Spruce Mountain found itself on the outside looking at the end of last season, finishing 7-11 and missing the postseason completely. That came after an 18-1 campaign in 2014-15. Zach Keene has been hired to take over the program that was most recently coached for two years by Chris Bessey. Keene was a Livermore Falls graduate […]
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Winter Previews: Buckfield girls’ basketball
Buckfield’s jump up from Class D to Class C didn’t affect the bottom line much. The Bucks went 6-13 in 2014-15 and then finished 6-12 last season. The only real difference was that they didn’t make the postseason last year. As it was a season ago, the objective for the 2016-17 Bucks will be to […]
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Winter Preview: Dirigo girls’ basketball
Rebecca Fletcher is getting her team up to speed on how to do things the Dirigo way. “It’s a new coach, so there’s a new system, trying to teach them how we want to do things,” Fletcher said. “It’s been good having as much time as we have had. We’re starting to put together what […]
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Winter Preview: Hebron girls’ basketball
Coach: ?Colin Griggs (second season)? Conference: MAISAD; Class: C South Last year’s results: 12-5 (lost in Class C South quarterfinals) Returning athletes: Seniors — Megan Gooding, Louisa Ellis; Junior — Maddy New; Sophomores — Franceska Halloran, Reily New. Key losses: Sophie Gibson. Promising newcomers: Sophomore — Eliza Quinones. Season outlook: ?In their best season since […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Monmouth girls’ basketball
Monmouth ranked first in the Mountain Valley Conference last year in scoring offense (52.3 ppg) and third in scoring defense (30.5 ppg). The Mustangs went 18-3 and reached the Class C South semifinals. Here’s the interesting part: a majority of the nucleus of that team was mostly sophomores. That means that this year’s squad are […]
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Winter Preview: St. Dominic girls’ basketball
St. Dominic Academy went 9-9 last season and made a somewhat surprising run to the Class C playoffs, during which the Saints upset Dirigo in the first round and reached the region quarterfinals. They did all that with a young squad of no seniors. Therefore, they didn’t lose any players to graduation. However, they still […]
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Winter Preview: Winthrop girls’ basketball
Start with this from Winthrop coach Joe Burnham: “This is the most excited I have been about the start of a season in my four years at Winthrop.” The Ramblers have been through some rough years since Burnham took over the program, mostly notably when they dropped down to JV two years ago. They returned […]
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Winter Preview: Rangeley girls’ basketball
Rangeley coach Heidi Deery says a player like Blayke Morin, a 6-foot-2 post who led the Lakers to last season’s Class D State championship, can’t be replaced. That doesn’t mean the team isn’t intent on finding a way to reclaim the glory of last winter. “It’s just different,” Deery, in her 23rd season as Rangeley’s […]
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Winter Preview: Class AA girls’ basketball
The one thing Class AA girls’ basketball coaches know is that they don’t exactly how the classification will shake out in 2016-17. It’s not because they aren’t familiar with the other teams and their players, but rather because of how well they know their opponents. And since the inaugural season of Class AA was a […]
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Winter Preview: Class B girls’ basketball
Gray-New Gloucester coach Mike Andreasen recognizes the harsh reality of Class B South. “We can have a better team than a year ago, but have a lesser chance of winning the South,” Andreasen said. “Everybody will be better this year, everybody will be elevated.” The Patriots (17-5) captured the B South championship in 2016-17 before […]