The Hornets will be young and Hathaway expects to be juggling rotations into the regular season as he figures out roles and combinations. But there is more of a team-oriented vibe around this year’s group, which is a good start, and 11 freshmen joined the program. Some could make an instant impact. They have good […]
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Winter Preview: Lisbon boys’ basketball
The Greyhounds made their return to Class B, and the christening of their new gym, worth the wait with a tournament appearance last year. They are hoping to improve upon that with an experienced, athletic roster. Tyrese Joseph returns as the leading scorer (13.3 ppg) but he should get plenty of support. Jonah Sautter and […]
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Winter Preview: Buckfield boys’ basketball
Kyle Rines, the Bucks’ soccer coach, has brought some athletes with him from the pitch, and the hope is they can add even more leadership to what is an older but not particularly experienced nucleus. They don’t have much size but expect to have strong guard play with Jacob Kraske, Derek Salisbury, Ethan Jackson and […]
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Winter Preview: Mountain Valley boys’ basketball
The Falcons have a young, athletic nucleus with which to make a run at a playoff berth after missing out by the thinnest of margins last year. Jacob Blanchard and Keegan Davis saw significant playing time as freshmen and coach Tom Danylik expects the other underclassmen to fit into the fold even while they continue […]
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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: Mt. Abram girls’ basketball
During the summer, Mt. Abram faced a few undermanned teams and essentially said, “We got this.” Of course, it wasn’t that easy, and third-year coach Larry Donald said the Roadrunners aren’t the type of team that can afford to have that perspective. “There isn’t anybody that we’re going to just go in a walk over,” […]
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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 […]