“That’s something that I’ve never asked her to do,” Monmouth girls’ basketball coach Scott Wing said. “Her father gets the keys to get in, and she’s constantly working on her game. She just loves it.” Day, a junior guard for the Mustangs, is among the Mountain Valley Conference’s leaders in several categories. But she’s had […]
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Girls’ basketball: Greely surges past Gray-New Gloucester
“We were talking before the game (about how) the worst thing that could happen to either team would be kind of a blowout situation, because we need close games,” Flaherty said. “I’m glad we gave them one and we came out on top.” Gray-NG gave Greely all it could handle for nearly 20 minutes before […]
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Girls’ basketball: Lisbon ousts Wiscasset
LISBON — Hayhlee Craig of Wiscasset is a difficult matchup for most teams of the Mountain Valley Conference. Standing 5-foot-10, Craig showed her skill in going hard to the basket and controlling the paint on the defensive end in Wednesday’s girls’ basketball game against Lisbon. Still, the Wolverines have struggled, and after a 44-31 loss […]
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Girls’ basketball: Monmouth hands Boothbay first loss
The Mustangs’ biggest stretch was a 14-2 scoring run that spanned most of the second quarter. It broke a 9-9 tie and gave Monmouth a lead it never relinquished. In that second period, the Mustangs held the previously unbeaten Seahawks to only four points. “We played pretty solid,” Monmouth coach Scott Wing said. “We played […]
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Girls’ basketball: Mt. Abram ditches Oak Hill
WALES — A couple of lapses on offense didn’t throw Mt. Abram off its game. The Roadrunners simply shrugged of those hiccups, demonstrated their composure down the stretch and sidestepped pesky Oak Hill in a 36-32 victory in a girls’ basketball game Saturday afternoon. The Raiders had a tough time with their shooting in the […]
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Girls’ basketball: Mt. Blue too much for Cony
FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue was pushed, shoved and knocked to the ground, but the Cougars got back up just in time to beat the Cony Rams 41-32 Friday night in KVAC girls’ basketball action. It was ugly from the start, with numerous turnovers and tepid shooting, but Mt. Blue kept its composure in the fourth […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Yarmouth zones out Poland
POLAND — Yarmouth and Poland had similar game plans for their WMC Class B South girls’ basketball contest Friday night: play zone defense and force the other team to make shots. The visiting Clippers executed that game plan better early, then well enough late to hold on for a 48-40 victory over Poland. “They are, […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Oxford Hills turns away Lewiston
Thursday’s second meeting of the season was a bounce-back game of sorts for both teams, but Oxford Hills again came out on top, 48-37, in a KVAC Class AA North girls’ basketball contest. The Vikings (11-1) made it past the halfway point of the season before falling on the road at Bangor on Monday, a […]
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Girls’ basketball: Tasha Haley, other Lakers adjusting to new roles in Rangeley
RANGELEY — Tasha Haley was Rangeley’s point guard last year, the conduit from the backcourt to Blayke Morin’s scoring in the post. This season, Haley is the go-to Laker, and the scoring burden now falls primarily on her and Sydney Royce. “Mostly last year, I was more bringing the ball up and distributing it,” Haley, […]
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Girls’ basketball: Patriots’ defense stuffs Lakers
GRAY — The Gray-New Gloucester girls basketball team used their size, strength, and quickness to suffocate Lake Region to remain unbeaten with a 41-23 victory in Class B basketball on Wednesday night. Overcoming an early deficit and a slim halftime advantage, the Patriots (11-0) gave up just a two field goals in the second half while […]