Often times, it’s not the immediate results that come from a scoreboard that catch a coach’s attention. Leavitt coach Dave Gerrish wants his team to win games this season and expects that it will. But with no seniors at his disposal as the Hornets start the grind of a tough KVAC schedule, he’s more interested […]
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Class C girls' basketball preview: Monmouth, everyone else chasing Boothbay
Kaeti Butterfield of Monmouth Academy grabs a pass over Kathryn Ross of Winthrop High School in Monmouth last season. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) The past few years, Boothbay and Monmouth have been setting the standard in Class C South. The Mustangs emerged the past few season as region champions and then went on to win back-to-back […]
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Class AA girls' basketball preview: Oxford Hills loaded, but don't count out Edward Little
Oxford Hills’ Julia Colby goes for a shot against Greely’s Madison Scott and Julia Martel duirng a regular season game at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in January. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) In last season’s Class AA North girls’ basketball playoffs, No. 8 seed Deering proved to be a tough out for top-seeded Oxford Hills in […]
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Class B girls' basketball preview: Gray-New Gloucester the favorite but expects challenge
Gray-New Gloucester’s Jordan Grant, center, drives to the basket past Lake Region’s Shauna Hancock, left, and Lauren Jakobs, right, last season. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Two major factors make Gray-New Gloucester an overwhelming favorite in Class B South this season. First, every player returns from last season’s top-seeded team. Second, the other top teams in last […]
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2018-19 girls' basketball preview capsules
BUCKFIELD BUCKS Coach: Ryan Wilkins (fifth year) Conference: East-West; Class: C Last year’s results: 1-17. Returning athletes: Senior — Hannah Shields; Juniors — Deja Bennett, Katy Henderson, Karen McNeil; Sophomore — Siana Jacobs. Promising newcomers: Senior — Soyoung Park; Juniors — Molly Bourget, Josephine Replogle; Sophomores — Cassidy Lowell, Shyloe Morgan; Freshmen — Kailie Bernard, […]
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Class A girls' basketball preview: Young Leavitt, deep Mt. Blue ready to take next steps
Mt. Blue’s Lexi Mittelstadt (24) takes the ball down the court against Skowhegan in Farmington last season. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) Three years ago, Dave Gerrish took over a Leavitt girls’ basketball team in transition. After three years of tournament appearances, the Hornets are in transition again. “We’re young again. We start kind of fresh,” Gerrish […]
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Dianna D. Bergeron
HOLYOKE – Dianna D. Bergeron, 73, passed away peacefully Nov. 28, 2018, at Holyoke HealthCare Center. Born April 17, 1945, in Lewiston, she was the daughter of the late Rosario and Catherine (Poirier) Bergeron. Dianna moved to Holyoke, Mass. in the late 1960s where she resided until her death. She was an avid crafts person. She […]
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Brother Roger Marcel Thibault, S.C.
PASCOAG, R.I. – , 72, a resident of Pascoag, R..I, since 2014, died unexpectedly at Hospice St. Antoine, North Smithfield, R.I., on Dec. 4, 2018, at 8:30 in the morning. He had been a resident at St. Antoine’s for a few weeks prior to his death. Brother Roger, son of the late Laurier Thibault and […]
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Constance L. Labrie
LEWISTON – Constance L. Labrie, 84, formerly of Sherbrooke Avenue in Lewiston, died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at the Lamp Memory Care Center in Lisbon. Known to all as Connie, she was born in Lewiston on March 19, 1934, the daughter of Romeo and Joan Soucy (Heutz) Michaud. Educated in local schools, she was a […]
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Lorraine Yvette Carrier-Lacasse
PORTLAND – Lorraine Yvette Carrier-Lacasse died peacefully while receiving the Last Rites of the Catholic Church on Dec. 4, 2018, at St. Joseph Manor in Portland. Lorraine Carrier was born May 20, 1933, to Joseph and Josephine (Landry) Carrier and grew up in New Auburn. She graduated from Edward Little High School. Her entire life […]