EAST MACHIAS – Courtney Cochran took a pass from Heidi Graceffa and made a layup with 3.4 seconds remaining Tuesday night to lift Woodland to a 46-45 girls basketball victory over Washington Academy. Cochran and Michelle Ferry each finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Read More
    ORONO – Monica Selander scored 14 of her 29 points in the third quarter Tuesday night to spark Caribou to a 48-46 girls basketball victory over Orono. McKayla Gahagan scored nine points for Caribou. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    FORT KENT – Pat Caron’s 3-pointer with less than a minute to play in regulation tied the game, and the Fort Kent boys basketball team prevailed in double overtime, beating Presque Isle 68-61 Monday in high school action. Seth Rivera led the Warriors with 21… Read More
    EAST MILLINOCKET – Aaron Waite hit five 3-pointers en route to 19 points as the Schenck boys basketball team earned a 75-61 victory over Penobscot Valley of Howland Monday in high school action. Kerry Thompson followed with 16 points and Jordan Pelkey had 11 for… Read More
    BREWER – Thursday’s Big East Conference matchup between Bangor and Brewer was halted briefly because of a power outage at the Brewer High gym. Once the lights came back on, the Rams’ defense took care of shutting down the Witches from there in a 41-32… Read More
    JONESPORT – Taunya Cook scored 13 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Shead of Eastport outscored Jonesport-Beals 18-10 in the fourth quarter to earn a 50-44 girls basketball victory Wednesday night. Skylar Richardson also scored 13 points, while Fawn Cummings added 10. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    STACYVILLE – Owen McCarthy hit three 3-pointers on his way to 12 fourth quarter points and 31 total to lead the host Katahdin boys to a 69-65 double-overtime basketball win over Greater Houlton Christian Academy here Wednesday. Jordan Anderson and Alex McAvoy tossed in 15… Read More
    MILO – Ryan Yeo notched the winning basket for the Piscataquis Pirates of Guilford with two seconds left in double overtime to give the Pirates a 43-41 boys basketball victory over Penquis. Yeo and Mike Wharff each contributed 13 points to Piscataquis of Guilford’s win. Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Drew Farrar went 6-for-6 from the foul line in the overtime period on his way to 33 points while lifting the Greater Houlton Christian Academy boys to a 76-69 overtime victory over Ashland at UMaine-Presque Isle. Emery Lincoln scored 15 points for… Read More
    LINCOLN – The Mattanawcook Academy boys basketball team held Calais to two points while scoring 16 in the fourth quarter to rally for a 50-42 victory Monday night in high school action. Dylan Hanscom sparked Mattanawcook with 14 points, while Steve Andrews added 12 and… Read More
    MACHIAS – The Machias girls basketball team outscored Narraguagus 20-12 in the second half, made three free throws in overtime, and got key contributions from Christi Holmes and Beryl Lipton in a 49-46 schoolgirl victory Monday night. Holmes racked up 18 points, 17 rebounds and… Read More
    BANGOR – The John Bapst girls basketball team opened the Eastern Maine Class A season in a big way – with a 43-31 victory over Big East Conference rival Hampden Friday night at the Bangor Auditorium. John Bapst coach Mike Webb, who coached the Hampden… Read More
    ORRINGTON – Brock Bradford lit up the new scoreboard in Calvary Chapel Christian Academy’s new gym for 49 points as the Sabers opened their new home with a 92-75 boys basketball win over Greater Houlton Christian Academy Thursday night. Brandon Scovil and Ian Seekins each… Read More
    HOULTON – Kristen Violette poured in 28 points Thursday night as Fort Kent outlasted Houlton for an 86-77 triple-overtime girls basketball victory. Mindy Morneault tossed in 24 for Fort Kent while Leah Babin chalked up 11. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    CALAIS – Emily Smith nailed a free throw with no time remaining to lift the Calais Blue Devils over the Washington Academy Raiders of East Machias 55-54 in girls basketball action Thursday. Smith put up a shot at the buzzer and missed, but was fouled. Read More
    CORINTH – The way Jody Grant was looking at it, Wednesday’s contest between his Dexter girls basketball team and the Central girls was going to be just as much of a boxing match as a basketball game. “We knew they were going to come at… Read More
    FORT FAIRFIELD – Josh Foster hit a jump shot with 18 seconds remaining to give the Fort Fairfield boys a 45-44 basketball victory over Van Buren Tuesday night. Keith Edgecomb scored 19 points for Fort Fairfield and Aaron Wasson added 12 points. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    ASHLAND – Ashlee Peters scored 16 points and Ashley Nemer had 15 more as the Ashland High School girls basketball team beat Van Buren 52-43 in a mutual season-opener Monday night. Megan Lajoie netted 14 points for Van Buren. Darci St. Pierre scored 12 points… Read More
    CALAIS – Karin Bird made five free throws and Dana Harrington hit a pair of baskets in overtime as Lee Academy sent Calais to its first season-opening loss in 19 years, 73-65 over the Blue Devils Monday night. Shelby Pickering led the Pandas with 21… Read More
    MILLINOCKET – Shannon Pietras grabbed the rebound of a Quinci Sanderson miss and scored from the paint as the buzzer sounded to give Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln a come-from-behind 54-53 schoolgirl basketball win over Stearns Monday night. Pietras finished with a game-high 19 points and… Read More
