Coach: ?Colin Griggs (second season)? Conference: MAISAD; Class: C South Last year’s results: 12-5 (lost in Class C South quarterfinals) Returning athletes: Seniors — Megan Gooding, Louisa Ellis; Junior — Maddy New; Sophomores — Franceska Halloran, Reily New. Key losses: Sophie Gibson. Promising newcomers: Sophomore — Eliza Quinones. Season outlook: ?In their best season since […]
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Winter Preview: Mt. Blue boys’ basketball
Brian Kelly, who coached at Jay High School, is the Cougars’ fourth coach in six years hoping to continue building the program. With 14 freshmen in the class, they are off to a good start. But they also have seven seniors they hope can lead them back to a tournament berth. All-conference forward Zack Mittelstadt […]
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Winter Preview: Poland boys’ basketball
The Knights’ hopes to advance past the preliminary round for the first time since their memorable run to the state championship game in 2014 were dealt a blow when senior Greg Leighton went down in the first week of preseason with a torn ACL. Leighton, who was their sixth man last year, was part of […]
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Winter Preview: Gray-New Gloucester boys’ basketball
The Patriots went all in on the rebuilding program last year, and while their record suffered their freshmen gained significant varsity experience that should start paying dividends this season. Even though the growing pains will continue with the young nucleus, but coach Ryan Deschenes believes his team has the ingredients to surprise some people and […]
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Winter Preview: Poland girls’ basketball
Nathalie Theriault is back, and that alone is a nice perk for Poland. As a sophomore last year, Theriault, a guard, led the Knights in scoring, assists and rebounds as they went 8-12 and reached the Class B South quarterfinals. Poland essentially returns the same team in 2016-17, and third-year coach Mike Susi hopes that […]
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Winter Preview: Spruce Mountain girls’ basketball
Spruce Mountain found itself on the outside looking at the end of last season, finishing 7-11 and missing the postseason completely. That came after an 18-1 campaign in 2014-15. Zach Keene has been hired to take over the program that was most recently coached for two years by Chris Bessey. Keene was a Livermore Falls graduate […]
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Winter Previews: Buckfield girls’ basketball
Buckfield’s jump up from Class D to Class C didn’t affect the bottom line much. The Bucks went 6-13 in 2014-15 and then finished 6-12 last season. The only real difference was that they didn’t make the postseason last year. As it was a season ago, the objective for the 2016-17 Bucks will be to […]
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Winter Preview: Dirigo girls’ basketball
Rebecca Fletcher is getting her team up to speed on how to do things the Dirigo way. “It’s a new coach, so there’s a new system, trying to teach them how we want to do things,” Fletcher said. “It’s been good having as much time as we have had. We’re starting to put together what […]
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Winter Preview: St. Dom’s boys’ basketball
St. Dom’s returns to the Western Maine Conference with hopes of taking another step forward in the building process. Their final season in the MVC was a rough one, but the returners should benefit from last year’s varsity experience. Camden Jalbert and Sam Rines emerged as team leaders last year. The offense should continue to […]
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Winter Preview: Winthrop boys’ basketball
For the second year in a row, Winthrop enters the season with high expectations and one of the best players in Class C in Jacob Hickey. But they believe in order to reach those expectations, others will need to help take some of the scoring load off the senior sharpshooter. “We’d like to see his […]