The forecast of 6-20 inches of snow across Maine today has forced the postponement of the Class B state championship basketball games and two Western Maine Class A semifinal hockey games and a time change to the Eastern Maine Class A hockey semifinals. The No. Read More
BANGOR – When Bangor finished off Messalonskee of Oakland to win the Eastern Maine Class A boys basketball championship last weekend, the aftermath was more matter-of-fact than celebratory. “We were excited, but we didn’t want to blow it out like we’ve won the whole thing… Read More
Camden Hills has been one of Maine’s elite boys basketball programs of the new millennium, and the Windjammers hope to add to that legacy Saturday afternoon when they face Mountain Valley of Rumford in the 2007 Class B state championship game. The game, as well… Read More
When Mount Abram of Strong girls basketball coach Doug Lisherness looks back on his team’s regular season and current eight-game winning streak that includes a victory in the Western Maine championship, he points to the Roadrunners’ most demoralizing loss this year as a kind of turning point. 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
When coach Tom Bragg took the Hyde of Bath girls basketball team into the Augusta Civic Center locker room at halftime of last Saturday’s Western Maine Class D final against Rangeley, he reminded them his squad that the Lakers were not a team to be taken lightly. Read More
The four teams that will represent Western Maine in this weekend’s schoolboy basketball state championship games boast a combined record of 74-6 this winter. While that falls just short of the 81-4 record amassed by Eastern Maine champions Bangor, Camden Hills of Rockport, Calais and… Read More
Venues in Bangor and Augusta experienced a slight dip in attendance for the 2007 regional basketball tournaments. Attendance at the Eastern B, C and D tournament in Bangor was down by a modest 742 paid spectators over 21 sessions, or an average of 35.3 spectators… Read More
This year’s recipients of the William C. Warner Most Valuable Player Award represent all areas of the basketball spectrum. There’s the pure power player, the scoring machine, the versatile swingman and the big man with a perimeter game – all who led their teams deep… Read More
On the basketball court, nobody looms larger than Dexter’s Mallory Ames. Not only is the 6-foot-6 senior a big presence, she puts up big numbers. Thanks to Ames, the Tigers also got big results this year. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
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BANGOR – In the moments before they took the floor for Saturday afternoon’s Eastern Maine Class B championship pregame warmups, the members of the Waterville girls basketball team gathered for a pep talk in a hallway off the Bangor Auditorium floor. “Last year [in the… Read More
BANGOR – Free-throw shooting success – or lack thereof – can be contagious. Fortunately for the Camden Hills of Rockport boys basketball team, Paul Campbell was having none of it late Saturday afternoon, and because of that the Windjammers are the Eastern Maine Class B… Read More
BANGOR – One of the biggest challenges facing the Calais boys basketball team has been the expectation that the Blue Devils would roll to another berth in the Class C state final. Perhaps it wasn’t as easy as expectations suggested, but top-ranked and undefeated Calais… Read More
BANGOR – The Dexter girls basketball team heard it all season. This was the year the Tigers would finally get knocked off in the Eastern Maine Class C tournament. With a new group of players starting in the backcourt and returning players in different roles,… Read More
BANGOR – In the end – actually, in the beginning – the pressure, specifically Lee Academy’s, was just too much for the Washburn girls. The top-seeded Pandas harassed the Beavers unmercifully with a full-court trap and man-to-man defensive pressure, then put on a ball movement… Read More
BANGOR – The Lee Academy girls went out with an exclamation point Saturday morning. No, they weren’t eliminated from the Eastern Maine Class D tournament. The top-seeded Pandas actually won it with a lopsided win over No. 2 Washburn, but they won’t get a chance… Read More
BANGOR – In a game that resembled a classic Larry Bird-Magic Johnson, Lakers-Celtics duel, it appeared for a while that neither No. 2 Deer Isle-Stonington nor top-seeded Schenck could throw a knockout punch. With 8.7 seconds left in Saturday morning’s Eastern Maine Class D title… Read More
BANGOR – While Camden Hills of Rockport made only six of its 18 free-throw tries during its 61-60 win over Mattanawcook Academy in Saturday’s Eastern Maine Class B boys final, MA coach Rick Sinclair was left after the game to lament one of the free throws the Windjammers… Read More
