After years of growing as a program, Mustangs find themselves a win away from playing for Gold Ball.
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.
Boys basketball: Cooper Flagg, Nokomis one win from states. Brewer stands in the way
The teams will look to make history when they meet Saturday night in Augusta for the Class A North title.
C South boys basketball: Monmouth puts the clamps on Waynflete to reach final
Manny Calder’s 17 points lead way as Monmouth takes lead in second quarter and never relinquishes it.
A North boys basketball: Cooper Flagg, Nokomis take down Cony to reach regional final
Flagg scores 22 points, including eight in fourth, as the Warriors make crunch time plays to advance.
C South boys basketball: Waynflete stifles top-seeded Winthrop in quarterfinals
Flyers’ defense has all the answers as Ramblers stumble early and never find a rhythm.
C South boys basketball: Mt. Abram muscles its way past Boothbay
Roadrunners’ relentless press makes quick work of Seahawks.
A North girls basketball: Gardiner buries Mt. Blue, cruises into semifinals
Lizzy Gruber scores 23 as Tigers take command early and never let up.
Maine high school basketball tournament is back after lost year
Players and coaches eager for start of postseason, and the return of the dramatics that come with it.
The Cooper Flagg Show set for big stage in high school basketball tournament
Talented Nokomis freshman and high-flying Warriors sure to be center of attention at Augusta Civic Center for A North tournament.
Wrestling: Oxford Hills wins first Class A North championship in 15 years
Eitan Afriat and Dillon Worster take individual titles while eight Vikings make finals to edge Mt. Ararat/Brunswick.