PORTLAND — About a month ago, Portland was wondering if it would be in the Western Class A boys’ basketball tournament. The Bulldogs were 6-7 and mired in 10th place in the Heal point standings, with the top eight making the tourney. Slowly they clawed back, not only making the top eight but reaching the […]
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Boys’ basketball tournament capsules
• WESTERN CLASS A FAVORITES: Cheverus, at 18-0, heads into the tournament as the clear favorite. The Stags beat Marshwood, their opponent tonight, 57-40 on Feb. 3. They have allowed only 37.4 points per game. WATCH OUT FOR: No. 2 Bonny Eagle has won eight straight. No. 5 Portland has won five straight. No. 3 […]
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Westbrook’s Bates is bound to get the rebound
The seventh-ranked Blue Blazes will need the senior’s rebounding and inside scoring when they play No. 2 Bonny Eagle on Saturday.
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High School Basketball NotebookSmall towns love basketball, and a week of tournaments
Tony DiBiase first experienced the hold high school basketball has on small towns around Maine when he coached at Machias High in the late 1970s. He experienced it in Gorham a few years later. Now DiBiase, in his latest stop, is experiencing the aura of small-town basketball again at Gray-New Gloucester High. DiBiase, in his […]
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Patriots too much for Black Bears
GRAY — Gray-New Gloucester wanted to play an uptempo game and, after a few minutes, it was apparent the Patriots had achieved what they set out to do.
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Boys’ Class B basketball: Patriots jet to the quarters
Gray-New Gloucester ups the tempo, wins handily and heads to a meeting against top-ranked Greely.
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Scarborough boys repeat in track
A ‘well-rounded’ team wins late events to capture the SMAA championship again.
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Perfectly positioned
Cheverus makes up for a late-season loss to South Portland a year ago and will be 18-0 heading to the tournament.
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Boys’ Basketball Notebook: Scots’ 130-pound freshman is coming up big
Before the season, Bonny Eagle Coach Phil Bourassa said he was concerned about how freshman phenom Dustin Cole would handle the physical play of Class A basketball. After all, Cole is 5-foot-7 and maybe 130 pounds soaking wet. Seventeen games into the season, the Bonny Eagle coach’s concerns have been allayed. “Physically, Dustin is still […]
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A burst of hope on the bubble
High school basketball teams on the fringe of the tournament field get that one last chance in regular-season finales tonight.