The Mountain Valley girls also win big and the big quarter propels Monmouth boys to a home victory.
Mt. Blue Cougars
Nordic skiing: Nora McCourt and Beckett Cote win Sassi Memorial at Black Mountain
McCourt, a Mt. Blue junior, skis Black Mountain’s tall hills and icy tracks the fastest in the girls race, while Cote, who races for Quarry Road Ski Club, wins the boys race by 13 seconds.
Wrestling notebook: Area teams ramp up for KVAC tournament
Mt. Blue and Oxford Hills among contenders for conference championship.
Photo: Mt. Blue’s Evans Sterling eclipses 1,000 career point mark
The Cougars senior becomes just the third player in Mt. Blue boys basketball program history to score 1,000 career points.
Boys basketball: Messalonskee hands Mt. Blue 1st loss of season
Eagles get double-double from Merrick Smith in key KVAC win.
High school roundup: Ella Pelletier paces Oxford Hills past Windham in girls basketball
Spruce Mountain’s Jaydn Pingree and Winthrop’s Ella Rice also shine offensively in victories.
Cheering: KVAC/MVC/WMC championships officially kickstart 2024 seasons
Team titles go to Lewiston (KVAC A), Winslow (KVAC B), Lisbon (MVC) and Gray-New Gloucester (WMC).
High school roundup: Mt. Abram boys conquer Dirigo
Payton Mitchell paces the Roadrunners with 30 points; Lewiston boys top Oxford Hills; Winthrop beats Madison; Evans Sterling drops in 32 for Mt. Blue, and Jace Bessey 26 for Spruce Mountain. Also, Lewiston swim results.
Boys basketball: Mt. Blue builds big lead, then holds off Oxford Hills
The Vikings limit Cougars standout Evans Sterling’s scoring, but other players help keep the team’s undefeated start intact after Oxford Hills makes Mt. Blue sweat in the second half.
High school roundup: Edward Little boys hockey shuts out Scarborough; Sammy Calder scores 1,000th
Calder reaches milestone while tallying 27 points and 16 rebounds for Monmouth. Also, the Mt. Blue boys basketball team stays undefeated, and the Mountain Valley boys and Poland girls also pick up victories.