Oxford Hills’ biggest question mark this season is in the post. That’s a departure from the past four years when Tianna Sugars excelled down low on both ends of the floor. To answer the question, or at least account for the lack of Sugars, the Vikings are going to alter the way they play by […]
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Winter Preview: Leavitt girls’ basketball
Leavitt is coming off a season in which it made a return to the postseason, during which the Hornets advanced to the Class A South semifinals, wherein they lost to Greely. Leading the way for the Hornets was KVAC player of the year Chantel Eels. This year, Eels is not in Turner, she is instead […]
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Winter Preview: Mt. Blue girls’ basketball
Mt. Blue’s seniors will be under the stewardship of the third head coach of their tenures with the Cougars basketball team. However, the new coach, Fred Conlogue, isn’t completely unfamiliar to most of the Cougars, including those seniors. He previously served as the freshman and JV coach before taking a few years off to earn […]
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Winter Preview: Gray-New Gloucester girls’ basketball
Coming off an appearance in the Class B state championship game, Gray-New Gloucester isn’t planning on going anywhere. “I think we ought to be in the mix,” coach Mike Andreasen said. “But we’re not putting any expectations on how far we go or who we beat.” The Patriots lost their two tallest players, Alanna Camerl […]
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Winter Preview: Lisbon girls’ basketball
What Lisbon lacks in size it makes up for in versatility. Take Jasmin Le for example. Despite being only 5-foot-7, Le, the Greyhounds’ top returning scorer, will spend time in the post. But that’s not the only place she’ll play. “She’s one we can move around,” Lisbon coach Julie Petrie said. “That’s something good about […]
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Winter Preview: Mountain Valley girls’ basketball
Last year Mountain Valley moved up from Class C to Class B … and ended up improving its win total by three games, finishing 18-2 and advancing to the B South semifinals. The Falcons took the top seed into the postseason, and almost made it farther, but they lost 34-32 to Lincoln Academy. They lost […]
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Winter Preview: Oak Hill girls’ basketball
Former Lewiston coach Mike Labonte took over the Oak Hill program later in the offseason and missed the Raiders’ summer ball, but he already has an idea of what type of team the Raiders will be in 2016-17. “For lack of a better term, we’re going to be a workman-type club,” Labonte said. The Raiders […]
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Winter Preview: Poland girls’ basketball
Nathalie Theriault is back, and that alone is a nice perk for Poland. As a sophomore last year, Theriault, a guard, led the Knights in scoring, assists and rebounds as they went 8-12 and reached the Class B South quarterfinals. Poland essentially returns the same team in 2016-17, and third-year coach Mike Susi hopes that […]
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Winter Preview: Spruce Mountain girls’ basketball
Spruce Mountain found itself on the outside looking at the end of last season, finishing 7-11 and missing the postseason completely. That came after an 18-1 campaign in 2014-15. Zach Keene has been hired to take over the program that was most recently coached for two years by Chris Bessey. Keene was a Livermore Falls graduate […]
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Winter Previews: Buckfield girls’ basketball
Buckfield’s jump up from Class D to Class C didn’t affect the bottom line much. The Bucks went 6-13 in 2014-15 and then finished 6-12 last season. The only real difference was that they didn’t make the postseason last year. As it was a season ago, the objective for the 2016-17 Bucks will be to […]