The two Mt. Blue graduates had success beyond Farmington — Adams at Thomas and then as Edward Little’s coach, and Heather (Ernest) Bond as one of UMaine’s all-time best players.
Girls Basketball
Sam Morin ready to develop relationships and players as Lewiston’s girls basketball coach
Morin, a 2013 Oak Hill graduate, is the Blue Devils’ third coach in three years. Also, Jennifer Curlee has been hired to coach the Blue Devils volleyball team.
Varsity Maine Girls’ Team of the Year: Unexpected perfection for Cheverus
The Cheverus girls’ basketball team rose from uncertainty to invincibility en route to a Gold Ball.
Girls basketball: Keith Derosby leaving Messalonskee to be Monmouth’s head coach
Longtime coach leaving the Eagles, who he led to the 2016-17 state championship, to coach closer to home in Monmouth.
Girls basketball: Frank Perry ready to share his passion for coaching with Edward Little
Perry, who has 20 years of coaching basketball at the Maine Basketball Club, gets his first crack coaching high school basketball.
Most high school softball coaches in Maine are men. A push for change is underway
The blueprint used to get more women involved comes from UMaine women’s basketball coach Amy Vachon.
Girls basketball: Frank Perry tabbed as Edward Little’s new coach
Perry has extensive background coaching girls hoops in the Twin Cities. He replaces Kristina Blais, who stepped down after leading the program for two seasons.
2023-24 WMC Winter All-Conference Teams
BASKETBALL Boys Class A/B First Team Evan Hamm, Senior, Yarmouth; JT Pound, Senior, Freeport; Nate Hebert, Senior, Gray-New Gloucester; Derek Parsons, Senior, York; Gunnar Saunders, Senior, Fryeburg Academy. Second Team Aiden Hebert, Senior, Gray-New Gloucester; Jackson Leding, Senior, Greely; Matt Gautreau, Senior, Yarmouth; Eli Roy, Senior, Wells; Jackson Libby, Junior, Lake Region. Third Team Lukas […]
2023-24 Mountain Valley Conference winter all-star teams
BOYS BASKETBALL Player of the Year: Sammy Calder, Monmouth. Co-Coaches of the Year: Cody St. Germain, Dirigo; Wade Morrill, Monmouth. First Team Finn Harkins, Boothbay; Nathaniel Wainwright, Dirigo; Keagan McClure, Maranacook; Payton Mitchell, Mt. Abram; Cam Grey, Mt. Abram; Jace Bessey, Spruce Mountain; Cai Dougher, Spruce Mountain; Sammy Calder, Monmouth. Second Team Cole Bard, Winthrop; […]
Basketball: MPA panel chooses to keep classification drop-down rule into next year
The Basketball Committee opted against changes this season to the rule, which gives struggling teams a chance to play down a class.