Monmouth’s Abbey Allen eyes the basket between Boothbay’s Nicole Clarke and Page Brown during Saturday afternoon’s game at Monmouth Academy. Dirigo coach Rebecca Fletcher might have put it best when asked about Class C South and the Mountain Valley Conference. “The league is, I think, a year stronger,” she said. And that’s difficult prospect for […]
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Class B Girls: Agile Gray-New Gloucester hopes for encore, region up for grabs
The Gray New Goucester bench erupts after the final basket of the Class B girl’s State Championship at the Augusta Civic Center last March. Several Patriots had front-row seats as four seniors, a sophomore and a junior carried Gray-New Gloucester to the first girls’ basketball state championship in the school’s history. Playing time was sparse […]
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Class A Girls: Mt. Blue, Leavitt eyeing postseason berths
Mt. Blue’s Kasadie Barker (22) and Leavitt’s Allie Belaire, right, wrestle for the ball in a basketball game in Turner last season Mt. Blue coach Fred Conlogue has to be one of the few coaches in the state who would love to have a shot at Greely. “That’s where I went to high school,” Conlogue […]
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Class AA Girls: Oxford Hills has plenty of teams chasing this season
Edward Little High School’s Jade Perry, left, drives past Lewiston High School’s Gabrielle Wilson during their game in Lewiston last season. (Sun Journal file photo) Oxford Hills has just enough question marks to make Class AA North interesting. The Vikings are still the favorites, after plowing through the region last year with a 17-1 regular […]
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Spruce Mountain Phoenix 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
Last season, everything Spruce Mountain did was centered around Alex Bessey. And for good reason: Bessey was a career 1,000-point scorer, and the Phoenix were an inexperienced team. Bessey is now playing at Central Maine Community College, but second-year Spruce Mountain coach Zach Keene said the program is ready for the next stage. “We return […]
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Oak Hill Raiders 2017-18 girls basketball preview
The Raiders are down five seniors from last year and don’t have much returning varsity experience with which to replace them. Still, second-year coach Mike Labonte said, “Should be a fun and exciting season at Oak Hill.” Sophomore Desirae Dumais is back at point guard after leading the team with 10.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and […]
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Mt. Blue Cougars 2016-17 girls' basketball preview
The way second-year coach Fred Conlogue figures it, Mt. Blue needs to be five points better in each direction. The Cougars scored about 35 points and allowed around 45 during their 5-13 campaign in 2016-17. “We feel if we can cut the 45 down to 40 and get the offense up to 40, we going […]
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Poland Knights 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
The starting five is back from last year’s region semifinalist. Since most of the other Class B South teams were depleted by graduation, Poland might seem in line to take a potentially large step forward in 2017-18. However, new coach Tim Dolley, who has been Poland’s JV coach for the past seven years, is more […]
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Winthrop Ramblers 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
The past few years, a resilient group of seniors led Winthrop from JV status to the double-digit wins and a postseason appearance in 2016-17, the program’s first since 2011. On the court, though, there was a trio of freshmen that was just as important to the Ramblers success last season: leading scorers Kena Souza and […]
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Mountain Valley Falcons 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
In his first four years at the helm of the Mountain Valley, Ryan Casey worked with a large, talented group of players from their freshman year through their senior year, which culminated with a 16-3 season and a playoff appearance. That group is now gone. “All nine of those graduates had a significant role,” Casey […]