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    BREWER – In the seventh inning of Wednesday’s Eastern Maine Class A softball championship game, Lawrence coach Joe Marcoux called the Bulldogs together and shared a premonition. “We said, ‘Something weird’s gonna happen to cause this game to end,'” Marcoux said with a shake of… Read More
    BREWER – After facing Katahdin twice in the regular season – and losing to the Cougars in back-to-back games – Bangor Christian pitcher Kara Hartman had Katahdin all figured out. Plus, Hartman said after Tuesday’s Eastern Maine Class D championship game at Coffin Field, she’s… Read More
    LINCOLN – Call it a lesson, as second baseman Cassie Carver does, or a kick in the backside, as pitcher Kari Vance did. Either way, the Mattanawcook Academy softball team has had to figure out how to come from behind in the playoffs after rolling… Read More
    BANGOR – After feeding Brewer a steady diet of ace lefthander Joe Vanidestine all season, Bangor Rams coach Jeff Fahey changed the menu for Thursday afternoon’s Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinal baseball game. Senior righthander Jared Hockman drew the start and was more than up… Read More
    BREWER – The 17th-seeded Ellsworth High School Eagles’ improbable Eastern Maine Class B playoff run came to a screeching halt at Heddericg Field Thursday night. The Eagles self-destructed in John Bapst’s seven-run first inning and stylish sophomore lefthander Cole McElwain was terrific for the Crusaders’… Read More
    BREWER – Katie Reed singled in Jenny Higgins in the sixth inning to snap a 1-1 tie and help No. 3 Brewer post a 3-1win over No. 6 Old Town in an Eastern Maine Class A high school softball quarterfinal game on Thursday. Emily McLaughlin… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS – Josh Ramsdell jolted a game-tying two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh and Adam Demarest followed with a game-winning solo shot as Washington Academy posted a 14-13 win over Calais in an Eastern Maine Class C quarterfinal baseball game on Thursday. Read More
    BANGOR – As the Nokomis Warriors stood in a hallway and waited to take the floor for pregame warmups on Saturday night, coach Earl Anderson stood against a wall, a silent and stoic anomaly in a sea of motion and noise. The Warriors were minutes… Read More
    BANGOR – For almost the entire season, sophomores Michelle Murray and Lindsey Welch have been splitting time at point guard for the Nokomis girls basketball team, learning to make the kinds of decisions that top-notch point guards make. Welch and Murray each had a big… Read More
    In regard to Saturday night’s clash between the Rams from Bangor and the Rams from Deering of Portland for the Maine Class A state basketball title, it’s not a difficult game to build up. Want to go the WWF route? Call it “Rampage 2001”. How… Read More
    It wasn’t so long ago that Nokomis’ four sophomore starters were playing for a Corinna Junior High team that went undefeated for almost three straight years. But two of the girls have been watching Eastern Maine tournament games from the Bangor Auditorium stands for what… Read More
    The intense pressure accompanying his new job was never more evident to Deering boys basketball coach Mike Francoeur than when he picked up a copy of his local paper about four months ago. “There was a story on us and the headline was something like… Read More
    BANGOR – They were outshot from the floor and the line, outrebounded defensively and overall, and two of their best players combined for only 10 points. Yet thanks to their trademark, razor-sharp, man-to-man defensive pressure and clutch efforts from gritty seniors Jim Shea and Joe… Read More
    BANGOR – With less than five minutes left in Monday night’s Eastern Maine Class A girls final game, sophomore Danielle Clark stood in the middle of the court and signaled her Nokomis of Newport teammates to settle down. To not get caught up in the… Read More
    BANGOR – In a matchup of two of the top post players in Eastern Maine, a 6-foot-3 forward proved to be the catalyst as No. 2 Skowhegan rallied in the third quarter for a 57-47 Eastern Maine Class A semifinal victory over No. 6 Caribou Friday night. Read More
    ORONO – He was the Hockey East Tournament’s Most Valuable Player last year. Two years ago, he was the only freshman chosen to the NCAA Frozen Four All-Tournament team. University of Maine junior left winger Niko Dimitrakos has a flair for late-season dramatics and he… Read More
    BANGOR – No one involved with Thursday night’s late Eastern Class A girls semifinal game called it pretty, but as Nokomis coach Earl Anderson says, this time of year, all that matters is whether you’re the winner. Anderson’s unbeaten Warriors of Newport were Thursday night,… Read More
    BURLINGTON, Vt. – It has been a long, challenging and exhausting season for the University of Maine women’s basketball team. It finally ended Thursday afternoon at Patrick Gym. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
