BUCKFIELD BUCKS Coach: Ryan Wilkins (fifth year) Conference: East-West; Class: C Last year’s results: 1-17. Returning athletes: Senior — Hannah Shields; Juniors — Deja Bennett, Katy Henderson, Karen McNeil; Sophomore — Siana Jacobs. Promising newcomers: Senior — Soyoung Park; Juniors — Molly Bourget, Josephine Replogle; Sophomores — Cassidy Lowell, Shyloe Morgan; Freshmen — Kailie Bernard, […]
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Class A girls' basketball preview: Young Leavitt, deep Mt. Blue ready to take next steps
Mt. Blue’s Lexi Mittelstadt (24) takes the ball down the court against Skowhegan in Farmington last season. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) Three years ago, Dave Gerrish took over a Leavitt girls’ basketball team in transition. After three years of tournament appearances, the Hornets are in transition again. “We’re young again. We start kind of fresh,” Gerrish […]
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PHOTOS: Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame/Gipper’s Tip-off Classic
Edward Little’s Grace Fontaine battles with Poland’s Liz Tibbetts left and Sophia Vallee for a rebound during one of 5 games in the 11th annual Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame Gippers Basketball Tip-Off Classic at Lewiston High School that continues Saturday with 6 more games starting at 11:30 am. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Edward Little’s Jade […]
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Girls' basketball: Monmouth moving forward after being stunned by sudden coaching change
Monmouth girls’ basketball players warm up at the start of the first practice of the season Monday evening. (Drew Bonifant/Kennebec Journal) MONMOUTH — It was the start of a new season for the Monmouth Academy girls’ basketball team. And a new era. The Mustangs gathered Monday evening for their first practice of the season, and […]
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After historic runs last season, Edward Little boys and girls basketball teams tip off quests for another title
Jade Perry, left, Grace Fontaine and head coach Chris Cifelli watch a scrimmage from the sideline during the first day of practice for the Edward Little High School girl’s basketball team on Monday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) AUBURN — High school basketball players, coaches and fans anticipated Monday’s first day of practice for the winter sports […]
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Girls’ basketball: Scott Wing let go as Monmouth coach after back-to-back state titles
Monmouth girls’ basketball coach Scott Wing reacts during a Class C South semifinal game at the Augusta Civic Center in February. Wing has been let go as the Mustangs’ coach after leading them to the past two Class C state championships. (Kennebec Journal file photo) Monmouth Academy has dismissed Scott Wing as head coach of […]
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Mom charged with choking 6th-grade player during girls' basketball game
SEATTLE (AP) — A suburban Seattle mother has been charged with felony assault following an attack last year on a sixth-grade girl at a basketball game between two Catholic schools. Authorities say 38-year-old Monique Altheimer of Kent got onto the basketball court during a December game in Seattle and choked the child who had fought […]
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Lewiston’s Victoria Harris leaves her mark on the program
Lynn Girouard has watched the game several times since it was played Feb. 14. Victoria Harris’ performance in that one-point Class AA North quarterfinal loss to rival Edward Little is still difficult for the Lewiston girls’ basketball coach to comprehend. Nor can athletic director Jason Fuller and assistant coach Josh LaPrell. Thirty-six points. Nineteen rebounds. […]
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MUSTANGS REPEAT — Monmouth fends off Boothbay for another C South girls' title
Monmouth Academy bench celebrates after winning the Class C South championship Saturday at the Augusta Civic Civic. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — Monmouth Academy can’t measure up to the Boothbay in inches, but for the second year in a row in the playoffs, the Mustangs proved that size isn’t everything. The Mustangs stood toe-to-toe with […]
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Vinalhaven tops Rangeley in D South girls’ basketball final
Brooke Egan of Rangeley shoots over Deja Doughty of Vinalhaven during the fourth quarter in Augusta on Saturday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) AUGUSTA — A rare charge call against Gilleyanne Davis-Oakes lit a fire in the Vinalhaven senior. That was the spark the Vikings needed to repeat as Class D South girls’ basketball regional champions, which […]