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 […]
Girls Basketball
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 […]
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.
Edward Little survives Lewiston in AA North girls’ basketball quarterfinals (WITH VIDEO)
AUBURN — Victoria Harris and Lewiston pushed Edward Little to the absolute limit, but the Red Eddies made one more play than their rivals down the stretch to win 49-48 in a Class AA North girls’ basketball quarterfinal Wednesday night. Hannah Chaput’s layup gave third-seeded Edward Little the one-point lead with 13 seconds left. “I […]
C South girls' basketball prelim: No. 10 St. Dom's upends No. 7 Kents Hill
KENTS HILL — Pressure mounted in multiple ways when No. 10 St. Dominic Academy and No. 7 Kents Hill School met in a Class C South girls’ basketball preliminary round game Tuesday. The visiting Saints unleashed a full-court pressure that kept the Huskies to just 15 first-half points, but the hosts then put the pressure […]
Gray-NG girls lock down top seed, topple Freeport
Gray-New Gloucester’s Brianna Jordan left, grabs a loose ball before Freeport’s Catriona Gould, right, can get to it during the first half of Thursday’s game. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) GRAY — Gray-New Gloucester locked down the top seed in Class B South, but Freeport made the Patriots earn it. The Patriots outlasted the Falcons in a […]
Girls' basketball: Success a team thing for Gray-New Gloucester's Bri Jordan
Gray-New Gloucester’s Brianna Jordan muscles her way past Lake Region’s Chandler True, left, and Shauna Hancock, right, as she heads to the basket for a layup during the first half of a game last month. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Gray-New Gloucester girls’ basketball coach Mike Andreasen expects the world of junior guard Bri Jordan. “We ask […]
Girls' basketball: Monmouth jumps on Mountain Valley early, cruises to 39-point win
RUMFORD — Monmouth cruised from the start Saturday and finished its regular season with a 63-24 girls’ basketball win over Mountain Valley. The Mustangs scored the first 12 points of the game and held a 20-4 lead by the end of the first quarter. “We knew they were good, but we weren’t expecting them to […]
Girls' basketball: Gray-New Gloucester defense stymies Poland
Gray-New Gloucester’s Brianna Jordan, background, gets into position to block a layup attempt by Poland’s Nathalie Theriault during the first half of Friday night’s girls’ basketball game in Poland. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) POLAND — Gray-New Gloucester’s defense was stout in a showdown between the top two girls’ basketball teams in Class B South. The Patriots […]
St. Dom's girls run away from Hyde
St. Dominic Academy’s Maddie Leslie (12) defends against Hyde’s Maeve Dunn during their game in Bath on Tuesday. (Eric Maxim/Brunswick Times Record) BATH — After a slow start, the St. Dom’s girls netted 20 second-quarter points to pull away and cruise to a 52-21 victory over Hyde in Class C South basketball action Tuesday. The […]