Toby Martin’s game-winning free throws may be what was remembered about Friday afternoon’s Eastern Maine Class B quarterfinal between the No. 3 Maranacook of Readfield and the No. 6 Caribou girls basketball teams, but Martin actually had two game-changing trips to the free-throw line in the contest. Read More
    BANGOR – The Brewer and Bangor basketball girls teams put on a 3-point shooting show in the first quarter of Wednesday evening’s matchup at the Bangor Auditorium. It was exciting to watch the two teams combine for six long-distance baskets, but for Brewer the key… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Billi Blanchard poured in 16 points to power the Presque Isle girls basketball team to a 55-28 victory over John Bapst Saturday in high school action. Kylan Smith netted 10 points for the Wildcats, who picked up their 15th win. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    BREWER – At T.J. Ryan Arena, Greg Taylor scored three goals and had two assists to help power 12-3 Hampden Academy past Messalonskee of Oakland 8-3 in Saturday hockey action. Adam Standley added two goals and three assists while Mike Brown had two goals and… Read More
    EASTON – Jason Woodworth poured in 16 of his game-high 32 points, including four 3-pointers, in the second quarter to spark Central Aroostook to a 90-59 schoolboy basketball victory over Easton in their regular-season finale Thursday night. Woodworth finished with eight 3-pointers for Central Aroostook… Read More
    ROCKPORT – Marianne Croce hit two free throws with 14 seconds left in the game and Claire Neville made a game-saving steal to end it as Camden Hills hung on for a 37-34 schoolgirl basketball victory over Belfast Thursday night. Croce led Camden Hills with… Read More
    BANGOR – Alex Means poured in a game-high 28 points Thursday to power the John Bapst Crusaders to a 56-44 schoolboy basketball victory over the Presque Isle Wildcats at the Bangor Auditorium. Sean Snyder scored 12 points and Dan Myerowitz grabbed 11 rebounds for John… Read More
    In the process of applying for coaching and teaching positions about two years ago, Jon Berry sought to discover the history of the Machias girls basketball program. He soon found out that the Bulldog girls had never been to a state championship game. Berry’s reaction… Read More
    HERMON – Jessie Wiggin racked up 33 points to lead the Hermon Hawks to a 66-43 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Penquis Patriots Thursday night. Mallory Hall tallied nine points and 12 rebounds for Hermon. Shannon Wiggin grabbed eight boards and scored eight points, while… Read More
    SHERMAN STATION – K.C. Duffy-Stanley registered 18 points, 10 of which came from the free throw line as the host Katahdin Cougars prevailed 38-23 over Schenck of East Millinocket in girls basketball action. Robin Larlee led the Wolverines with 11 pionts. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    CORINTH – Joe Allen scored six points in overtime and Tristan Strout sank four free throws as the Central Red Devils stunned the Stearns Minutemen 60-54 in schoolboy basketball action Tuesday night. Central avenged a 77-47 setback suffered on Jan. 2. The Red Devils also… Read More
    HODGDON – Shanna McGary scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds Tuesday, leading Hodgdon to a 33-25 schoolgirl basketball victory over Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook. Jamie Nightingale netted nine points for Hodgdon and Erin Foster pulled down 13 rebounds. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    CARIBOU – Josh Nadeau and Jon Chasse combined to score 10 points in overtime Monday, lifting Caribou to a 70-58 schoolboy basketball victory over Bucksport. Chasse netted a game-high 23 points for the Vikings. Nadeau scored 14 points and Matt Nason added 12. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    ROCKPORT – Camden Hills used a well-balanced offense Monday night to post a 52-37 schoolgirl basketball victory over Lincoln Academy of Newcastle. Charlotte Croce led the Windjammers with 10 points and Mary Anne Croce added nine. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    MILO – Stearns rallied from an eight-point deficit at the end of the first half, tied it after the third quarter and held off a six-point Penquis surge in the final two minutes Monday to earn a 48-47 schoolboy basketball victory. The Minutemen handed the… Read More
    THORNDIKE – The Mount View Mustangs outscored the Rockland Tigers 22-11 in the fourth quarter to pull out a 55-52 victory in schoolgirl basketball action Saturday. Heather Carter scored 19 points for Mount View and Jenny Stevens added 11. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    ASHLAND – Ashlee Peters hit a driving layup with 20 seconds left in the game Saturday to give the Ashland girls’ basketball team a 40-39 win over Van Buren. Peters finished with nine points, as did Amber Smith. Ashley Nemer led Ashland with 15 points… Read More
