Rebecca Fletcher is getting her team up to speed on how to do things the Dirigo way. “It’s a new coach, so there’s a new system, trying to teach them how we want to do things,” Fletcher said. “It’s been good having as much time as we have had. We’re starting to put together what […]
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Winter Preview: St. Dom’s boys’ basketball
St. Dom’s returns to the Western Maine Conference with hopes of taking another step forward in the building process. Their final season in the MVC was a rough one, but the returners should benefit from last year’s varsity experience. Camden Jalbert and Sam Rines emerged as team leaders last year. The offense should continue to […]
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Winter Preview: Winthrop boys’ basketball
For the second year in a row, Winthrop enters the season with high expectations and one of the best players in Class C in Jacob Hickey. But they believe in order to reach those expectations, others will need to help take some of the scoring load off the senior sharpshooter. “We’d like to see his […]
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Winter Preview: Oak Hill boys’ basketball
For the first time in four years, Oak Hill started the preseason without a large chunk of its roster still trying to recover from winning a football state championship. Nevertheless, coach Tom Smith faces the challenge of establishing a new identity after the graduation of Dalton Therrien and Jonah Martin, his two top scorers the […]
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Class AA Boys’ Preview: Vikings, Eddies and Devils hope to close gap on champion Bulldogs
The first year of Maine high school basketball’s fifth class did not hold many surprises. SMAA, or more specifically, Portland area teams dominated, forming three of the final four, with Portland topping South Portland for the gold ball. Although Portland is the favorite to repeat, some teams to the north hope they have closed the […]
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Class A boys’ basketball: Hornets, Cougars hope to find more success
The first year of a reconfigured Class A was a lean one for both Leavitt and Mt. Blue. The teams combined for five victories and missed the tournament. Both teams are eager to put last season behind them, although they will have to attack the new season in different ways. Leavitt coach Mike Hathaway thinks […]
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Winter Preview: Hebron girls’ basketball
Coach: ?Colin Griggs (second season)? Conference: MAISAD; Class: C South Last year’s results: 12-5 (lost in Class C South quarterfinals) Returning athletes: Seniors — Megan Gooding, Louisa Ellis; Junior — Maddy New; Sophomores — Franceska Halloran, Reily New. Key losses: Sophie Gibson. Promising newcomers: Sophomore — Eliza Quinones. Season outlook: ?In their best season since […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Monmouth girls’ basketball
Monmouth ranked first in the Mountain Valley Conference last year in scoring offense (52.3 ppg) and third in scoring defense (30.5 ppg). The Mustangs went 18-3 and reached the Class C South semifinals. Here’s the interesting part: a majority of the nucleus of that team was mostly sophomores. That means that this year’s squad are […]
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Winter Preview: St. Dominic girls’ basketball
St. Dominic Academy went 9-9 last season and made a somewhat surprising run to the Class C playoffs, during which the Saints upset Dirigo in the first round and reached the region quarterfinals. They did all that with a young squad of no seniors. Therefore, they didn’t lose any players to graduation. However, they still […]
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Winter Preview: Winthrop girls’ basketball
Start with this from Winthrop coach Joe Burnham: “This is the most excited I have been about the start of a season in my four years at Winthrop.” The Ramblers have been through some rough years since Burnham took over the program, mostly notably when they dropped down to JV two years ago. They returned […]