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Girls' basketball: Monmouth wins physical matchup with Lisbon

LISBON — Monmouth Academy pulled away from the Lisbon Greyhounds in the second half to seal a 43-30 Mountain Valley Conference girls’ basketball win Wednesday. Pressure from the Mustangs frustrated the Greyhounds, who opened the game shooting 2-for-8 from the field. Lisbon coach Julie Petrie thought her team’s offense was a little tentative against the […]

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Girls' basketball: Winthrop stays hot, beats Richmond

Winthrop’s Madison Forgue guards Richmond’s Hannah Moholland during a girls’ basketball game Wednesday in Winthrop. (Kennebec Journal photo by Andy Molloy) WINTHROP — Wednesday’s game couldn’t have started much better for the Winthrop girls’ basketball team. And a hot start ended up being all the Ramblers needed to extend what’s been a hot start to […]

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H.S basketball roundup: Hassan Hussein’s clutch trey gives Lewiston boys first win

Oxford Hills’ Brooke Carson gets by Lawrence’s Miranda Lambert, as Lambert’s teammate Lydia Townsend, left, steps in for support during Tuesday’s game. (Brewster Burns photo) BRUNSWICK — Hassan Hussein drained the final of his four 3-pointers during the waning seconds, giving Lewiston a 62-61 lead over Brunswick, which led to a 63-61 Blue Devils victory […]

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Girls’ basketball: Mt. Blue wards off Leavitt in overtime

Mt. Blue’s Ace Provencher (25) wrestles the ball away from Leavitt’s Taylor White in Turner on Tuesday night. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) TURNER — The Mt. Blue Cougars finally caught up with relentless Leavitt at the tail end of the fourth quarter after the Hornets’ sharp shooting sputtered in a KVAC girls’ basketball game Tuesday night. […]

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Girls’ basketball: Hot-shooting Edward Little lights up Cheverus

Edward Little’s Grace Fontaine is fouled by Cheverus’ Lauren Jordan during Friday night’s basketball game in Auburn. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn) AUBURN — Edward Little is never shy about shooting 3-pointers, but when they’re going in at the rate they were in the first half of Friday night’s AA North game against Cheverus, […]

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Girls' basketball: Hot-shooting Edward Little lights up Cheverus

Edward Little’s Grace Fontaine is fouled by Cheverus’ Lauren Jordan during Friday night’s basketball game in Auburn. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn) AUBURN — Edward Little is never shy about shooting 3-pointers, but when they’re going in at the rate they were in the first half of Friday night’s AA North game against Cheverus, […]

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Girls’ basketball: Mt. Blue clamps down, beats Nokomis

Nokomis High School’s Maya Cooney (10) drives to the basket and draws the foul on Mt. Blue High School’s Mackenzie Libby (21) in Newport on Friday. (Morning Sentinel photo by Michael G. Seamans) NEWPORT — After three winters of taking their lumps together, including narrowly missing out on a postseason berth in each of the […]

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Girls’ basketball: Calley Baker’s game-winner puts Spruce Mountain over Dirigo

Spruce Mountain’s Haley Turcotte (24) dishes the ball off to Julianne Doiron (21) during an MVC basketball game in Jay on Thursday. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) JAY — Senior guard Calley Baker’s game-winning shot heard around Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls might just be the gift that keeps on giving when the postseason rolls around and […]