Welcome to the final day of #Tourney15 quarterfinal action. Today, the Western D, Western C and Western B girls’ teams take the floor in Augusta and Portland. Follow along with our team, and journalists across the state, as we bring you live updates from all of the games, all in one place. Click below to […]
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Western C quarterfinal: Dirigo tops Old Orchard Beach, wins in playoffs for 10th consecutive year
AUGUSTA — Riley Robinson had a sore back, lungs that were worn out from their first real test after a dozen days resting that injury, and a fresh, four-inch abrasion tricking blood from beneath his left eye. Winning, that feeling to which the Dirigo boys’ basketball program has become so accustomed in the past decade, […]
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LIVE BLOG: Eastern A and Western C boys’ quarterfinals
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Class C West boys’ tournament preview: Dirigo, Winthrop, Boothbay aim to restore MVC bragging rights
Players to watch: Boothbay — Evan Hepburn (6-1 Sr. F), John Hepburn (6-3 Sr. F), Jacob Leonard (6-0 Soph. F), Julian Aponte (6-0 Sr. G); Dirigo — Riley Robinson (6-2 Jr, G/F), Clay Swett (6-2 Jr. F), Kaine Hutchins (6-2 Jr. F), Gavin Arsenault (6-2 Jr. F), Tyler Frost (5-8 Jr. G); Waynflete — Milo […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Girls Basketball Tournament Preview
When you get the basketball tournament, you never know what’s going to happen. That’s what just about every coach preaches to their teams each winter. That unpredictability gives hope to all and provides the tourney with the sense of drama few other events can create. Where else can a last-second heave from beyond the arc […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Western C Overview
PLAYERS TO WATCH Sr. C Christine Miller, Maranacook (16.4 ppg, 18 rpg), Sr. F Liz D’Angelo (9.4 ppg, 5.7 rpg); Sr. G Morgan Crocker, Boothbay (14.5 ppg, 4.2 rpg), Soph F Page Brown, Boothbay (12.5 ppg, 5.8 rpg); Sr. F Kelsey Hutchins, Dirigo (13 ppg, 6.7 rpg), Sr. F Jessica Conant (15.6 ppg, 6.5 rpg); […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Oxford Hills is ready for another tourney run
PARIS — It’s beginning to look a lot like last year for the Oxford Hills girls’ basketball team. And that’s not such a bad thing. A year ago, the Vikings started slow, going 1-3 but won 13 of its last 14 games to earn the third seed. Oxford Hills then survived an overtime game in […]
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Boys’ basketball: Edward Little, Lewiston, Dirigo among tournament favorites
There is enough pressure involved in being a No. 1 seed in the boys’ basketball tournament. But this year? In Class A East? Safe to assume that there will be some sleep-deprived nights in Edward Little coach Mike Adams’ house this week. “I don’t know if we are (the best team in the state) or […]
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Cheering: Lisbon edges Dirigo to earn Class C state title
Certainly it wouldn’t be them, fourth-place finishers at the Western Maine Class C championships two weeks earlier. So it was more than a modest surprise when the Greyhounds heard their name called, as Lisbon won its first-ever state title in the sport in a tightly contested competition at the Augusta Civic Center. “This is amazing,” […]
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Region 9 budget to be unveiled next month
MEXICO — The Vocational Region 9 board likely will receive a draft budget next month that may include a new vocational program. Director Brenda Gammon said the Program and Personnel Committee is expected to meet next week to make a tentative recommendation. “We discussed a food prep or business class, or plumbing/electrical,” she said Thursday. […]