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Local roundup: Cougars win tight one over Hampden

FARMINGTON — The Mt. Blue boys’ basketball team handed Hampden Academy its first loss of the season Saturday, 73-72, on Saturday afternoon. James Anderson paced the Cougars (5-1) with 23 points. Garrett Reynolds added 16 and Caleb Talbot scored 11. Nine players scored for Mt. Blue. Hampden’s Bryce Lausier led all scorers with 38 points, […]

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Girls’ basketball: Richmond beats Lisbon for first win of season

Richmond guard Caitlin Kendrick (25) looks to the basket as Lisbon’s Mallory Fairbanks defends. (Times Record photo by Bob Conn) LISBON — There have been times this season where the Richmond and Lisbon girls’ basketball teams were on the cusp of winning that first game, only to suffer another loss. On Saturday, the winless Bobcats […]

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Girls’ basketball: Rangeley stifles Forest Hills

Rangeley Lakes Regional School’s Toni Almeraz (24) dives to save the ball against Forest Hill High School at Cony High School in Augusta on Saturday. (Morning Sentinel photo by Michael G. Seamans) AUGUSTA — Defensive pressure has always been the calling card of Rangeley coach Heidi Deery and the Lakers, Saturday’s win against Forest Hills […]

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Local roundup: Bri Jordan leads Gray-New Gloucester to win over Yarmouth

GRAY-NEW GLOUCESTER — Brianna Jordan had 12 points, five assists and four steals for Gray-New Gloucester, who used a 13-4 run in the third period to pull away and earn a 39-26 girls’ basketball victory over Yarmouth on Friday. Jordan Grant chipped in 11 points for Gray-New Gloucester (6-0), which led 30-15 through three quarters. Margaret […]

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Girls’ basketball: South Portland earns hard-fought win over Oxford Hills in Class AA showdown

South Portland’s Bela Cloutier fouls Oxford Hills’ Brooke Carson during Friday’s game in Paris. (Brewster Burns photo) PARIS — Oxford Hills erased a seven-point third quarter deficit to pull within one, but a couple of missed shots late, coupled with 23 points from South Portland’s junior forward Maggie Whitmore, halted the last-ditch efforts of the […]

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Local roundup: Lexi Mittelstadt’s 26 lead Mt. Blue to win over Cony

FARMINGTON — Lexi Mittelstadt scored 26 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for a double-double as Mt. Blue defeated Cony 47-38 in a girls’ basketball game Saturday. Mittelstadt led the way as the Cougars (4-1) pulled away in the fourth quarter. Kiely Reynolds scored 12 and also amassed five steals in the win. Cony (0-5) […]

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H.S basketball roundup: Hassan Hussein’s clutch trey gives Lewiston boys first win

Oxford Hills’ Brooke Carson gets by Lawrence’s Miranda Lambert, as Lambert’s teammate Lydia Townsend, left, steps in for support during Tuesday’s game. (Brewster Burns photo) BRUNSWICK — Hassan Hussein drained the final of his four 3-pointers during the waning seconds, giving Lewiston a 62-61 lead over Brunswick, which led to a 63-61 Blue Devils victory […]

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Girls’ basketball: Mt. Blue wards off Leavitt in overtime

Mt. Blue’s Ace Provencher (25) wrestles the ball away from Leavitt’s Taylor White in Turner on Tuesday night. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) TURNER — The Mt. Blue Cougars finally caught up with relentless Leavitt at the tail end of the fourth quarter after the Hornets’ sharp shooting sputtered in a KVAC girls’ basketball game Tuesday night. […]