The world is different than it was 1965, but the way certain things in sports make us feel, Mike Mandell writes, is not.
Boys Basketball
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.
Basketball: Debate swirls over rule allowing struggling teams to play down in class
Some high school coaches say the rule gives unsuccessful teams a needed boost, while others say it’s unfair to smaller schools vying for playoffs.
2023-24 Sun Journal All-Region Boys Basketball Teams
FIRST TEAM Sammy Calder, Monmouth, Senior, Forward Aidan Hebert, Gray-New Gloucester, Senior, Guard/Forward Nate Hebert, Gray-New Gloucester, Senior, Guard Payton Mitchell, Mt. Abram, Senior, Guard/Forward Player of the Year: Evans Sterling, Mt. Blue, Senior, Guard SECOND TEAM Marshal Adams, Edward Little, Senior, Guard Jace Bessey, Spruce Mountain, Junior, Guard Abdirahman Dakane, Lewiston, Junior, Guard Noah […]
Sun Journal Boys Basketball Player of the Year: Evans Sterling, Mt. Blue
The good-at-everything senior point guard elevated his game and the Cougars this season.
High school basketball: Dunking not as easy as it seems for players at McDonald’s Senior All-Star Games
Sometimes, the ability to finish is more important than the flashiness of the move, according to state’s top seniors.
Basketball: Cooper Flagg named Naismith Player of the Year
The former Nokomis High star is the fifth player from Montverde Academy in the last 11 years to be selected as the best high school player in the country.