BANGOR – When Dexter girls basketball coach Jody Grant wanted to give his Tigers some inspiration this season, he used a few examples from professional and college sports. Although Grant was likely met with blank stares at the mention of the Jack Del Rio, head… Read More
AUGUSTA – Matt Sceviour led a balanced scoring attack with 13 points as the No. 2 Boothbay boys basketball team defeated No. 1 Dirigo of Dixfield 52-45 for the Western Maine Class C championship Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center. The Gould of Bethel boys… Read More
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BANGOR – No. 1 Calais got a stiff challenge from No. 4 Houlton in Friday night’s Eastern Maine Class C semifinal. But Brandon Tomah and the undefeated and defending Class C state champion Blue Devils were too much for the Shiretowners late in the game. Read More
AUGUSTA – With every basket forward Alex Gallant made during the second half of Friday night’s Eastern Maine Class A boys basketball final, the “Mr. Basketball” chant grew louder and louder. Sure, the source was biased, but the Bangor High student section was not without… Read More
BANGOR – In the end, the Dexter Tigers just had too much for the Fort Kent Warriors… Too much Mallory Ames. Dexter’s 6-foot-6 walking matchup problem was just that for the smaller Warriors as she had a double-double to lead No. 2 Dexter to a… Read More
BANGOR – Everything has come together for the Calais girls basketball team in the past few weeks. After a dismal start to the season, the No. 8 Blue Devils won six in a row coming into the Eastern Maine Class C tournament. Now, the perennial… Read More
They stay all day, from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. – some mornings earlier, some evenings later. They pay attention to every little detail. Their decisions are scrutinized. The men and women who sit at the Bangor Auditorium scorer’s table and the members of the… Read More
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BANGOR – Back when his daughters were among the star players at Calais High School, Al Martin was a regular at the Eastern Maine Class C tournament. Now that Lanna Martin and Crystal Martin have moved on to college and beyond, and Al Martin and… Read More
BANGOR – With a roster full of MVP candidates, one of the most unlikely – a player who alternated between JV and varsity this season – may have been the Most Valuable Pirate Friday night. With top scorer Roy Burdin cooling off and Washington Academy… Read More
BANGOR – It was a play brothers Kerry and Lanny Thompson had run hundreds of times before in teammate Mike Lowell’s front yard. “Us against Michael and Chris Byron,” said Kerry, a senior on the Schenck of East Millinocket boys basketball team. “We’ve had some… Read More
BANGOR – Lee Academy applies defensive pressure with two goals in mind – the short-term gain of forcing turnovers, and the cumulative effect of inducing opponent fatigue. The top-ranked Pandas used both of those fruits of their defensive intensity to wear down No. 4 Limestone… Read More
BANGOR – They worked too hard at the beginning to give it away at the end. The No. 2 Washburn girls basketball team rolled out to a big early lead over No. 3 Greater Houlton Christian Academy and withstood a second-half comeback by the Eagles,… Read More
After a cool-down period following Thursday’s Eastern Maine Class D girls basketball semifinal, Terry Cummings, the coach of the No. 3 Greater Houlton Christian Academy girls basketball team, finished talking to his Eagles and opened the locker room door. On the other end of the… Read More
AUGUSTA – Janessa Thomas connected for 11 points as fifth-seeded Mount Abram outscored top-ranked Dirigo 22-14 in the second half to rally for a 33-28 Western Maine Class C semifinal girls basketball win at the Augusta Civic Center Thursday. Brittany York had eight points for… Read More
BANGOR – The undefeated Central Aroostook boys basketball team went into the year’s Eastern Maine Class D tournament as the two-time defending state champion. That kind of resume, however, doesn’t intimidate an opponent with four seniors and one junior in its starting lineup. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Bangor High School basketball fans won’t have to travel to see their Rams tonight. Despite the fact the games are on the same time as Eastern Maine Class C semifinal games in Bangor, Friday’s Eastern Maine Class A games will be aired live on local… Read More
AUGUSTA – As the Bangor boys basketball team trailed by 11 points deep into the third quarter of Wednesday night’s Eastern Maine Class A semifinal against Mt. Blue of Farmington, an unpleasant reality set in for Ryan Weston – the notion that the season was moments away from… Read More
BANGOR – Five days after he logged one of the most memorable performances in tournament history, Ellsworth’s Corey DeWitt had another stellar night. The senior guard scored 30 points. He hit 10 of his 19 field-goal attempts and went 8-for-10 from the free-throw line. He… Read More
