Central Maine Community College didn’t waste any time asserting itself in either half of its USCAA Division II semifinal against Berkeley College of New York. Those strong starts assured the Mustangs a memorable finish to their season. CMCC earned its first trip to the national championship game with a 56-48 win over No. 4 Berkeley […]
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College basketball: Top-seeded Mustangs upset in OT
The depth that was Central Maine Community College’s calling card this season didn’t translate to success when the season went to sudden death. Despite a tournament-record 46 points from Shaun Hill, the Mustangs fell in overtime, 103-101, to No. 8 Penn State Beaver in the quarterfinals of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association DII tournament […]
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College Basketball: Mustangs enter USCAA tournament as top seed
AUBURN — Central Maine Community College coach Dave Gonyea doesn’t think the USCAA Division II national tournament will come down to five-on-five as much as a combination of 12-on-12 and three-in-three. “It’s a Thursday, Friday, Saturday schedule,” Gonyea said. “The way we play, the amount of guys we use, I think it benefits us to […]
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College Basketball: Mustangs headed to YSCC finals
SOUTH PORTLAND — Central Maine Community College rallied from a 10-point deficit in the second half to win its Yankee Small College Conference tournament semifinal game over University of Maine-Machias, 102-95, on Saturday. Shaun Hill scored 16 of his team-high 18 points in the second half to lead the Mustangs’ comeback. Kazre Cummings added 15 […]
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Class C Nordic Championships: Monmouth’s Thombs wins freestyle; Merriconeag sweeps
RUMFORD — A dramatic change in conditions from Wednesday’s classical to Thursday’s 5K freestyle didn’t faze Monmouth Academy’s Dylan Thombs. “I like skiing in the warm,” said Thombs, a senior. “My (fall) cross country coach, Tom Menendez, he always tells us don’t even think about the weather. We all have to ski in it. We […]
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Western C quarterfinals: Nyirikamba, Flyers too much for Mustangs
AUGUSTA — Serge Nyirikamba’s fourth foul was just the break Monmouth was looking for late in Monday’s Western Class C quarterfinal. Relegated to the bench with five minutes left, Waynflete’s 6-foot-3 senior forward wouldn’t be able to perform his low-post surgery for a while, or intimidate the Mustangs at the other end. Nyirikamba had barely […]
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CMCC teams earn conference titles
CONCORD, N.H. — First mission: accomplished. Central Maine Community College’s basketball teams closed out their regular seasons Saturday with a trip to NHTI. They emerged victorious, and with the wins both the men’s and women’s teams completed a perfect conference season in the Yankee Conference. The CMCC women’s team (23-2 overall, 14-0 YSCC) got things […]
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Western Class C Boys’ Preview: Cougars back in familiar spot
Players to watch Dirigo — Kaine Hutchins (Jr. F), Dylan Kidder (Sr. F), Riley Robinson (So. F); Waynflete — Milo Belleau (So. G), Serge Nyirikamba (Sr. F); Winthrop — Jacob Hickey (Fr. G), Taylor Morang (Jr. G); Maranacook — Cam Brochu (Jr. F), Taylor Wilbur (Sr. G); Monmouth — Brandon Goff (Sr.F), Marcques Houston (Sr. […]
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Central Maine CC sweeps SMCC in key showdown
AUBURN — Shaun Hill scored 27 points to lead Central Maine Community College to a 97-64 win over Southern Maine Community College on Wednesday at a jam-packed Kirk Hall gymnasium. Carrington Miller added 16 while Luis Medina had 11 for the Mustangs (25-2). Jalen Lincoln chipped in 10. Southern Maine got 14 from Scott Proudman […]
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Western C Prelim: Cougars survive and advance
DIXFIELD — Nothing like tournament time to kick in the ol’ survival instincts. No. 9 Monmouth had No. 8 Dirigo backed into a corner in Tuesday night’s Western C prelim at Defoe Gymnasium. It was already clear to the Cougars that they couldn’t shoot their way out, so they scratched and clawed their way to […]