In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, Sacramento State guard Kevin Hicks, right, drives against UC Davis guard Delveion Jackson during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Sacramento, Calif. Hicks broke down in his first trip back to the 9th Ward of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina uprooted his family. […]
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Lake Region girls come back on Gray-New Gloucester in opener
Lake Region forward Lauren Jakobs goes up for a shot during a home game on Friday against Gray-New Gloucester. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald) NAPLES — Mike Andreasen, the girls’ basketball coach at Gray-New Gloucester High, knows all about senior leadership. He had it last year when four seniors started on a Class B state championship […]
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Monmouth Mustangs 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
Monmouth’s goal-setting meeting before the season was simple and to-the-point. “I looked at them and I said, ‘I assume all of you guys want to win another gold ball,’” eighth-year Mustangs coach Scott Wing said. “And they all just, in unison, went, yep.” Not all the juniors on last year’s state championship team return for […]
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Leavitt Hornets 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
Whatever Leavitt is at the start of the season, coach Dave Gerrish hopes it will be different by the end. “I think if we play hard, and I hate to use the old cliche, but if we kind of believe in the process of improvement all year, I think we could be really good by […]
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Mt. Blue Cougars 2016-17 girls' basketball preview
The way second-year coach Fred Conlogue figures it, Mt. Blue needs to be five points better in each direction. The Cougars scored about 35 points and allowed around 45 during their 5-13 campaign in 2016-17. “We feel if we can cut the 45 down to 40 and get the offense up to 40, we going […]
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Lisbon Greyhounds 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
A scrappy group of seniors led Lisbon to the Class B South preliminary round in 2016-17. They set the tone, but on the court were mixed in with several players who return this season. “(We) return a strong core with some experience,” seventh-year coach Julie Petrie said. Giana Russo had a standout freshman season at […]
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Oak Hill Raiders 2017-18 girls basketball preview
The Raiders are down five seniors from last year and don’t have much returning varsity experience with which to replace them. Still, second-year coach Mike Labonte said, “Should be a fun and exciting season at Oak Hill.” Sophomore Desirae Dumais is back at point guard after leading the team with 10.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and […]
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Spruce Mountain Phoenix 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
Last season, everything Spruce Mountain did was centered around Alex Bessey. And for good reason: Bessey was a career 1,000-point scorer, and the Phoenix were an inexperienced team. Bessey is now playing at Central Maine Community College, but second-year Spruce Mountain coach Zach Keene said the program is ready for the next stage. “We return […]
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Class AA Girls: Oxford Hills has plenty of teams chasing this season
Edward Little High School’s Jade Perry, left, drives past Lewiston High School’s Gabrielle Wilson during their game in Lewiston last season. (Sun Journal file photo) Oxford Hills has just enough question marks to make Class AA North interesting. The Vikings are still the favorites, after plowing through the region last year with a 17-1 regular […]
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Class A Girls: Mt. Blue, Leavitt eyeing postseason berths
Mt. Blue’s Kasadie Barker (22) and Leavitt’s Allie Belaire, right, wrestle for the ball in a basketball game in Turner last season Mt. Blue coach Fred Conlogue has to be one of the few coaches in the state who would love to have a shot at Greely. “That’s where I went to high school,” Conlogue […]