ELLSWORTH — The Black Bear North fifth-grade girls’ basketball team won the state’s Zero Gravity AAU title Sunday afternoon in Lewiston. BBN Black started the tournament Saturday with a 20-0 win over Team Blue Wave of Portland. Later in the day, the team posted a 32-15 victory over another Portland-based club, Maine Firecrackers. On Sunday …
ELLSWORTH — The Boston Celtics will begin the NBA Eastern Conference quarterfinals against the Indiana Pacers in a best-of-seven series beginning at 1 p.m. today, April 14. Boston finished fourth in the Eastern Conference in the regular season with a record of 49-33. The Celtics will have home court against Indiana, which finished fifth at …
HANCOCK — Kaylee Bagley put her free-throw shooting prowess on display once again Saturday afternoon when she won the Elks Free Throw Hoop Shoot New England title at Deering High School in Portland. The Hancock Grammar School fifth-grader made 20 of her 25 attempts from the free-throw line to take first place in the competition’s …
ORONO — Shane Lowell was just supposed to coach basketball when he traveled to Orono earlier this month for a youth tournament. Instead, he spent part of his day in the emergency room. On the morning of March 3, Lowell and the Down East Family YMCA 5th/6th-grade girls’ basketball team traveled to Orono Middle School …
MOUNT DESERT — Eighty-three teams traveled to the Mount Desert Island and Ellsworth areas this weekend for this year’s edition of the Great Harbor Shootout. A total of 133 games were played in the tournament, which drew more than 3,000 people to the area. Those games began late Friday afternoon and concluded early Sunday afternoon …
ELLSWORTH — The Down East Family YMCA boys’ and girls’ basketball teams had solid showings in this weekend’s Sheriff’s Cup tournament held throughout the city. After advancing to the tournament quarterfinals, the DEFY girls’ team reached the last four with a 51-29 victory over Central Aroostook. The team then advanced to the championship game with …
ELLSWORTH — This year’s Sheriff’s Cup basketball tournament is set to be held this weekend at four gymnasiums around the city. The action begins when the Down East Family YMCA A boys’ team takes on Team Rust Buckets at 4 p.m. tomorrow, March 8, and concludes with the championship games Sunday, March 10. Games will …
PORTLAND — The Caribou and Cape Elizabeth boys followed Saturday’s Class B girls’ game with an exciting finish as Caribou ended a 50-year state championship drought with a 49-47 win. Caribou appeared set to win the game in regulation before Cape Elizabeth (14-8, No. 3 seed in Class B South) rallied from a five-point deficit …
PORTLAND — It was a spirited effort, but the Gold Ball’s return to Bar Harbor must wait. Looking to win its first state championship in 16 years Saturday afternoon, the Mount Desert Island girls’ basketball team went up against the Gray New-Gloucester Patriots in a battle of the No. 1 teams in their respective regions. …
BANGOR — It’s over. After three straight Gold Ball wins and countless nights of dominating opponents on the Cross Insurance Center floor, the George Stevens Academy boys’ basketball team’s run of mid-February dominance has come to an end. GSA’s latest opponent, the Houlton Shiretowners, proved worthy of dethroning the back-to-back-to-back regional and state champions with …
BANGOR — Celebrating on the Cross Insurance Center floor, Mount Desert Island’s senior starters took turns at one of Maine’s most exhilarating high school basketball traditions. With ladders placed beneath both baskets, the Trojans’ Maddy Candage and Julia Watras stepped up to perform the famous cutting of the nets that follows every regional and state …
BANGOR — It might not have cut down the nets, but as the Deer Isle-Stonington girls’ basketball team walked off the court Saturday, it did so to the applause of a fan base that couldn’t have been prouder. As the team hoisted the Northern Maine runner-up trophy, chants of “We are proud of you!” and …