    DEXTER – The similarities between the 2004 state champion Dexter girls basketball team and the new edition of the Tigers are easy to see. In 6-foot-4 senior Ashley Ames and her sophomore sister, 6-6 Mallory Ames, Dexter has frontcourt height that is the envy of… Read More
    MADAWASKA – Rachel Foster scored 16 points to help the Houlton Shiretowners open the schoolgirl basketball season with a 60-30 victory over the Madawaska Owls Friday night. Danielle Sewall tossed in 13 for the winners. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    JONESPORT – Peter Barton scored 10 of his 12 points in the third quarter to help lead the Jonesport-Beals Royals to a season-opening 76-63 schoolboy basketball win over the Narraguagus Knights Friday night. The Royals stretched a five-point halftime lead to 18 points after three… Read More
    THORNDIKE – Strong bench play allowed the Mount View Mustangs to overcome foul trouble and hold off the Belfast Lions en route to season-opening 60-51 schoolboy basketball victory Friday night. Kyle Harvey topped Mount View with 15 points, and Kyle Tripp added a dozen. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    BANGOR – Jamie Bailey’s high school basketball career ended nearly six weeks ago, as Narraguagus of Harrington fell to Dexter in an Eastern Maine Class C boys preliminary-round contest. Keriann Patterson’s schoolgirl basketball career ended Feb. 28 at the Augusta Civic Center, where she helped… Read More
    BANGOR – Foxcroft Academy’s Brandon Hall scored 10 of his game-high 24 points in the decisive third quarter as the Big East Conference Class B senior all-stars pulled away to an 89-64 victory over their Class A counterparts at the Bangor Auditorium. The Class B… Read More
    BANGOR – The Cony High girls basketball team long has been known for its guard-oriented attack and exploitation of the 3-point arc – a style that has kept the Rams among the state’s elite programs for nearly two decades. Well, it’s time to say hello… Read More
    BANGOR – Nicole Paradis derives much of her athletic success as the floor general for the Skowhegan High girls basketball team. It’s a job the 5-foot-4 sophomore point guard took literally during the Indians’ 53-26 victory over Bangor in an Eastern Maine Class A semifinal… Read More
    BANGOR – The hope was to slug it out inside with the unbeaten Cony Rams of Augusta, but first you have to get it inside and Cony’s defense wasn’t very accommodating. The Mount Ararat Eagles of Topsham learned that firsthand Thursday night as top-seeded Cony… Read More
    AUGUSTA – During winter vacation the Dexter girls basketball team played in a Christmas tournament hosted by Cony High School. The Tigers had some success playing against the larger schools in that non-countable tourney. But more importantly, the team got a chance to play at… Read More
    Earl Anderson knows most people assumed he would leave his post as Nokomis girls basketball coach after the 2002-03 season. After all, the Warriors of Newport graduated all five starters from group that won a Class A state title, two Eastern Maine crowns, and one regional runner-up plaque. Read More
    The students at Greely High in Cumberland Center are an athletic bunch. This year’s Rangers already have a Class B boys state cross country championship, a Class B field hockey state crown, a Western Maine Class A girls soccer title, a girls state title in… Read More
    HAMPDEN – The Hampden Academy Broncos went 7-for-9 from the free-throw line in the final minutes to help preserve a 38-32 Eastern Maine Class A girls preliminary-round win over John Bapst of Bangor on Tuesday night. Johanna Ghiringhelli powered No. 4 Hampden with 17 points,… Read More
    BANGOR – The Dexter girls basketball team has put a scare into its opponents all season. The tables may have been turned a bit in Saturday night’s Eastern Maine Class C championship game, but the end result was the same. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    BANGOR – It was hard to imagine, Jay Carlsen conceded, this year’s Camden Hills girls basketball team making it all the way through the Eastern Maine Class B tournament. Especially with the Windjammers’ six losses in the regular season, most of which came in the… Read More
    BANGOR – The way it had shot the basketball during the first two rounds of the Eastern Maine Class D tournament, Lee Academy felt fortunate to have even reached Saturday’s regional championship game. The Pandas, blessed with postseason experience, didn’t lose their confidence. Instead, they… Read More
    The Cony of Augusta girls and Oxford Hills of South Paris boys earned the No. 1 seeds in the final Eastern Maine Class A girls and boys basketball standings released by the Maine Principals’ Association Friday. Cony and the No. 2 Skowhegan girls along with… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Mark Gaudet tossed in 28 points to pace second-seeded Valley to a 79-65 victory over North Yarmouth Academy in Western Maine Class D boys basketball tournament semifinal action Wednesday at the Civic Center. Travis Hovey notched 23 for the Cavaliers of Bingham. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    NEWPORT – Aimee Paradis and Tatum Welch each scored eight points Monday night to help push Nokomis to a 35-30 Big East Class A girls basketball upset victory over Bangor. Alyssa Bragdon had six rebounds with her five points for Nokomis. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    HERMON – There were plenty of smiles among the players and fans mingling on the court after the Hermon girls basketball team’s Eastern Maine Class B preliminary game Tuesday night. The Hawks, who are heading back to the Bangor Auditorium for the second straight season, logged an upset… Read More
