LEWISTON – After falling in the Eastern Maine final each of the last two seasons, the Camden Hills of Rockport girls tennis team had to be content with advancing one additional step this spring. Falmouth claimed the Class B state championship for the third time… Read More
Last year at this time, teams in Eastern Maine Class A’s Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference were going up against five players who would eventually go on to play at the NCAA Division I level and others who are now members of some of the top Div. III teams… Read More
A FIRST: BANGOR TRACK TAKES THE TITLE With two-hundredths of a second to spare, Bangor makes history
LEWISTON – It could be forever known as the most heart-stopping final 200 meters of a 2-mile race run by a member of a Bangor High School track and field team. With a state Class A championship hanging in the balance, the Bangor Rams up… Read More
BANGOR – Messalonskee of Oakland boasts a veteran, guard-oriented girls basketball team that feeds off opponents’ turnovers. Presented the opportunity to cash in on takeaways early in their Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinal Friday night, the top-seeded Eagles built a big early lead and cruised… Read More
Just get in. That’s been the mantra this season in Eastern Maine Class A, where there are no undefeated teams and almost every team that makes it to the tournament has a shot. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
AUGUSTA – The Cony of Augusta girls basketball team struck from the outside early and held on from the inside late to down Skowhegan 65-58 in the Eastern Maine Class A final at the Augusta Civic Center on Friday afternoon. The win was the 43rd… Read More
AUGUSTA – The Bangor girls basketball team faced a most formidable challenge in its Eastern Maine Class A semifinal at the Augusta Civic Center on Wednesday afternoon. Not only did Cony of Augusta bring a 41-game winning streak into the contest, but it had already… Read More
AUGUSTA – The move of the Eastern Maine Class A basketball tournament from Bangor to the Augusta Civic Center isn’t just about a new travel destination. For many teams with little experience playing here, there’s a quieter atmosphere than what is found in the Bangor… Read More
AUGUSTA – One of the smallest kids on the floor, Skowhegan senior Nicole Paradis cast a large shadow over her team’s postseason debut at the Augusta Civic Center on Friday afternoon. The 5-foot-4 guard scored a game-high 21 points and added six steals and six… Read More
As the Eastern Maine Class A tournament moves to the Augusta Civic Center for the first time this year, you’d think Paul Vachon’s Cony girls basketball team would be excited for a chance to defend the Class A state title in their hometown. Not so. Read More
Briiana Rende had just a few seconds to make a decision to pass or shoot. In this situation – less than 10 seconds left in the third quarter of Monday’s Eastern Maine Class A final – the Cony senior point guard tried both. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
As Paul Vachon watched a videotape of the McAuley girls basketball team, one thing stood out to him – this was not the same McAuley team that Vachon’s Cony girls last faced three years ago. For several years, the Lions of Portland had a collection… Read More
BANGOR – Getting back to the Class A state championship game has driven the Cony of Augusta girls basketball team all season. And with star center Katie Rollins at the wheel, the Rams did just that in Monday night’s Eastern Maine Class A final against… Read More
Anticipating the heavy snowfall predicted for today, the Maine Principals’ Association opted Friday to postpone state championship games in schoolboy hockey and regional finals in Class A boys and girls basketball until early next week. Under the revised schedule, the Eastern Maine Class A girls… Read More
BANGOR – The Nokomis girls basketball team has had a bad habit lately of letting its defense do all the work in the fourth quarter of games. The No. 6 Warriors played stellar man-to-man in Friday afternoon’s Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinal against No. 3… Read More
BANGOR – For the Bangor girls basketball team, Wednesday evening’s Eastern Maine Class A preliminary game at Red Barry Gym was fun. It wasn’t fun the whole time, though, as the No. 3 Rams had to rally from a six-point first-quarter deficit against No. 14… Read More
The biggest threat to the Cony girls basketball team this year could be themselves. The Rams of Augusta, who won the program’s ninth Eastern Maine Class A title last season, are injured. That’s thrown the starting lineup into a bit of disarray. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
BANGOR – The plan for McAuley in Saturday afternoon’s win over Nokomis of Newport in the Class A girls basketball state final at the Bangor Auditorium was pretty simple, really. Rotate three different players on the opposition’s top player to wear her down, put one… Read More
BANGOR – Three years ago, the Nokomis of Newport girls basketball team used a core group of sophomores in its drive to Eastern Maine and state Class A championships. On Saturday night, seven of those girls – now seniors – pulled off another huge win… Read More
Nokomis, Cony to meet in regional final again Warriors defy description as they squeeze by Skowhegan
BANGOR – Nokomis girls basketball coach Earl Anderson knows there’s something special about his Warriors. Ask him to define it, though, and he has some trouble. “We can use the word poise, we can use mental toughness, discipline,” Anderson said after Thursday’s Eastern Maine Class… Read More
BANGOR – The Cony of Augusta girls basketball team plays a simple game. They shoot from everywhere on the court and they try to break a team down defensively before their opposition can get into their offense. The system worked so well Thursday night at… Read More
BANGOR – Erika Stupinski unselfishly ran the offense for Mount Ararat during Saturday night’s Eastern Maine Class A basketball quarterfinal against Presque Isle. With the game on the line, the Eagles kept the ball in her capable hands. Stupinski sank six straight free throws in… Read More
BANGOR – Too many weapons. The seventh-seeded Hampden Academy girls basketball team battled valiantly against the second-seeded Nokomis High School Warriors of Newport in their Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinal at the Bangor Auditorium Saturday morning. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
Expect to see Nokomis and Cony once again rise to the top of Eastern Maine Class A. It’s as simple as that. Both teams return at least three starters, or fill in the graduated players with more-than-capable substitutes from last year. Each team has a… Read More
BANGOR – For as few 3-pointers that fell for the Cony girls Saturday night, the Rams’ free throws seemed to always find the bottom of the net – when it counted most. And a few free throws would be all the Rams of Augusta would… Read More
BANGOR – For years, Cony of Augusta’s girls have made their mark on Maine high school basketball with their usual formula: pressure defense and perimeter shooting. Thursday night, the Rams did the usual thing in an unusual way: advance to another Eastern Maine Class A… Read More
BANGOR – The Nokomis girls basketball team came to life in the fourth quarter of Thursday’s Eastern Maine Class A semifinal at the Bangor Auditorium. Michelle Murray stuck a couple of 3-pointers. Danielle Clark rebounded with a vengeance. The Warriors made their free throws and… Read More
BANGOR – Skowhegan’s Tiffany Jones sometimes gets a feeling. Most of the time when it occurs, it’s bad for the opposition. Friday afternoon at the Bangor Auditorium the senior guard had that feeling and began filling the air with 3-pointers. In the end she had… Read More
BANGOR – If you watch enough basketball, you hear coaches yell out the same reminders over and over: Play defense! Box out! Put in those free throws! No fouls! Take care of the ball! Bangor coach Tom Tennett didn’t have to do much of that… Read More
BANGOR – It was just a Northeastern Class A girls divisional quarterfinal in a local high school gym, but the noise, crowd, and accoutrements certainly had the feel of a Bangor Auditorium tournament game. Bands and cheerleaders from both teams, as well as a good… Read More
HAMPDEN – Until the final eight minutes of Tuesday night’s Eastern Maine Class A preliminary playoff game, Hampden reserve Briana Bragg hadn’t done much to make her stand out. Her line after three quarters: One shot (a miss). No rebounds. No assists. No points. …… Read More