BANGOR – Waterville High School 17-year baseball coach Dick Whitten couldn’t have scripted a better 200th career win Wednesday at Mansfield Stadium. His top-seeded Purple Panthers scored eight runs in the first three innings of their 9-3 Eastern Maine Class A championship game win over… Read More
BANGOR – Just seven days ago, Steven Whitney was an unknown freshman pitcher with only six varsity innings to his credit and no decisions. What a difference a week makes. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
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
BANGOR – For the first time in 52 years, John Bapst Memorial High School will represent Eastern Maine in a state championship baseball game. Thanks in large part to a performance featuring maturity and poise beyond the years of sophomore pitcher Cole McElwain, his Crusaders… 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
BREWER – In Katie Mainville’s world, the harmless walk Bucksport’s Jana Richards drew – the one that came with two outs, and nobody on, in top of the first inning? That’s a threat. The harmless error that her team made behind her in the fourth?… Read More
BANGOR – Van Buren High School senior lefthander Phil Smith brought remarkable statistics into Tuesday night’s Eastern Maine Class D championship game against Jonesport-Beals at Mansfield Stadium. And the University of Maine-bound Smith lived up to them. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… 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
BANGOR – Jen Jimmo registered another outstanding pitching performance, but after Thursday’s 7-1 victory over Hampden, the Bangor High junior seemed more eager to credit the Rams’ offense for the win. Jimmo had two singles for No. 1 Bangor in the Eastern Maine Class A… 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
DEER ISLE – Eric Ray pitched a two-hit shutout, striking out six and walking none, to help second-seeded Deer Isle-Stonington post a 4-0 high school baseball playoff victory over No. 7 Shead of Eastport on Wednesday. Ray also stroked a two-run triple to cap a… Read More
LEE – Jeremy Ham nailed a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning Monday, lifting Lee Academy to a 7-4 victory over Sumner in a Class C schoolboy preliminary round contest. Lee travels to No. 2 Hodgdon for a Thursday quarterfinal matchup. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
WILMINGTON, Del. – There are days when even the best pitcher doesn’t have his good stuff. Thursday afternoon, it was Rusty Tucker’s turn – in the University of Maine’s first-round game against Towson at the America East Championship. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
When your teams have earned back-to-back regional titles and stuck two more gold balls in an already crowded trophy case, it’s obvious how successful you’ve been on the basketball court. What hasn’t been so obvious when it comes to Bangor High School’s boys program is… Read More
BANGOR – From the eyes of the player who made it all possible, Joe Campbell’s Instant Classic was a blur. “I saw the arms,” said sophomore guard Zak Ray, who spent the last three seconds of the state Class A championship game with an obstructed-view… Read More
BANGOR – Three Portland teen-agers were arrested in Bangor after Deering High School’s loss to Bangor High School in the Class A state basketball championship on Saturday night. One was arrested in the Bangor Auditorium shortly after the hometown team won the title 57-56 in… 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
BANGOR – For at least part of St. Patrick’s Day, the leprechauns were wearing cardinal and white. No one will ever confuse 6-foot-5 Joe Campbell or 5-10 Bangor teammate Zak Ray for leprechauns, but they created a little of their own luck of the Irish… 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
Just last season the Catherine McAuley girls basketball team was a fresh face in the Class A state championship game. The No. 10 seed, McAuley knocked off four teams in the Western Maine tournament for its first regional title and the Portland school’s first trip to the state… 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
Nokomis of Newport forward Danielle Clark showed plenty of promise last year as a freshman. This year, after a stellar regular season during which she led the Big East Conference in scoring, Clark delivered in the tournament as well. Clark led the Warriors to the… Read More
Several times during Monday night’s Eastern Maine Class A championship game, Bangor fans chanted “Mr. Basketball” after senior forward-center Joe Campbell scored a basket or grabbed a key rebound. While certainly a strong candidate for the award presented annually to Maine’s top senior ballplayer, it… 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 High boys basketball coach Roger Reed had planned on a light run-through for his No. 1 Rams on Saturday, a few hours before they were set to defend last year’s Eastern Maine Class A championship, and then head to the Bangor Auditorium for their game against No. Read More
BANGOR – When things are going as well as they were for the Bangor boys in their Eastern Class A semifinal game Friday night, the head coach could almost sit back in his chair and start planning for the next game. Not so for Roger… 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
BANGOR – In less than one minute of play, Cony’s Ashley Underwood delivered a knockout punch to the upset-minded No. 5 Hampden Academy girls basketball team in its Eastern Maine Class A semifinal against the No. 1 Rams of Augusta Thursday night. Underwood scored eight… 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
POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. – What the Husson basketball team did with its opportunities in Wednesday’s first round of the NAIA Division II Men’s National Basketball Tournament would keep the Braves in the game in the first half but ultimately lead to St. Mary’s 92-79 victory. 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
AUGUSTA – The Mount Desert Island girls basketball team may have hoisted the gold ball Saturday night, but Melissa Gott has had one of her own for much of the regular season and the playoffs. It’s actually a gold ball charm that she wears around… Read More
AUGUSTA – Who among the crowd at the Augusta Civic Center didn’t write off the Camden Hills boys basketball team in the second quarter of Saturday night’s Class B state championship game? It would have been easy – and understandable. After all, Western Maine champ… Read More
BANGOR – In three words, Messalonskee High School senior Izzy Smith described what the Eastern Maine Class A Basketball Tournament is all about. “That was fun,” a jubilant Smith told her father Saturday afternoon after the sixth-seeded Eagles from Oakland knocked off No. 3 Bangor… Read More
