Winthrop’s Jared Maclaughlin, center, is fouled by Madison’s Matt Oliver as he goes up for a layup during Monday afternoon’s playoff game at the Augusta Civic Center. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUGUSTA — Winthrop is all about defense, and Winthrop’s defense is all about helping the helper. Second-seeded Winthrop’s defense did more than its fair share […]
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Girls' hockey: Cheverus/Kennebunk buries Portland/Deering in South final
Cheverus/Kennebunk’s Abby Lamontagne fires a shot past Portland/Deering goalie Adrianna Bodge and into the back of the net during their girls’ hockey South regional final at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Wednesday. (Justin Pelletier/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — A little revenge meant a lot of goals for Cheverus/Kennebunk against rival Portland/Deering. In returning the favor for […]
Boys' basketball: Hall-Dale avenges loss to Dirigo
Hall-Dales’ Jett Boyer, left, and Dirigo’s Luke Lueders battle for a rebound during a game in the Penny Memorial Gym on Thursday at Hall-Dale High in Farmingdale. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) FARMINGDALE — Hall-Dale took lessons learned from its only loss of the season, mixed in home-court advantage and a tournament-like atmosphere and had the perfect […]
Girls' hockey: St. Dom's slides past Portland/Deering, 9-1
Portland/Deering’s Maeve LeClair, left and goalie Adrianna Bodge have no chance to stop Saint Dominic Academy’s Avery Lutrzykowski as she scores one of her six goals during Monday night’s game at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — The start of a big week for St. Dominic Academy began with […]
Boys' basketball: Dirigo deals Hall-Dale first loss in overtime (WITH VIDEO)
Dirigo’s Alex Gorham drives to the hoop while guarded by Hall-Dale’s Jett Boyer during Saturday’s game. DIXFIELD — The Dirigo Cougars had a couple different things weighing on their mind Saturday when Hall-Dale came into town. Hall-Dale was undefeated and, last time the teams met, the Bulldogs had beaten the Cougars 82-42 in the playoffs […]
Girls' basketball: Monmouth gets past Madison, 53-38
Abby Ferland of Monmouth Academy goes for a layup while being guarded by Marah Hall of Madison in Monmouth on Friday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) MONMOUTH — For Monmouth, games against Madison just mean a little something extra. When the Mustangs faced their MVC rival Friday night, some of the players had to give a little […]
Winthrop boys too much for Madison
Madison Memorial High School’s Matt Oliver (24) battles for the rebound with Winthrop High School’s Jevin Smith in Madison on Wednesday. (Michael G. Seamans/Waterville Morning Sentinel) MADISON — For a game in which his team held a double-digit lead for the better part of three quarters, Winthrop boys basketball coach Todd MacArthur rarely felt like […]
Girls' basketball: Madison takes down Winthrop with big second quarter
Winthrop High School’s Jillian Smhmeltzer guards Madison High School’s Emily Edgerly during a basketball game Tuesday in Winthrop. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) WINTHROP — The standings suggested it would be close. And up until the opening minute of the second quarter, Tuesday’s matchup between the Madison and Winthrop girls’ basketball teams was living up to the […]
Boys' Basketball: Bulldogs hold off Ramblers, 49-46
WINTHROP — Winthrop coach Todd MacArthur has made taking care of the basketball a priority since the beginning of the season. On Saturday night, his Ramblers learned a painful lesson on why it is so important. Winthrop took unbeaten Hall-Dale down to the wire despite turning the ball over 28 times. Any one of those […]
Girls' hockey: Bulldogs bury Red Hornets with 4 first-period goals
Red Hornets goalie Maranda Guimond swats away a shot by Emily Demers of the Bulldogs during Saturday night’s hockey game at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Lucy Howe put Portland/Deering ahead early with a pair of goals, then Caroline Lerch put the game away for the Bulldogs with […]