Coach: Brad Smith (fifth year) Conference: WMC Class: B Last year’s record: 7-10, lost in preliminary round Returning players: Seniors — Evan Plummer (OF), Daulton Cauthell (IF); Juniors — Zack Mann (P/IF), John Henry Villaneuva (P/IF); Sophomore — Tanner Mann (P/OF). Key losses: Tyler St. Pierre (P/SS), Thomas Wood (OF), Evan Harmer (C). Promising newcomers: Juniors — Jake Winchester (C), Eric Gilbert […]
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Class B South softball: Raiders are ready for this season
It was a near miss of the playoffs for Oak Hill softball last year, but the Raiders hope to close that gap this season. Oak Hill finished 9-7 and missed out of the regional playoffs. The Raiders return much of that team and could challenge for a berth in the B South field. “This is […]
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Class B South Baseball Preview: Locals hope to correct past near-misses
One or two Heal Points are Maine high school baseball’s equivalent of a thousand miles. Most of the local representatives in Class B South learned that the hard way a season ago. Oak Hill, Leavitt, Poland and Spruce Mountain all picked off an important win or two while watching a fistful more slip away in […]
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Girls’ Nordic Skiing: Gray-NG’s Woods knew how to win
Kaelyn Woods had a decision to make after winning Class B girls’ skimeister her freshman year: keeping competing in both Nordic and Alpine disciplines, or choose one and try to master it. Woods chose to focus on Nordic skiing, and three years later it has proven to be a good choice. Three Class B individual […]
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Class B girls’ basketball final: Houlton was both a star and a Big Dipper
BANGOR — The debate prior to the Class B girls’ basketball championship game Friday night at Cross Insurance Center: Would the Gold Ball go to the best player, or the better team? With apologies to a terrific Gray-New Gloucester group, once Kolleen Bouchard and Houlton got their hands on that coveted state trophy for the second […]
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Gray-New Gloucester falls to Houlton, 48-35, in girls’ basketball final
BANGOR — Many basketball state finals feature one team that’s more experienced in that environment than the opponent. Thanks to the alternating, north-south host sites, one team is always more familiar with the building, the baskets and the court, too. It’s always debatable how much those distinctions matter, but they surely didn’t appear to hurt Houlton, […]
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Class B girls’ basketball: Gray-New Gloucester, Houlton stark contrast in styles
Something has to give. It’s a clash of styles. Fill in the blank with your own favorite description of a championship clash that pits outstanding offense against dynamite defense. Then slap an exponent next to it, because rarely are the metaphors more precise than in consideration of Friday night’s battle between Houlton and Gray-New Gloucester […]
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Class B girls’ basketball: Options? Gray-New Gloucester has ’em
GRAY — Gray-New Gloucester girls’ basketball doesn’t get excited about style points. It has minimal tolerance for pomp and circumstance. It stopped caring about who reaps the headlines, credit or individual awards a long time ago. If you’re into mixing metaphors and crossing over into an entirely different realm of the sporting universe, the Patriots positively […]
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Class B South girls’ final: Gray-New Gloucester grounds Lincoln Academy
The first quarter was all about getting ahead for the second-seeded Patriots (17-4), while the third quarter was for keeping it that way. Gray-NG played lockdown defense in the first eight minutes after halftime all tournament long, and the regional final was no exception. The Patriots’ man-to-man defense allowed just three points in the third, […]
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Class B South girls’ semifinal: Gray-New Gloucester rises above Lake Region in OT
In a game that teetered from tip to final buzzer, the second-seeded Patriots (16-4) held a slim lead to begin the fourth, then expanded it as the period wore on. But the third-ranked Lakers (15-5) started chipping away. A 3-pointer from Chandler True cut the deficit to two, and a Lauren Jakobs put-back tied it […]