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B South boys' quarterfinal: Capers cruise past Falcons in second half

Mountain Valley’s Jacob Blanchard pushes past Cape Elizabeth’s David Hare during Saturday’s 2018 Maine State basketball tournament at the Portland Expo. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PORTLAND — The exclamation point, if not the turning point, for No. 2 Cape Elizabeth in Saturday’s Class B South boys’ basketball quarterfinal against No. 7 Mountain Valley required two saves. […]

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B South boys' quarterfinal: No. 3 Yarmouth grinds it out against No. 6 Maranacook

PORTLAND — When Maranacook’s perimeter shooting dried up, the drought opened the door to Yarmouth’s transition game in a Class B South boys’ quarterfinal game at the Portland Expo on Saturday morning. The No. 6 Black Bears’ (13-6) stingy defense tried to hold the No. 3 Clippers (13-6) in check, but Yarmouth had other plans […]

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D South boys' basketball playoff preview: Greenville the team to beat

Players to watch: Sr. G Nick Foley, Greenville; Sr. F Connor DiAngelo, Greenville; Sr. G Joshua Brown, Valley; Sr. C Dillon Beane, Valley; Sr. C Alex Shoureus, A.R. Gould; Sr. G/F Ernest Lorange, A.R. Gould; Sr. G Carson Veilleux, Forest Hills; Jr. F Brandon Gilboe, Forest Hills; Sr. G/F Jet Archer, Seacoast Christian; Sr. G/F […]

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C South boys' basketball playoff preview: Dark horse could emerge from region

Players to watch: Sr. G Tyler Nadeau, Hall-Dale; Jr. F/C Ashtyn Abbott, Hall-Dale; Jr. G Jared McLaughlin, Winthrop; Jr. C Cam Wood, Winthrop; Sr. F Christian Brooks, Waynflete; So. G Askar Houssein, Waynflete; Sr. F Cooper Chiasson, Dirigo; Sr. G Luke Lueders, Dirigo; Sr. G Zach Small, Richmond; Sr. G Matt Rines, Richmond; Sr. G […]

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Class A girls' basketball playoff preview: Brunswick, Hampden earned top seeds

Players to watch: Jr. G Anna DeWolfe, Greely; Sr. F Sophia Gilbert, Leavitt; Sr. F Becca Fogg, Leavitt. Favorites: Brunswick, Hampden. Both teams rolled through their regions during the regular season, each earning top seeds. Dark horses: Greely, Skowhegan, Messalonskee. Greely had only two losses: by two points at Brunswick and by 10 points at […]

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Class C South girls' basketball playoff preview: Boothbay, Monmouth on collision course

Players to watch: Jr. F Faith Blethen, Boothbay; Sr. F Page Brown, Boothbay; Sr. G Tia Day, Monmouth; Sr. F Abbey Allen, Monmouth; Sr. G Brianna Plante, Old Orchard Beach; So. C Maggie Strohm, Old Orchard Beach; Sr. G Sydney LeBlanc, Madison; Sr. C Sydney Underhill-Tilton, Richmond; Sr. F Cassidy Delano, Traip; Sr. G Caroline […]

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Boys’ basketball: Seniors have Vikings sailing to semifinals

Oxford Hills players Chris St. Pierre, left and Atreyu Keniston take a break from Friday’s practice at Central Maine Community College in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — This has been a season of adjustments for the Oxford Hills Vikings, so a late change to the practice schedule to spend an afternoon at Central Maine […]

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Oxford Hills pulls away from Deering in AA North girls' basketball quarters

Oxford Hills’ Cecelia Dieterich looks to get a shot off over Deering’s Victoria Garand and Elizabeth Drelich, back, during their game in Paris on Thursday. (Brewster Burns photo) PARIS — Deering proved to be a tough eighth seed, but Oxford Hills is a deep one-seed, and that made the difference in the Vikings’ 55-40 win […]