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PORTLAND — Top-ranked Deering High overcame a slow start Saturday night to advance to its fourth consecutive Western Class A girls’ basketball final, beating No. 5 Sanford 51-45 at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

The Rams fell behind 11-2 but charged back to claim the lead by the end of the first quarter. They took control in the third, holding Sanford to nine points.

Kayla Burchill led Deering with 21 points.

When Mike Lowe joined the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram’s staff in 1982, he never thought he was setting roots. But he learned to love Maine, its people, its games and, especially, its...

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