AUGUSTA — Loosely translated from Spanish, ‘ganas’ refers to the desire to move forward. Appropriately, a sign with that very word adorns a bulletin board in the Boothbay girls basketball team’s locker room, and they took its inspiration to heart Thursday afternoon. Racked by team-wide illness this week and without their best player for most […]
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Mustangs break away from Bobcats in fourth quarter
Monmouth Academy’s Abbey Allen (12) lays in a shot during a Class C South semifinal game Thursday against Richmond at the Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — The prospect of seeing its season end on Thursday snapped Monmouth Academy out of a third-quarter slumber in the Class C South semifinals. Second-seeded Monmouth pulled […]
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Girls' basketball: Lake Region knocks off Gray-NG in B South semis
Shauna Hancock, left, and Brooke Harriman, second from left, of Lake Region High School celebrate with their teammates after defeating top-seeded Gray-New Gloucester 34-31 in Portland on Thursday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) PORTLAND — There will be a new champion of Class B South girls’ basketball. Two-time defending champion and top-seeded Gray-New Gloucester had its title […]
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Rangeley outlasts Temple in D South semifinal
Rangeley’s Natasha Haley pressures Temple’s Sarah Derosiers during their Class D tournament game in Augusta on Thursday. Rangeley’s Ellah Smith is at right. (David Leaming/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — With a lineup that included a couple of eighth-graders and a sophomore on the floor at the same time, ,it’s understandable that the Rangeley girls basketball team […]
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Freeport holds off Poland in B South girls' semifinal
Poland Regional High School coach Tim Dolley and his bench react after Jesica Seeley was called for traveling on a layup attempt with seven-tenths of a second left in the game against Freeport in Portland on Thursday. The knights lost 40-38. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) PORTLAND — Freeport advanced to a regional final for the first […]
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Vinalhaven thumps Greenville, reached D South girls' final
AUGUSTA — The Vinalhaven girls basketball team took another step in its quest to defend its Class D state title by thumping Greenville 54-34 in a D South regional semifinal Thursday at the Civic Center. Gilleyanne Davis-Oakes led three players in double figures with 19 points and Vinalhaven broke open a close game in the […]
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Lewiston downs Biddeford to cap regular season
LEWISTON — Lewiston’s top scoring senior made his presence known on senior night Evan Cox had two goals to lead the Blue Devils past the Biddeford Tigers 5-2 in both team’s regular season finale Wednesday, giving him 12 goals and six assists on the season. Cox deflected the attention. “It was mostly a team effort,” […]
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Boys' hockey: St. Dom's scores lates, settles for tie with Greely
St. Dom’s Jacob Lewis jousts with Cole Stetson of Greely during their game Wednesday at Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. AUBURN — St. Dominic Academy’s lone senior, Mack Pelletier, saved his team from a defeat on his senior night Wednesday. Pelletier scored on a power play with 2:24 left in regulation and the Saints […]
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Monmouth's Day among Maine Miss Basketball semifinalists
Monmouth’s Tia Day drives past Boothbay’s Sydney Meader during the Mustangs’ 49-36 victory over the Seahawks last Saturday at Monmouth Academy. Monmouth Academy senior guard Tia Day is among 10 semifinalists for Maine’s Miss Basketball announced on Wednesday. The award is given annually to the top senior girls’ basketball player in the state by the […]
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AA North girls' semifinal: Oxford Hills starts hot, hold off Cheverus to reach regional final
PORTLAND — The Oxford Hills Vikings’ hot start propelled them to into the Class AA North championship. Maighread Laliberte and the Vikings made their first seven shots at Cross Insurance Arena on Wednesday in the AA North quarterfinals, and held on for a 59-49 win over Cheverus. “They shot so well in the first half,” […]