Old Orchard Beach’s Kaitlyn Cole looks for an opening as Winthrop’s Aaliyah WilsonFalcone defends during their Class C preliminary-round game Tuesday. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald) OLD ORCHARD BEACH — When the Class C South pairings were announced, Dean Plante knew his third-ranked Old Orchard Beach girls’ basketball team was in for a tough preliminary round […]
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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 […]
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Mt. Abram knocks off Hebron in C South girls' basketball prelim
Summer Ross of Mt. Abram takes a layup while being defended by Eliza Quinones, left, and Caroline Casolo of Hebron Academy on Tuesday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) HEBRON — Mt. Abram jumped out to a big lead and finally pulled away at the end, defeating the Hebron 43-29 in the Class C South girls’ basketball playoffs […]
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WATCH OR LISTEN: MPA girls' basketball tournament preview
Watch as the Sun Journal’s Lee Horton joins Travis Barrett of the Kennebec Journal and Travis Lazarczyk of the Morning Sentinel for a preview of the upcoming MPA girls’ basketball tournament. Or listen to their conversation below. Abby Ferland of Monmouth Academy goes for a layup while being guarded by Marah Hall of Madison in […]
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WATCH OR LISTEN: Preview of MPA boys' basketball tournament
Watch as Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel reporters analyze the upcoming MPA boys’ basketball tournament. Or listen to it below. Winthrop High School’s Cam Wood is surrounded by Spruce Mountain High School defenders during a basketball game in Winthrop this season. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal Photo)
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H.S. basketball: C South teams set to tip off postseason
Oak Hill’s Kaitlyn Ridley, left and Winthrop’s Aaliyah WilsonFalcone jockey for position under the basket as they vye for a rebound during a game last month in Winthrop. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Hebron Academy, Mt. Abram, St. Dominic Academy and Winthrop help open the girls’ basketball postseason Tuesday in Class C South preliminary games. Winthrop finished […]
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Boys' basketball: Tournament returns to Edward Little HS
Ibn Khalid of Edward Little High School shoots over Trey Ballew of Portland High School during a game last month in Auburn. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) Edward Little High School isn’t completely unfamiliar with hosting tournament basketball. The school gymnasium was a hub of state tournament action as recently as the 1960s. The Red Eddies hosted […]
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Girls' basketball: Oxford Hills, Gray-NG carry top seeds into postseason
Poland Regional High School’s Sarah Moody, center, gets her hand tangled with Gray-New Gloucester’s Jordan Grant as Grant goes up for a layup during their game in Gray earlier this season. At right is Poland’s Moragn Brousseau. (Justin Pelletier/Sun Journal File Photo) It might not have been as pretty as last year, but after 18 […]