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Maine’s education ranking slips

Maine has slipped six places in the latest annual ranking of the nation’s education systems. The survey, by the publisher of Education Week magazine, cited a lack of clarity in Maine’s academic standards and few in-state examples of using students’ performance to evaluate teachers, among other factors. While Maine’s raw score in the 2011 Quality […]

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Boys’ basketball:Cheverus Stags’ depth leads to victory

Cheverus flexed its defense and depth, and got its fast break going in the second half Tuesday night to pull away from Thornton Academy for a 52-37 victory in an SMAA boys’ basketball game.

The Stags (7-0) used an 18-4 run spanning the third and fourth quarters – including 14 straight points – to put the game away.

Peter Gwilym, Joe Savino and Connor O’Neill sparked the Stags’ surge.

Gwilym, playing with four fouls, had three baskets in the final quarter. He scored off a long pass from Savino, then was on the spot with two other layups in the frontcourt.