Winthrop High School’s Cam Wood is surrounded by Spruce Mountain High School defenders during a basketball game on Monday in Winthrop. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal Photo) WINTHROP — Winthrop held Spruce Mountain to three points in the final 5:52 to pull away with its second win of the season over the Phoenix, 53-34, on Monday night. […]
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Boys' basketball: Spruce Mountain, Shaw stave off Oak Hill
Spruce Mountain’s Andrew Shaw pushes past Oak Hill’s Darryn Bailey during Thursday night’s basketball game at Oak Hill. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) WALES — Junior forward Andrew Shaw was the man in the paint for Spruce Mountain on Thursday night. Shaw picked up the slack underneath after the Phoenix’s perimeter went silent in the third quarter […]
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Boys' basketball: Mountain Valley cuts Spruce Mountain loose in OT
JAY — Mountain Valley junior forward Keegan Davis didn’t get rattled whenever he drove to the basket and into stiff resistance from Spruce Mountain’s defense. But Davis’ composure served him well and inspired his Falcons in overtime. Mountain Valley took advantage of few key turnovers and escaped with 71-64 victory in a Mountain Valley Conference boys’ basketball before […]
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Girls’ basketball: Spruce Mountain takes off in third quarter, tops Lisbon
JAY — Spruce Mountain’s offense went from anemic to frenetic in the third quarter of a girls’ basketball game Monday night. The Phoenix’s halftime discussion with coach Zachary Keene seemed to do the trick: Spruce Mountain (9-7) erupted with 16 points and held the Lisbon Greyhounds (5-10) to three in the third quarter and slipped […]
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Boys' basketball: Short-handed Ramblers rebound for big win over Phoenix
Andrew Shaw of Spruce Mountain High School gets a piece of Cam Wood of Winthrop while trying to block Shaw’s shot during the first half in Jay on Friday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) JAY — The Winthrop Ramblers were shorthanded and coming off a tough loss to Boothbay when they entered the hostile Spruce Mountain gym […]
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Time-out: Phoenix girls' team just wants to have fun — and win
Spruce Mountain coach Zachary Keene speaks with his players during a summer-camp practices in Jay. You don’t have to look hard to see why the Spruce Mountain Phoenix are enjoying their newfound prosperity in the Mountain Valley Conference. Ask coach Zachary Keene about his Spruce Mountain girls’ basketball team’s success and he’ll tell you it […]
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Boys' basketball: Spruce Mountain steers clear of Oak Hill
JAY — Leaving the perimeter open to the Spruce Mountain Phoenix is a real no-no. The Phoenix (9-2) let a bunch of 3-pointers fall like the rain outside the Phoenix Dome in the first half Friday night. But the obstinate Oak Raiders (4-6) returned the favor in the second half before Spruce Mountain pulled away […]
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Girls’ basketball: Strong start propels Raiders past Phoenix
Oak Hill’s Sara Moring faces down Spruce Mountain’s Jaycee Cole during Thursday night’s basketball game in Wales. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) WALES — Coaches often espouse the importance of defense leading to offense, but rarely the other way around. Spruce Mountain couldn’t buy a basket in the first quarter of Thursday night’s Mountain Valley Conference matchup […]
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Boys' basketball: Mountain Valley passes on Spruce Mountain
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley’s dizzying passing game and pinpoint shooting allowed the Falcons to go up, over and around persistent Spruce Mountain in a boys’ basketball game Tuesday night. There always seemed to be an open man just inside the key for the Falcons, who held off the Phoenix with an inspiring 63-53 victory at […]
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Basketball: Spruce Mountan pulls away from Hall-Dale
JAY — When Spruce Mountain started rebounding and made the usual second-half adjustments, everything fell into place in that critical fourth quarter at The Nest on Wednesday night. What they lacked in height, the Phoenix (4-3) made it up with their tenacious defense. When Spruce’s shots started falling, the Phoenix ended up choreographing a splendid […]