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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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 […]
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Boys’ basketball: Each of Edward Little’s senior trio has played unique role on road to state title game
AUBURN — Each of Edward Little’s three senior starters has one goal in mind, but each brings something different to the Red Eddies’ success this season. On Friday night, Ibn Khalid, Tyler Morin and Darby Shea could become the first seniors in 72 years to say they led Edward Little to a state championship. “It […]
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Maine's dunking problem — Technical fouls causing uproar
Edward Little’s Wol Maiwen goes up for a dunk during a game earlier this year in Auburn against Lewiston High School. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Dunk the ball. Get a technical foul. It’s a trend that has coaches, players and fans exasperated during this year’s Maine high school basketball tournament. Dunking a basketball is legal in […]
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C South girls' championship: Yes, this one meant more to the Mustangs
Boothbay’s Isabel Harkins tries to block shot by Monmouth Academy’s Hannah Anderson during the Class C South championship Saturday at the Augusta Civic Civic. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — The first regional title is always special. But beating rival Boothbay for the second made Monmouth’s second Class C South championship in a row a little […]
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Vinalhaven tops Rangeley in D South girls’ basketball final
Brooke Egan of Rangeley shoots over Deja Doughty of Vinalhaven during the fourth quarter in Augusta on Saturday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) AUGUSTA — A rare charge call against Gilleyanne Davis-Oakes lit a fire in the Vinalhaven senior. That was the spark the Vikings needed to repeat as Class D South girls’ basketball regional champions, which […]
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RED REIGN — Edward Little girls going back to state title game after beating Oxford Hills
Edward Little’s Grace Fontaine drives to the basket past Oxford Hills’ Maighread Laliberte during the Class AA North girls’ basketball finals at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland on Friday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Edward Little’s Piper Norcross waves the net after the Auburn players won the Class AA North girls’ basketball finals at the Cross […]
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Rangeley outlasts Temple in D South semifinal
Rangeley’s Natasha Haley pressures Temple’s Sarah Derosiers during their Class D tournament game in Augusta on Thursday. Rangeley’s Ellah Smith is at right. (David Leaming/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — With a lineup that included a couple of eighth-graders and a sophomore on the floor at the same time, ,it’s understandable that the Rangeley girls basketball team […]