After missing several freebies in their season-opening overtime loss to Winthrop, the Raiders mastered the charity stripe against the Greyhounds, making 13 of 20 in the game, including 8 of 13 in the fourth quarter. “It’s interesting, in the first game we missed 15 free throws in the first half, we barely made 50 percent, […]
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Boys’ basketball: Spruce Mountain runs away from Freeport
FREEPORT — Four minutes decided Spruce Mountain’s 66-46 Western Maine Conference boys’ basketball victory over Freeport on Thursday night. After a tight first frame, the visiting Phoenix got hot, and got hot fast, with an 11-2 run in the second quarter that forced a Freeport timeout. The short break hardly slowed things down, though, as […]
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Boys’ basketball: Hickey reaches 1,000 in Winthrop win over Mountain Valley
RUMFORD — Jacob Hickey knew his goal was within reach, but the Winthrop senior was careful not to disrupt the flow of the game trying to achieve it on Tuesday in Mountain Valley Conference action. Hickey scored a game-high 26 points and surpassed 1,000 for his career with his 13th point of the night to […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Oxford Hills makes plays, takes down Edward Little
PARIS — Oxford Hills’ Sophia Hanscom entered the game with 14 seconds remaining in the third quarter and scored a putback at the buzzer. That’s the kind of game it was for the Vikings in their 44-31 win over Edward Little in Class AA girls’ basketball action Tuesday night. “All year, it’s going to be […]
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And One: Rangeley girls making adjustments, ‘not far’ from where they need to be
Editor’s note: Every week, so much more happens at the basketball games we cover than we can fit into a simple game report. “And One” is our effort to bring you more from the week that was in high school hoops. The Rangeley girls’ basketball team began its state championship defense with a 43-18 loss […]
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HS Basketball: Vikings stifle Blue Devils, 51-29
Offensively, the Vikings wanted to attack Lewiston junior forward Victoria Harris and get her in foul trouble. Defensively, they wanted to pressure the Blue Devils’ young guards to force turnovers and bad decisions. Oxford Hills started making both parts of their plan come together almost immediately and rolled to a 51-29 victory. Erin Morton, Jadah […]
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Boothbay topples Mountain Valley to open season
RUMFORD — Boothbay settled in to a rhythm and made things count at the right moments Friday night in its season-opening 43-23 victory over Mountain Valley in a Mountain Valley Conference girls’ basketball game at Puiia Gymnasium. Boothbay’s Page Brown led all scorers with 17 points and the Seahawks controlled the pace while relying on […]
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Girls’ basketball: Poland comes alive to top Freeport
FREEPORT — First-night jitters — and errors — got the best of both teams Friday night as Poland opened its 2016-17 girls’ basketball campaign at Freeport High School. The Falcons and visiting Knights struggled mightily out of the gate, combining on just five points in the first seven minutes of play. By halftime, both sides […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Richmond roughs up Rangeley in season opener
The Rangeley girls’ basketball team scored only once in the first 16 minutes of its season-opening 43-18 loss to Richmond on Friday. It took 5 minutes, 25 seconds for the Lakers to score their first bucket of the season, a jumper by Celia Philbrick. Their next points didn’t come until Sydney Royce hit a jumper […]
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Winter Preview: Edward Little girls’ basketball
Coming off the best finish in school history, Edward Little’s aim is to keep rolling. “We lost three really good players and the league is really strong, but we think we’re going to be able to contend against anybody on any given night,” Red Eddies coach Craig Jipson said. To pick up where they left […]