Cooper Flagg, who returned home Saturday to accept his 2021-22 Gatorade Player of the Year honor, is no less a piece of basketball in the state of Maine than he was a year ago, Mike Mandell writes.
Mike Mandell
Staff Writer
Mike Mandell came to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel in April 2022 after spending five and a half years with The Ellsworth American in Hancock County, Maine. He came to Maine out of college after graduating from the Missouri School of Journalism in 2016. He spent 2015 as the Mizzou football beat writer for the Columbia Missourian after previously covering high school sports and Mizzou women’s basketball for the newspaper. He lives just outside of downtown Waterville, less than a mile from the Morning Sentinel newsroom.
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Gardiner’s Gruber, Thornton Academy’s Davies named Miss, Mr. Maine Basketball winners
Duo named state’s top senior basketball players Friday at MABC banquet in Bangor.
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Class A girls basketball: Lawrence rides sensational performance past Brunswick to win title
Bulldogs claim 6th state championship with 58-43 victory over Dragons.
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C South boys basketball: Dirigo outlasts Mt. Abram to return to regional title game
Cougars will face Monmouth Academy in regional final for second straight year.
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C South boys basketball: Mt. Abram surges to quarterfinal win over Old Orchard Beach
Roadrunners win 67-49, advance to play Dirigo in regional semifinals.
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A North boys basketball: Cony rides masterful performance past Mt. Blue
Rams bury Cougars early to claim 72-50 quarterfinal victory.
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C South boys basketball: Fresh faces replace old guard in competitive field
Powerful teams still plentiful even with Hall-Dale, Winthrop, Waynflete absent.
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A North boys basketball: Swagger, star power abound as scene shifts to Augusta
Brewer enters as the top seed, but the region is full of contenders.
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Skiing: Mt. Blue sweeps KVAC Nordic titles and claims girls Alpine crown
Edward Little earns KVAC boys Alpine championship, while the Mt. Abram boys and Mountain Valley girls win MVC Alpine titles.
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Indoor track: Leavitt boys, MCI girls capture KVAC B championships
Hornets get redemption after last year’s runner-up finish, while Huskies beat out Lincoln Academy to win first-ever indoor conference title.