The game was tied 35-35 at the end of the third quarter, but an apparent two-point lead was taken away from the third-ranked Clippers (15-6) when Bailey Darling’s floater was negated by a charge called against him. Another charge call against Yarmouth in the fourth proved to be more damaging. Aleksander Medenica was called for […]
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Class D South girls’ basketball championship: Morin dominates in Rangeley repeat
AUGUSTA — As impressive as Rangeley senior Blayke Morin was on defense Saturday — and she held one of the top Class D players in the state to 12 points — her offensive performance was dominant. The forward was a force throughout the game, scored a career-high 34 points and led the Lakers to a […]
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Class B South girls’ final: Gray-New Gloucester grounds Lincoln Academy
The first quarter was all about getting ahead for the second-seeded Patriots (17-4), while the third quarter was for keeping it that way. Gray-NG played lockdown defense in the first eight minutes after halftime all tournament long, and the regional final was no exception. The Patriots’ man-to-man defense allowed just three points in the third, […]
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Class D South boys’ final: Valley survives Seacoast Christian, 52-45
AUGUSTA — Beaten twice, and convincingly, during the Class D South boys’ basketball regular season, No. 3 Seacoast Christian took a time-honored tournament approach against a team with star power on Saturday afternoon. The idea: Let Cody Laweryson of No. 1 Valley take his shots, score his points, and strive to limit everyone and everything else. […]
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Class AA North girls’ basketball final: Edward Little pulls away from Oxford Hills
AUGUSTA — As her teammates took to warmups prior to the second half Friday night, Jordyn Reynolds sought advice. A visibly frustrated Reynolds walked courtside and had a chat with her sister, Brooke. When the junior forward returned to action, the frustration turned to motivation. “She lit that fire and got me to play harder,” […]
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Class A North boys’ final: Portland pounds Deering, 70-39
AUGUSTA — That playoff-tested maxim about the third game being a charm, or a curse, when two close rivals play one another in the aftermath of two similar regular-season results? Forget it. If Portland played the way they did on Friday night at Augusta Civic Center, they would beat Deering a dozen more times. Everybody […]
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The Hot Corner: Finally, finally, finally, Eddies win a final
AUGUSTA — Buffalo Bills, 1991 to 1994. Boston Red Sox, 1919 to 2003. Chicago Cubs, 1909 ’til all our grandkids are in a nursing home. Lovable losers in sports lore roll off the tongue. Still, an Edward Little basketball fan base that has bitten its bottom lip for decades upon decades probably doesn’t believe it takes […]
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Class A North girls’ basketball final: Lawrence repeats with win over Messalonskee
AUGUSTA — A year ago, all that Hunter Mercier could do was watch. The Lawrence guard was part of a state championship-winning team, but an ACL injury early in the season left her outside looking in on the title run. “It was hard,” the sophomore guard said. “I tore it the second game of the […]
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Class A North boys’ championship: Oceanside shoots to first title
AUGUSTA — No. 5 Oceanside, the product of a five-year-old merger between Rockland and Georges Valley, won its first regional boys’ basketball title on Friday afternoon, running away from neighboring rival No. 3 Medomak Valley in the second half for a 59-45 victory in the Class A North final. It was the final installment in a […]
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Class C boys’ semifinal: Waynflete dismisses Dirigo
AUGUSTA — Dirigo counts on defense, namely forced turnovers, to fuel its high octane attack in boys’ basketball. There were only two problems on Thursday night. Waynflete didn’t make mistakes, and the Flyers did make shots. The result was a convincing 60-45 victory by the No. 4 seed against the top-ranked defending champions in a Class […]