The success of Camden Hills of Rockport, Dexter and Central Aroostook of Mars Hill in winning 2005 Eastern Maine boys basketball championships stemmed from a number of factors, among them resiliency, guile, coaching and talent. The three champs also had the most balanced starting five… Read More
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BANGOR – For two years, Dexter’s Ashley Ames imagined what it would be like to pull down the nets from the basketball hoops at the Bangor Auditorium. She made that dream a reality Saturday night. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
BANGOR – They have played together since the second grade for an opportunity like this – time winding down and an Eastern Maine Class C boys basketball title on the line. Such was the senior leadership top-ranked Dexter brought to this year’s tournament, and it… Read More
BANGOR – One day before Saturday’s 49-36 Eastern Maine Class B girls basketball championship game victory over Mount Desert Island, Winslow senior Amanda Byrne went to coach J.R. Richards with a request. Let me guard Kelsey Stratton, Byrne asked of Richards. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
BANGOR – Camden Hills of Rockport has this formula for winning titles. Play your way into the tournament gradually, struggle with your shooting so skeptics begin to look elsewhere for championship favorites, then elevate your game to a level no one else can match. That… Read More
AUGUSTA – Travis Hovey scored 19 points Saturday to help lead No. 3 Valley of Bingham to a 64-45 victory over top-seeded Pine Tree Academy of Freeport to claim the Western Maine Class D boys basketball championship at the Augusta Civic Center. Cole Pullen had… Read More
BANGOR – Will the future of the Mount Desert Island girls basketball team be as bright as its recent past? With four sophomores and two juniors back from the Trojans’ rotation, coach Chip Taylor thinks so, and that’s one of the reasons he emptied his… Read More
BANGOR – The top-ranked Lee Academy girls’ basketball team has relied on senior Shelby Pickering for four seasons to give the Pandas a boost. And even though Pickering led her team with 27 points and 15 rebounds in Saturday’s Eastern Maine Class D final, it… Read More
BANGOR – From the lack of cheering and the subdued atmosphere in the Central Aroostook locker room after Saturday’s Eastern Maine Class D championship game, you’d have thought the boys from Mars Hill were the losers. But you would have been wrong. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Camden Hills fans got a scare early in the second quarter of Saturday’s Eastern Maine Class B boys championship game when senior point guard Jamey Davis took a spill in the lane and stayed down for a couple of minutes. He eventually walked off the… Read More
BANGOR – Sam Bowers, Eric Day, Matt Murray, Mark Pullen and Chris Rabideau first began playing basketball together seemingly as soon as they could control a dribble. Youth league teams evolved in travel teams, including one that played at the AAU level. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
BANGOR – Chris Rabideau didn’t know much about the Madawaska boys basketball team entering Friday night’s Eastern Maine Class C semifinal. But when the Owls jumped out to a 6-0 lead over Rabideau and his Dexter teammates less than two minutes into the contest, the… Read More
One year after missing the Eastern Maine Class C championship game for the first time in 12 seasons, the Calais girls basketball team is back in it. And the route that the No. 2 Blue Devils took to get there couldn’t have been any sweeter… Read More
BANGOR – For three days, Ashley Ames was concerned about facing Stearns of Millinocket in the Eastern Maine Class C girls basketball semifinals. After all, the Minutemen had played Ames and defending state champion Dexter to within five points late in the regular season, enough… Read More
BANGOR – Although the Woodland girls basketball team didn’t advance out of the semifinals, coach Arnie Clark was pleased with the way the season turned out, considering the two freshmen in the starting lineup playing against a more seasoned Calais squad. “It’s a whole new… Read More
BANGOR – The Penquis boys basketball team showed its resiliency Friday night as the No. 2 Patriots struggled against No. 3 Washington Academy in an Eastern Maine Class C semifinal at the Bangor Auditorium. Penquis of Milo’s scrappy man-to-man defense frustrated the Raiders of East… Read More
