Lewiston’s Damien Poulin, right, can’t stop Edward Little’s Storm Jipson as he throws up a hook shot during Friday night’s game in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — The last time the Edward Little and Lewiston boys’ basketball teams faced off, the Red Eddies’ intensity waned after building a big lead in the first half. […]
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Local roundup: Telstar girls’ basketball earns first win
Mt. Blue’s Ellie Pelletier makes her way down the pitch, skiing to a first-place finish at Titcomb Mountain in Farmington on Friday. BETHEL — In a battle for their first win of the season, sophomore center Lucy Rothwell contributed 23 rebounds to go along with nine points as Telstar edged Wiscasset 41-37 in girls basketball […]
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Girls' basketball: Monmouth gets past Madison, 53-38
Abby Ferland of Monmouth Academy goes for a layup while being guarded by Marah Hall of Madison in Monmouth on Friday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) MONMOUTH — For Monmouth, games against Madison just mean a little something extra. When the Mustangs faced their MVC rival Friday night, some of the players had to give a little […]
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Girls' basketball: Edward Little holds off pesky Lewiston
Despite being surrounded by Lewiston players, Edward Little’s Chantel Ouellette drives to the basket during Friday night’s game in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Lewiston didn’t let Edward Little pull away, and the Red Eddies refused to let the Blue Devils overtake them. “I kind of knew that it was going to be a […]
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Boothbay girls spoil Oak Hill's solid outing
Oak Hill’s Desirae Dumais, left, tries to get past Boothbay’s Sydney Meader during their game in Wales on Thursday. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) WALES — For four straight games, all wins, Oak Hill girls basketball coach Mike Labonte had been seeing signs that his team was starting to come together. And even in the loss that […]
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Roundup: Spruce Mountain rallies past Winthrop in overtime
JAY — Haley Turcotte helped lead the charge as Spruce Mountain erased a nine-point fourth-quarter deficit to force overtime and then defeated Winthrop 49-44 in the teams’ Mountain Valley Conference contest on Thursday. Turcotte hit four 3-pointers and finished with a team-leading 18 points for the Phoenix (6-6). Morgan Dalton added 12 in the win, […]
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Boys' basketball: Mountain Valley spreads its wings, whips Lisbon 57-39
Mountain Valley’s Keegan Davis, left and Michale Pare, right, team up to stop Lisbon’s DJ Douglass as he drives to the basket during Thursday night’s basketball game in Lisbon. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LISBON — With its top scorer battling sickness, Mountain Valley’s other players had to battle for him. Part of that meant battling against […]
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Edward Little stuffs previously unbeaten Cape Elizabeth
Edward Little scores its first goal against Cape Elizabeth during the first period at Troubh Ice Arena on Thursday. Edward Little won, 5-1. (Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — To Cape Elizabeth coach Matthew Buotte, Thursday night’s loss to Edward Little didn’t just boil down to his team’s lack of execution. It came down to attitude. “We […]
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Mt. Blue’s Mittelstadt is a player to watch — and applaud
Mt. Blue sophomore guard and captain Lexi Mittelstadt (24) takes the ball down the court against Skowhegan in Farmington on Monday night. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — Being the second leading scorer in the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference A North is quite an accomplishment for a sophomore, but Lexi Mittelstadt’s exploits on offense has also […]
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Gray-NG boys run away from Lake Region
GRAY — Once Gray-New Gloucester found its rhythm, there wasn’t much Lake Region could do in Tuesday’s boys’ basketball contest. The Patriots took control in the second quarter and never looked back in a 63-34 win, their second over the Lakers this season. “I definitely think it was momentum,” Gray-NG guard John Martin said. “We […]