Samatar Iman drives to the basket against Emmanuel Yugu (12) and Charles Lyall of Portland during the first half in Augusta on Thursday. AUGUSTA — Edward Little knew who Simon Chadbourne was. They’d scouted the Portland sophomore guard and knew he could hurt them from outside. The dilemna the Red Eddies faced was what keeping […]
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#Tourney17: Winthrop C South-final bound after suffocating North Yarmouth
AUGUSTA — Top-seeded Winthrop wasted no time jumping out to a quick lead and used its stifling defense to suffocate North Yarmouth Academy 52-29 in Class C South boys’ basketball semifinal action at Augusta Civic Center on Thursday night. Sophomore Cam Wood got the ball rolling for the Ramblers (20-0) right from the start. After […]
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#Tourney17: Clippers start fast, sail away from Raiders in B South semifinal
PORTLAND — Top-seeded Yarmouth roared out to a 15-2 lead in Thursday night’s Class B South boys’ semifinal against No. 5 Oak Hill and never looked back to secure its second consecutive trip to the regional final with a 79-49 win at Cross Insurance Arena on Thursday. The Clippers (18-2), who lost to Lake Region […]
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#Tourney17: Wells rallies to ground Spruce Mountain in B South boys' semifinal
PORTLAND — Down 11 points at halftime to a team that seems incapable of missing 3-point shots can be a daunting task, but a Wells teams seeking its first trip to a regional final since 1984 didn’t mind another challenge. Owen Berry’s 15-foot jump shot from the right elbow with eight seconds left capped No. […]
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#Tourney17 notes: Edward Little's Reynolds, Winthrop's Hickey up for state's top player awards
Edward Little senior Jordyn Reynolds searches for an open teammate during the Red Eddies’ win over Brunswick in January. AUGUSTA — Edward Little’s Jordyn Reynolds and Winthrop’s Jacob Hickey are among the semifinalists for the Maine Miss Basketball and Mr. Basketball awards. The awards are given annually to the best girl and boy senior basketball […]
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#Tourney17: Wil, Randy and Lee delve deeper into the MPA boys' basketball tourney
LEWISTON — The boys’ basketball tournament took a day off Wednesday, at least as far as tri-county area teams are concerned. Randy Whitehouse, Wil Kramlich and Lee Horton of the Sun Journal sports staff took advantage of the break in action to examine the first week of the tournament and look ahead to what will […]
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#Tourney17: Vikings can't recover from nightmare second quarter, fall to Bulldogs in AA North semis
AUGUSTA — Oxford Hills took six shots from the floor in the second quarter of Tuesday night’s Class AA North semifinal and hit none of them. If not for Colton Carson’s baseball pass hitting the center-court overhang in the final seconds of the period, the Vikings wouldn’t have disturbed the scoreboard at all in the […]
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C South Boys: Ramblers run over Wolverines
AUGUSTA — Top-seeded Winthrop punched its ticket to the regional semifinals for the third year in a row with a 76-42 win over No. 9 Wiscasset Monday night at the Augusta Civic Center. Jacob Hickey finished with a game-high 30 points for the Ramblers, while Nate Leblanc added nine points. Ethan James had 19 points […]
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C South Boys': Panthers come back from 18 down to beat Bulldogs
AUGUSTA — Hall-Dale owned the first half of Monday night’s Class C South quarterfinal with North Yarmouth Academy, so much so that the Bulldogs threatened to break the tournament record for 3-pointers in a game in half the time it took Maranacook to set it in 2014. When it was over, though, the fifth-seeded Bulldogs […]
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Boys' basketball: Big second half elevates Madison to C South semifinals
AUGUSTA — Madison and Boothbay stayed within four points of each other the entire first half. The second half was completely different. The Bulldogs quickly created separation and pulled away to win Monday’s Class C South boys’ basketball quarterfinal, 63-41, at Augusta Civic Center. The Bulldogs scored the first seven points of the second half […]