AUGUSTA – Meredith Shaw poured in 20 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, as the No. 1 Yarmouth girls basketball tipped No. 2 Lake Region of Naples 45-43 in the Western Maine Class B championship game Friday night at the Augusta Civic Center. Allie… 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 – The Ashland girls basketball team had the perfect game plan for Thursday afternoon’s Eastern Maine Class D semifinal against Southern Aroostook. After all, the No. 3 Hornets were the only team to beat the No. 2 Warriors in the regular season. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BANGOR – Lee Academy’s tough combination of run-and-gun offense, pressing defense, and tough inside play was too much for Greenville to overcome Thursday afternoon as the No. 1 Pandas earned a trip to the Eastern Maine Class D final with a 67-36 victory over the No. 5 Lakers… Read More
AUGUSTA – Conrad Griffin scored 25 points to power No. 2 Wiscasset by No. 3 Boothbay 53-51 during a Western Maine Class C boys basketball semifinal at the Augusta Civic Center Thursday. Wiscasset rallied from a 17-point deficit at the end of the third quarter. Read More
AUGUSTA – Kristin Baker poured in 36 points to lead the No. 5 Valley Cavaliers to a 58-47 upset over the No. 1 Rangeley Lakers in the Western Maine Class D girls basketball semifinals Thursday at the Augusta Civic Center. Jeri-Dee Fitzmaurice added 10 points… 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 – Two tournament games, two last-second shots, one berth in the Eastern Maine Class B final. The Mount Desert Island girls pulled out another shocker in Wednesday afternoon’s regional semifinal, getting a 3-pointer from sophomore Kelsey Stratton with 9.8 seconds left in the fourth… Read More
BANGOR – First the Boston Red Sox ended an 86-year curse. Then the New England Patriots won their third Super Bowl title in four years. Wednesday, it was Madawaska High School’s turn to make sports history. The fourth-seeded Madawaska boys ended a curse of their… Read More
BANGOR – One year after a disappointing loss in the Eastern Maine Class B quarterfinals, the Camden Hills boys basketball team is back in the regional final. Jamey Davis scored 14 points, heading up a group of four players in double figures, as the No. Read More
NEWPORT – Alyssa Bragdon hit all five of her free throws in the fourth quarter to lift the Nokomis Warriors to a 46-41 Class A girls basketball win over the John Bapst Crusaders Wednesday night. Bragdon finished with 13 points, including eight free throws, while… Read More
BANGOR – Foxcroft Academy has prided itself on its team defense in recent years. On Wednesday night the Ponies used it to oust a state champion. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
BANGOR – Three earlier losses to Maranacook of Readfield this season failed to dismay the Winslow girls basketball team as it prepared to meet the Black Bears yet again Wednesday, this time in an Eastern Maine Class B semifinal. “The other three times were all… Read More
BANGOR – Arnie Clark has coached a lot of games at Bangor Auditorium. So, even with his youthful Woodland squad reeling Tuesday morning amidst a fiery second-half rally by Washington Academy, Clark chose to let the Dragons weather the storm. Clark finally called a timeout… Read More
BANGOR – A new-look Washington Academy of East Machias team and a typical Penquis of Milo squad will meet Friday night in an Eastern Maine Class C boys basketball semifinal after posting quarterfinal victories at the Bangor Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon. Second-ranked Penquis used its… Read More
BANGOR – There were 45.6 seconds left in the Eastern Maine Class C schoolgirl tournament quarterfinal between Stearns High School of Millinocket and Central of Corinth when Stearns’ Trisha MacDonald stepped to the foul line. Her team was leading 56-53. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BANGOR – Fans familiar with the up-tempo style typical of the Washington Academy of East Machias boys basketball program during the past two decades are in for a change as the Raiders continue through this year’s tournament. Coach Chad Fitzsimmons’ club is looking inside, rather… Read More
BANGOR – Sure, the Dexter girls basketball program is the defending Class C state champion, not to mention two-time Eastern Maine champ. But that pedigree doesn’t immunize the top-ranked Tigers from tourney jitters, particularly when the lineup is dotted with a few new faces. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
BANGOR – Brock Bradford showed a sign of things to come during the 2004 Class D state championship game, when he scored 24 points as Calvary Chapel of Orrington defeated Valley of Bingham to end the Cavaliers’ six-year title run. For most of the 2003-04… Read More
