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Class B girls' basketball preview: Gray-New Gloucester the favorite but expects challenge

Gray-New Gloucester’s Jordan Grant, center, drives to the basket past Lake Region’s Shauna Hancock, left, and Lauren Jakobs, right, last season. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Two major factors make Gray-New Gloucester an overwhelming favorite in Class B South this season. First, every player returns from last season’s top-seeded team. Second, the other top teams in last […]

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2018-19 girls' basketball preview capsules

BUCKFIELD BUCKS Coach: Ryan Wilkins (fifth year) Conference: East-West; Class: C Last year’s results: 1-17. Returning athletes: Senior — Hannah Shields; Juniors — Deja Bennett, Katy Henderson, Karen McNeil; Sophomore — Siana Jacobs. Promising newcomers: Senior — Soyoung Park; Juniors — Molly Bourget, Josephine Replogle; Sophomores — Cassidy Lowell, Shyloe Morgan; Freshmen — Kailie Bernard, […]

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2018-19 boys’ basketball preview capsules

BUCKFIELD BUCKS Coach: Kyle Rines (third year) Conference: EWC; Class: C South Last year’s results: 9-9, lost in C South preliminary round Returning athletes: Seniors — Noah Wiley (5-9 guard), Hunter White (6-1 center), Abram Cormier (5-10 forward), Jacob Toomey (6-0 forward), Shawn Hardy (5-10 forward), Corey Umsteadt (5-10 forward); Junior — Tyler Gammon (6-2 forward), Dan Perry (6-0 forward); […]

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Kings, South Portland/Freeport/Waynlete settle for draw

AUBURN — Both teams’ coaches weren’t happy with the way things started Wednesday, and neither was particularly pleased with the ending, either. Poland/Leavitt/Oak Hill/Gray-New Gloucester and South Portland/Freeport/Waynflete battled through three periods and overtime with nothing decided, settling for a 3-3 tie at Norway Savings Bank Arena. “The key is you can’t play from behind […]

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High school softball: Gray-NG fends off Falmouth

GRAY — You could say that Alie Martell had ice water in her veins in the seventh inning Wednesday. But between the cold temperatures and steady rain at that point, the sophomore Gray-New Gloucester pitcher was probably ice cold from head to toe. As if that weren’t bothersome enough, she wasn’t throwing strikes. “It was […]

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2016 Gray-New Gloucester softball preview

Coach: Amanda Harmon (sixth year) Conference: WMC; Class: B Last year’s record: 12-6, lost in Western B semifinal Returning athletes: Senior — Kaelyn Woods (OF); Junior — Haley True (P/1b); Sophomore — Alie Martel (P). Key losses: Maria Valente (SS), Sara Carder (2b), Nicole Lowell (3b), Crystal McLean (OF). Season outlook: The Patriots lost four […]

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Girls’ basketball: Greely races away from Gray-New Gloucester

GRAY — Monday’s game against Greely felt all too familiar to the Gray-New Gloucester girls’ basketball team. The shorthanded Patriots fell behind quickly, much like they did in the teams’ previous meeting in last year’s regional semifinals, and fell again Monday, 66-38. Gray-NG was shorthanded and struggled against a seasoned and talented Greely team that […]

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2015 Winter Preview: Gray-NG girls’ basketball

Coach: Mike Andreasen (fifth year) Conference: WMC; Class: B South Last year’s result: 18-2, lost in Western B semifinals Returning athletes: Seniors – Alanna Camerl (6-0 center), Ashley Jordan (5-10 forward), Jacki Gillen (5-7 guard), Emily Thibeault (5-8 forward); Juniors – Skye Conley (5-9 center), Alicia Dumont (5-6 guard), Grace Kariotis (5-7 guard), Izzy DeTroy […]