For the last two seasons, the Eastern Maine Class D ranks arguably had some of the most appealing tournament match-ups once action moved to the Bangor Auditorium. And although there were talented teams in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth slots capable of knocking off… Read More
As the Deer Isle-Stonington boys basketball team made its way home after winning its first Eastern Maine Class D championship in 10 years Saturday, there were lots of well-wishers waiting to greet the Mariners. By the time the team bus crossed the bridge spanning Eggemoggin… Read More
BANGOR – Even the most veteran of high school basketball players gets excited come tournament time. So it was with Lee Academy senior forward Tom Bird early in Monday night’s Eastern Maine Class D boys basketball quarterfinal against Limestone Community School-Maine School of Science and… Read More
The Schenck High School Wolverines came out firing and there wasn’t much the valiant Washburn High School Beavers could do about it. The top-seeded Wolverines shot 64.3 percent in the first quarter (9-for-14) in building a 23-6 lead and they never looked back in recording… Read More
BANGOR – The two unbeatens in the Eastern Maine Class D boys basketball tourney field advanced to a rematch of their 2006 regional final with wins Monday – but not before the two-time defending state champs survived a major scare. No. 3 Central Aroostook of… Read More
Last year, schedule strength forced the Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners and Central Aroostook Panthers to take a circuitous route to a regional championship confrontation. This year, it looks like the two unbeaten boys teams have a more direct path to a regional rematch in the Eastern… Read More
The Central Aroostook boys basketball team is a bit of a throwback. While other teams have heavy-duty summer schedules, the Panthers either play on their own or wait until basketball season – save for the 5:30 a.m. pickup games brothers Andrew and Cameron York play… Read More
AUGUSTA – Cole Pullen scored five of his 12 points in overtime to lead No. 1 Valley of Bingham past No. 4 Hyde of Bath 78-72 in Western Maine Class D boys basketball semifinal action at the Augusta Civic Center on Wednesday. Eric Hatfield paced… Read More
Once again, the Eastern Maine Class D boys tournament appears wide open with an abundance of teams in the tourney field sporting impressive win-loss records. There is no shortage of worthy challengers to defending champ Central Aroostook of Mars Hill as every round, from the… Read More
BANGOR – Either Valley High of Bingham or Central Aroostook of Mars Hill has participated in the Class D boys basketball state final nine of the last 11 years. But those teams have never met each other for the gold ball – until Thursday night,… Read More
BANGOR – Tough defense and big baskets in key spots helped the Lee Academy boys basketball team hold on and earn a trip to the Eastern Maine Class D final. The No. 1 Pandas overcame the charging Cougars in the third quarter and got 14… Read More
BANGOR – Taylor McLaughlin didn’t get any sleep Wednesday night – such is the pressure Calvary Chapel of Orrington star Brock Bradford puts on a defender. But sleepless or not, McLaughlin’s defense played a crucial role as Central Aroostook of Mars Hill wore down the… Read More
BANGOR – The last time Calvary Chapel of Orrington and Central Aroostook of Mars Hill boys basketball teams met, the 2004 Eastern Maine Class D championship was on the line. Calvary Chapel won that battle in overtime and went on to win the state title. Read More
BANGOR – Lee Academy junior forward Neil Cowan said he knew his Pandas needed a basket to regain momentum and stem a Jonesport-Beals rally that had whittled an 18-point halftime deficit down to six in their Eastern Maine Class D quarterfinal at the Bangor Auditorium Monday night. Read More
BANGOR – The shot is not a vertical explosion to the basket, rather a floating drift to the right as Alex McAvoy rises to release his jumper. But the 5-foot-11 junior guard for Katahdin of Stacyville wasn’t interested in style points Monday night, only those… Read More
Looking for a no doubt, odds-on, no-brainer ironclad lock to win the Eastern Maine Class D boys basketball tournament? Hmmm, Central Aroostook of Mars Hill is a preseason favorite, perennial power, and losers of just one game this season. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Last season was a fairly wide open one in the Eastern Maine Class D schoolboy basketball ranks. This season promises to be even more so. Consider the following pool of worthy tourney title contenders: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
BANGOR – New faces. Same old result. Valley of Bingham brought its latest version of a boys basketball team to the Class D state championship Thursday night and, for a state-record sixth consecutive year, took home the gold ball. And for the second year in… Read More
One of the happier moments in Bangor Christian history occurred on Dec. 6 when the Patriots hosted Schenck of East Millinocket in their season opener. There, running the basketball court again, was David Chrisos. The 6-foot senior has made it all the way back from… Read More
While neither of the Eastern Maine boys champions has any recent state game experience to fall back on, this state-game stuff has become almost old hat to one of the Western champs. For the fifth straight year, Valley High School of Bingham will represent Western… Read More
BANGOR – If David Chrisos had played in the Eastern Maine Class D championship game on Saturday, he would likely have scored a bunch of points, defended like crazy, and led his Bangor Christian Patriots to a title. Chrisos did none of that on Saturday,… Read More