2 girls teams which missed ’90 tourney head `A’ points

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Two teams which watched the Eastern Maine Class A schoolgirl basketball tournament either from the bleachers or on television last year headline the eight squads which have qualified for the 1991 event.

Lawrence of Fairfield and Stearns of Millinocket have earned the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds, respectively, for the Class A tournament, which begins Saturday at the Bangor Auditorium. The final, official Maine Secondary School Principals’ Association Heal Points were released over the weekend.

The 16-2 Bulldogs and the 14-4 Minutemen appear ready to make a serious challenge at three-time defending regional champion Cony of Augusta, which took the No. 3 seed with a 15-3 record. Lawrence defeated Cony twice on the regular season.

Coach Bruce Cooper’s Lawrence squad locked up the No. 1 seed after having finished more than nine points out of eighth place a year ago. Freshman guard Cindy Blodgett has been the catalyst for the Bulldogs, who also look to seniors Dawn Anne Higgins, Mary Hamlin, and Airami Bogle.

Stearns, under veteran coach Jerry Burleigh, earned the second seed after a ninth-place finish in 1990. The Minutemen boast senior guard Seana Dionne and sophomore forward Trisha Ripton, along with senior Sandra Jewers and Jessi Beadnell.

Cony, making its ninth consecutive trip to the EM tournament, returns with a veteran nucleus which includes seniors Lisa Samson and Angela Nadeau, junior Chrisann Burns, and sophomores Anna Nadeau and Alyssa Farrell.

In EM schoolgirl pairings, Lawrence plays No. 8 Skowhegan (10-8), Stearns faces No. 7 Winslow (11-7), third-seeded Cony awaits No. 6 Bangor (11-7), and No. 4 Hampden Academy (14-4) draws No. 5 Old Town (14-4).

Defending state champion Lawrence (16-2) is also the top seed in the EM Class A boys tourney. The Bulldogs will play No. 8 Mt. Blue of Farmington (11-7). In other matchups, No. 2 Old Town (15-3) faces No. 7 Presque Isle (12-6), third-seeded Bangor (13-5) meets No. 6 Stearns (13-5), and No. 4 Waterville (11-7) takes on No. 5 Caribou (12-6).

Western Maine Boys: Two preliminary games are scheduled for Tuesday as No. 10 Bonny Eagle of West Buxton (10-8) travels to No. 7 Biddeford (11-7) and No. 9 Oxford Hills of South Paris (12-6) visits No. 8 Cheverus of Portland (10-8). Biddeford and Cheverus finished tied in the Heal Points, but Biddeford was awarded the No. 7 seed after a coin toss.

In quarterfinal action, No. 1 Morse of Bath (16-2) and No. 2 Deering of Portland (14-4) await the prelim winners. Third-seeded Portland (13-5) plays No. 6 Kennebunk (11-7) and No. 4 Lewiston (14-4) faces No. 5 South Portland (12-6).

Western Maine Girls: Preliminaries are slated for Wednesday as No. 7 Oxford Hills (11-7) hosts No. 10 Deering (8-10) and No. 8 McAuley of Portland (8-10) entertains No. 9 Lewiston (9-9). McAuley and Lewiston finished tied in the Heal Points, but McAuley was awarded the No. 8 seed after a coin toss.

Top-seeded Westbrook (15-3) and No. 2 Portland (14-4) must wait for the outcomes of the prelims. Third-seeded South Portland (14-4) goes against No. 6 Noble of Berwick (14-4) and No. 4 Edward Little of Auburn (15-3) meets No. 5 Kennebunk (15-3).

Final `A’ points

Boys (Compiled by Bob Butler, York)

Eastern Maine Boys

CLASS A (Final, Official MSSPA Points)

W L PI TI

1. Lawrence 16 2 35.00 169.75

2. Old Town 15 3 32.78 145.37

3. Bangor 13 5 28.89 142.75

4. Waterville 11 7 24.44 111.74

5. Caribou 12 6 25.83 104.33

6. Stearns 13 5 27.78 103.86

7. Presque Isle 12 6 25.56 97.22

8. Mt. Blue 11 7 24.44 87.35

9. Cony 10 8 22.22 80.87 10. Gardiner 8 10 17.78 46.92 11. Nokomis 7 11 15.00 35.34 12. Skowhegan 6 12 12.78 32.87 13. Medomak Valley 3 15 6.39 27.94 14. Hampden Acad. 2 16 4.44 24.08 15. Winslow 3 15 6.67 20.68 16. Brewer 5 13 10.56 20.37

Western Maine Boys

CLASS A

W L PI TI

1. Morse 16 2 35.56 175.15

2. Deering 14 4 31.11 143.20

3. Portland 13 5 28.89 141.97

4. Lewiston 14 4 31.11 138.27

5. South Portland 12 6 26.67 116.04

6. Kennebunk 11 7 21.94 96.61

7. Biddeford 11 7 24.44 86.42

8. Cheverus 10 8 22.22 86.42

9. Oxford Hills 12 6 26.67 83.96 10. Bonny Eagle 10 8 22.22 81.42 11. Westbrook 9 9 20.00 80.24 12. Thornton Acad. 9 9 20.00 61.72 13. Mount Ararat 7 11 14.72 43.83 14. Edward Little 4 14 8.89 43.21 15. Sanford 8 10 17.78 40.73 16. Windham 3 15 5.83 20.37 17. Brunswick 3 15 6.67 15.43 18. Massabesic 2 16 4.44 6.17 19. Noble 1 17 2.22 2.47

Girls

(Compiled by Gertrude Butler, York)

Eastern Maine Girls

CLASS A

W L PI TI

1. Lawrence 16 2 35.00 181.93

2. Stearns 14 4 30.28 137.56

3. Cony 15 3 33.33 136.71

4. Hampden Acad. 14 4 30.00 121.93

5. Old Town 14 4 30.56 114.67

6. Bangor 11 7 24.44 109.43

7. Winslow 11 7 24.44 97.06

8. Skowhegan 10 8 21.94 88.88

9. Caribou 9 8 21.18 79.39 10. Waterville 8 10 17.78 74.07 11. Gardiner 8 10 17.78 61.41 12. Brewer 8 10 17.22 44.42 13. Medomak Valley 7 11 15.00 41.66 14. Mt. Blue 5 13 11.11 30.70 15. Presque Isle 3 14 6.76 15.07 16. Nokomis 0 18 1.00 0.00

Western Maine Girls

CLASS A

W L PI TI

1. Westbrook 15 3 33.33 149.37

2. Portland 14 4 31.11 146.91

3. South Portland 14 4 31.11 144.43

4. Edward Little 15 3 33.33 140.73

5. Kennebunk 15 3 29.72 123.29

6. Noble 14 4 31.11 90.11

7. Oxford Hills 11 7 24.44 82.39

8. McAuley 8 10 17.78 64.19

9. Lewiston 9 9 20.00 64.19 10. Deering 8 10 17.78 62.96 11. Morse 6 12 13.33 42.89 12. Mount Ararat 5 13 11.11 29.32 13. Thornton Acad. 6 12 13.33 42.89 14. Biddeford 6 12 13.33 22.21 15. Brunswick 2 16 4.44 15.74 16. Sanford 4 14 8.89 14.81 17. Bonny Eagle 2 16 4.44 9.87 18. Massabesic 2 16 4.44 7.41 19. Windham 2 16 3.89 6.63