BANGOR – It took two straight overtime struggles and seven quarters of hair-graying basketball to do it, but for the first time since 1983, the Caribou boys have advanced beyond the Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinals. Nokomis isn’t the only maroon-and-white team banishing tournament demons… 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
ORONO – The University of Maine women’s hockey team split a pair of games over the weekend, earning a 3-2 victory over Brown Sunday and falling to Harvard 8-2 Saturday. Maine concluded its season with a 15-14-1 mark overall, 10-13-1 in ECAC play, narrowly missing… Read More
NEWARK, Del. – With a minute and a half left in Saturday’s America East quarterfinal game, the University of Maine men’s basketball team had reeled off a 9-2 run, led Boston University by 10, and had seemingly clinched a berth in the tourney semifinals. Seemingly. 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 – So much for tourney inexperience. The No. 5 Hampden Academy girls basketball team, which had not appeared in an Eastern Maine Class A tournament game since 1998, got a key 3-pointer from Jamie Wells and a fine free-throw effort from Megan Magoon for… Read More
BANGOR – The long dry spell for Nokomis boys basketball has finally come to an end. The No. 5 Warriors used a big second half comeback to knock off No. 4 John Bapst 56-45 in an Eastern Class A quarterfinal at the Bangor Auditorium Friday… Read More
BANGOR – This game ended like so many others have for the loss-challenged Valley Cavaliers of Bingham, but unlike most of the previous 83 straight victories, No. 84 didn’t come easily. Eastern Maine champ East Grand of Danforth gave the Cavaliers all they could handle… 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
They stand 6-foot-5, 6-6, and 5-10 respectively, but John Knutson of Camden Hills, Buddy Leavitt from Piscataquis in Guilford, and James Godley from East Grand of Danforth have a lot in common. They’re acknowledged veteran leaders of their basketball teams, they filled that leadership role… Read More
Less than 24 hours before the Mount Desert Island girls were to take the Bangor Auditorium floor for their semifinal game in the Eastern Maine Class B tournament, senior Melissa Gott was in a Bar Harbor restaurant when she felt sick and blacked out. She was taken to… 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
Eastern Maine Classes B-C-D finals D7 – Girls, No. 1 Woodland 74, No. 6 Shead 43 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if… Read More
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 – This hasn’t been the easiest postseason for the Calais girls basketball team. The relatively small Blue Devils have ended up playing teams with solid post players. They lost one of their top scorers and rebounders for the tournament. And the Devils’ bench isn’t exactly that deep. Read More
OAKLAND – Jason Robbins scored 11 of his 17 points in the fourth period, including the game-winner in the lane with under 10 seconds to play to lead the Old Town Indians to a 61-60 Class A prelim win over the Messalonskee Eagles Saturday. The… Read More
BANGOR – The Calais boys struck a mighty blow for Washington County basketball and against a decade’s worth of frustration at the Bangor Auditorium Friday afternoon. The No. 2 Blue Devils used a swarming defensive effort while taking advantage of the two dirty words in… 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 – Heading into the Eastern Maine Class C tournament the Calais girls had the top seed but some worries about how the Blue Devils would play against teams with dominant centers and forwards. Calais got its answer Friday night. Katie Frost pumped in a… 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 – East Grand coach Troy Cilley’s plan was fairly straightforward for Thursday night’s Eastern Class D boys semifinal game: Press the living bejeepers out of the unpressable Woodland and keep the athletic Dragons away from the paint. Done and done. Cilley’s top-seeded Vikings of… Read More
BANGOR – All basketball players have a role on a given team. Some handle the basketball. Some are shooters. Some guard the opposition’s best player. Some do a little of everything. Woodland’s Kristina Huwa? Her job is to swat, reject, grab and gather. Forget offense… Read More
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BANGOR – It might not be the most stylish way to win basketball games, but until they start giving out style points, the Hermon Hawks aren’t too worried about how they look. The No. 7 Hawks continued another run to the Eastern Maine Class B… 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 – Class D Woodland’s biggest rival in the Downeast Athletic Conference may be Class C Calais, but the Dragons don’t mind emulating the Blue Devils in the big games. No. 1 Woodland used its tough man-to-man defense and full-court press to roll to a… 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 No. 1 Calais girls basketball team withstood a second-quarter challenge from No. 9 Searsport to post a 63-39 victory in an Eastern Maine Class C tournament quarterfinal Tuesday evening at the Bangor Auditorium. Playing without forward Morgan Drew, who is no longer… 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 – One day last week East Grand’s Tara Copley turned on a computer and heard the phrase, “You’ve got mail.” Or words to that effect. The e-mail turned out to be a scouting report on their Eastern Maine Class D girls quarterfinal opponent, Van… 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 – Penquis Valley High School junior guard Megan Russell had a rough first half. But she made up for it in the second half. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… 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
BANGOR – Mount Desert Island’s Bracey Barker and Camden Hills’ Lauren Withey each turned in pivotal second-half performances to carry their teams to quarterfinal victories in the Eastern Maine Class B schoolgirl basketball tourney Saturday at the Bangor Auditorium. Barker, a 5-foot-11 sophomore guard, scored… Read More
BANGOR – Maine Central Institute’s Amanda Leavitt had a simple strategy before launching a shot from three-quarter court with one second left in the first quarter of Saturday’s Class B quarterfinal against Camden Hills. “I knew there was just one second left. I just had… Read More
BANGOR – Amid all of the inherent pressures that go along with coaching a high-profile high school basketball team in Eastern Maine, Houlton coach Jerry Adams had much more weighty matters on his mind as his season headed down the homestretch. Adams, who made his… Read More