BANGOR – The undefeated Lee Academy girls basketball team began defense of its Eastern Maine Class D championship in impressive fashion Monday and will face the gritty and athletic Greenville Lakers in Thursday’s 3:35 p.m. Eastern D Tournament semifinal at the Bangor Auditorium. Top seed… 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 – 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
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
As Jason Woodworth looked at the big picture during Central Aroostook of Mars Hill’s 91-40 Eastern D quarterfinal victory over Greenville on Monday, he couldn’t have been happier. For the Panthers, one of the favorites for this year’s regional title, were rolling toward a semifinal… Read More
BANGOR – Chris Howland and Ben Henderson each netted two goals as Houlton-Hodgdon defeated John Bapst 5-2 in high school hockey play Monday night. Ryan Brewer scored the 11-5-2 Black Hawks’ other goal. Sharif Abouleish, Chris McGuire, and Josh McGuire helped with assists. Nic Joslyn… Read More
BANGOR – Rockland’s junior class of Lindsay Barnes, Caitlin Hynes, and Allie Todd hooked up for what was likely the biggest quarter of basketball in their careers during Saturday’s Eastern Maine Class B quarterfinal against Presque Isle at the Bangor Auditorium. Todd hit two big… Read More
BANGOR – Armed with memory of last year’s first-round loss at the Eastern Maine Class B tournament, the Camden Hills boys basketball team may have played not to lose at times Saturday but still found a way to win. The top-ranked Windjammers did not score… Read More
The Harris family will be well-represented when the Lee Academy boys and girls basketball teams take the Bangor Auditorium floor today in their Eastern Maine Class D quarterfinals. On the girls side, cousins Karin Bird, Kerri Harris, and Brooke Harris all play for the Pandas,… Read More
Chris Carlin finally took the wrap off his elbow Saturday, and that helped him take the wraps off his game while helping Presque Isle defeat Fort Kent 75-61 to advance to the Eastern Maine Class B boys basketball semifinals. Carlin, a 6-foot senior point guard… Read More
BANGOR – Among the faces in the crowd during Saturday’s Class B boys basketball quarterfinals was Steve Clifford, an assistant coach with the NBA’s Houston Rockets. He was in town to watch his younger brother, Dan, coach Ellsworth to a narrow loss to top-ranked Camden Hills of Rockport. Read More
BANGOR – Mindy Watson epitomizes the type of high energy the Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook girls basketball team likes to apply at both ends of the court. Whether it’s pressure defense or fast-break offense, the idea is to accelerate the game. With Watson leading… Read More
BANGOR – A key defensive switch and a well-rounded offensive effort helped power the No. 3 Winslow girls basketball team into the Eastern Maine Class B tournament semifinals. Ashley Carter led the Black Raiders with 11 points and Amanda Byrne sparked the Winslow defense to… Read More
BANGOR – Senior point guard Toby Martin is the face of the Maranacook of Readfield girls basketball team. But it was frontcourt dominance that sparked the No. 2 Black Bears to a 56-43 victory over No. 7 Camden Hills of Rockport in an Eastern Maine… Read More
BANGOR – Foxcroft Academy flirted with an early exit from the Eastern Maine Class B boys basketball tournament Friday night, trailing No. 10 Mount View of Thorndike by two points early in the fourth quarter of their quarterfinal. But Kyle Rideout would have none of… Read More
BANGOR – When you’re the defending Class B state champion, it’s sometimes hard to believe a team could come out and hold you scoreless for a while. But that’s just what No. 6 MDI did to No. 3 Erskine of South China Friday night in… Read More
Sometimes, experience and talent aren’t the most important attributes of a winning team at the tournament. Sometimes, it comes down to poise – as in, the ability to deal with the pressure of hearing catcalls from the crowd after a missed free throw or turnover… Read More
For most people, the Eastern Maine boys basketball tournament begins Friday night with its arrival at the Bangor Auditorium. But don’t try telling that to players from Mount View High of Thorndike or Schenck High of East Millinocket, both of whom used overtime Wednesday night… Read More
The Bangor Auditorium has been the home of the Eastern Maine Class A high school basketball tournament since the unique structure first opened for basketball in 1956. Next March, after 49 years, that storied tradition will cease. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Work is being done behind the scenes by Bangor Auditorium and city officials on a proposal to submit to the Maine Principals’ Association in an effort to keep the Eastern Maine Class A basketball tournament from being moved to the Augusta Civic Center beginning in 2006. Read More
