WISCASSET — Lisbon had erased all of a first-quarter deficit, using a 10-0 third-quarter run in claiming a one-point advantage through 24 minutes. Wiscasset had other ideas in the final frame. The Wolverines strung together their own 10-0 spurt en route to a 48-38 Mountain Valley Conference verdict in girls’ high school basketball play on […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Black Bears shoot past Hornets
TURNER — Before Friday’s game, Maranacook’s discussion revolved around missing shots. It wasn’t that the team was pessimistic — The Black Bears were just being prepared. “We haven’t been shooting that well in previous games,” senior center Christine Miller said. “We had some rough shooting games. So before the game we were actually talking about […]
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Boys’ basketball: Winthrop wallops St. Dom’s
AUBURN — With his Winthrop boys’ basketball team nursing a roomy 17-point lead two minutes into the third quarter Friday night, Todd MacArthur calmly directed the Ramblers to “tighten up on defense.” Sure, Coach. Anything you say. The Ramblers raced to the finish with vise-grips in hand, holding St. Dom’s to four points and shutting […]
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Boys’ Hockey: 26ers blank Hornets in Gippers Holiday Classic
AUBURN — Poland/Gray-New Gloucester/Oak Hill picked a good time to play its best game under second-year coach Travis Jalbert. For Leavitt coach Joe Hutchinson, Friday’s game was far from the best he’s seen from his team during his two-year stint behind the bench. It’s closer to the worst. The 26ers scored twice in the first […]
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High school roundup: Brunswick holds off Oxford Hills in OT
BRUNSWICK — Taran Payne found the net with just 10 seconds left in overtime to give Brunswick a 53-52 win over Oxford Hills. Payne led the Dragons (2-3) with 12 points, while Alex Bandouveres chipped in with 10. The Vikings (3-2) were paced by Tyus Ripley with 12 points, while Andrew Fleming and Jake Yates […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Vikings outlast Dragons
Standing on the block, waiting for a shot to roll off the rim, is something Colby relishes. She may be boxed out initially, but it may not be for long. “My favorite position to be in is to be rebounding for my team on a foul shot,” Colby said. “I love that. I feel like […]
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Boys’ basketball: Lisbon runs away from Wiscasset
WISCASSET — Close, early-season losses didn’t seem to have Lisbon High School boys basketball coach Jake Gentle too worried. Yes, his Greyhounds sat at 1-4 prior to Thursday’s Mountain Valley Conference contest with Wiscasset, but Gentle’s team had shown an ability to hang tough. These experiences seemed to help the Greyhounds, who rolled to a […]
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Boys’ basketball: Robinson races past 1,000, scores 36 as Dirigo drops Monmouth
DIXFIELD — Riley Robinson and his Dirigo boys’ basketball teammates say they didn’t talk about his pursuit of 1,000 career points at all this week. That’s OK, because everybody else picked up the slack. If you missed the flyer with his picture and a breakdown of the mathematics on it as you paid admission Thursday […]
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H.S. Roundup: Chapman’s hat trick propels Eddies
AUBURN — Cade Chapman notched a hat trick and Cody Woodward scored twice Wednesday, igniting Edward Little to a 6-0 Class A boys’ hockey win over Cony/Monmouth at Norway Savings Bank Arena. Max Giard added a goal and two assists for the Red Eddies (2-2). Chapman scored twice in the first period, the first an […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Lewiston wears down Yarmouth
LEWISTON — Lewiston High School’s depth was on full display Wednesday night. The Blue Devils received goal contributions from six different skaters and 10 finished with at least a point in their 6-1 victory over Yarmouth at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. It was Lewiston’s first game decided by more than a goal so far this […]