Mt. Blue High School’s Hunter Meeks (21) and Caleb Talbot (23) converge on the rebound against Skowhegan Area High School in Skowhegan on Friday. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) SKOWHEGAN — If you heard the celebration coming from the Mt. Blue boys basketball locker room after Friday’s 57-54 victory at Skowhegan, you would’ve thought the Cougars […]
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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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Class A girls' basketball preview: Young Leavitt, deep Mt. Blue ready to take next steps
Mt. Blue’s Lexi Mittelstadt (24) takes the ball down the court against Skowhegan in Farmington last season. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) Three years ago, Dave Gerrish took over a Leavitt girls’ basketball team in transition. After three years of tournament appearances, the Hornets are in transition again. “We’re young again. We start kind of fresh,” Gerrish […]
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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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Heather (Ernest) Bond also courts success as mom, teacher
When she is not going one-on-one with her students in the classroom, Heather (Ernest) Bond is usually in the middle of a fast break at home raising her adorable nine-month-old twin boys, Carter and Colin. But long before she was a ‘Bond,’ she was Heather Ernest, the most feared basketball player in the Class A […]
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Boys cross country: Barber, Hickey on the podium
It took until the finish line for Tucker Barber to realize that nobody was going to catch him. The Mt Blue senior won the Class A boys’ cross country state championship by running the fastest time (15 minutes, 47.33 seconds) of any of the six state championship races on the 5-kilometer course at Troy Howard […]
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Class A North girls’ basketball: Gardiner fends off Mt. Blue
AUGUSTA — It took just two Leslie Stevens shots to change the game in Gardiner’s favor Friday. The sophomore guard hit a pair of jumpers early in the fourth quarter, pushing the Tigers’ one-point lead into a sizable six-point advantage and forcing Mt. Blue to play catch-up the rest of the way. The Cougars struggled […]
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Class A North girls’ basketball: Lawrence favored to repeat
Players to watch Sr. F Nia Irving, Lawrence; Sr. G Dominique Lewis, Lawrence; Jr. G Sophia Holmes, Messalonskee; Jr. G Lauren Chadwick, Gardiner; Jr. G Sidney Moore, Nokomis; G Caitlin Kane, Mt. Blue; Sr. G Eryn Doiron, Mt. Blue; Jr. G; Soph G Marissa Gilpin, Hampden; Jr. G/F Jordan Jabar, Waterville; Favorites: Lawrence The Bulldogs […]
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2015 Winter Preview: Mt. Blue girls’ basketball
Coach: Gavin Kane (second year) Conference: KVAC Class: A North Last year’s record: 11-8, lost in Eastern A quarterfinals. Returning players: Seniors — Emilee Eustis (5-3 guard), Eryn Doiron (5-6 guard), MacKenzie Harris (5-10 center), Caitlin Kane (5-8 guard); Junior — Leah St. Laurent (5-3 guard). Key losses: Sarah Cummings (forward), Addie Brinkman (center), Rachele Bator (guard), Lauren Guppy (guard). […]
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H.S girls’ soccer: Eryn Doiron’s milestone season
FARMINGTON — As Eryn Doiron prepared for a free kick early in a playoff game against Brewer, the Witches decided to make sure the senior sniper from Mt. Blue wasn’t going to score. Brewer lined up all 10 players in the wall to defend Doiron and a direct shot on net. “I don’t think I’ve […]