AUGUSTA—In Tuesday’s Western Class C quarterfinal win over Madison at the Augusta Civic Center, Waynflete junior guard Martha Veroneau opened up the game with two 3-pointers, and didn’t score from the field again (although she did add 14 points from the free throw line). Going in to Thursday’s semifinal against third-seeded Boothbay, Waynflete coach Brandon […]

PORTLAND—For three years, the championship hopes and dreams of the Greely girls’ basketball team were torn asunder by the York Wildcats. Thursday afternoon, finally, the Rangers served up a dose of revenge. Third-ranked Greely, unheralded despite its tremendous success all winter, had this game circled since the playoff seedings came out and never let No. […]

(Ed. Note: Due to space and time restraints, we’ll recap the swimming and skiing state meet results in next week’s edition). We’re in the midst of the busiest stretch of high school sports championship meets all year. Wrestling crowned its champions Saturday. Indoor track did the same Monday and swimming and skiing were being contested […]

Bowdoin’s Amy Hackett drives around a Wesleyan defender during the Polar Bears’ 53-37 win in a NESCAC quarterfinal Saturday. The Polar Bears, who have never lost a NESCAC tournament game at home, improved to 19-6 on the season. Jill Henrikson finished with 22 points and 12 rebounds as the Polar Bears advanced to the NESCAC […]

(Ed. Note: We’ll recap the swimming and skiing state meets in next week’s edition) Mid-Coast winter sports teams have been very busy over the past several days and the fun’s not over yet. Boys’ basketball The Hyde boys’ basketball team, which didn’t win a single game in 2010-11, went 18-0 this winter and ranked first […]

SMCC heading for conference tournament After an up and down regular season, the Southern Maine Community College men’s and women’s basketball teams competed in the Yankee Small College Conference postseason tournament in New Hampshire. The women, after a great start to the year, wound up 15-11 (10-6 in conference) after a 70-30 win over Hampshire […]

Portland Porpoises compete in Massachusetts Thirty-six Portland Porpoises traveled to Massachusetts to participate in the North Shore Swim Club Blizzard Classic meet Jan. 27-29. There were many fantastic swims, many best times, state meet qualifiers, as well as many new USA NAG time achievers. Next is the Maine state championship meet at the University of […]