NAPLES — Lake Region couldn’t have asked for more chances to extend the defense of its Class B state title than it got in the final seconds of Tuesday night’s South boys’ preliminary round game. But, it’s Gray-New Gloucester that kept its championship dream alive. Trailing by three, the eighth-seeded Lakers missed three 3-pointers in […]
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Girls' Basketball: Mt. Abram chops down Hebron in prelim
HEBRON — The Roadrunners had a mountain to climb early. They did. Then, late in the game, they had a chance to put a dagger in the Lumberjacks. They did that, too. In their return to the playoffs, the Roadrunners of Mt. Abram went on the road and dug themselves out of an early hole […]
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Girls' Basketball: Leavitt finds offense in time to beat Morse in prelim
TURNER — Whether it was all the recent snow that kept the teams from practicing over the past few days, Tuesday’s opening half of the Class A South girls’ basketball preliminary round game between Morse and Leavitt was one to forget. The Shipbuilders scored just eight points, but still better than the six the Hornets […]
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#Tourney17: Randy, Lee and Justin break down the MPA girls' tournament
LEWISTON — Another year, another tournament, and the Sun Journal team has you covered, as always. Check out our latest video, breaking down the girls’ tourney and our area teams!
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H.S. Basketball: Ramblers, Vikings, Patriots and Lakers top final Heal points standings
The Winthrop boys and Oxford Hills, Gray-New Gloucester and Rangeley girls will be among the No. 1 seeds for the 2017 high school basketball tournament, according to the final Heal points standings released by the Maine Principals’ Association on Saturday. The tournament begins on Tuesday with preliminary round action at the higher-seeded teams in classes […]
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Roundup: Bessey reaches milestone as Spruce Mountain shocks MCI
Oxford Hills’ Jadah Adams reaches for the ball after Leavitt’s Allie Belaire comes down with a rebound Friday night in Paris. PITTSFIELD — Senior point guard Alex Bessey scored her 1,000th point as Spruce Mountain upset MCI 51-48 in girls’ basketball action Friday evening in a last-ditch effort to reach the postseason. The Huskies (12-6) […]
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Girls' basketball: Gray-New Gloucester beats zone, Poland
GRAY — Poland was in a zone, but Gray-New Gloucester was in the zone. The Patriots worked the ball around and sank their shots to beat the Knights 59-31 in a Class B South girls’ basketball game Friday night. “The last two games, our offense has kind of come around again,” Gray-NG coach Mike Andreasen said. […]
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Girls' basketball: Nokomis shakes off Mt. Blue
FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue turned in a solid performance for three quarters before Nokomis caught up with the Cougars down the stretch in the fourth and quashed Mt. Blue’s chances for an appearance in the postseason. The Cougars had the Warriors on the ropes, but Mt. Blue’s well went dry in the last stanza, allowing […]
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And One: The future fares fairly well against the present
Mt. Blue head coach Fred Conlogue and his staff went into Thursday’s matchup against Spruce Mountain with a plan that might seem crazy, at least on paper. They decided to hand the responsibility of guarding Phoenix phenom Alex Bessey to a freshman, Lexi Mittelstadt. A freshman. Now, Bessey still scored 22 points, and the entire Mt. Blue lineup seemed to be keeping an eye on her, but Mittelstadt was […]
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Girls’ basketball: Alex Bessey a relentless, versatile force for Spruce Mountain
JAY — It wasn’t her best game, her coach admitted, but Alex Bessey still scored 22 points. Mt. Blue’s defense was physical and focused on slowing her, and she and her Spruce Mountain teammates were struggling — probably an understatement — to make shots, or even get decent looks. But Bessey still scored those 22 […]