    GUILFORD – Tyler Tracy banked in a 16-foot jumper from near the top of the key at the buzzer Friday night, lifting Piscataquis Community High to a 42-40 upset schoolboy basketball victory over previously undefeated Foxcroft Academy. Foxcroft had beaten Piscataquis by 18 earlier this… Read More
    WOODLAND – Whitney Stevens had 13 of his 32 points in the third period and Jared Gray contributed 10 of his 26 as the Washington Academy Raiders of East Machias built a nine-point lead and held off a Woodland rally for a 91-87 schoolboy basketball victory Wednesday night. Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Danny White scored 21 points, including 11 in the second half, as undefeated Foxcroft Academy pulled away in the second half for its 12th schoolboy basketball win, 65-41 over Ellsworth Wednesday night. Foxcroft outscored Ellsworth 35-16 in the second half to break the… Read More
    EASTON – Danny Warren poured in a game-high 27 points to help the Easton boys defeat Limestone/Maine School of Science and Mathematics 72-64 Wednesday night. Mike Osgood chipped in with 13 points for the Bears. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    HAMPDEN – Ben Keller scored his 1,000th career point and finished with 28 in the game to power the Hampden Academy Broncos to a 69-47 schoolboy basketball victory over the Old Town Indians Monday night. Kyle Dalton chipped in with 16 points and eight assists… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Trevor Graves scored off a Ben Sirois assist at 2:38 into overtime to lift the Presque Isle Wildcats to a 3-2 high school hockey win over the Winslow Black Raiders Monday. Joe Flenner scored Presque Isle’s first two goals with both assists… Read More
    BUCKSPORT – Wade Hopkins drained two straight 3-point shots with under three minutes remaining in the game to put Bucksport ahead en route to a 64-55 schoolboy basketball win over the Ellsworth Eagles Monday night. Hopkins scored 16 points for Bucksport as Joey Carmichael added… Read More
    THORNDIKE – Mount View placed five players in double figures Friday night, helping the Mustangs post a 76-59 schoolboy basketball victory over Erskine Academy. Roy Goodale led Mount View with 19 points. Marc McCorrison scored 17, while Steve Miles tossed in 12. Kenton Spaulding and… Read More
    WASHBURN – Jason Thompson, Chris Pesut and Zach Bird each recorded a double-double Friday night as the Beavers notched a key 68-64 schoolboy basketball victory over Central Aroostook. Thompson finished with a game-high 25 points and 13 rebounds, Pesut racked up 14 points and 11… Read More
    BANGOR – The Central girls basketball team used a full-court press and got 11 second-quarter points from Katie Ahearn to roll to a 58-35 victory over Bangor Christian Monday at Husson College in high school action. Ahearn finished with a game-best 25 points. Jenny Rollins… Read More
    It seems that no one involved with the Belfast girls basketball team can remember the last time the Lions beat Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference rival Camden Hills. Belfast, now 7-0, is hoping to make some new memories tonight when the two squads meet at 7… Read More
    DANFORTH – Shelby Pickering scored 19 points with 13 rebounds to pace Lee Academy to a 66-48 schoolgirl basketball victory over host East Grand. Kristen Hersom netted 20 points for the Pandas, and Ashley Gifford added 12. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    BUCKSPORT – Senior guard Danny White scored 15 points on 5-for-6 shooting from 3-point range and helped the Foxcroft Academy remain undefeated with a convincing 76-39 schoolboy basketball victory over Bucksport here Friday night. Junior center Brandon Hall scored 12 points on 4-for-6 shooting from… Read More
    WOODLAND – Kaitlyn Leeman sank a 3-point shot at the buzzer in overtime to give the Woodland Dragons a 68-65 win over the Narraguagus Knights in schoolgirl basketball action Friday night. Leeman netted 16 points for the Dragons. Katie Smith scored 11 points and 11… Read More
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    WOODLAND – Kaitlyn Leeman scored eight of her 10 points in the fourth quarter Monday night as the Woodland girls basketball team came from behind to beat Lee Academy 46-41. Katie Smith led all scorers with 20 points and Lauren Troiani finished with 10 for… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Danny White scored five of his team’s last six points Monday night, including the winning basket with 40 seconds left, as the Foxcroft Academy boys basketball team edged Hermon 57-56. White paced the winners with 24 points and Bobby Gilbert added 13. Josh… Read More
    MOUNT DESERT – Kyle Jones was 8-8 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter Monday night as the Mount Desert Island boys basketball team fought off a Houlton comeback to earn a 67-66 win. Jones scored 28 points to lead the Trojans while… Read More
    BUCKSPORT – Jen Murauckas scored 10 of her 14 points from the foul line as the Golden Bucks got their first girls basketball win of the season with a 36-33 decision over George Stevens Academy of Blue Hill Saturday. Alice Andrews added 10 points for… Read More
