Edward Little’s Piper Norcross goes for a basket while being pressured for behind by Portland’s Callie Watson during the Class AA North girls’ basketball semifinals in Portland at the Cross Insurance Arena on Wednesday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PORTLAND — Staying in the paint for too long isn’t allowed in basketball, but going to it early […]
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C South girls' quarter: Boothbay eases past Traip
AUGUSTA — The Boothbay Region High School girls basketball team’s tournament run started slower than the Seahawks expected. They quickly made up for lost time. Page Brown scored 24 points and top-seeded Boothbay rolled past No. 9 Traip Academy, 59-40, in the Class C South quarterfinals at the Augusta Civic Center. Boothbay remained unbeaten at […]
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No. 4 Madison takes charge, downs No. 12 Mt. Abram
Madison Area Memorial High School’s Kathryn Worthen blocks Mt. Abram High School’s Ashlyn Sorel on Tuesday during their Class C quarterfinal game in Augusta. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — Madison’s defense was so constricting and fast that it took the Mt. Abram Roadrunners out of their offense for most this Class C South girls’ basketball […]
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Fort Kent rallies, Cape Elizabeth dominates at Class B Alpine skiing
MARS HILL — There was a comeback on the hill Tuesday in the firls’ Class B Alpins skiing championships, but this year, it wasn’t Spruce Mountain coming from behind to stun the field. Fort Kent, behind a third-place finish from Alicia Guimond in the slalom event at Big Rock, rallied from 17 points back to […]
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Windham stuns, ousts defending champion Portland
Nazari Henderson celebrates after Windham beat Portland 55-53 in a Class AA North boys’ basketball semifinal at the Cross Insurance Arena on Tuesday. (Jill Brady/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — There will be a new state champion in Class AA boys’ basketball. Windham’s senior backcourt of Mike Gilman and Nick Curtis combined to shoot down two-time […]
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B South girls' quarter: Lake Region takes out Oak Hill
Lake Region’s Melissa Bonenfant battles for a rebound with Oak Hill’s Audrey Dillman left and Sadie Waterman during the first half of Tuesday’s playoff game at the Portland Expo. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) PORTLAND — It took the Lake Region girls’ basketball team about four minutes to get rolling in Tuesday’s Class B South quarterfinal game […]
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C South girls' quarter: No. 6 Richmond surprises No. 3 OOB
Old Orchard Beach’s Meghan Niedzwiecki and Richmond’s Lindsie Irish chase a loose ball during a Class C South quarterfinal game Tuesday at the Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — History was looking to repeat itself. The Richmond girls basketball team was down — again — to Old Orchard Beach — again — in […]
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Girls' basketball: Monmouth races past St. Dom's in C South quarterfinal
AUGUSTA — Monmouth Academy has an inside track to another regional final as the No. 2 seed in the Class C South girls’ basketball playoff bracket.
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B South girls' quarterfinal: Gray-NG passes Spruce Mountain test, reaches semis
Gray New-Gloucester’s Bri Jordan, center, leaps for a rebound during the first half of Tuesday’s tournament game at the Portland Expo. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) PORTLAND — Being the top seed isn’t always as easy as it sounds. It certainly wasn’t for Gray-New Gloucester on Tuesday when it had its hands full in a 49-34 win […]
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Class B boys' swimming: MDI captures crown
The Mount Desert Island team celebrates winning the Class B boys’ state swimming and diving championship at Bowdoin College in Brunswick on Tuesday. (Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald) BRUNSWICK — As the final heat of the 500-yard freestyle was coming to a close, swim official Fran Fox moved into position near the starting blocks with a […]