PARIS — Emily and Hayley Quirion combined for 39 points as Cony finally washed its hands of Oxford Hills after three overtimes in a 68-62 victory in a girls’ basketball game Thursday. The Vikings held 25-24 advantage at halftime. Oxford Hills’ Anna Winslow scored 21 points and Mikayla Morin and Tainna Sugars each had 11. […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Valente’s all-around game sparks Gray-NG
GRAY — When Maria Valente reached high school, her life as a basketball player changed. When she first learned the game, she was the taller player. She could rule the inside and be potent in the post. But when she was a freshman at Gray-New Gloucester, she didn’t have the size advantage any longer. If […]
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Cheering: Falcons hope to soar in new class
RUMFORD — Thirteen hasn’t been a jinx for the Mountain Valley High School cheerleading team. The Falcons are working with fewer hands on deck than ever, a product of the school essentially shrinking in half from the beginning of its 25-year history to now. That hasn’t stopped them from soaring to customary heights. Mountain Valley […]
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H.S. Basketball: Brannon, Greyhounds brimming with confidence
LISBON — Jake Gentle delivers the same message to the players in the Lisbon Greyhounds’ huddle before every game. “Be confident on defense. Be confident when you shoot. Be confident every play,” Gentle says. The Greyhounds haven’t been this confident in nearly a decade. They’ve won seven in a row and are 9-5, already posting […]
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Local roundup: Mustangs hold on, 36-35
RUMFORD — With the score 23-13 at the half, Mountain Valley surged to a late-game comeback that fell short with a shot from Ashley Russell being called off at the buzzer, as Monmouth edged past the Falcons 36-35 in an MVC girls’ basketball contest. Paxton Lessard gathered in a tea- high 12 points, all coming […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Greco lifts Saints past Cougars
AUBURN — The St. Dom’s girls’ basketball team missed its first 15 shots overall Tuesday night. But the last shot is what mattered most, and Callie Greco didn’t miss. The senior guard sank a free throw with eight seconds left in regulation to lift the Saints to a thrilling 38-37 win over Dirigo. “Going into […]
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High school roundup: EL refuses to foul out
HAMPDEN — Despite a game that featured 66 foul shots, Edward Little found away to work around all those calls to the free-throw line and beat Hampden Academy 53-45 in a girls’ basketball game Monday. Two of Edward Little’s players fouled out of the game and three players on each side got into foul trouble. […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: A touch of Grace for GNG
GRAY — It wasn’t a Hail Mary but a simple touch of Grace. With Monday’s girls’ basketball game in overtime, Gray-New Gloucester’s Grace Kariotis drilled a 3 to break the tie. She later hit two clutch free throws as the Patriots fended off their rivals from Poland in a 51-44 overtime win. “I found myself […]
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Boys’ hockey: Devils fight off Red Storm
In the final 3:23 of the teams’ Class A showdown, the Blue Devils and Red Storm combined for two power plays, three goals and a handful of blocks. When the ice chips settled, East No. 1 Lewiston held off West No. 1 Scarborough, 4-3, for a pivotal victory. “Basically, it was a good game,” Lewiston […]
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Girls’ Hockey: Scarborough shuts out Lewiston, stays undefeated
LEWISTON — Two. Twenty-three. Four. Lewiston’s shots-on-goal totals by period Monday night were almost symmetrical, but hardly balanced. They told much of the tale in a girls’ hockey showdown at Androscoggin Bank Colisee. If the Blue Devils were to have any chance to spring the upset of the undefeated Scarborough Red Storm, they had to […]