WALES — Paige McElwain takes pride in annoying her opponents. When she’s frustrating the other team, she knows she is doing her job, and she does it quite well. MeElwain was everywhere Oak Hill didn’t want the feisty junior guard to be in the first half of a Western Class B girls’ basketball preliminary. McElwain’s […]
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Alpine skiing: EL girls surprise in KVAC; Mtn. Valley leads MVC races
They weren’t imagining things. The Red Eddies’ girls, paced by a sixth-place finish from Brooke Lever, are one point in front of Camden Hills, 47-48, after the giant slalom event, with Saturday’s slalom event at Titcomb Mountain in Farmington left to race. “To have all four in the top 20, that’s amazing,” EL coach Tara […]
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Western C Boys’ Prelim: Black Bears eliminate Saints
READFIELD — The end result came early for the St. Dom’s boys’ basketball team Wednesday night. The 12th-seeded Saints were no match for the high-flying, run-and-gun Maranacook Black Bears. The No. 5 Black Bears used their frenetic pace to 20 or more points in each of the first three quarters to run away with a […]
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Western C prelim: Hall-Dale ousts Lisbon
BRUNSWICK — The last time a Lisbon High School boys’ basketball team advanced to the postseason, it was the 2005-06 season. The seventh-seeded Greyhounds that year lost to Poland in a Western Maine Class B preliminary contest. What followed was eight years of tough times before this year’s Greyhounds put together an eight-game mid-season winning […]
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Boys’ Eastern A Prelim: Devils bounce Bulldogs, advance to quarterfinals
The eighth-seeded Blue Devils followed the run by going nearly a full quarter without scoring a point. Yet the suffocating zone defense that is now becoming their trademark kept the ninth-seeded Bulldogs at bay just enough to earn them a ticket to the Augusta Civic Center for the fourth year in a row. “It’s like […]
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Girls’ Hockey Eastern Final: Lewiston shuts out Leavitt Little
It’s the law of averages, and in concert with another dynamite defensive effort, it steered Lewiston into the state championship game. Paige Fontaine made 25 saves for her second playoff shutout Wednesday night, and Lewiston advanced to its third girls’ hockey state championship game and its first since 2010 by shutting out rival Leavitt/Edward Little, […]
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State finals on TV after agreement between CCCC, Time Warner Cable
PORTLAND — With Time Warner Cable and the Cumberland County Civic Center reaching a three-year production agreement, the Class A high school basketball state finals will be televised on March 1, the cable company announced in a news release Tuesday. The agreement will allow Time Warner Cable to extend its fiber-optic connectivity in order to […]
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Western C Prelim: Cougars survive and advance
DIXFIELD — Nothing like tournament time to kick in the ol’ survival instincts. No. 9 Monmouth had No. 8 Dirigo backed into a corner in Tuesday night’s Western C prelim at Defoe Gymnasium. It was already clear to the Cougars that they couldn’t shoot their way out, so they scratched and clawed their way to […]
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H.S. Football: Proximity, potential are major factors in Aylward move
FARMINGTON — Closer to home. Changing priorities. The desire for personal growth and a new challenge. The reasons most of us would list when leaving one working relationship to pursue another are no different than the ones that charted Jim Aylward’s future as a high school football coach. As of Tuesday night, it’s official: Aylward, […]
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Local roundup: Phoenix take MVC title
JAY — Emily Keene threw in 15 points and Alex Bessey helped out with 10 as Spruce Mountain shook off St. Dom’s with a 44-38 victory to win the Mountain Valley Conference girls’ basketball title Monday. The Phoenix built a 26-17 lead by halftime. For the Saints, Kelly Pomerleau scored a game-high 19 points, and […]