PORTLAND — Pass, dribble, pass. Dribble, pass. Dribble, slash, score. That’s the abridged but substantially explanatory version of how Deering picked apart Oxford Hills in a Class AA boys’ basketball holiday matinee on Monday. Deering shot 62 percent from the field in the first half, fashioned 50 points and cruised to an 81-49 victory. “In the […]
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Boys’ basketball: Iman builds on traditions at Edward Little
One, inescapable since he started watching the team from the sidelines with mascot-like devotion in elementary school, is his last name. Most observers with even a passing interest in the local game recognize Yusuf Iman, a central figure in the Red Eddies’ back-to-back regional titles in 2009 and 2010. “I remember back when people were […]
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Boys’ basketball: Dirigo denies Madison for 42nd consecutive win at Defoe
DIXFIELD — Mountain Valley Conference opponents are running out of defensive options against the Dirigo boys’ basketball team. Every coach’s preference for countering a team of slashers and speedsters — some variety of zone — isn’t working. The Cougars have more shooters than the early-season scouting report let on. They sank nine 3-pointers on Friday evening at […]
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Boys’ basketball: Boothbay survives late charge from Winthrop, Hickey
BOOTHBAY HARBOR — Boothbay watched Thursday night’s movie before. Less than 24 hours earlier, in fact, when the Seahawks gave away a double-digit lead and lost at Monmouth on an overtime buzzer-beater. This time, in the comfort of their own gym, the Seahawks found the sequel more satisfying. Winthrop ran out of time before Boothbay ran out […]
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Boys’ basketball: Plourde, Edward Little put away Bangor, 70-58
Bangor learned that the hard way about Jarod Norcross Plourde on Wednesday night. Plourde erupted for 21 points in a 5-minute, 33-second span of the third quarter and finished with a career-high 39 in the Red Eddies’ 70-58 Class AA victory. “I think we settled (for outside shots) in the second quarter,” Plourde, a 6-2 […]
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Boys’ basketball: Lewiston offense sputters again in loss to Scarborough
LEWISTON — The only way Scarborough freshman Nick Fiorillo featured prominently in Lewiston’s scouting report is if the Blue Devils and their coaching staff closely followed the preceding junior varsity contest on Friday night. Well, then again, maybe not. “I had a rough JV game, but when I got into the (varsity) game, Coach (Tony DiBiase) […]
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Boys’ basketball: Edward Little frustrates Lewiston, 54-39
LEWISTON — The Edward Little boys’ basketball team is making the transition from rebuilding to reloading in midstream. Beaten in five of its first six games, badly overmatched in short bursts against the favorites in Class AA, EL extended its winning streak to three on Wednesday night with a defensive clinic at the expense of […]
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Boys’ basketball: Winthrop wipes out Hall-Dale
Life was back to normal on Tuesday night for the Ramblers, who rattled off 13 consecutive points while holding Hall-Dale scoreless for a three-minute stretch of the second quarter and cruised to a 64-36 win. Garrett Tsouprake and Jacob Hickey combined for 16 points in the decisive second stanza, helping Winthrop (8-1) extend a modest […]
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Boys’ basketball: Spruce Mountain hangs on against Gray-New Gloucester
JAY — Spruce Mountain let Maranacook get away in the third quarter of a December boys’ basketball battle. Then the Phoenix blew a nine-point lead in the fourth period against Poland, only to back it up by wasting multiple chances to put away Gardiner in regulation. Three losses, three crises of confidence, all of which reared […]
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Boys’ basketball: Fleming hurdles 1,000 points as Oxford Hills tops Cony
AUGUSTA — Cony knew it was the inevitable victim of Andrew Fleming’s 1,000th career point. He was stuck at 999 coming into Wednesday night, after all. But that didn’t mean the Rams needed to make it easy for the Oxford Hills senior boys’ basketball star. Fleming was double-teamed at every turn from the opening tap. When […]