The top 10 basketball teams in Maine, based on voting from Pressherald.com, Centralmaine.com and Sunjournal.com staff, with first-place votes in parenthesis, followed by total points: BOYS 1. Greely (3) 56 2. Portland (2) 55 3. Hampden Academy (1) 48 4. Scarborough 42 5. Edward Little 28 6. Hermon 26 7. South Portland 20 8. Biddeford […]
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Boys' Basketball: Balanced Oxford Hills' spoils Fleming's return, 51-43
Oxford Hills’s Colton Carson attempts to get to the basket defended by Bangor’s Matt Fleming during their game in Paris on Wednesday. (Brewster Burns photo) PARIS — Oxford Hills fans gave former Viking a loud round of applause when he was introduced with Bangor’s starters before Wednesday’s KVAC basketball matinee. Things got a lot more […]
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Girls' Basketball: Energized Vikings pull away from Stags in second half
PARIS — Oxford Hills and Cheverus are both struggling with the flu bug right now. Only adding to their fatigue on Wednesday was a quick turnaround for both teams, which were coming off of road victories the night before. The Vikings sensed that the Stags were running on fumes and turned up the defensive pressure […]
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Boys' basketball: Oxford Hills breathes easy against Leavitt
TURNER — Four of Oxford Hills’ first six victories so far this season have been by single digits, so being able to work with some breathing room for most of Saturday night’s KVAC game against a young Leavitt team was a welcome change. Good ball movement and their trademark strong defense allowed the Vikings to […]
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Boys' basketball: Defensive Oxford Hills picks up big win over Edward Little
Edward Little’s Ibn Khalid goes to the basket as Oxford Hills’ Chris St. Pierre reaches for the ball. (Brewster Burns photo) PARIS — Hoping to host a first-round tournament game next month, Oxford Hills desperately needed a win to add to their Heal-point credentials. In order to close the gap on Edward Little, the team […]
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Girls' basketball: Oxford Hills earns redemption against Edward Little
Maighread Laliberte of Oxford Hills breaks from Jade Perry of Edward Little during the third quarter in Auburn on Thursday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Oxford Hills wanted to avenge its opening game loss to Edward Little on Thursday. Backed by a strong full-court press and an overpowering performance on the boards, the Vikings came […]
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Greely rallies past Oxford Hills in girls’ basketball showdown
Oxford Hills’ Jadah Adams grabs a loose ball as Greely’s Emma Spoerri tries to get in on the play from the rights during Saturday night’s match up at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PARIS — For three quarters, Oxford Hills kept Greely in check like few teams have. But the Rangers rallied back in […]
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Girls' basketball: Oxford Hills presses down Bangor
Oxford Hills’ Cassidy Dumont brings the ball up court during the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s game against Bangor. (Brewster Burns photo) PARIS — Bangor had the opportunity to take the last shot of the first half, but it didn’t happen the way the Rams originally planned. Oxford Hills sophomore guard Julia Colby stole the ball […]
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Boys' Basketball: Red Eddies survive Vikings' second-half surge
Edward Little’s Darby Shea drives to the basket past Oxford Hills’ Colton Carson during the first half of Friday night’s opening game of the season. The Red Eddies went on to defeat the Vikings 58-51. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Edward Little could have made Friday night’s season-opening victory over Oxford Hills look a little […]
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Oxford Hills Boys' Basketball
The transfer of Matt Fleming to Bangor during the off-season put a damper on Oxford Hills’ hopes of improving on last year’s regional semifinal appearance. The Vikings will still be athletic and play tough defense, and still have an experienced nucleus. But the biggest of the multiple voids left by the talented junior forward’s departure […]