So many games. So little time. If you’re a student and you don’t think February vacation is long enough, try being one of the Maine Principals’ Association committee members responsible for a basketball tournament schedule. As we learned from the past two blizzard-battered years, that docket at the three tournament sites in Augusta, Bangor and […]
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Tournament Roundup: Valley dismisses rambunctious Rangeley
AUGUSTA — Rangeley waited five years to be a longshot with nothing to lose in the Class D boys’ basketball quarterfinals. The Lakers wore that label well on Saturday afternoon. They didn’t give undefeated, overwhelming pre-tournament favorite Valley a scare, but they gave them a game. No. 1 Valley led by only six points after the […]
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Class B South boys’ quarterfinal: Tozier, Lincoln ward off Wells
PORTLAND — Cody Tozier’s second-half surge Saturday afternoon was impressive enough. Perhaps more important for Lincoln Academy was the way in which that hot streak awakened his teammates. Held down for the first half and much of the third quarter, the No. 4 Eagles collectively caught fire, stormed back from a five-point deficit and bounced the […]
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Class B South boys’ quarterfinal: Lesure, Lake Region put away pesky Poland
PORTLAND — Poland players and fans who were around for the fairy tale tournament shocker against Greely two years ago likely were amped for the sequel on Saturday afternoon, when the No. 8 Knights nudged within a point of top-seeded Lake Region three times in the third quarter. This rally, this bid to become a permanent […]
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Class B South boys’ quarterfinal: Maranacook takes out Lisbon in third
Throw in an MVC opponent with whom the KVAC-mainstay Black Bears hadn’t crossed paths during the regular season and it’s probably no earth-shattering revelation that Lisbon hung around for half of Saturday’s Class B South quarterfinal at Portland Expo. Once the No. 2 seed had a chance to get inspired, irritated, or both, Maranacook looked […]
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Class B South boys’ quarterfinal: Yarmouth staves off Spruce Mountain
For the Spruce Mountain boys on Saturday morning, it was a crawl. It was a trickle. It was frozen pipes. It was any other metaphor you might find valuable in the description of a game that saw the Phoenix score consecutive field goals, without a Yarmouth interruption, only once. The Clippers didn’t exactly craft an […]
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Girls’ Class A North quarterfinal: Irving, Lawrence open title defense with rout
AUGUSTA — No. 1 Lawrence lived up to its championship reputation, its dominant regular season, its press clippings and everything else on Friday night, routing No. 9 Skowhegan, 63-33, in the Class A North girls’ basketball quarterfinals at Augusta Civic Center. Nia Irving, a 6-foot-1 senior center bound for Boston University on a basketball scholarship, bolstered […]
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Class A North girls’ quarterfinal: Dunton hits game-winner as Hampden holds off Nokomis
AUGUSTA — Courtney Dunton hit an uncontested 12-foot jumper at the buzzer on Friday night to give No. 5 Hampden a 42-40 victory over No. 4 Nokomis in a Class A North girls’ basketball quarterfinal at Augusta Civic Center. Olivia Brown sank two free throws with 3.6 seconds remaining to tie it for Nokomis (13-6). The […]
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Boys’ basketball: John Fossett puts Poland back in contention
The No. 8 Knights’ reward is a 4 p.m. tap against top-seeded Lake Region, which rolled 82-61 in the rivals’ lone regular-season meeting. If fans feel intimidated by any of those details, Poland coach Tyler Tracy recommends — OK, perhaps with asterisks, disclaimers and reservations — that you model the demeanor of your team’s senior center, John […]
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Class B South boys’ preview: Spruce Mountain draws co-favorite Yarmouth
Players to watch: Lake Region — Jack Lesure, Sr. G; Marcus DeVoe, Sr. F; Nate Smith, Sr. F; Maranacook — Kyle Wilbur Jr. G; Levi Emery Sr. C; Kent Mohlar, Sr. G; Yarmouth — Musseit M’Bareck Sr. G; Nolan Hagerty, Soph. F; Bailey Darling, Sr. G; Lincoln — Cody Tozier Jr. C; Riley Cushing, Jr. F; Taylor Holmes, Soph. […]