Andrew Fleming, who shattered the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School career scoring record, led the Vikings to four consecutive playoff appearances and will attend the University of Maine on a basketball scholarship, has been named one of three finalists for Mr. Maine Basketball. Mr. and Miss Maine Basketball, presented by the Maine Association of Basketball […]
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Class C South boys’ final: Winthrop rallies but falls to Waynflete in OT
AUGUSTA — Waynflete against Winthrop became willpower versus willpower in overtime at Augusta Civic Center on Saturday night. The Flyers’ Milo Belleau and the Ramblers’ Jacob Hickey have been the straws that stirred the respective drinks and the spice that flavored two tasty dishes in Class C South all winter, so it is no surprise […]
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Class D South boys’ final: Valley survives Seacoast Christian, 52-45
AUGUSTA — Beaten twice, and convincingly, during the Class D South boys’ basketball regular season, No. 3 Seacoast Christian took a time-honored tournament approach against a team with star power on Saturday afternoon. The idea: Let Cody Laweryson of No. 1 Valley take his shots, score his points, and strive to limit everyone and everything else. […]
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Class A North boys’ final: Portland pounds Deering, 70-39
AUGUSTA — That playoff-tested maxim about the third game being a charm, or a curse, when two close rivals play one another in the aftermath of two similar regular-season results? Forget it. If Portland played the way they did on Friday night at Augusta Civic Center, they would beat Deering a dozen more times. Everybody […]
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Class A North boys’ championship: Oceanside shoots to first title
AUGUSTA — No. 5 Oceanside, the product of a five-year-old merger between Rockland and Georges Valley, won its first regional boys’ basketball title on Friday afternoon, running away from neighboring rival No. 3 Medomak Valley in the second half for a 59-45 victory in the Class A North final. It was the final installment in a […]
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Class C boys’ semifinal: Waynflete dismisses Dirigo
AUGUSTA — Dirigo counts on defense, namely forced turnovers, to fuel its high octane attack in boys’ basketball. There were only two problems on Thursday night. Waynflete didn’t make mistakes, and the Flyers did make shots. The result was a convincing 60-45 victory by the No. 4 seed against the top-ranked defending champions in a Class […]
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Winthrop locks down Boothbay in Class C boys’ semifinal
Few semifinal victories of recent vintage have been more fitting than the 45-31 lockdown of Boothbay on Thursday night at Augusta Civic Center, one that vaulted Winthrop into the regional final for the first time since 2008. “When our offense has trouble, I think we use defense as a motivator to get back into the […]
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Class AA boys’ semifinal: Portland puts away Edward Little, 70-43
AUGUSTA — When you face Portland in boys’ basketball, you cling to glimmers of hope. Edward Little found its ray of sunshine in the form of four minutes of lockdown defense to start the second half. Jarod Norcross Plourde’s second-chance basket pulled the Red Eddies within an area code of a miracle, 10 points down, in […]
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Deering breaks Oxford Hills’ heart in Class AA boys’ semifinal
No. 3 Oxford Hills didn’t look like the team that No. 2 Deering blew out during the Class AA North boys’ basketball regular season. Not until the moments when it mattered most in a regional semifinal classic at Augusta Civic Center. Down by seven points with three minutes remaining, Deering held Oxford Hills scoreless for […]
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Class C boys’ quarterfinal: Dirigo routs Richmond
AUGUSTA — No. 8 Richmond didn’t buckle or back down from the challenge of being the little fish in the big pond known as the Class C South boys’ basketball tournament. Drawing the quarterfinal assignment of a top seed that has made this Augusta Civic Center setting its second home in the past decade, the Bobcats […]