Telstar is back playing varsity ball after dropping down to the JV level last year. “This group of girls has worked in the offseason to improve their game for the next level,” Brad Mills, who remains the Rebels’ coach, said. Telstar also has a good-sized crop of freshman joining the program, some of whom participated […]
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Gray-New Gloucester Patriots 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
Gray-New Gloucester lost two-thirds of the scoring from its one-loss, state championship team to graduation, but its still an interesting team in 2017-18. “We’ve got some pretty good pieces,” seventh-year coach Michael Andreasen said. “Obviously, not as experienced as we have been.” Specifically, that is a reference to the returns of junior Bri Jordan and […]
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St. Dominic Academy Saints 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
St. Dom’s came so close last year. So close to a winning record, as the Saints had a handful of losses by less than five points. So close to the Class C South quarterfinals, falling against Madison in the preliminary round by only four points. And close to who knows what else after that. They […]
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Lewiston Blue Devils 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
Lewiston features a favorable mixture of players in 2017-18. They have proven talent — such as Class AA North first-teamer Victoria Harris — and experience — three of the five starters return, and several others saw significant action off the bench last season. For example, sophomores Maddy Foster and Cece Racine will take on larger […]
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Hebron Lumberjacks 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
For the second year in a row, the Lumberjacks won 12 games and claimed the MAISAD title. But, also for the second year in a row, their season ended one game shy of Augusta. Leading scorers Franceska Halloran and Maddy New are back. Halloran, especially, was prolific, surpassing 20 points on a handful of occasions […]
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Edward Little Red Eddies 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
This will be a season of change for Edward Little. It’s almost impossible for it not to be. It starts at the top, with coach Chris Cifelli taking over for Craig Jipson, who helmed the Red Eddies program for 12 seasons, including last year when they reached the regional semifinals. Also gone, due to graduation, […]
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Mt. Abram Roadrunners 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
Expect the Roadrunners to live up to their name this season. “We’re going to be faster than we were last year,” fourth-year coach Larry Donald said. “We live and die by the press. We’re not big enough to do a slow-it-down, pack-it-in halfcourt offense.” Donald expects his rotation, at least at the start of the […]
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Oxford Hills Vikings 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
Call it a fairly safe bet that Oxford Hills will be at or near the top of Class AA again this season. The question that remains is whether or not the Vikings can win the region and make it back to the state championship, and perhaps even win the school’s first basketball title. Underclassmen such […]
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Leavitt Hornets 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
Whatever Leavitt is at the start of the season, coach Dave Gerrish hopes it will be different by the end. “I think if we play hard, and I hate to use the old cliche, but if we kind of believe in the process of improvement all year, I think we could be really good by […]
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Monmouth Mustangs 2017-18 girls' basketball preview
Monmouth’s goal-setting meeting before the season was simple and to-the-point. “I looked at them and I said, ‘I assume all of you guys want to win another gold ball,’” eighth-year Mustangs coach Scott Wing said. “And they all just, in unison, went, yep.” Not all the juniors on last year’s state championship team return for […]