It’s starting to sink in. The 2018 MPA basketball tournaments are over. No more trips to Portland and Augusta to see the state’s best teams show up. No more living day-to-day, forgetting which games you covered yesterday and not being quite sure where you’ll be tomorrow. The 18 days between Feb. 13 and Saturday were […]
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Boys’ basketball: Edward Little’s Adams has built a winning culture for all
Edward Little High School basketball players are a blur as they run through a drill during last Wednesday’s practice at the school’s gym under the watchful eye of their head coach, Mike Adams, middle, as they prepare for Friday night’s state championship game in Portland against Scarborough. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) An Edward Little High School […]
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Three times two equals more gold for Monmouth
Monmouth Academy’s Abby Allen shoot against Houlton in the Class C state championship basketball game Saturday in the Paul G. Poulin Auditorium at the Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — Many high school basketball teams live or die by the 3. Monmouth Academy thrived by it. Monmouth Academy used the 3-point shot to fuel […]
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Monmouth tops Houlton, repeats as Class C girls’ basketball champion
The Monmouth Academy Mustangs celebrate with gold ball emblematic of winning the Class C state championship Saturday in the Paul G. Poulin Auditorium at the Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — Monmouth’s offense came ready to defend the Class C state championship. The Mustangs started fast and held on to defeat Houlton 56-50, […]
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VIDEO: Looking back at Edward Little’s state championship double feature
The Edward Little girls’ basketball team won its first state championship Saturday in a 50-49 thriller over Gorham at the Cross Insurance Arena. Grace Fontaine hit the winning free throw in the game’s final second. The boys followed suit, earning their first gold ball since 1946 with a 41-36 win over Scarborough.
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Hermon eludes Wells for Class B boys title
BANGOR — Jacob Godfrey scored 21 points as Hermon High capped a perfect season with a 55-34 victory over Wells in the Class B boys’ basketball state championship game Friday night at Cross Insurance Center. The title is the first for Hermon (22-0), whose boys last appeared in the state finals in 2000. Hermon won […]
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Winslow outruns Lake Region for Class B girls' crown
BANGOR — Throughout the season, the hallmarks of the Winslow High School girls basketball team have been defense and depth. On Friday night at the Cross Insurance Center, those helped lead the Black Raiders to the Class B state title. “I knew that this team was a great team, and I wanted to be a […]
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Edward Little boys golden after stopping Scarborough
PORTLAND — Edward Little’s gold ball collection doubled in one night. Just a couple of hours after the girls’ team won its first state championship, the Edward Little boys’ team won the third in school history, and first since 1946, with a 41-36 win over Scarborough at Cross Insurance Arena on Friday night. Darby Shea’s […]
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Edward Little wins Class AA girls’ basketball championship over Gorham
PORTLAND — Grace Fontaine stepped to the free-throw line with three-tenths of a second to play and everything on the line. “She was probably shaking when she shot that. It was a huge shot,” teammate Hannah Chaput said. Fontaine made the first, and that was all she needed to give Edward Little its first girls’ […]
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Playing big — Perry helps Edward Little girls reach title game from different position
Edward Little’s Jade Perry pushes past Lewiston’s Cece Racine on the way to the basket during the teams’ quarterfinal game in Auburn. (Sun Journal File Photo) By virtue of the 70 inches from the top of her head to the bottom of her feet, it’s been up to Jade Perry to take over in the […]