JAY — Spruce Mountain is vertically challenged this girls’ basketball season, without any player standing taller than 5-foot-9. If you saw a 6-foot-2 senior on Lincoln’s bench and speculated that she might play a substantial role in the KVAC contest on Tuesday night at the Phoenix Dome, you guessed well. Samantha Burke provided 10 points on […]
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High school roundup: Windham hands Edward Little girls second loss
WINDHAM — Sadie Nelson scored her 1,000th career point as Windham sprinted to a fourth-quarter win over Edward Little, 47-42, in girls’ basketball action Monday evening. The Eagles (7-6) trailed by one at the end of three, but went on a 15-9 run in the final frame for the win. Junior forward Tara Flanders scored […]
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Girls’ basketball: Greely races away from Gray-New Gloucester
GRAY — Monday’s game against Greely felt all too familiar to the Gray-New Gloucester girls’ basketball team. The shorthanded Patriots fell behind quickly, much like they did in the teams’ previous meeting in last year’s regional semifinals, and fell again Monday, 66-38. Gray-NG was shorthanded and struggled against a seasoned and talented Greely team that […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Larochelle lifts Lewiston over Bangor in OT
LEWISTON — A combination of a hot opposing goaltender and cold shooting nearly added up to a loss for Lewiston on Monday night, but Dustin Larochelle buried a chance when it counted to lift the Blue Devils to a 2-1 overtime victory in a Class A North boys’ hockey clash at Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Larochelle […]
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Girls’ basketball: Oxford Hills outruns Deering
After a low-scoring half, the Vikings wanted to change things up. Oxford Hills opted to push the ball with urgency in the second and pushed its way to a 44-37 win over Deering. “At halftime, we really preached about trying to get more fast break points because our halfcourt offense was kind of stalled,” Pelletier […]
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Boys’ basketball: Cox (18 points, 15 rebounds) keys Edward Little past Windham
AUBURN — It wasn’t long ago that the Edward Little boys’ basketball team bid “Auld Lang Syne” to the bumpy beginnings of the 2015-16 season. The Red Eddies were struggling at 1-5, yes, but everyone in the starting five had a defined role, at least, except for captain and lone senior starter Austin Cox. “He was […]
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Lewiston collects another KVAC cheering title
AUGUSTA — Finding any imperfections in Lewiston High School’s high-energy routine at the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A and B Cheering Championships seemed impossible — except to the trained eye. The Blue Devils’ demonstrative performance made a large crowd at the Augusta Civic Center sit up and take notice Monday. Lewiston’s show-stopping act was […]
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Boys’ basketball: Deering rolls over Oxford Hills, 81-59
PORTLAND — Pass, dribble, pass. Dribble, pass. Dribble, slash, score. That’s the abridged but substantially explanatory version of how Deering picked apart Oxford Hills in a Class AA boys’ basketball holiday matinee on Monday. Deering shot 62 percent from the field in the first half, fashioned 50 points and cruised to an 81-49 victory. “In the […]
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Indoor Track: Russell Allen goes the distance for Edward Little
AUBURN — Russell Allen says he doesn’t feel like he’s “super essential” to the Edward Little boys’ indoor track team. The results respectfully disagree. As the Red Eddies have been near the top of the standings in each of their KVAC meets this season — finishing either first or second — Allen has been doing […]
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Boys’ basketball: Iman builds on traditions at Edward Little
One, inescapable since he started watching the team from the sidelines with mascot-like devotion in elementary school, is his last name. Most observers with even a passing interest in the local game recognize Yusuf Iman, a central figure in the Red Eddies’ back-to-back regional titles in 2009 and 2010. “I remember back when people were […]