Boys’ Basketball: Bulldogschange gears, finish off Red Riots

SOUTH PORTLAND — Portland won its fourth straight game and beat South Portland for the second time this season with a 59-54 win in an SMAA boys’ basketball game Tuesday night at Beal Gym.

Seventh-ranked Portland (10-7) trailed early but soon took the lead for good. Fourth-ranked South Portland (12-5) cut it to three points late in the game, but the Bulldogs followed with four straight points in the final minute.

On Jan. 19, the Bulldogs beat the Red Riots in a three-overtime thriller, 80-71.

Clippers tighten Class B

Yarmouth ends Greely’s eight-game win streak and, yes, Class B is an anyone-can-win-it division.

Boys’ Basketball Notebook: A rare season of growing pains for Falmouth

Falmouth graduated its entire starting five from last season and has suffered the requisite growing pains this season. As the regular season winds down, the Yachtsmen are outside the tournament fold. Falmouth stands in 11th place in the Heal point standings. Nine teams make the tournament. The Yachtsmen haven’t missed the postseason for 27 years, […]

Bulldogs help their chances by racing past Red Storm

The Portland boys stay in tournament contention by beating Scarborough to end a three-game skid.

Ross, Pingitore make college decisions

Jamie Ross of Deering picks Sacred Heart; Nate Pingitore of Yarmouth chooses Robert Morris.

Former ace pitcher Garner dies at 98

John ‘Zeke’ Garner pitched for years in town baseball and was inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975.

Points from the point

Josh Britten of Yarmouth doesn’t just dish off the ball, but gets his points for a strong team.

Stags provide answers

Cheverus – “They’re No. 1 for a reason” – rolls on, beating back another challenger on the road.

Faithfull back in Mainefor prep school tourney

Indiana Faithfull, who led Cheverus High to the Class A state basketball title last season after receiving a court injunction to put aside an ineligibility ruling imposed by the Maine Principals’ Association, will return to play in the state tonight.

Faithfull will play for St. Thomas More prep school in Bridgton Academy’s Wolverine Winter Classic in North Bridgton.

The 6-foot-4 Faithfull, from Australia, missed the last five games of Cheverus’ regular season last year after the MPA ruled

Boys’ Basketball Notebook: A 400-win career, enjoying those January nights

When Tony DiBiase began his coaching career 32 seasons ago in Machias, winning 400 high school games wasn’t on his mind. “I was just concerned about getting a program started,” said DiBiase. “The way coaching worked back then was you started at a small school and worked your way up to a Class A school. […]