    WATERVILLE – Top-seeded Waterville scored two third-period goals en route to a 4-2 win over Edward Little and the Eastern Maine Class A hockey championship at Alfond Arena Wednesday night. Waterville snapped a 2-2 tie by outshooting No. 2 Edward Little 22-2 in the third. Read More
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    NEWARK, Del. – After watching his team put together 20 minutes of offensive perfection on Sunday, University of Maine coach John Giannini glanced at a stat sheet and saw concrete proof of what had gone right … and how hard those trends would be to continue. Read More
    BANGOR – After a sluggish start, Bangor’s boys woke up to post an emphatic 81-36 victory over Waterville in Saturday morning’s Eastern Class A quarterfinal at the Bangor Auditorium. Apparently they just needed their morning cup of Joe. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    BANGOR – There aren’t many records for tournament 3-pointers that the Cony of Augusta girls basketball team doesn’t hold. So it wasn’t a big surprise when the No. 1 Rams made five long-range shots in the first half of Saturday’s Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinal against No. 8… Read More
    BANGOR – A year ago, it was Boothbay’s Seahawks who were proud possessors of a 21-0 record and prohibitive favorites in the Class C state championship game. Then the Seahawks ran into a physical and gutsy Penquis team that came in and took away the… Read More
    BANGOR – Immediately after the final buzzer marked the end of Friday night’s Class C state championship game, the scoreboard clearly showed a Calais win. Still, Blue Devil forward Lanna Martin ran down the court, turned around and shot her teammates a quizzical look. Her… Read More
    BANGOR – Not only did Woodland’s Kaitlyn Leeman play the role of freshman point guard in Thursday evening’s Class D state championship game at the Bangor Auditorium, but she was also coach Arnie Clark’s dark horse. Everyone already knows, Clark figured, about guard Ashley Marble… Read More
    The Valley of Bingham boys basketball team may have captured the state’s attention with its winning streak, but a girls squad in Dixfield has a fine run of its own in the works. The Class C Dirigo girls have won 43 games in a row,… Read More
    When it comes to state championship matchups, I.J. Pinkham and Kevin Jenkins have a lot in common. They’re both longtime Maine high school boys basketball coaches who have been with their respective schools for at least 17 years, they’ve both led their teams to the… Read More
    BANGOR – Top-seeded Orono’s undefeated record and advancement into the Eastern Maine Class B hockey tournament semifinals were very much in jeopardy. A tenacious and energized Hampden Academy team had received a late second-period power play goal from sophomore Jeff Mayhew to pull within a… Read More
    BANGOR – For the fourth time in the last eight seasons, Jeff Hart’s Windjammers will represent Eastern Maine in the Class B state championship basketball game. Only this time, the Windjammers do so as Camden Hills, not Camden-Rockport. The name and location – Rockport, not… Read More
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    BANGOR – Not since 1907 has a Piscataquis boys team had a brush with this kind of high school basketball greatness. Following an impressive 66-48 victory over a young and talented Calais club in Saturday night’s Eastern Class C title game, the top-ranked Pirates of… Read More
    BANGOR – It’s not as if the Mount Desert Island girls basketball team hasn’t been competitive in the past. The Trojans have been very competitive. They’ve been 1997 Class B state championship-competitive. But in the past four years, MDI has been knocked out of the… Read More
    BANGOR – Scoring the 1,000th point of her career Saturday morning didn’t appear to matter all that much to Ashley Marble. Neither did the 34 points she had just scored. It was the plaque that mattered. The one that proclaimed her Woodland Dragons the Eastern Maine Class D… Read More
    BANGOR – East Grand responded to Katahdin’s intense defensive pressure with some calm free-throw shooting to capture the school’s first-ever boys basketball title with a 53-42 win Saturday morning in the Eastern Maine Class D final at the Bangor Auditorium. Trailing by three entering the… Read More
    BANGOR – Mattanawcook Academy girls basketball coach Terri Thornton couldn’t have asked for a more well-rounded effort from her No. 3 Lynx in Friday afternoon’s Eastern Maine Class C semifinal against Penquis. MA’s big guns all came through on offense, while the Lynx controlled the… Read More
    BANGOR – It’s a testament to just how good the Piscataquis boys are that the Pirates of Guilford have made it look easy while advancing through a deep Eastern Maine Class C tournament jammed full of dangerous teams. The multi-faceted and unbeaten Pirates got another… Read More
