Editor’s note: Every week, so much more happens at the basketball games we cover than we can fit into a simple game report. “And One” is our effort to bring you more from the week that was in high school hoops. The Rangeley girls’ basketball team began its state championship defense with a 43-18 loss […]
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HS Basketball: Vikings stifle Blue Devils, 51-29
Offensively, the Vikings wanted to attack Lewiston junior forward Victoria Harris and get her in foul trouble. Defensively, they wanted to pressure the Blue Devils’ young guards to force turnovers and bad decisions. Oxford Hills started making both parts of their plan come together almost immediately and rolled to a 51-29 victory. Erin Morton, Jadah […]
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Boothbay topples Mountain Valley to open season
RUMFORD — Boothbay settled in to a rhythm and made things count at the right moments Friday night in its season-opening 43-23 victory over Mountain Valley in a Mountain Valley Conference girls’ basketball game at Puiia Gymnasium. Boothbay’s Page Brown led all scorers with 17 points and the Seahawks controlled the pace while relying on […]
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Girls’ basketball: Poland comes alive to top Freeport
FREEPORT — First-night jitters — and errors — got the best of both teams Friday night as Poland opened its 2016-17 girls’ basketball campaign at Freeport High School. The Falcons and visiting Knights struggled mightily out of the gate, combining on just five points in the first seven minutes of play. By halftime, both sides […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Richmond roughs up Rangeley in season opener
The Rangeley girls’ basketball team scored only once in the first 16 minutes of its season-opening 43-18 loss to Richmond on Friday. It took 5 minutes, 25 seconds for the Lakers to score their first bucket of the season, a jumper by Celia Philbrick. Their next points didn’t come until Sydney Royce hit a jumper […]
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Winter Preview: Edward Little girls’ basketball
Coming off the best finish in school history, Edward Little’s aim is to keep rolling. “We lost three really good players and the league is really strong, but we think we’re going to be able to contend against anybody on any given night,” Red Eddies coach Craig Jipson said. To pick up where they left […]
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Winter Preview: Lewiston girls’ basketball
Several upperclassmen with varsity experience return, but Lewiston’s season might hinge on how well a group of incoming freshmen performs. The combination might not be as volatile as it sounds. Third-year head coach Lynn Girouard said the first-year players already have a lot of basketball experience, and that they performed well in their first preseason. […]
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Winter Preview: Oxford Hills girls’ basketball
Oxford Hills’ biggest question mark this season is in the post. That’s a departure from the past four years when Tianna Sugars excelled down low on both ends of the floor. To answer the question, or at least account for the lack of Sugars, the Vikings are going to alter the way they play by […]
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Winter Preview: Leavitt girls’ basketball
Leavitt is coming off a season in which it made a return to the postseason, during which the Hornets advanced to the Class A South semifinals, wherein they lost to Greely. Leading the way for the Hornets was KVAC player of the year Chantel Eels. This year, Eels is not in Turner, she is instead […]
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Winter Preview: Mt. Blue girls’ basketball
Mt. Blue’s seniors will be under the stewardship of the third head coach of their tenures with the Cougars basketball team. However, the new coach, Fred Conlogue, isn’t completely unfamiliar to most of the Cougars, including those seniors. He previously served as the freshman and JV coach before taking a few years off to earn […]