Monmouth’s Tia Day celebrates by swinging the net she and teammates cut down after their victory over Old Orchard Beach to advance to next week’s state championship game in Bangor against Dexter. AUGUSTA — Maine Principals’ Association representatives handed Monmouth Academy girls’ basketball coach Scott Wing the game ball following his team’s convincing 65-35 win […]
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#Tourney17: Greenville cruises to boys' D South regional title
AUGUSTA — Second-seeded AR Gould scored the first points of Saturday’s Class D South boys’ final on a Issak Aliyow 3-pointer. Top-seeded Greenville scored the next 16, and the Lakers were just getting started en route to a 69-33 win at the Augusta Civic Center. It is the first regional title for Greenville (20-1), which […]
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In the Crease: As love for tournaments grows, so too should the tourney season
And so ends the busiest week of the winter sports season. Really, it’s the busiest week of the high school sports calendar, and it’s not even close: The Maine Principals’ Association awarded no fewer than 20 state team championships in the past nine days. Another five days from now, 20 teams will vie for 10 […]
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#Tourney17: Bulldogs have too many weapons for Eddies, reach fourth straight AA state final
Samatar Iman drives to the basket against Emmanuel Yugu (12) and Charles Lyall of Portland during the first half in Augusta on Thursday. AUGUSTA — Edward Little knew who Simon Chadbourne was. They’d scouted the Portland sophomore guard and knew he could hurt them from outside. The dilemna the Red Eddies faced was what keeping […]
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#Tourney17: Oxford Hills completes AA North conquest, reaches state title game
AUGUSTA — Top-seeded Oxford Hills knew when and when not to attack No. 3 Deering’s defense in Friday night’s AA North girls’ basketball final, and the Vikings more than rewarded themselves for their choices. Clutch free-throw shooting and defensive stops in overtime allowed the Vikings to pull away for a 44-39 win at the Augusta […]
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#Tourney17: Clippers start fast, sail away from Raiders in B South semifinal
PORTLAND — Top-seeded Yarmouth roared out to a 15-2 lead in Thursday night’s Class B South boys’ semifinal against No. 5 Oak Hill and never looked back to secure its second consecutive trip to the regional final with a 79-49 win at Cross Insurance Arena on Thursday. The Clippers (18-2), who lost to Lake Region […]
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#Tourney17: Wells rallies to ground Spruce Mountain in B South boys' semifinal
PORTLAND — Down 11 points at halftime to a team that seems incapable of missing 3-point shots can be a daunting task, but a Wells teams seeking its first trip to a regional final since 1984 didn’t mind another challenge. Owen Berry’s 15-foot jump shot from the right elbow with eight seconds left capped No. […]
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#Tourney17 notes: Edward Little's Reynolds, Winthrop's Hickey up for state's top player awards
Edward Little senior Jordyn Reynolds searches for an open teammate during the Red Eddies’ win over Brunswick in January. AUGUSTA — Edward Little’s Jordyn Reynolds and Winthrop’s Jacob Hickey are among the semifinalists for the Maine Miss Basketball and Mr. Basketball awards. The awards are given annually to the best girl and boy senior basketball […]
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H.S. basketball: Reynolds, Hickey named semifinalists for state's top award
Edward Little senior Jordyn Reynolds searches for an open teammate during the Red Eddies’ win over Brunswick in January. AUGUSTA — Edward Little’s Jordyn Reynolds and Winthrop’s Jacob Hickey are among the semifinalists for the Maine Miss Basketball and Mr. Basketball awards, respectively. The awards are given annually to the best girl and boy senior […]
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#Tourney17: Vikings can't recover from nightmare second quarter, fall to Bulldogs in AA North semis
AUGUSTA — Oxford Hills took six shots from the floor in the second quarter of Tuesday night’s Class AA North semifinal and hit none of them. If not for Colton Carson’s baseball pass hitting the center-court overhang in the final seconds of the period, the Vikings wouldn’t have disturbed the scoreboard at all in the […]