PORTLAND — No superstars, no problem. Skye Conley and Grace Kariotis played like stars, combining for 34 points, and seven other players made baskets for Gray-New Gloucester in a 56-30 Class B South girls’ basketball quarterfinal victory over Freeport at the Portland Expo on Tuesday. The second-ranked Patriots (15-4) started the game on an 8-0 […]
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Class B South girls’ quarterfinal: Lake Region tops Yarmouth after controversial ending
PORTLAND — One mistake led to another, then another, then another, and those all took wind out of the Yarmouth Clippers’ sails long before a controversial ending ever did, coach Christina Strong admitted. The sixth-seeded Clippers nearly pulled off the upset against No. 3 Lake Region, but one too many mistakes — and one Lakers […]
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Class C boys’ quarterfinal: Dirigo routs Richmond
AUGUSTA — No. 8 Richmond didn’t buckle or back down from the challenge of being the little fish in the big pond known as the Class C South boys’ basketball tournament. Drawing the quarterfinal assignment of a top seed that has made this Augusta Civic Center setting its second home in the past decade, the Bobcats […]
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Class C boys’ quarterfinal: Waynflete takes out Wiscasset again
AUGUSTA —Wiscasset couldn’t keep Waynflete from hitting 3-pointers on Monday night. Consequently, for the third time this decade, the Wolverines couldn’t stop the Flyers from soaring into the Class C South boys’ basketball semifinals. No. 4 Waynflete sank six bonus balls in the first half to build a double-digit lead at Augusta Civic Center. Despite […]
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Class C boys’ quarterfinals: Hickey, Winthrop roll Old Orchard Beach
AUGUSTA — Jacob Hickey and Winthrop spent the entire MVC boys’ basketball season dealing with diamond-and-one, box-and-one, triple-team-against-one and any other gadget-defense-versus-one an opposing team and its coach dared to unleash. Knowing that Class C South quarterfinal foe Old Orchard Beach prefers to hang its hat on a 1-3-1 zone, no matter the opponent, the Ramblers […]
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Class C boys’ quarterfinal: Boothbay blocks Madison at buzzer
AUGUSTA — Given a chance to tie Monday’s Class C South boys’ quarterfinal game in the final six seconds of regulation, Madison sized up Boothbay and went against its strength. Strength prevailed. Abel Bryer blocked the Bulldogs’ shot, and do-everything junior Jacob Leonard hit the deck to clean up the rebound as time expired in the […]
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Tournament games shuffled due to storm
With a messy storm on its way for southern and central Maine, the Maine Principals’ Association announced Monday that Tuesday and Wednesday’s basketball tournament games have been shuffled to accommodate travel concerns. Two Class D girls’ games originally slated for Tuesday morning have been postponed to Wednesday morning, with Temple and Highview starting at 8:30 […]
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Class A South girls’ quarterfinal: Leavitt stings Fryeburg Academy
PORTLAND — Leavitt girls basketball coach Dave Gerrish pulled his team aside between the third and fourth quarters of their Class A South quarterfinal against Fryeburg Academy on Monday, and had a simple message: “We can win this game.” The Hornets and Raiders were tied after a late-third-quarter Leavitt run erased a seven-point deficit. And […]
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Tourney roundup: Boothbay suffocates Carrabec; Vinalhaven girls, Islesboro boys win
AUGUSTA — The girls’ basketball team from Boothbay used its defensive game to stymie Carrabec 32-17 in Monday’s Class C South quarterfinal. The Seahawks averaged just 25 points per game against this season. After an early exit last year, Boothbay made sure history didn’t repeat. The Seahawks jumped out to an early 9-2 lead in […]
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Class C South girls’ basketball: Hannah Anderson sparks Monmouth past St. Dom’s
AUGUSTA — To say that the Monmouth girls’ basketball team was pleasantly surprised when St. Dom’s defeated Dirigo in the preliminary round last week might have been an understatement. The third-seeded Mustangs had handled the 11th-ranked Saints easily during the regular season, earning a pair of wins by an average of 41 points. But Monmouth […]