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Anderson hits milestone as Hornets cruise
Sport: Basketball (Girls)
Posted: January 27th, 2012
By Kalle Oakes..TURNER — It’s dangerous to throw around the words “never” and “unprecedented” in a Maine high school basketball context. You have to sift through a century of history. Girls, though a late invitation to the party, have played the game as a sanctioned sport since 1975. So let’s go with this: The Leavitt Area High School ladies celebrated an achievement that probably hasn’t happened before and might never happen again...Click for Full Story
McGuirk, Fields lead Tigers to tie
Sport: Hockey (Boys)
Posted: January 27th, 2012
By DAN HICKLING...BIDDEFORD — Biddeford was a team in need of a turnaround, and Wednesday’s 1-1 overtime tie with Lewiston in a Class A boys hockey tilt provided the Tigers with the beginnings of one. Matt McGuirk’s goal with 4:10 gone in the third period, and goalie Jon Fields’ 36-save gem helped halt the Tigers’ four game losing streak. The last of those came nine days earlier, a 3-2 heartbreaker against the same Blue Devils...Click for Full Story
One perfect payback
Sport: Basketball (Girls)
Posted: January 27th, 2012
JAMES PATRICK...YORK - It was defense. It was clutch offense. It was Lake Region's worst game of the season. It was a little of everything and it added up to the York girls' basketball team shocking the top-ranked Lakers 44-37 in a Western Class B game Thursday night. It was also a little dramatic. Abby Craffey of Lake Region hit a 3-pointer with 2:31 left to cut York's lead to 41-35, but Andrea Mountford would have none of it. The Wildcats' point guard drove for a layup and a 43-35 lead, then watched as Lake Region...Click for Full Story
Wing resigns after 3 seasons as Oak Hill head coach
Sport: Football
Posted: January 27th, 2012
By Bill Stewart...WALES -- Oak Hill High School football coach Dave Wing resigned this week, citing time constraints, after three seasons with the Raiders. "It's just time," said Wing, 64, of Greene. "It's just the time more than anything else. I coached for awhile, then got away, and then came back. You get to a point where you have to make a clear decision. "Do you still want to put in the time? It's a seven-days-a-week job...Click for Full Story
Maranacook surprises Gardiner
Sport: Basketball (Boys)
Posted: January 27th, 2012
By Travis Lazarczyk...READFIELD -- Whether it was Kyle Boucher showing off some of his post moves, or Seth Miller slashing into the lane for a layup, or Taylor Wilbur sticking a 3-pointer from the corner, there wasn't much the Maranacook Community School offense didn't do Thursday night against Gardiner. "I think that was the best our offense has played all year," the 6-foot-7 Boucher said. "The guys did a great job staying...Click for Full Story
Gardiner holds on
Sport: Basketball (Girls)
Posted: January 27th, 2012
By Matt DiFilippo...GARDINER -- If you walk into the Gardiner Area High School gymnasium and look straight ahead, you'll see the visiting team's fan section. The last thing anybody expected Thursday night was for those fans to come alive in the second half. Gardiner led a listless Maranacook team by 20 at halftime, and it didn't look that close. As soon as the third quarter began, Maranacook was a different team, and Gardiner...Click for Full Story
Late free throws help Nokomis boys hold off Oceanside
Sport: Basketball (Boys)
Posted: January 27th, 2012
By Ernie Clark...ROCKLAND, Maine — Every victory in the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference is satisfying this winter given the game-to-game grind in which blowouts are much more the exception than the rule among the league’s Class B programs. Road wins are even sweeter, to which Nokomis of Newport will attest after outlasting Oceanside 48-46 on Thursday evening. “This was a real good win for us,” said Warriors’ senior...Click for Full Story
'An inspiration to us all'...James Blanchard has autism. He also has a smile on his face and a love for his game that's simply infectious.
