dale High in Farmingdale. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) FARMINGDALE — Hall-Dale took lessons learned from its only loss of the season, mixed in home-court advantage and a tournament-like atmosphere and had the perfect […]
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Edward Little girls, Oxford Hills boys move into latest high school basketball polls
The top 10 basketball teams in Maine, based on voting from Pressherald.com, Centralmaine.com and Sunjournal.com staff, with first-place votes in parenthesis, followed by total points: BOYS 1. Greely (3) 56 2. Portland (2) 55 3. Hampden Academy (1) 48 4. Scarborough 42 5. Edward Little 28 6. Hermon 26 7. South Portland 20 8. Biddeford […]
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Lisbon girls' clip Falcons
LISBON — The Lisbon Greyhounds jumped out to a 12-point lead after one quarter and held off a late rally from Mountain Valley to edge the Falcons, 39-36, in girls’ high school basketball action. The Falcons (10-6) never led, but tied the score with 20 seconds remaining on a Kierstyn Lyons trey. Lisbon retook the […]
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Boys’ basketball: Tall and lanky Gardiner sidesteps feisty Mt. Blue
FARMINGTON — Whenever Mt. Blue looked up, the colossal Gardiner Tigers were looming over the Cougars with outstretched arms. Dealing with Gardiner’s intimidating height was a challenge for the Cougars (1-13), but when they got into early foul trouble, they allowed the towering Tigers (7-8) to dribble away with a 70-50 victory in a boys’ […]
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Roundup: Lewiston girls post big win over Windham
LEWISTON — Senior forward Victoria Harris tossed in a team-high 16 points as Lewiston toppled Windham 54-47 in girls’ basketball action Wednesday evening. The Blue Devils (7-9) were slow to start, trailing 24-19 at the half, but, Lewiston turned up the tempo in the fourth quarter with a 23-12 run. Maddy Foster and Emily Strachan […]
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Boys' Basketball: Balanced Oxford Hills' spoils Fleming's return, 51-43
Oxford Hills’s Colton Carson attempts to get to the basket defended by Bangor’s Matt Fleming during their game in Paris on Wednesday. (Brewster Burns photo) PARIS — Oxford Hills fans gave former Viking a loud round of applause when he was introduced with Bangor’s starters before Wednesday’s KVAC basketball matinee. Things got a lot more […]
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St. Dom's girls run away from Hyde
St. Dominic Academy’s Maddie Leslie (12) defends against Hyde’s Maeve Dunn during their game in Bath on Tuesday. (Eric Maxim/Brunswick Times Record) BATH — After a slow start, the St. Dom’s girls netted 20 second-quarter points to pull away and cruise to a 52-21 victory over Hyde in Class C South basketball action Tuesday. The […]
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H.S. roundup: Gray-New Gloucester sweeps Fryeburg
GRAY — Oliver Grant ignited a 22-8 run in the fourth quarter that allowed Gray-New Gloucester to secure a 64-48 victory over Fryeburg in a late-season boys’ basketball tilt. Grant scored all 12 of his point tally in that key fourth frame. John Martin led the Patriots (9-6) with 13 points, including three shots from […]
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Boys' basketball: Mountain Valley cuts Spruce Mountain loose in OT
JAY — Mountain Valley junior forward Keegan Davis didn’t get rattled whenever he drove to the basket and into stiff resistance from Spruce Mountain’s defense. But Davis’ composure served him well and inspired his Falcons in overtime. Mountain Valley took advantage of few key turnovers and escaped with 71-64 victory in a Mountain Valley Conference boys’ basketball before […]
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Girls' basketball: Edward Little hands South Portland first loss of season
Edward LIttle’s Hannah Chaput, right, puts up a floater as South Portland’s Meghan Graff applies pressure during the first half of Tuesday’s game in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Edward Little entered Tuesday’s girls’ basketball game wanted to change the zero in South Portland’s loss column. “Before the game started, we said we wanted […]