All three award finalists are in state championship games, Cheverus and Hampden travel similar paths in Class A, and top scorers meet in Class B.
Drew Bonifant
Staff Writer
Drew Bonifant covers sports for the Press Herald, with beats in high school football, basketball and baseball. He was previously part of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel sports team. A New Hampshire native and 2010 graduate of Northeastern University, he came to Maine in September 2016 after four years at the Concord Monitor, where he covered NASCAR, University of New Hampshire hockey and high schools and won a NH Press Association award for his work. He also worked for two years as a college co-op at the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. An avid golfer, frequent skier and consumer of sports, movie and music trivia, heโs a fan of the New England Patriots, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Flyers and Miami Heat โ and yes, heโs aware of how random those teams seem.
Cheverus girls basketball gets payback, beats South Portland in Class A South final
Kylie Lamson scores 19 points and the Stags’ defense comes up big in a rematch of the 2025 Class AA state final.
Oceanside girls basketball wins B South with record-breaking shooting
The Mariners hit 12 3-pointers en route to a runaway win over top-seeded Gray-New Gloucester in the regional final.
Cheverus boys basketball beats Scarborough to make first regional final since 2011
The Stags get 21 points from Colton Jewett and 19 from Khaelon Watkins to end No. 8 Scarborough’s run.
Cheverus girls basketball rallies past Biddeford to reach A South final
Miss Maine semifinalist Kylie Lamson scores 13 points in the fourth quarter to lead the top-seeded Stags.
Yarmouth boys basketball rallies, then stuns No. 1 York in overtime
The Clippers erase a 16-point deficit, then bounce back after allowing a tying 3-pointer in the final second of a Class B South semifinal.
Gray-New Gloucester girls basketball prevails down stretch to reach B South final
Abbey Steele has 16 points and freshman Bryn Gilmore adds 15 to lead the Patriots to a semifinal win over Marshwood.
Class A South girls basketball teams adjust to new playoff home
Quarterfinal and semifinal games are at the Expo, which for former Class AA schools creates a new playoff environment and a “different vibe.”
Scarborough boys basketball shocks No. 1 Windham in overtime
The Red Storm let a lead slip away in the fourth quarter but prevaile at the finish to take out the two-time state champions.
Marshwood girls basketball wins thriller, and other takeaways from Class B South
Natalie Lathrop hits a stunner, role players step up for York and Oceanside, and Poland caps another chapter in its turnaround.