PORTLAND — Tough, tenacious defense and a willingness to take a foul or two in order to establish a physical presence was a risky move for the Poland Knights. So was playing a man-to-man defense they’d only recently installed. But those moves have allowed the junior-dominated team to advance to the Western Class B semifinals. […]
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#Tourney17: Lincoln Academy ousts Mountain Valley in B South quarter
PORTLAND — Too much height and too much tenacity from Lincoln Academy spelled a quick end to the 2017 Class B South basketball tournament for Mountain Valley. The third-seeded Falcons stayed with the Eagles for most of the first half and into the second, climbing within a point in the third quarter. But Lincoln Academy […]
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C South Boys: Ramblers run over Wolverines
AUGUSTA — Top-seeded Winthrop punched its ticket to the regional semifinals for the third year in a row with a 76-42 win over No. 9 Wiscasset Monday night at the Augusta Civic Center. Jacob Hickey finished with a game-high 30 points for the Ramblers, while Nate Leblanc added nine points. Ethan James had 19 points […]
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C South Boys': Panthers come back from 18 down to beat Bulldogs
AUGUSTA — Hall-Dale owned the first half of Monday night’s Class C South quarterfinal with North Yarmouth Academy, so much so that the Bulldogs threatened to break the tournament record for 3-pointers in a game in half the time it took Maranacook to set it in 2014. When it was over, though, the fifth-seeded Bulldogs […]
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#Tourney17: Waynflete stuns second-seeded Richmond in C South quarter
AUGUSTA — There were several chances for the Richmond High School boys basketball team to come back from a 20-point first-half deficit. The No. 2 Bobcats cut that big deficit against seventh-seeded Waynflete down to three, but the Flyers held on, coming away with a 57-52 Class C South quarterfinal victory at the Augusta Civic […]
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Boys' Basketball: Greenville pushes aside Pine Tree in D South quarterfinal
AUGUSTA — If Monday morning’s game was a bad one for Greenville, then the rest of the Class D South semifinalists might want to look out. The top-seeded Lakers pounded the ball inside and pounded Pine Tree Academy 63-37 in a quarterfinal contest at Augusta Civic Center. “That was not our best effort,” Greenville coach […]
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Boys' Basketball: Seacoast Christian sizes up Forest Hills in D South quarterfinal
AUGUSTA — Forest Hills’ quest to keep its streak of odd-year state championships alive ended just as soon as it started. The Tigers, Class D champs in 2013 and 2015, ran out of gas against Seacoast Christian, which pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 70-55 victory in quarterfinal action at Augusta Civic Center […]
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Time-out: Hebert is No. 1 with Spruce Mountain
JAY — This is the place where nearly everybody knows Suzanne Hebert’s name. We are not talking about Sam Malone, Woody Boyd and Carla Tortelli — the risible characters on “Cheers.” This is the Phoenix Dome, not a TV show about a Boston bar — and the 77-year-old Hebert, like Beantown-pub regulars Norm Peterson or […]
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Central Maine Community College earns YSCC title, berth in national tourney
Brooke Reynolds is among a handful of former top Maine basketball high school players plying their trade at Central Maine Community College these days, and coach Andrew Morong is happy to have them all. “The talent level in Maine High School basketball is high, if you do your homework,” Morong said. “You’re always looking for […]
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Boys’ basketball playoffs: Shink, Spruce shell Lisbon
Spruce Mountain’s Austin Darling looks to get by a pressing Josh Huston late in the game during yesterday’s game at the Expo in Portland. PORTLAND — Spruce Mountain junior guard Mason Shink has no conscience when he gets the ball and fires off a fusillade of shots from the perimeter. Going off on a shooting […]