    BANGOR – Two years ago Sara Ricker and the Shead of Eastport girls basketball team snuck up on a Class D state championship, winning the title as the No. 6 seed. Ranked sixth again this year, the Tigerettes are no surprise team. Thanks to another… Read More
    BANGOR – As Bill McAvoy’s second-seeded Katahdin boys squad was pulling away for a 69-51 victory over No. 11 Bangor Christian team in Thursday afternoon’s Eastern Maine Class D semifinal game, they had a feeling of d?j? vu. Two years ago, it was their team… Read More
    BANGOR – With 30 seconds to play and a five-point lead in an Eastern Maine Class C quarterfinal, the Hodgdon Hawks did something they knew was a major-league tourney mistake. They took a win for granted. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    BANGOR – Six days after registering its first quarterfinal win since 1987, the Foxcroft Academy girls basketball team made school history again Wednesday afternoon. The No. 7 Ponies logged their second upset in the Eastern Maine Class B tournament with a 59-52 victory over No. Read More
    BANGOR – When Jerry Burleigh puts senior Shena Pineau into a ballgame, he’s never really sure of what he’s going to get. Sometimes, she’ll be hot. Sometimes, she won’t. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    BANGOR – He wasn’t selected the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Player of the Year for nothing. Camden Hills senior forward John Knutson hit the game-winning shot with six seconds left and scored a game-high 23 points Wednesday night to lead the top-seeded Windjammers past KVAC… Read More
    BANGOR – The No. 5 Mount Desert Island girls basketball team showed off a strong first-quarter effort and Melissa Gott poured in 20 points as the Trojans knocked off No. 1 Camden Hills in an Eastern Maine Class B semifinal Wednesday night at the Bangor Auditorium. Read More
    AUGUSTA – Nick Pelotte and Brian Anore each scored 18 points to lead the Valley Cavaliers of Bingham to an 83-40 Western Maine Class D semifinal victory over Waynflete on Wednesday. It was the Cavaliers’ 82nd straight win, including three state championships. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    BANGOR – Katie Nye poured in a game-high 24 points to help the Husson women cruise to an 83-29 Maine Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinal win Wednesday night over the University of Maine-Fort Kent. Husson allowed only 11 first-half points, storming out to a 48-11 halftime… Read More
    BANGOR – Redemption was the theme for Tuesday’s Eastern Maine Class D boys quarterfinals. Top-ranked East Grand of Danforth – a 67-61 victor over No. 8 Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook – and No. 5 Woodland – a 76-73 winner against No. 4 Central Aroostook… Read More
    BANGOR – After struggling to defeat the Dexter Tigers twice during the regular season, the Piscataquis Community Pirates headed into Tuesday night’s Class C quarterfinal with more trepidation than you might expect of a No. 1 seed facing a showdown with No. 9. “It’s a… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Staci Roy scored 16 points as the No. 8 Richmond girls basketball team knocked off No. 1 North Haven 44-33 in a Western Maine Class D quarterfinal at the Augusta Civic Center Wednesday. Rachel Furcy added 11 for Richmond. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    BANGOR – The third-seeded Mattanawcook Academy girls basketball team found themselves staring at an 11-point deficit when the 11th-seeded Washington Academy Raiders caught them by surprise by all lining up in the backcourt before Diana Bourdeau snuck down the court to lay in Miranda Copeland’s inbounds pass. The… Read More
    BANGOR – You’ve got to feel for the Sumner Tigers. Two years ago, the boys from East Sullivan came into the Eastern Maine Class C tournament ranked No. 4 and lost to No. 1 seed and eventual East champ Penquis by 15 points in the… Read More
    BANGOR – The wave of upsets sweeping the Eastern Maine tourney couldn’t overcome the experience and senior leadership of the No. 2 Katahdin Cougars in their Class D boys basketball quarterfinal against the No. 7 Greenville Lakers. The Cougars of Sherman Station, the defending EM… Read More
    BANGOR – This time of year, the Calais basketball community is usually abuzz about the high school team … The girls’ team. Well move over girls, because the Blue Devils boys are heating things up at the Bangor Auditorium too. The No. 2 Calais boys… Read More
    BANGOR – It took a debated foul call, two clutch free throws with 20.7 seconds left, and a last-second defensive stand, but top-seeded Camden Hills was able to put a stop to the rash of upsets in the Eastern Maine Class B boys tournament. Camden… Read More
    BANGOR – There were a couple of times during Saturday night’s Class D girls quarterfinal matchup between Shead and Bangor Christian that it appeared the magnitude of the moment had caught up with the Tigerettes’ Samantha Davis. Twice during timeouts, the freshman ran off into… Read More