    BANGOR – There was plenty of frustration to go around Wednesday night at Bangor High School’s Red Barry Gym. For the Hampden Academy girls, it was a frustrating start to the game after they played a near-perfect first quarter and still only led by three… Read More
    BREWER – Amy Freeman connected on six of eight free throws in the fourth quarter to help lift the Brewer Witches to a 45-38 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Old Town Indians Wednesday night. Liz Cote also hit four of five free throws in the… Read More
    MACHIAS – The Shead Tigerettes outscored Machias 21-7 in the third quarter en route to a 50-35 schoolgirl basketball victory Wednesday night. Samantha Davis led the visitors from Eastport with 17 points while Taunya Cook chipped in with nine, all in the third quarter. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    LIMESTONE – The unbeaten Southern Aroostook Warriors outscored Limestone 12-3 in the fourth quarter to avoid the upset and post a 42-40 schoolgirl basketball win Wednesday night. The Warriors nailed two free throws with three seconds left to take the win. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Presque Isle girls basketball coach Jeff Hudson has wondered what would happen if his undefeated Wildcats got into a close game after going almost the entire season with nothing smaller than a 12-point margin of victory. Hudson has received his answer in… Read More
    LIMESTONE – The Limestone girls basketball team used a balanced scoring effort to pick up a 54-34 victory over Greater Houlton Christian Academy Monday in high school action. Nikki Michaud paced the Limestone Eagles with 14 points, while Haley Redmond and Lindsay Beaulieu each netted… Read More
    BREWER – Eamon Harding scored the game-winning goal nine minutes, six seconds into the third period to lift the Brewer ice hockey team to a 4-3 victory over Hampden Monday in high school action at T.J. Ryan Arena. Jake Richter assisted on the winner. Matt… Read More
    MACHIAS – Ashten Smith scored 11 of her game-high 30 points in the fourth quarter as the Jonesport-Beals girls basketball team earned a 45-39 victory over Machias Monday in high school action. The Royalettes outscored the Bulldogs 16-9 in the fourth quarter to erase a… Read More
    NEWCASTLE – Macky Sullivan tossed in 15 points, grabbed 17 rebounds, and made seven steals to spark Maine Central Institute to a 48-39 schoolgirl basketball victory over Lincoln Academy on Friday night. Ashley Currier pulled down 10 rebounds for the Huskies of Pittsfield, and Megan… Read More
    WASHBURN – Jason Thompson scored his 1,000th career point at the end of the first quarter and Washburn went on to post a 78-51 boys basketball victory over Easton Friday night. Thompson netted 19 points for the Beavers, and Adam Thompson also had 19. Zach… Read More
    MOUNT DESERT – Ashley Oleson nailed 3-of-4 free throws in the last six seconds to secure Ellsworth’s 48-44 girls basketball victory over Mount Desert Island on Friday night. Monique Boutaugh paced the Eagles with 15 points, Oleson added 11, and Laura Archer put in 10. Read More
    HOULTON – The Schenck Wolverines hit all nine of their free throws in the fourth quarter to pull away and upset the Houlton Shiretowners 69-59 in schoolboy basketball action Wednesday night. Brian Graham and Tyler Thompson had 15 points apiece for the winners from East… Read More
    CARIBOU – Tom Bard nailed two free throws in the final seconds to lift the Fort Kent Warriors to a 52-51 schoolboy basketball win over the Caribou Vikings Wednesday night. Joey Pelletier had put Caribou up by one when he scored with 37 seconds left. Read More
    EAST MACHIAS – Jared Gray and Whitney Stevens each reached career milestones and Gray nailed four free throws in overtime to help give the Washington Academy Raiders a 70-65 schoolboy basketball win over the Narraguagus Knights Wednesday night. Jeremy Gray grabbed a loose ball to… Read More
    LINCOLN – Mark Hanington scored five of his 11 points in overtime to help lead the Schenck Wolverines to a 71-68 schoolboy basketball win over the Mattanawcook Academy Lynx Monday night. After stealing the ball with eight seconds left in regulation and drawing a foul… Read More
    WASHBURN – Emily Campbell scored eight of her 19 points when Washburn outscored Easton 17-5 in the second quarter en route to a 50-40 schoolgirl basketball victory Monday night. Campbell finished with 19 points and nine rebounds and Liza Maynard added 11 points. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    DANFORTH – Darius Parker scored 10 points in overtime, including an 18-footer in the final seconds, to lift East Grand by previously unbeaten Washington Academy 76-74 in a schoolboy basketball showdown Monday night. Parker finished with 37 points. Matt Scott chipped in with 14 points… Read More
    BANGOR – Caroline Weymouth scored 22 points to help lead Bangor to its 10th girls basketball win – a pointworthy 64-55 decision over Gardiner Friday night. Serena Dubois had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Rams and Erin Porter added 10 points. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More