AUGUSTA — There won’t be a need for introductions Saturday when the two girls’ basketball regional finals take place at the Augusta Civic Center. Both games feature conference rivals who know each other well. In the Western D game at 1:05 p.m., the top-ranked and unbeaten Forest Hills Tigers take on the second-ranked Rangeley Lakers. […]
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Western C Boys’ Final: Maranacook, Waynflete bring new blood to regional final
For the first time in the 21st century, Western Class C will crown a champion that does not play in the Mountain Valley Conference on Saturday night. Waynflete, representing the Western Maine Conference, and Maranacook, in its first year in Class C out of the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference, ended the MVC’s 15-year reign over […]
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Class B West Boys’ Final: Poland’s unlikely run leads to Greely
PORTLAND — 1-4. 4-6. 6-8. If you tracked Poland Regional High School’s record and its corresponding Heal Point position during the Class B West boys’ basketball season, a run to the regional championship game was the last thing on your mind. “We talked about it a lot this summer. Then the beginning of the year […]
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Class B West Boys’ Semifinal: Michaud’s steal puts Poland in first-ever title game
PORTLAND — No. 6 seeds aren’t supposed to get to the final this way. Threatening to explode through the roof with double-digit leads, then relying on a call here and a free throw there to escape the quarterfinal and a miraculous defensive gem to survive the semifinal? Nope, that’s what favorites do. The longer Poland […]
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H.S girls’ basketball: Cobras put bite on Black Bears
AUGUSTA — The Carrabec girls’ basketball team did a pretty good job on Maranacook’s Christine Miller for much of the second half Thursday. Foul trouble finished the job when the Black Bears’ top scorer fouled out of the game. Maranacook was already struggling to rally and without Miller, it seemed even more unlikely. The Black […]
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Class B West Girls’ Semifinal: Spruce Mountain bows out against Wells
PORTLAND — Eight seniors strong, Wells has that look in its eye this girls’ basketball postseason, one that combines confidence and talent with something that borders on fury. As was the case with previous victim Gray-New Gloucester, the corresponding countenance of Spruce Mountain was one of anxiety, then timidity, eventually shell shock. No. 2 Spruce […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Rangeley responds in semifinal win
AUGUSTA — With Searsport making a fourth-quarter run, Rangeley watched its top scorer Taylor Esty tumble with an apparent knee injury. It was one of those moments that displays what a team is made of, and in an instant, the Western D semifinal was going to be determined by how the Lakers would respond. “We […]
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East A boys’ semifinal: Hampden overwhelms Edward Little
AUGUSTA — Edward Little faced a tough, uphill climb from the beginning of Wednesday’s night’s Eastern Class A quarterfinal as it faced top-seeded and defending Class A champion Hampden Academy. As if that wasn’t tough enough, the Broncos jumped out to a quick lead as EL stumbled out of the gate, building an early, double-digit […]
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Eastern A Boys’ Semifinal: Vikings drop Dragons in OT
No. 6 Oxford Hills rallied to tie the game, then took control in overtime to earn its first regional final berth since 2005 with a 61-58 win over No. 2 Brunswick at the Augusta Civic Center. The Vikings (12-7) will face unbeaten top seed Hampden Academy, the two-time defending Eastern A champion, Friday night at […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Healthy win for EL
AUGUSTA — Last Friday night, Tianna Harriman wasn’t quite herself. Despite a gutsy effort against Mt. Blue, she admittedly was feeling sick and achy. Wednesday was a different story. The EL junior had plenty of energy and was a spark for the Red Eddies. “I felt so ready,” Harriman said. “I was all pumped up […]