PORTLAND – They could have started engraving the trophy at halftime. The Lake Region girls basketball team took all of the suspense out of the Class B Western title game at the Cumberland County Civic Center on Saturday, blowing out Greely, 49-30. The newly-minted West champs will play Eastern champion Presque Isle on Friday night […]
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GIRLS BASKETBALL: No. 1 Lake Region takes the sting out of the Leavitt Hornets
PORTLAND – The No. 1 Lake Region girls basketball team, with the help of five 3-pointers by Abigail Craffey, managed to knock of the defending Class B champs, the Leavitt Hornets, 59-54 in overtimein a semifinal game on Thursday afternoon. The Lakers’ win earned them a trip to the conference finals on Saturday where they […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: No. 1 Lake Region takes the sting out of the Leavitt Hornets
PORTLAND – The No. 1 Lake Region girls basketball team, with the help of five 3-pointers by Abigail Craffey, managed to knock of the defending Class B champs, the Leavitt Hornets, 59-54 in overtimein a semifinal game on Thursday afternoon. The Lakers’ win earned them a trip to the conference finals on Saturday where they […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: No. 5 Windham ends season with loss to No. 1 McAuley
PORTLAND – The Windham High School girls basketball team’s season came to a sudden halt at the Cumberland County Civic Center on Wednesday night as the No. 5 Eagles lost a 49-33 decision to top-seeded McAuley in a Class A West semifinal game. The win was the 24th in a row for the defending state […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: No. 1 Lake Region has no trouble advancing past No. 8 Yarmouth
PORTLAND – The Lake Region High School girls basketball team entered the Class B West tournament with high hopes of a championship. And who could blame them? The Lakers blew through the regular season with a 16-2 regular season record and came into the tournament as the No. 1 seed. The Lakers opened their playoff […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: No. 10 Gray-New Gloucester comes up short against No. 2 York
PORTLAND – For a time on Tuesday afternoon, it looked like the No. 10 Gray-New Gloucester girls basketball team was going to have a shot at pulling off the upset of the Class B West girls basketball tournament. For three-plus quarters, the Patriots, who had a 23-18 halftime lead, looked like they had York’s number, […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: No. 4 Windham knocks off No. 5 Deering
PORTLAND ¬- Megham Gribbin wasn’t all over the floor for the Windham girls basketball team against Deering Monday night, but it must have felt that way for the Rams. Gribbin absolutely dominated the fourth quarter of a low-scoring contest against the Rams, leading the No. 5 Eagles into the Class A West semifinals with a […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: No. 4 Windham knocks off No. 5 Deering
PORTLAND ¬- Megham Gribbin wasn’t all over the floor for the Windham girls basketball team against Deering Monday night, but it must have felt that way for the Rams. Gribbin absolutely dominated the fourth quarter of a low-scoring contest against the Rams, leading the No. 5 Eagles into the Class A West semifinals with a […]
Rotary shifts focus to Statewide Derby, March 3-4
The cancellation of the Sebago Lake Ice Fishing Derby means bigger prizes for the upcoming statewide tournament, Sebago Lake Rotary Club organizers report. The Sebago Lake derby, scheduled for Feb. 18 and 19, was canceled by organizers due to unsafe ice conditions. Thousands of dollars worth of prizes have been rolled into the prize pool […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: No. 10 Gray-New Gloucester shocks Mountain Valley
RUMFORD – The No. 10-ranked Gray-New Gloucester girls basketball team kept its season alive on Wednesday night, going to Rumford and pulling off a 58-50 upset of seventh-seeded Mountain Valley in a Class B West prelim game. The win moves the Patriots into the quarterfinal round where they will square off against No. 2 York […]