An ad hoc committee of the Maine Principals’ Association has made preliminary recommendations that could change the face of the state’s high school basketball tournaments beginning in 2006. Those recommendations would move the Eastern Maine Class A tournament from the Bangor Auditorium to the Augusta… Read More
PORTLAND – Many of the younger Portland High basketball fans lingered around the Cumberland County Civic Center long after the end of Saturday night’s Class A state championship game. They were celebrating the Bulldogs’ dramatic 69-63 overtime victory over Brunswick, earning Portland its first state… Read More
PORTLAND – Rashema Murphy, all of 5 feet, 2 inches tall despite a game program that listed her as 5-10, was asked how she could rise through a maze of legitimate 6-footers to grab a game-high 10 rebounds with a gold ball on the line. Read More
Five games into the 2003-04 season, the Deering High School girls basketball team was still searching to find its rhythm. Three straight narrow losses – to Westbrook, two-time defending Class A state champion Catherine McAuley High of Portland, and Sanford – left the Rams with… Read More
The similarities between the 2004 Portland High School boys basketball team and the 1999 edition that won the school’s last Class A state championship are few. This year’s team won its three Western Maine tournament games by an average of 18.7 points; the 1999 team… Read More
BANGOR – Ralph Mims felt he let his team down by getting into foul trouble during Brunswick’s semifinal against Cony of Augusta at the recent Eastern Maine Class A boys basketball tournament. But his teammates rallied after Mims fouled out midway through the fourth quarter,… Read More
If you think this year’s Eastern Maine Class A girls basketball tournament featured stellar play, just wait until next year. All five members of the 2004 Eastern A NEWS All-Tournament team will be back next winter, led by 6-foot-2 junior center Katie Rollins of regional… 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 – Ralph Mims’ Saturday night at the Bangor Auditorium began modestly – a scoreless first quarter with a couple of turnovers thrown in as he sought to force his will on the Eastern Maine Class A boys basketball final. By the time the evening… Read More
BANGOR – Top-ranked Oxford Hills delivered a lesson in how to score off the center jump at the outset of Friday night’s Eastern Maine Class A boys basketball semifinal. For the rest of the game, however, it was the No. 4 Bangor Rams who presented… Read More
BANGOR – “Mims Week” ended at the Bangor Auditorium Friday night, but that’s fine with Brunswick’s boys basketball team. The second-seeded Dragons, who were called Ralph Mims’ team as often or more so than they were called Brunswick, showed they have a few other quality… 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 – When Kyle Bradford became one of Calvary Chapel Christian School’s first students in the fall of 2002, his basketball future was less than certain. “When the school opened two years ago, we didn’t even know if there would be a basketball team,” he… 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
AUGUSTA – The game, and the chance to win the gold basketball that had eluded the Houlton High boys basketball program for generations, was slipping away. But Mark Socoby refused to let go, sparking a game-changing run in the final 80 seconds of the third… Read More
AUGUSTA – Members of the Houlton High boys basketball team were quite aware of their program?s frustrating heritage, and the fact it had not won a state championship until Saturday night’s 64-49 victory over Jay. For Shiretowners coach Sean Callahan, it was a topic to… Read More
AUGUSTA – The Lee Academy girls basketball team knew about Rangeley center Krysteen Romero. And the Pandas were ready to stop Laker forward Sarah Schrader. But when Rangeley started draining 3-pointers in a key third-quarter span of Saturday’s Class D state championship game, the Eastern… Read More
BANGOR – Cony’s leading scorer, junior Katie Rollins, spent most the first half of Saturday’s Class A Eastern Maine quarterfinal on the bench in foul trouble. It was OK, though, classmate Briianna Rende had her back. Rende scored 14 of her game-high 25 points in… Read More
BANGOR – Bethany Sevey and Megan Smith could have been a little nervous playing their first-ever Eastern Maine Class A tournament game at the Bangor Auditorium. Instead, the freshman duo set the tone Saturday morning as second-seeded Skowhegan earned a 62-51 victory over No. 7… Read More
BANGOR – When you play against a Mike McGee-coached Lawrence squad, nothing is ever easy. Not even if you’re the No. 1 seed – as Oxford Hills of South Paris was in Saturday’s Eastern Maine Class A boys quarterfinal. Not even if it seems that… Read More