    CARIBOU – Lindsey Burlock scored six of her game-high 24 points in the overtime to lead the Caribou Vikings to a 62-55 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Bangor Rams Saturday. Caribou’s Amy Pushard nailed a 3-pointer with five seconds left to tie the score at… Read More
    BANGOR – The Nokomis girls basketball team hates to see a zone defense because it makes it harder for star forward Danielle Clark to get open. But Nokomis of Newport wouldn’t need Clark’s scoring for a Saturday afternoon matchup against Bangor at Red Barry Gym. Read More
    BANGOR – For some reason, Brittany Smith has never liked playing at Husson College’s Newman Gym. So as the Searsport girls basketball team headed into Tuesday night’s matchup against Bangor Christian, the Viking senior guard wasn’t sure what kind of game to expect from herself. Read More
    WINSLOW – Joann Mehuren scored seven of her team’s fourth-quarter points, including five key free throws in the final minutes, to lift the Belfast Lions to a 45-42 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Winslow Black Raiders Tuesday night. Ashley Bryant paced the winners with 18… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Billi Blanchard went 10-for-12 at the free throw line in the fourth quarter en route to 23 points as the Presque Isle girls basketball team held off Houlton 48-38 Tuesday in schoolgirl action. Blanchard scored 23 points and six rebounds for Presque… Read More
    BANGOR – Both the Bangor and Hampden girls basketball teams started a host of new faces in Friday night’s Class A season-opening game at Red Barry Gym. And both groups of youngsters passed a huge test in the Big East Conference matchup. But the Rams… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – The Ellsworth Eagles made 16 of their 21 free-throw attempts in the fourth quarter to record a 64-55 schoolboy basketball victory over the Mount Desert Island Trojans Tuesday night. Andy Tracy paced Ellsworth with 17 points. Matt Wood had 13 points and eight… Read More
    DANFORTH – Richard Byers scored four of his 26 points in overtime to rally the East Grand Vikings to 83-79 victory over the Woodland Dragons in schoolboy basketball action Tuesday night. Byers hit two free throws to tie the game in overtime, Darius Parker followed… Read More
    ELLWORTH – Adam Porter poured in 26 points to lead the Hermon Hawks to a 63-55 schoolboy basketball victory over the Ellsworth Eagles Saturday night. Jesse Keith netted 11 points for Hermon and Joey Schacht had 10. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    WASHBURN – Michelle Parent rebounded a missed free throw and scored the putback to break a tie with 2:30 left and lift the Van Buren girls basketball team to a 44-39 victory over Washburn Saturday in high school action. Parent finished with a game-high 18… Read More
    GUILFORD – Harper Hoffman’s 19 points powered the Piscataquis Community Pirates to a 69-63 schoolboy basketball win over the Penobscot Valley Howlers Saturday. John Garrett-Young and Josh Luellen scored 12 points apiece for PCHS and Tyler Tracy had 11. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    HERMON – Despite the fact that its full-court press wasn’t having much of an impact early in Friday evening’s game against Hermon, Ellsworth girls basketball coach, Dana Smith went back to the defensive strategy at a most opportune time. The press allowed the Eagles to… Read More
    BANGOR – With their East team trailing by four points midway through the fourth period of the McDonald’s East/West Classes A-B senior all-star game, coach Burt Barker of Mount Desert Island said he knew what he and Nokomis coach Earl Anderson had to do. Sit… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Autumn Tuttle poured in 21 points as the Presque Isle girls basketball team topped John Bapst 60-31 Saturday in a Class A Northeastern region prelim high school game. Billi Blanchard chipped in with 12 points and five assists for the No. 7… Read More
    HIGH SCHOOL Final official standings as reported by the Maine Principals’ Association. Boys and girls basketball points compiled by Bob and Gertrude Butler of York, respectively. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
    NEWRY – The girls and boys teams from Madawaska both posted impressive victories after one day of competition in the boys and girls state Class C skiing championships at the Sunday River Ski Resort. Both teams notched state titles in the giant slalom googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    BREWER – Robbie Hayes garnered two goals and two assists to lead the Brewer Witches to an 8-0 high school hockey victory over the Brunswick Dragons at T.J. Ryan Arena Saturday. Brewer’s Spencer Dunbar stopped 12 of 12 shots for his second consecutive shutout. The… Read More
