Edward LIttle’s Hannah Chaput, right, puts up a floater as South Portland’s Meghan Graff applies pressure during the first half of Tuesday’s game in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Edward Little entered Tuesday’s girls’ basketball game wanted to change the zero in South Portland’s loss column. “Before the game started, we said we wanted […]
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Girls' basketball: Mt. Abram survives Winthrop comeback
Mt. Abram High School’s Kaylee Knight (14) battles for a rebound with Winthrop High School’s Layne Audet (22) and Kena Souza (23), right, as teammate Ashlyn Sorel (30) helps in the first half at Mt. Abram High School in Strong on Friday. (Michael G. Seamans/Kennebec Journal) SALEM — A 16-point lead had disappeared, and in […]
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Girls' basketball: Monmouth wears down Richmond
Richmond’s Sydney Tillton, left, and Monmouth Academy’s Destiny Clough battle for a rebound during a game Thursday in the Foster Memorial Gym at Monmouth Academy. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) MONMOUTH — The Monmouth Academy girls’ basketball team started fast out of the gate Thursday night. And then, to wrap things up, the Mustangs did it again. […]
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Lisbon girls run away from Wiscasset
WISCASSET — Lisbon doubled its seven-point halftime lead with an 18-point third quarter and the Greyhounds pulled away for a 46-26 victory over Wiscasset in girls’ Mountain Valley Conference basketball action Friday night. Sophomore Giana Russo scored 12 of her game-high 20 points in the decisive third. “She’s a fantastic player. She’s grown so much […]
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Monmouth girls clip Richmond
Richmond High School’s Ashley Abbott, left, looks for a teammate to pass to as Monmouth Academy’s Abby Ferland defends during their game at Richmond High School on Friday. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) RICHMOND — Monmouth girls basketball coach Scott Wing could see his team was leading heading into halftime of Friday’s matchup against Richmond. He just […]
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Messalonskee girls too much for Mt. Blue
Mt. Blue High School’s Jacelyn Dagger (32) tries to split Messalonskee High School defenders Emily Parent (12) and Allyssa Turner (33) in Oakland on Friday. (Michael G. Seamans/Waterville Morning Sentinel) OAKLAND — Since dropping its first two games of the season, the Messalonskee High School girls basketball team has found its stride. That run of […]
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Roundup: NYA edges Buckfield in boys' basketball
Oxford Hills’ Stephen Dailey eyes the referee as he signals a pin against Cony’s Isaiah Dodge. (Brewster Burns photo) BUCKFIELD — Te’Andre King found the net with two mintes left in regulation to give North Yarmouth Academy (NYA) a 43-41 boys’ baskball victory over Buckfield. King led NYA (2-5) with a game-high 21 points and […]
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Winthrop repels Carrabec in MVC girls' contest
Winthrop High School’s Jillian Schmelzer, center, and Aaliiyah WilsonFalcone block Carrabec High School’s Melanie Clark during a basketball game on Wednesday in Winthrop.(Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) WINTHROP — It was looking like the kind of game the Winthrop High School girls basketball team had lost before. Carrabec was pulling off a comeback, chopping a 15-point third-quarter […]
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H.S. Basketball: Witches fly past Cougars
FARMINGTON — Brewer overcame a 10-point first-half deficit by outscoring Mt. Blue, 22-5, in the third quarter, then held off the Cougars in the fourth for a 59-52 victory in KVAC girls’ basketball action Monday. MacKenzie Dorr scored 18 points and Cassidy Smith 11 to lead the Witches (2-4), who made 15 of 21 free […]
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H.S. roundup: Phoenix fire 14 treys to beat Cobras
JAY — Senior guard Mason Shink tossed a team-high 19 points in a balanced attack as Spruce Mountain routed Carrabec 79-37 in boys’ basketball action Friday afternoon. The Phoenix (7-0) notched a school record with 14 three-point field goals. Senior guard Brett Frey chipped in with 15 points. Senior guard Evan Holzwoth posted a game-high […]