BANGOR – Just because the No. 2 John Bapst girls basketball team beat No. 6 MDI twice in the regular season didn’t mean the Crusaders felt at all confident before Wednesday afternoon’s Eastern Maine Class B semifinal at the Bangor Auditorium. In both regular-season games… Read More
BANGOR – Waterville had precious few close games during the course of an undefeated regular season. The youthful Panthers were pushed to the brink Wednesday by Mattanawcook Academy, but held up under pressure. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
BANGOR – The Houlton boys basketball team almost found out the hard way that if you let your opponent hang around too long, it will come back to hurt you. The No. 4 Shiretowners were victimized by the 3-point shooting of No. 5 Orono, but… Read More
BANGOR – Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln has built its success this season around tough man-to-man defense. Wednesday night, the Lynx turned to zones to contend with the quickness of Maine Central Institute guard Troy Murray. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
AUGUSTA – Jessica Bridges tossed in 14 points as No. 1 Messalonskee of Oakland held off No. 4 Lawrence of Fairfield 46-38 in an Eastern Maine Class A girls semifinal at the Augusta Civic Center on Wednesday. Messalonskee will take on No. 2 Cony for… Read More
AUGUSTA – The Hampden Academy boys basketball team was ready for Messalonskee’s bevy of 3-point shooters. And the Broncos were ready to contend with 6-foot-4 Eagles’ center Eric Taylor. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
BANGOR – It was a turnaround so unbelievable, even Calais’ own players weren’t sure how they’d just done it. It looked like more of the same for the eighth-seeded Blue Devils in Tuesday night’s Eastern Maine Class C quarterfinal at the Bangor Auditorium. Calais had… Read More
BANGOR – Washington Academy showed a glimpse of its basketball future Tuesday – and that future is now. Freshman guards Ben Teer and Josh Johnson sparked a decisive fourth-quarter run and junior center Joey Hunter controlled the inside late in the game as the third-ranked… Read More
BANGOR – The Dexter girls basketball team escaped Tuesday morning’s Class C quarterfinals by about a millisecond. That’s probably how much time elapsed between the basketball leaving Mallory Ames’ right hand and the final buzzer sounding. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
BANGOR – For much of the night, the Penobscot Valley girls basketball team found its offense stymied by two decades worth of nervousness. Shots wouldn’t fall, and often weren’t close. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
AUGUSTA – The northern division of the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference’s Class A ranks has taken full ownership of the Eastern Maine Class A boys basketball tournament. But which teams emerge from Wednesday night’s semifinals to play for the regional championship Friday is anyone’s guess. Read More
AUGUSTA – Shannon Daley scored 12 points to help No. 1 Dirigo hold off No. 9 Hall-Dale 41-37 in a Western Maine Class C quarterfinal Tuesday night at the Augusta Civic Center. Katherine Gagne scored 10 points for Dirigo. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… 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
AUGUSTA – Roy Arsenault’s 14 points helped lead the No. 2 Boothbay Region Seahawks past No. 10 North Yarmouth Academy 58-36 Monday during Western Maine Class C quarterfinal action at the Augusta Civic Center. Kris Noonan had 13 points for Boothbay and Matt Sceviour added… Read More
BANGOR – The top-seeded Lee Academy girls pressed on to victory, literally, and will now take on Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics in Thursday’s 3:35 p.m. semifinal in the Eastern Maine Class D schoolgirl tournament at the Bangor Auditorium. Lee Academy’s swarming… 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
Nicole Bowden, 17, pulled onto the shoulder of Route 1A in Ellsworth on Friday afternoon, hit the brakes and flipped on her hazards. Kim Tupper, 18, and Bailey MacKenzie, 16, hopped out of the car and trudged through the icy wind and over a crusty… Read More
AUGUSTA – One challenge of a deep basketball team is how best to capitalize on that depth. For the Bangor High boys basketball team, the answer availed itself just in time Saturday, as the Rams focused on inside play after intermission to subdue Leavitt of… Read More
AUGUSTA – It was a rout not atypical of a 1-8 matchup – except the eighth seed won. No. 8 Hampden Academy stunned top-ranked and previously undefeated Edward Little of Auburn 57-39 in an Eastern Maine Class A boys basketball quarterfinal Saturday night at the… Read More
BANGOR – Saturday wasn’t a good day to be a higher-seeded boys basketball team at the Eastern Maine Class B tournament quarterfinals. Just hours after No. 7 Hermon took No. 2 Ellsworth to the brink in triple overtime, No. 5 Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln actually… Read More
