Class B South Players to watch: Sr. C Alexander Medenica, Yarmouth; Jr. F Nolan Hagerty, Yarmouth; Sr. G Austin Darling, Spruce Mtn.; Sr. G Noah Preble, Spruce Mtn.; Sr. G Owen Berry, Wells; Sr. C Marcus Bailey, Oak Hill; Sr. F Cody Tozier, Lincoln Academy; Sr. G Kyle Wilbur, Maranacook; Jr. G Jonah Sautter, Lisbon; […]
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Boys' basketball prelim: Balanced scoring helps Patriots edge Lakers
NAPLES — Lake Region couldn’t have asked for more chances to extend the defense of its Class B state title than it got in the final seconds of Tuesday night’s South boys’ preliminary round game. But, it’s Gray-New Gloucester that kept its championship dream alive. Trailing by three, the eighth-seeded Lakers missed three 3-pointers in […]
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H.S. Basketball: Ramblers, Vikings, Patriots and Lakers top final Heal points standings
The Winthrop boys and Oxford Hills, Gray-New Gloucester and Rangeley girls will be among the No. 1 seeds for the 2017 high school basketball tournament, according to the final Heal points standings released by the Maine Principals’ Association on Saturday. The tournament begins on Tuesday with preliminary round action at the higher-seeded teams in classes […]
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And One: The future fares fairly well against the present
Mt. Blue head coach Fred Conlogue and his staff went into Thursday’s matchup against Spruce Mountain with a plan that might seem crazy, at least on paper. They decided to hand the responsibility of guarding Phoenix phenom Alex Bessey to a freshman, Lexi Mittelstadt. A freshman. Now, Bessey still scored 22 points, and the entire Mt. Blue lineup seemed to be keeping an eye on her, but Mittelstadt was […]
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Boys’ basketball: Mt. Ararat outpaces Lewiston in back-and-forth affair
A clutch 3-pointer from Cam Cox and some key rebounds late gave Mt. Ararat a 50-45 win and kept its very slim playoff chances in Class A South alive. “You’ve seen us in some games where we haven’t realistically had a chance at the end,” Mt. Ararat coach Steve Cox said. “And you haven’t seen […]
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Boys’ basketball: Playing or coaching, Lisbon’s Sautter a role model for Greyhounds
LISBON — Jonah Sautter barely finished congratulating his teammates on Lisbon’s Unified basketball team for winning their season-opener when a whistle blew, signalling the start of practice for the boys’ basketball team. Sautter changed out of his game garb and into his practice gear as the Greyhounds prepared for Wednesday night’s big late-season game against […]
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Boys’ basketball: Boothbay soars over Dirigo
DIXFIELD — The Dirigo and Boothbay boys’ basketball teams have waged numerous battles throughout the years, but Tuesday, the Seahawks had too much in the tank for the Cougars. Boothbay started out strong and the trio of Kyle Ames, Carter Babcock and Elijah Gudroe each scored 15 points as the Seahawks took full advantage of […]
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Boys’ basketball: Eddies pull away from Devils in fourth quarter
LEWISTON — Trailing Edward Little by eight with 2:55 left, Lewiston coach Tim Farrar called a time out. Farrar’s Blue Devils haven’t quit all year, despite a 3-11 record. And for stretches of Tuesday night’s game, their defense gave the Red Eddies fits. So Lewiston had reasons to believe that with a couple of more […]
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And One: Don’t count out the Dirigo boys
The Heal points earned in wins against the likes of Oak Hill, Lisbon and Boothbay have the Dirigo Cougars solidly in the Class C South playoff hunt despite a 4-11 record. “I think we’re going to be a tough team if we get in,” Dirigo coach Travis Magnusson said. Much of the rest of Class […]
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The Hot Corner: Give football realignment proposal a chance
If we are either providing or consuming the contents of this page, probably we are emotionally invested in high school sports. With that investment comes the likelihood that our judgment gets cloudy from time to time. We lose sight of the reasons these games exist. It’s a short list, really: to teach the value of […]