AUGUSTA — If Monday morning’s game was a bad one for Greenville, then the rest of the Class D South semifinalists might want to look out. The top-seeded Lakers pounded the ball inside and pounded Pine Tree Academy 63-37 in a quarterfinal contest at Augusta Civic Center. “That was not our best effort,” Greenville coach […]
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Boys' Basketball: Seacoast Christian sizes up Forest Hills in D South quarterfinal
AUGUSTA — Forest Hills’ quest to keep its streak of odd-year state championships alive ended just as soon as it started. The Tigers, Class D champs in 2013 and 2015, ran out of gas against Seacoast Christian, which pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 70-55 victory in quarterfinal action at Augusta Civic Center […]
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Boys' basketball: Medenica, Clippers too much for Patriots
PORTLAND — Having lost twice to top-seeded Yarmouth during the regular season, ninth-seeded Gray-New Gloucester knew the challenges the Clippers presented in their Class B South quarterfinal. Knowing what was coming and stopping it are two very different things, though. Yarmouth dominated the paint and the second quarter to pull away from the young Patriots […]
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Boys' basketball: Boston, Raiders pull away from Eagles
PORTLAND — With a 3-pointer to open the scoring in Saturday’s Class B South quarterfinal against Lincoln Academy, Oak Hill’s Evan Boston showed he had come to play even before the Raiders’ leading scorer, senior center Marcus Bailey, started to be limited by foul trouble. The speedy senior guard shifted into overdrive as soon as […]
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#Tourney17: Wells shuts down Maranacook in B South boys' quarterfinal
PORTLAND — Wells built a comfortable lead in the first half and then pulled away in the third quarter to beat Maranacook 44-29 in the Class B South boys’ basketball quarterfinal at the Portland Exposition Center on Saturday morning. The Warriors led 19-9 at the end of a pedestrian half by both teams, but took […]
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AA North boys' quarterfinal: Windham upsets Deering, faces Edward Little next
AUGUSTA — Mike Gilman scored 18 points and Nick Curtis added 16 points to lead No. 6 Windham to a 51-47 upset victory over No. 3 Deering in the Class AA North boys’ basketball quarterfinals at the Augusta Civic Center Thursday night. The Eagles (13-6) advance to face No. 2 Edward Little in the semifinals […]
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AA North boys' quarterfinal: Big men come up big for Vikings in win over Stags
Oxford Hills’ Atreyu Keniston and Chevrus’ Owen Burke fight for a rebound. AUGUSTA — Oxford Hills decided it needed to go big after learning Cheverus’ 6-foot-5 junior center Jesse Matthews would not be playing in Thursday night’s Class AA North boys’ basketball quarterfinal. And the Vikings’ big men sure came up, well, big. Atreyu Keniston […]
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C South Boys' Preview: Ramblers have parts to go the distance
Class C South Players to watch: Sr. G Jacob Hickey, Winthrop; Sr. F Garrett Tsouprake, Winthrop; Sr. C Matt Holt, Richmond; Jr. G Zach Small, Richmond; Sr. F Mitchell Jarvais, Madison; Sr. G Haven Cutko, North Yarmouth Academy; Sr. F Jake Malcom, NYA; Soph. G Alec Byron, Hall-Dale; Jr. G Kyle Ames, Boothbay; Sr. F […]
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#Tourney17: Randy, Wil and Justin break down the MPA boys' basketball tourney
LEWISTON — Another year, another tourney, and the Sun Journal team has you covered. Here, we break down our area teams’ chances in the upcoming tourney. In this video, we highlight the boys’ teams with a chance to go all the way.
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AA North Boys' Preview: Eddies, Bulldogs stand out in loaded bracket
Class AA North Players to watch: Jr. G Terion Moss, Portland; Jr. G/F Griffin Foley, Portland; Sr. F Jarod Norcross Plourde, Edward Little; Sr. G Samatar Iman, Edward Little; Soph. F Wol Maiwen, Edward Little; Sr. C Raffaele Salamone, Deering; Soph. F Ben Onek, Deering; Sr. F Jack Casale, Cheverus; Jr. C Jesse Matthews, Cheverus; Soph. […]