Cancer victim Palmer keeping busy Washburn multi-sport athlete is a basketball manager, photographer
BANGOR – Amber Palmer is many things to the Washburn girls basketball team. She’s a manager, taking the No. 2 Beavers’ warmup shirts to the locker room after games. She’s an unofficial photographer, snapping action shots of the Washburn players including her sister Rachel, a… Read More
AUGUSTA – Daniel McCue wasn’t sure where to rank Hampden Academy’s 57-39 win over top-ranked Edward Little in Saturday night’s Eastern Maine Class A boys basketball quarterfinal among the biggest victories in the program’s recent run to glory. Who can blame him? The latest victory… Read More
BANGOR – Saturday’s Eastern Maine Class B girls quarterfinal between fourth-ranked Mattanawcook of Lincoln and No. 5 Belfast was a tale of two halves. In the first half, shots weren’t falling for the Lynx, and the Lions led by as many as 13 at one… Read More
BANGOR – Washburn High School’s 6-foot-3 sophomore center Rachel Palmer hadn’t been productive in her team’s two regular season losses to Southern Aroostook High School in Dyer Brook. But it was Palmer’s night on Saturday as she scored a game-high 13 points, grabbed 11 rebounds… Read More
BANGOR – The Washburn High School girls basketball team has played plenty of basketball lately and it seems to have helped them. Due to a rash that closed school and postponed games, Washburn’s girls had to squeeze their final four regular season games into five… Read More
AUGUSTA – Adam Gilbert led a balanced attack with 14 points as No. 3 Mt. Blue of Farmington topped No. 6 Gardiner 69-48 in an Eastern Maine Class A boys basketball quarterfinal at the Augusta Civic Center on Saturday afternoon. The win advances the Cougars… Read More
AUGUSTA – Glen Kendrick scored nine of his game-high 20 points in the third quarter Saturday as top seed Richmond outscored No. 8 Rangeley 24-6 en route to a 61-44 win in their Western Maine Class D quarterfinal at the Augusta Civic Center. Brandon Lancaster… Read More
BANGOR – A surprise celebratory streamer and confetti shower at center court wasn’t just a surprise to fans at the Bangor Auditorium Saturday afternoon. As fans, players, coaches and officials alike awaited the start of the national anthem before the Eastern Maine Class B boys… Read More
BANGOR – After splitting in the regular season with Winslow, No. 3 Camden Hills could have been a bit worried coming into Friday’s Eastern Maine Class B boys quarterfinal against the No. 11 Black Raiders. Instead, the Windjammers were confident. And it showed all night… 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
BANGOR – John Bapst girls basketball coach Mike Webb admitted he didn’t hold out much hope for his Crusaders with three minutes left in Friday afternoon’s Eastern Maine Class B quarterfinal at the Bangor Auditorium. His best player had just fouled out of the game,… Read More
BANGOR – Mingled in with the excitement of winning an Eastern Maine Class B quarterfinal and the anticipation of a semifinal matchup, Mount Desert Island senior Susan Falt was feeling a lot of relief. A 6-foot forward for the No. 6 Trojans, Falt had struggled… Read More
BANGOR – It was a game and an individual performance for the ages, but all Corey DeWitt cared about was the victory. The senior guard from Ellsworth High School bested Van Buren legend Matt Rossignol’s 22-year-old record for points scored in an Eastern Maine Class… Read More
HAMPDEN – It’s easy to forget that Hampden Academy is the two-time defending Eastern Maine Class A boys basketball champions. This year’s roster has a couple of key links to that immediate past in seniors Daniel McCue and Evan Farley, but otherwise the Broncos have… Read More
Here’s one view of the Eastern Maine boys’ basketball tournament, which begins today. CLASS A: Preseason favorite Bangor remains among the top contenders in what should shake out as a three-team race with undefeated Edward Little of Auburn and Mt. Blue of Farmington. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
When the Eastern Maine high school basketball tournament begins today at the Bangor Auditorium and the Augusta Civic Center, it will serve as a showcase for some of the brightest stars in the sport. Ryan Martin of Maranacook of Readfield, Corey DeWitt of Ellsworth, Sean… Read More
The Bangor girls basketball team will face a familiar opponent when it opens its Eastern Maine Class A tournament run tonight. Although No. 1 Messalonskee of Oakland dealt the No. 8 Rams two losses in the regular season of the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference North… Read More
BANGOR – It has been a season of highs and lows, both on and off the court, for the Bangor girls basketball team. The No. 8 Rams will go into the Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinals on a high thanks to Amy Hackett’s game-winning basket… Read More
