BANGOR — Lewiston basketball great Dick Giroux and former UMaine-Farmington standout Cameron Brown are among 25 people being honored this year by the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame, it was announced Wednesday. The induction ceremony will be on Aug. 20 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Giroux scored 1,510 points and snagged 964 rebounds at […]
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Games canceled across the region
Another wave of winter weather has forced postponement of nearly a full slate of high school sports contests Tuesday. Here is a working list for schools in the Sun Journal region: Boys’ basketball Winthrop at Carrabec – Now Wed., 7 p.m. Deering at Oxford Hills – Now Wed., 7 p.m. Dirigo at Telstar – Now […]
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Boys’ hockey: Woodward solidifying Edward Little defense
AUBURN — After half a dozen games into the season, first-year Edward Little boys’ hockey coach Brett Barrett found that he had to make an adjustment. Not necessarily because his new Red Eddies team was 1-5, but out of necessity. The Red Eddies were thin in their defensive corps. So in came backup, in the […]
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Local Roundup: Rangeley needs OT to stop Greater Portland Christian
AUBURN — Rangeley pitched a shutout in overtime to down Greater Portland Christian, 39-32, in a Class D South boys’ basketball game played at Central Maine Community College on Monday. Carl Trafton led the Lakers (4-9) with 14 points, Kyle LaRochelle pitched in with nine and Richard Thompson had eight. Ethan Spaulding paced the Lions […]
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And One: Maiwen’s miss becomes a highlight (with video)
Wol Maiwen has been wowing basketball fans with his thunderous dunks all season. But the Edward Little sophomore became an internet sensation virtually overnight thanks to one that he missed. During the Red Eddies’ 77-53 win at Noble on Jan. 6, the 6-foot-4 Maiwen tried to dunk an alley-oop pass from teammate Samatar Iman on […]
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Local roundup: Lisbon girls sidestep Dirigo
LISBON — Gianna Russo scored a team-high 14 points as Lisbon dashed to a 41-33 victory over Dirigo in girls’ basketball action Saturday afternoon. The Greyhounds doubled up the Cougars 18-9 in the second quarter for a 27-16 lead at halftime. Jasmine Le contributed nine points for Lisbon. Alexa Varnum tossed five field goals and […]
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Boys’ hockey: St. Dom’s escapes Scarborough
LEWISTON — Justin Keaney didn’t get a chance to capitalize on the power play he earned for St. Dominic Academy — he was being evaluated after sustaining a thunderous hit that drew a two-minute elbowing call to the offending Scarborough defender. The Saints scored with the extra skater anyway, and it was Keaney, on his […]
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Girls’ basketball: Monmouth hands Boothbay first loss
The Mustangs’ biggest stretch was a 14-2 scoring run that spanned most of the second quarter. It broke a 9-9 tie and gave Monmouth a lead it never relinquished. In that second period, the Mustangs held the previously unbeaten Seahawks to only four points. “We played pretty solid,” Monmouth coach Scott Wing said. “We played […]
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Girls’ basketball: Mt. Abram ditches Oak Hill
WALES — A couple of lapses on offense didn’t throw Mt. Abram off its game. The Roadrunners simply shrugged of those hiccups, demonstrated their composure down the stretch and sidestepped pesky Oak Hill in a 36-32 victory in a girls’ basketball game Saturday afternoon. The Raiders had a tough time with their shooting in the […]
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Hockey: Lewiston comes back to tip Falmouth
FALMOUTH — It took Lewiston a whole game to score two goals when the Blue Devils faced Falmouth at home on Monday night. They equaled that in just two ticks over four minutes in the rematch on the road Saturday afternoon, and scored the elusive third goal before the first period had elapsed. And that […]