BANGOR – Ralph Mims has considerable experience on the Bangor Auditorium floor. So when his Brunswick team was put to the test by Mt. Blue Saturday morning, the senior guard and his teammates didn’t panic. Mims scored 10 of his game-high 22 points in the… Read More
BANGOR – A little extra practice on end-of-game situations paid off nicely for Mount Ararat girls basketball coach Kelly Lafountain and her team. After fourth-seeded Hampden Academy cut a nine-point lead to just one with a furious rally in the final minute of Saturday’s Eastern… Read More
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BANGOR – A lot was made going into Friday’s Class B girls state championship game of the similarities between Eastern Maine entry Camden Hills and the Western Maine winner Greely of Cumberland Center. And it was all about defense. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
BANGOR – The No. 6 Bangor girls basketball team missed a lot of open shots in its Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinal Friday afternoon. But Ram junior Caroline Weymouth made two huge shots when it counted. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
Think Dexter’s 58-48 victory in the Eastern Maine Class C final was a close one? Try Dirigo’s 44-36 overtime triumph over Jay in the Western Maine Class C semifinals. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
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BANGOR – Doug Joerss isn’t necessarily an imposing physical presence, but the 6-foot-2 junior forward is fast becoming an imposing basketball presence for the Cony Rams. Joerss continued his strong play of recent weeks with 29 points and 11 rebounds Friday as sixth-ranked Cony of… Read More
Friday night’s Class B boys basketball state final game pits first-time Eastern Maine titlist Erskine Academy of South China against a Gorham team steeped in postseason tradition. Western Maine champion Gorham will be making its seventh appearance in a state championship game during Kevin Jenkins’… 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
Rare is the schoolboy basketball star who twice is named a recipient of the William C. Warner Award as most valuable player of his Eastern Maine tournament. Even rarer is the player honored in back-to-back years while playing for two different schools. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Most Eastern Maine girls basketball watchers considered last week’s Class B tournament to be wide open and any team’s to win. And any team did win it: No. 8 Camden Hills knocked off undefeated No. 1 Presque Isle, No. 4 Caribou and No. 6 Hermon… Read More
BANGOR – Early in Saturday night’s Eastern Maine Class C boys basketball final, Mark Socoby walked up the Bangor Auditorium court slapping himself in the head – a visible sign of frustration for a slow start. “I had made a few mistakes and was just… 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
BANGOR – Things couldn’t have been much worse for the Calvary Chapel Christian Academy boys at the Bangor Auditorium Saturday afternoon. They were down a point 51/2 minutes after having taken an 11-point lead into the fourth quarter, two starters had fouled out, and they… Read More
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BANGOR – You can be sure Joan Sawyer found a few minutes to get away from working the media check-in table at the Bangor Auditorium to watch some of Saturday night’s Eastern Maine Class C girls basketball final between Dexter and Central of Corinth. The… Read More
BANGOR – Darrell Haskell and Steve Childs are the best of friends, so when one does something, the other often follows suit. Take Saturday’s Eastern Maine Class B championship game, for example. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
AUGUSTA – Mark Gaudet tallied 15 points Saturday as No. 2 Valley of Bingham posted a 43-36 victory over Hyde School of Bath for its seventh consecutive regional title at the Augusta Civic Center. Travis Hovey added 13 points for the Cavaliers. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
BANGOR – The bruise James Ramsdell sports under his right eye is perhaps symbolic of the sometimes thankless task of offensive rebounding. But during an Eastern Maine Class C boys basketball semifinal in which neither team shot particularly well, Ramsdell’s work on the offensive backboards… Read More
BANGOR – Jenny Rollins’ first two seasons with the Central High girls basketball team ended the same way – with a loss to Calais in the Eastern Maine Class C semifinals. Her junior year will have a different conclusion, as the 5-foot-6 guard scored 21… Read More