PITTSFIELD – It was a run that epitomized a team’s balance. Four different scorers produced 11 unanswered points, and in a defensive-minded battle that was the difference Tuesday as No. 8 Maine Central Institute shaded No. 9 Presque Isle 50-44 in an Eastern Maine Class… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Rockland High sophomore guard Baillie Boggs epitomized a busybody Tuesday night. Busy on the offensive end, scoring a game-high 18 points and dishing out four assists. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
BAR HARBOR – The sixth-ranked Mount Desert Island Trojans advanced to an Eastern Maine Class B quarterfinal with a 57-53 girls basketball prelim win over the No. 11 Mount View Mustangs Tuesday night. Lindsey Lewis tossed in 16 points for the winners, Amber Orman netted… Read More
The Maine Principals’ Association is poised to move the Western Maine Class A and B boys and girls basketball quarterfinals from the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland to the Portland Exposition Building beginning next February. “It’s about 99.9 percent certain,” said MPA executive director… Read More
AUGUSTA – The Dexter girls basketball team found a special way to celebrate the second anniversary of the school’s first-ever Class C state championship. The Tigers took to the same court – the Augusta Civic Center – and marked the day with another state crown. Read More
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AUGUSTA – There are no secrets about where the strength of the Woodland girls basketball team resides. The Dragons have looked inside all season, and hoped to take advantage of their two talented post players against Valley in Saturday’s Class D state championship game. Woodland’s… Read More
PORTLAND – The Sanford girls basketball program had never experienced a state championship game before Saturday night, let alone thrived in such a pressure-packed environment. It didn’t matter. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
AUGUSTA – Ten athletes from central Aroostook County who have been playing basketball together since they were in junior high school accomplished something Saturday that hadn’t been done since the Nixon administration. “These guys are amazing. We’re just one big family. We’ve all grown up… Read More
BANGOR – The Mountain Valley boys basketball team held Maranacook of Readfield star Ryan Martin 13 points under his tournament scoring average at the Bangor Auditorium on Friday night. But the Rumford-based Falcons had no answer for another Black Bear sophomore, as Will Bardaglio made… Read More
BANGOR – The Presque Isle girls basketball team has experienced the lowest of the lows and the highest of the highs at the Bangor Auditorium. For two years in a row, the Wildcats left the Auditorium after losses in the Eastern Maine Class B quarterfinal… Read More
Undefeated Calais and defending state champion Central Aroostook of Mars Hill carry the Eastern Maine banner into Saturday’s Class C and Class D boys basketball state finals at the Augusta Civic Center. Central Aroostook (20-1) will face 17-3 Richmond for the Class D title at… Read More
They’ve met only once before, but the Hampden Academy and Deering of Portland boys basketball teams are familiar foes. That’s because when a championship is at stake the scouting reports become even more detailed, and Hampden and Deering will be squaring off for the Class… Read More
All season long, Valley girls basketball coach Gordon Hartwell has had some boys, either on the Valley varsity or past players come to his practices to work with the Cavaliers. Hartwell is hoping that preparation will pay off Saturday as Western Maine champ Valley of… Read More
If tournament results are any indicator, Friday night’s Class B boys basketball state final at the Bangor Auditorium could be a battle of contrasting styles. Maranacook of Readfield earned its regional championship by averaging 71.6 points in three Eastern Maine tournament victories, while Mountain Valley… Read More
HAMPDEN – Evan Farley watched Hampden Academy’s climb to its first Class A boys basketball state championship from the Broncos’ bench as a sophomore waiting for his turn to contribute. One year later, it’s his turn. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
If the Presque Isle girls basketball team held up a mirror, it might see the squad from Lake Region staring back. That’s because the Wildcats and the Lakers of Naples, who will meet for the Class B state championship tonight at the Bangor Auditorium, are… 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
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Those who monitored the turnstiles at this year’s Eastern Maine high school basketball tournament most closely had to be happy whether the venue was the Bangor Auditorium or the Augusta Civic Center. Fans turned out in greater numbers this year for both the Class A… Read More