    NEWPORT – The Nokomis Warriors outscored the Brewer Witches 18-6 in the second quarter en route to a 55-49 schoolboy basketball victory Saturday. Ryan McLellan tossed in 19 points to pace Nokomis and Luke Hayden scored 18. Justin Veazie chipped in with 10. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    MACHIAS – Chris Correll poured in 31 points Saturday as eighth-seed Machias rolled to a 69-44 Eastern Maine Class D preliminary round boys basketball victory over Woodland. Joe Richards racked up 22 points for the winners. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    KENTS HILL – John Motta scored three goals, one unassisted, to lead the John Bapst Crusaders to a 3-1 high school hockey victory over the Kents Hill Huskies Thursday night. Colby Theriault and Zach Means each notched an assist for the 12-5 winners and goalie… Read More
    HIGH SCHOOL Official Class A basketball and Classes A and B ice hockey standings as reported by the Maine Principals’ Association (due to a computer glitch some girls basketball records may not be correct; the points were unaffected). The MPA will release final points for… Read More
    HOULTON – Matt Michaud tallied two goals, including the game-winning shorthanded goal 3:47 into the extra session, to give the Stearns Minutemen a 5-4 overtime victory over the Foxcroft Academy Ponies in high school hockey action Tuesday night. Michaud scored off a pass from Rick… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Fred Bird hit the game-winner for the Presque Isle boys basketball team when he grabbed an offensive rebound and laid it in with one second left as the Wildcats knocked off Bangor 46-44 Saturday in high school action. Nick Casavant, who wears… Read More
    BLUE HILL – The Bucksport boys basketball team nailed 12 of 15 free-throw attempts in the fourth period, including a 7-for-8 effort by Jason Harvey, to hold off George Stevens Academy 58-51 Saturday in high school action. Harvey finished with 23 points and was 12-for-15… Read More
    CARIBOU – Fred Bird pumped in 16 points as the Presque Isle boys basketball team held off Caribou 55-52 Thursday in a high school matchup between Aroostook County rivals. Nick Casavant contributed 11 for the Wildcats. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    FORT FAIRFIELD – Frani DeMerchant led a balanced attack with 12 points as the Fort Fairfield Tigers cruised to a 54-31 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Easton Bears Thursday night. Danielle Searles and Whitney Langworthy tossed in eight points each for the winners. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    BANGOR – Pam Reitsma’s 24-point, 18-rebound effort lifted the Bangor Christian Patriots to a 59-47 schoolgirl basketball win over the Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners Thursday night at Husson College. Emily Jenkins put in 11 for the Pats and Jenna Seymour added 10. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    MILO – The Penquis Patriots used a methodical, deliberate offensive game to pull off a 39-29 schoolboy basketball upset against Schenck of East Millinocket. Brandon McKenzie scored 10 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Penquis. Justin Allen chipped in with nine points and Anders… Read More
    HERMON – With less than four minutes to go in the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s game against Hermon, the Mount Desert Island girls found themselves trailing 37-36 against a Hawk team that seemed it could do no wrong and had the support of a boisterous, upset-hungry crowd… Read More
    MACHIAS – Machias outscored Shead of Eastport 17-8 in the fourth quarter to pull out a 59-53 boys basketball victory Tuesday night. Chris Correll poured in 28 points to propel Machias, while Luke Leahy contributed 12 points and 12 rebounds. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    HERMON – Wayne Shaw hit a layup in the final seconds to put Hermon in the lead and give the Hawks a 50-48 boys basketball win Tuesday night. Shaw finished with 15 points, and Joey Schacht contributed with 14 for Hermon. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    ROCKPORT – Troy Gabriele nailed nine 3-pointers and finished with 31 points to lead Camden Hills past Rockland 83-49 in schoolboy basketball action Tuesday. Tyler Warren chipped in with 11 points for the Windjammers, while Sam May and Tim Stammen each had 10. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – Andrew St. Clair and Derek Saunders scored six points apiece in the fourth quarter to help the Maine Central Institute Huskies pull away from the Mount View Mustangs for a 53-39 schoolboy basketball win Tuesday night. St. Clair finished with a game-high 17… Read More
    DEXTER – The Dexter Tigers jumped out to a 24-5 first-quarter lead en route to a 57-27 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Piscataquis Community Pirates Monday night. Ashley Ames led Dexter with 26 points, 14 rebounds and six blocked shots. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    BLUE HILL – Sarah Snider scored 12 first-quarter points as the Narraguagus Knights jumped out to a 22-7 lead en route to a 45-38 schoolgirl basketball victory over the George Stevens Academy Eagles Monday night. Snider finished 18 points while Annie Woodsum added 11 for… Read More
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