Sport: Basketball (Boys)
Posted: January 26th, 2012
By Tom Chard..WINDHAM - This is not the season the Windham High boys' basketball team hoped to enjoy: The Eagles are 3-9 with no chance of making the Western Class A tournament. But lessening the impact of a losing season has been the presence of James Blanchard. Blanchard has autism, a neural development disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication. The symptoms of autism begin before a child is 3 years old. for full story
Lisbon's looking up
Sport: Basketball (Girls)
Posted: January 26th, 2012
By Kevin Mills..There could be an unfamiliar team in the Western C tournament next month. With three wins in four recent games, Lisbon has risen in the standings. The Greyhounds were in the eighth spot entering Wednesday's game at Mountain Valley. Lisbon has never been in the Western C tourney field and its last playoff appearance came in Western B in 2009, finishing 14-5 and losing in the quarterfinals. for full story
Murray’s return a good sign for Medomak Valley boys basketball team
Sport: Basketball (Boys)
Posted: January 26th, 2012
By Ernie Clark...Good news for the Medomak Valley of Waldoboro boys basketball team may be bad news for the Panthers’ Eastern Maine Class B rivals. That dose of good news was the return to action Tuesday night of 6-foot-8 junior center John Murray, back exactly five weeks after being sidelined with a left knee injury. Murray played about 14 minutes in Medomak Valley’s Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference match-up at Camden Hills of Rockport, with Panthers coach Nick DePatsy inserting him into the lineup for stretches of three or four minutes at a time. for full story
Nokomis shines through challenging stretch
Sport: Basketball (Girls)
Posted: January 26th, 2012
By Ernie Clark...NEWPORT, Maine — The Nokomis of Newport girls basketball team roared through the first third of its regular-season schedule, outscoring its first six opponents by an average of more than 42 points per game. The Warriors’ more recent outings have been much more competitive, but the bottom line has been the same — coach Kori Dionne’s team remains undefeated, now 12-0 after a 61-60 overtime victory at Leavitt of Turner Center on Tuesday night in the rematch of their 2011 Class B state final. for full story
South Portland falls at home to Bonny Eagle
Sport: Basketball (Boys)
Posted: January 25th, 2012
By Michael Hoffer..SOUTH PORTLAND—Tuesday evening at Beal Gymnasium, the South Portland boys' basketball team began one of the most daunting schedule stretches of any team in the state when Bonny Eagle, a regional finalist last winter, paid a visit. The Red Riots now have an idea just how tough the next two weeks will be. After South Portland held the explosive Scots to a mere four points in the first quarter, Bonny Eagle came to life and forged a 20-20 tie at halftime. Thanks to heroics of sophomore Dustin Cole, the Scots took the lead for good late in the third period and held on down the stretch for a 56-49 victory, improving to 11-2 on the season. For full story
Thornton blows out Biddeford
Sport: Basketball (Boys)
Posted: January 25th, 2012
By MARK JEANNERET..SACO – To say Thornton Academy burst out of the gates in its first boys' basketball meeting of the season against heated rival Biddeford would be a supreme understatement. The Trojans enjoyed two 10-0 runs in the opening quarter on their way to a 78-49 victory in a Southern Maine Activities Association game played Tuesday night. for full story
The Rams hold Windham to 10 first-half points, and Marissa MacMillan dominates inside in a 41-32 victory.
Sport: Basketball (Girls)
Posted: January 25th, 2012
By GREG REID...PORTLAND — If maintaining focus is a key to doing well in final exams later this week, Marissa MacMillan might be looking at a pretty good average when grades are handed out at the end of the month. MacMillan was brilliant when her team needed her most Tuesday night, scoring 13 of her 17 points in the second half and collecting 16 rebounds as Deering beat Windham 41-32 in a Southern Maine Activities Association girls' basketball game at Deering High. for full story
Leary, turnovers hurt Rams in loss
Sport: Basketball (Boys)
Posted: January 25th, 2012
By Gary Hawkins...AUGUSTA -- Cony boys basketball coach Tim Bonsant summed up his team's loss to Edward Little in four words: "Too much Quin Leary." The Cony coach might have thrown in "too many turnovers," too, as both Leary's 28 points and the Rams' 25 turnovers contributed to their 65-56 loss to the Red Eddies on Tuesday night. for full story
