Mackenzie Holmes, center, and Gorham teammates celebrate after defeating Scarborough. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — Back in early January, when asked how his Gorham High girls’ basketball team was handling a four-game losing streak, Laughn Berthiaume responded that the only streak that mattered was at the end of the year, in Portland, where the […]
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RED EDDIES' DAY — EL shuts down Windham to win AA North boys' title
Edward Little celebrates their win of the Class AA North boys’ basketball finals in Portland at the Cross Insurance Arena on Friday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PORTLAND — Edward Little’s boys’ basketball team didn’t want to be left out of the party the girls’ team has planned for next weekend, so it used its calling-card defense to […]
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RED REIGN — Edward Little girls going back to state title game after beating Oxford Hills
Edward Little’s Grace Fontaine drives to the basket past Oxford Hills’ Maighread Laliberte during the Class AA North girls’ basketball finals at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland on Friday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Edward Little’s Piper Norcross waves the net after the Auburn players won the Class AA North girls’ basketball finals at the Cross […]
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AA North girls' semifinal: Oxford Hills starts hot, hold off Cheverus to reach regional final
PORTLAND — The Oxford Hills Vikings’ hot start propelled them to into the Class AA North championship. Maighread Laliberte and the Vikings made their first seven shots at Cross Insurance Arena on Wednesday in the AA North quarterfinals, and held on for a 59-49 win over Cheverus. “They shot so well in the first half,” […]
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Eddies paint Portland maroon and white in AA North semis
Edward Little’s Piper Norcross goes for a basket while being pressured for behind by Portland’s Callie Watson during the Class AA North girls’ basketball semifinals in Portland at the Cross Insurance Arena on Wednesday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PORTLAND — Staying in the paint for too long isn’t allowed in basketball, but going to it early […]
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Windham stuns, ousts defending champion Portland
Nazari Henderson celebrates after Windham beat Portland 55-53 in a Class AA North boys’ basketball semifinal at the Cross Insurance Arena on Tuesday. (Jill Brady/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — There will be a new state champion in Class AA boys’ basketball. Windham’s senior backcourt of Mike Gilman and Nick Curtis combined to shoot down two-time […]
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AA North semifinals: Red Eddies sink Vikings
Edward Little’s Darby Shea goes up for a layup as Oxford Hills’ Christopher St. Pierre and Atreyu Keniston reach in to stop him during the first half of their game at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland on Tuesday. (Brewster Burns photo) PORTLAND — Edward Little and Oxford Hills split their two regular-season meetings, but […]
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And One: Mountain Valley boys in position to soar next year
Mountain Valley’s Cameron Godbois shoots the ball as Cape Elizabeth’s Tanner Carpenter and Andrew Hartel play defense during Saturday’s 2018 Maine State basketball tournament at the Portland Expo. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Not much went right for Mountain Valley in its 47-31 loss to Cape Elizabeth in the B South quarterfinals Saturday. The Falcons, though, are […]
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Boys’ basketball: Seniors have Vikings sailing to semifinals
Oxford Hills players Chris St. Pierre, left and Atreyu Keniston take a break from Friday’s practice at Central Maine Community College in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — This has been a season of adjustments for the Oxford Hills Vikings, so a late change to the practice schedule to spend an afternoon at Central Maine […]
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Oxford Hills pulls away from Deering in AA North girls' basketball quarters
Oxford Hills’ Cecelia Dieterich looks to get a shot off over Deering’s Victoria Garand and Elizabeth Drelich, back, during their game in Paris on Thursday. (Brewster Burns photo) PARIS — Deering proved to be a tough eighth seed, but Oxford Hills is a deep one-seed, and that made the difference in the Vikings’ 55-40 win […]