BATH — Jack Sylvester put back his own miss late in overtime to lift Leavitt past Morse 44-41 in boys’ basketball action Friday, helping the Hornets hit the win column for the first time this season. With the score tied 41-41 in overtime, Sylvester was fouled with 14 seconds left. After making the first free […]
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Boys’ basketball: Warriors slow Phoenix, but can’t stop them
JAY — The Spruce Mountain Phoenix finished 2016 on a roll, even though Wells did all it could to slow their roll on Friday night. The Phoenix played with patience and, with the exception of a late technical foul, poise to outlast the Warriors, 59-51, in a matchup of unbeaten Class B South teams. Four […]
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Boys’ basketball: Red Eddies fight off Dragons
EL improved to 6-0, but coach Mike Adams said his team learned a valuable lesson one game after surprising defending Class AA champion Portland. “You could feel it on the bus ride, when we walked in. I have been here 16 years and have played in this gym and I know what happens here,” Adams […]
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Girls’ basketball: Edward Little holds off Brunswick
It was a sound strategy, as the Red Eddies earned a win in a hard-fought defensive battle, 46-38, over Brunswick in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference girls’ basketball tussle on Friday. EL forced 26 turnovers and held the Dragons to a season-low in points, trapping Brunswick in its defensive zone on several occasions. “They attack […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Gray-NG pushes away rival Poland
POLAND — Michael Susi said that Friday’s clash with rival Gray-New Gloucester was a “yard-stick game” for his Poland team. The Knights’ coach called the Patriots “the best team right now in Class B South.” They played like it. Gray-New Gloucester scored 24 points in the second half, pulling away for a 46-28 victory in […]
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In the Crease: Chisholm club a treasure in Maine’s hills
Driving a small, two-wheel drive Chevrolet up and over the sandy, undulating roadways of Rumford, Maine, was not how I’d anticipated spending the third week of February in 2003. It was far too early in the morning, the coffee was just kicking in, and despite the fact I’d grown up in Maine — a veritable […]
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Roundup: Lewiston girls take out Cony
AUGUSTA — Hannah Chaput paced Lewiston with to a 63-32 victory over Cony at the Augusta Civic Center on Wednesday afternoon. Victoria Harris had 11 points as the Blue Devils improved to 3-2 on the season. Sidney Avery led the Rams (0-5) with 13 points. Boys’ basketball Hall-Dale 77, Mtn. Valley 67 AUGUSTA — Sophomore […]
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Boys’ basketball: Rams take advatage of Devils’ mistakes in 67-55 win
AUGUSTA — Turnovers aren’t always a fatal flaw against teams which feed off of them such as Lewiston and Cony. Unfortunately for Lewiston, Cony was fresh off a hard lesson in how not to take an opponent’s mistakes for granted when the two teams met Wednesday at the Augusta Civic Center. Cony took advantage of […]
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Boys’ Hockey: St. Dominic Academy swats away unbeaten Bangor
It was a bit of a shock, then, when St. Dominic Academy scored on consecutive shots just 39 seconds apart late in the second period of Tuesday’s Class A North tilt en route to a 3-1 victory as part of the St. Dominic Academy Christmas Classic hockey tournament at Norway Savings Bank Arena. After scoring […]
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Boys’ hockey: Big second period helps Lewiston blank Edward Little, 6-0
LEWISTON — For the first period of Friday night’s rivalry game with Lewiston, Edward Little had an answer for the Blue Devils’ superior speed, puck control and firepower, in junior goalie Ben Feldman. But few goalies, if any, are able to fend off the amount of pressure Lewiston brings on a nightly basis. The Blue […]