Coaches: Kris Wright (fifth year) and Rick Kramer (10th year) Last year’s results: Sixth in WMC Division I, 10th in Class B Returning letter-winners: Juniors — Amanda Dube (100, 200), Marissa Zink (pole vault), Hope Kohtala (high jump), Beka Stone (shot put); Sophomore — Aimee Horne (hurdles). Key loss: Emma Turton (sprints). Promising newcomers: Freshmen […]
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St. Norbert season review
St. Norbert boasts the rare distinction of having both the No. 1 scoring offense and No. 1 scoring defense in NCAA Division III. How unusual? No other team can say it’s ranked among the top five in both categories. Coach Tim Coghlin says the two concepts are closely related. The Green Knights are a blue-collar […]
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The Hot Corner: Ride’s over, with no regrets
The ride is over. That’s what we learned Friday night. This fortnight with Poland Regional High School was a joyride, not a motion picture. There was to be no “Hoosiers” ending. The Knights would have settled for a “Teen Wolf” ending. You don’t always hoist the Gold Ball at the end of a joyride. (I […]
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Boys’ Class B championship: Coyotes end Knights’ charge
Old Town jumped out to a 9-0 lead and never blinked to defeat Poland, 64-39, for the Class B championship in a historic meeting of underdogs at the Cross Insurance Center Friday night. It is Old Town’s fifth state title, but first in Class B. All of the others came when it was in Class […]
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Class B Boys’ Basketball Final: Poland seniors have seen it all
POLAND — Wait, you’re surprised by Poland Regional High School’s amusement park-quality ride to a Class B West boys’ basketball championship and journey to the state final? Seven Knights seniors are still trying to figure out how it didn’t happen two years ago. “My sophomore year we had a chance to compete for a state […]
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Class B Boys’ Basketball Final: Six of one, half-dozen of the other
Quick, name that team. These guys finished the season with a substantial winning streak to sneak into the regional tournament as a No. 6 seed, then kept it going with an improbable run. They won those playoff games with high drama, timely defense and scoring balance, sometimes letting a lead slip away but always exhibiting […]
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The Hot Corner: Knights’ journey like no other
PORTLAND — Counting the number of Maine high school basketball teams who have knocked off the third, second and first seeds consecutively to win a regional championship doesn’t require many fingers. Which is good, because if you follow the Poland Regional High School boys with even a modicum of passion, you lack nails. I’m comfortable […]
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Class B West Boys’ Basketball Final: Poland shocks Greely for first regional title
Having already lost to Class B West boys’ title game opponent Greely by 23 points in the regular season, the Knights were down by 19 Saturday more quickly than you could say, “in over their heads.” Brimming with confidence, flaunting size, strength and facial hair, overflowing with all-conference players, Greely was a lock to hit […]
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Class B West Boys’ Quarterfinals: Poland puts away Spruce Mountain
PORTLAND — It has been a 15-year journey, but Poland Regional High School finally finds itself in the land of Greely, Cape Elizabeth, Yarmouth and company. The Knights advanced to the Class B West boys’ basketball semifinals for the first time in school history Saturday, defeating Spruce Mountain, 77-69, in a frantic and foul-filled regional […]
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Western Class B Boys’ Preview: Spruce, Morse trying to break up WMC party
Players to watch Greely — Conner Hanley (Sr. F), Mike McDevitt (Sr. C); Morse — Jacob Freeman (Sr. G), Ethan Winglass (Jr. F); Spruce Mtn. — Deonte Ring (Jr. F), Peter Theriault (Jr. G); Yarmouth — David Murphy (Sr. G), Nathaniel Shields-Auble (Sr. C); Cape Elizabeth — Edward Galvin (Jr. G/F), Jack O’Rourke (So. G); Poland — CJ […]