In a world dominated by Brunswick, Cape Elizabeth, North Yarmouth Academy, Scarborough and neighboring Lewiston, sometimes it doesn’t feel that way. “I started in elementary school. It’s nice to see our program coming together, guys actually coming to practice,” senior captain Ben Steele said. “Dedication was a big thing in the past. I think we […]
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The Hot Corner: Edward Little leaves fabulous final impression
PORTLAND — Edward Little girls’ basketball was part of something special this winter. Yes, that is almost impossible for the Red Eddies to comprehend right now. It’s difficult to digest for a school where the newest hardwood state championship trophy belongs to the boys and is older than almost every player’s grandparents. When the current players […]
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The Hot Corner: Finally, finally, finally, Eddies win a final
AUGUSTA — Buffalo Bills, 1991 to 1994. Boston Red Sox, 1919 to 2003. Chicago Cubs, 1909 ’til all our grandkids are in a nursing home. Lovable losers in sports lore roll off the tongue. Still, an Edward Little basketball fan base that has bitten its bottom lip for decades upon decades probably doesn’t believe it takes […]
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Class AA boys’ semifinal: Portland puts away Edward Little, 70-43
AUGUSTA — When you face Portland in boys’ basketball, you cling to glimmers of hope. Edward Little found its ray of sunshine in the form of four minutes of lockdown defense to start the second half. Jarod Norcross Plourde’s second-chance basket pulled the Red Eddies within an area code of a miracle, 10 points down, in […]
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Class A boys’ quarterfinal: Edward Little shocks Cheverus in final minute
AUGUSTA — No team gets to the semifinals of the boys’ basketball tournament nine consecutive years without some end-of-game drama. In keeping that streak alive on Thursday night, Edward Little might have outdone itself. The Red Eddies rallied from a seven-point deficit in the final minute of regulation, capped by layups from Jarod Norcross Plourde and […]
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Boys’ basketball: Verrier, Oxford Hills pepper Edward Little
Collapsing two, three — heck, five — defenders on Andrew Fleming, leaving Cole Verrier wide open and daring him to stabilize those emotions long enough to knock down 3-pointers probably isn’t the craziest strategy in the world. Didn’t work, though. Verrier buried six from beyond the arc on Tuesday night, five in the second half, […]
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Boys’ basketball: Edward Little accelerates past Lewiston, 71-44
From that point forward, EL looked like a team interested in embellishing the page of the record book that tells everyone it has won a playoff game in eight consecutive seasons and counting. The red-hot Red Eddies scored the final 15 points of the half, hit a 3-pointer out of intermission and cruised to a […]
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Girls’ basketball: Edward Little batters Brunswick
AUBURN — For the past nine games, many things have gone right for the Brunswick High School girls basketball team. The Dragons had reeled off nine consecutive wins, setting up a big-time rematch with Edward Little on Saturday. Things went the Red Eddies’ way, though, in a 35-22 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win. EL improved […]
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Boys’ basketball: Edward Little earns sweet redemption against Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — Edward Little boys’ basketball has experienced its share of satisfying, signature wins in the vintage decade-and-a-half that Mike Adams has shepherded the program. Hard to say where the 54-46 victory over Brunswick on Saturday afternoon falls on the hit list, but it certainly soars to the top of this season’s chart. Thirty-nine days […]
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Boys’ basketball: Cox (18 points, 15 rebounds) keys Edward Little past Windham
AUBURN — It wasn’t long ago that the Edward Little boys’ basketball team bid “Auld Lang Syne” to the bumpy beginnings of the 2015-16 season. The Red Eddies were struggling at 1-5, yes, but everyone in the starting five had a defined role, at least, except for captain and lone senior starter Austin Cox. “He was […]