Top plays from third day of the basketball tourney at the Portland Expo.
Drew Bonifant
Staff Writer
Drew Bonifant covers sports for the Press Herald, with beats in high school football, basketball and baseball. He was previously part of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel sports team. A New Hampshire native and 2010 graduate of Northeastern University, he came to Maine in September 2016 after four years at the Concord Monitor, where he covered NASCAR, University of New Hampshire hockey and high schools and won a NH Press Association award for his work. He also worked for two years as a college co-op at the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. An avid golfer, frequent skier and consumer of sports, movie and music trivia, he’s a fan of the New England Patriots, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Flyers and Miami Heat – and yes, he’s aware of how random those teams seem.
Mt. Ararat girls basketball storms back to beat Westbrook
The Eagles climb out of a 17-point hole to advance to the Class A South semifinals.
Gray-New Gloucester girls basketball senior hits milestone in quarterfinal victory
Izzy Morelli scores her 1,000th point to help the No. 3 Patriots reach the Class A South semifinals.
Cooper Flagg, Duke men’s basketball bounce back from rare defeat
The Newport native and the No. 3 Blue Devils will look to build a new winning streak against Virginia and Illinois.
Saturday’s Portland basketball tournament highlight reel
Top plays from second day of the basketball tourney at the Portland Expo.
Falmouth boys basketball tops Gray-New Gloucester in A South quarterfinals
The second-seeded Navigators roll to a quarterfinal victory in the Class A South regional.
Biddeford girls basketball beats Wells in Class A South quarterfinal
With underclassmen leading the way, Biddeford returns to the regional semifinals for the first time since making it in Class A in 2010.
Lincoln Academy boys basketball tops Yarmouth in triple overtime
The Eagles prevail in a marathon Class B South quarterfinal and will play No. 1 Medomak Valley next.
Spruce Mountain boys basketball edges Oceanside with late rally
Cai Dougher scores 32 points, and the Phoenix overcome a fourth-quarter deficit to win a Class B South quarterfinal.
50 years ago, Maine girls basketball leveled playing field
The tournament has generated memorable players, teams and events, and allowed girls sports to shine on the biggest stage.