Most coaches know they can expect a mixed bag of commitment and comportment from their team in that situation. The restless Hornets are only human. From guiding many of the same athletes in football, however, Mike Hathaway could rest assured that his gang wouldn’t quit competing. Persistence pays: Leavitt has won consecutive home games after […]
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Girls’ basketball: Carrabec sneaks past Lisbon
LISBON — When Kipri Steele darted to the basket and scored to give Lisbon a one-point lead midway through the third quarter, Carrabec High School girls’ basketball coach Skip Rugh called a timeout as the momentum had clearly shifted to the Greyhounds. From that point on, the Cobras struck back, using a 7-0 run to […]
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Boys’ basketball: Edward Little accelerates past Lewiston, 71-44
From that point forward, EL looked like a team interested in embellishing the page of the record book that tells everyone it has won a playoff game in eight consecutive seasons and counting. The red-hot Red Eddies scored the final 15 points of the half, hit a 3-pointer out of intermission and cruised to a […]
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Girls’ basketball: Mountain Valley tips Madison
RUMFORD — When Mountain Valley has things working right, coach Ryan Casey and the rest of the team are convinced they are unstoppable. They proved it again Saturday. A pair of runs in the second half sparked by Ashley Russell, who scored a game-high 21 points, proved to be the difference as Mountain Valley extended […]
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Boys’ basketball: Waynflete gets last word, puts away Poland
POLAND — When the 3-pointers stopped falling for Poland on Saturday night, the Knights didn’t get stops at the other end of the court as convincingly or consistently, either. It added up to a fourth-quarter flourish for Waynflete, in the form of a 17-4 finishing kick and a 58-45 WMC boys’ basketball victory. Abel Alemayo, Milo […]
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Boys’ basketball: Edward Little earns sweet redemption against Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — Edward Little boys’ basketball has experienced its share of satisfying, signature wins in the vintage decade-and-a-half that Mike Adams has shepherded the program. Hard to say where the 54-46 victory over Brunswick on Saturday afternoon falls on the hit list, but it certainly soars to the top of this season’s chart. Thirty-nine days […]
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Local roundup: Oxford Hills sweeps Gardiner
PARIS — Andrew Fleming racked up 36 points, 17 rebounds and seven assists to lead Oxford Hills to a 88-64 KVAC boys’ basketball victory over Gardiner on Friday night. Chris St. Pierre had a career-high 23 points for Oxford Hills (11-3). Jordan Lamb led the Tigers (5-7) with 12 points. Brian Dunn added nine. Mt. […]
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Boys’ basketball: Morse holds off Lewiston
BATH — Scoring was hard to come by in the first half of Friday night’s boys’ high school basketball game between Morse and Lewiston. The host Shipbuilders weren’t scoring inside, so to begin the second half, they kicked it out to sharp-shooter Dakota Freeman. The junior hit three treys in a row to begin the […]
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Girls’ basketball: Leavitt strong-arms Westbrook
TURNER — Every couple of plays an athlete was knocked to the ground in this in-your-face girls’ basketball game, but a rough-and-tumble match is just what Leavitt Hornets ordered Friday night. Players fell to the floor throughout this rowdy evening, but that was just fine for the Hornets (7-7), who got right back up off […]
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Boys’ basketball: Winthrop depth, Hickey 3s too much for Wiscasset
WINTHROP — Funny, on a Friday night when Jacob Hickey scored 31 points and went 8-for-11 from 3-point range, that Winthrop played probably its best overall team game of the boys’ basketball season. Sensational efforts off the bench by Andrew Pazdziorko and 6-foot-7 freshman center Cam Wood also were substantial to the story line as Winthrop […]