LISBON After an eight-day layoff, Lisbon coach Jake Gentle might have worried that his team was going to come out slow for its Saturday afternoon Mountain Valley Conference boys high school basketball game against winless Wiscasset. Gentle didn’t need to worry, as the Greyhounds sprinted out to a 13-0 lead and pulled away from there […]

BANGOR Senior guard Ilker Er scored a game-high 23 points, including eight straight during a critical 14-0 spurt in the second half, as the University of Maine men’s basketball team erased an eight-point deficit in the final eight minutes to beat Binghamton 76-73 at Vestal, New York, Saturday afternoon. Junior guard Aaron Calixte scored 18 […]

BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin College women’s basketball team remained unbeaten in a battle of top-10 Division III squads, defeating second-ranked Tufts, 66-53, on Saturday afternoon at Morrell Gymnasium. The seventh-ranked Polar Bears improved to 13-0 (2-0 NESCAC) and have yet to post a victory by a single-digit margin this season. Tufts fell for the second time […]

PITTSBURGH Penguins coach Mike Sullivan believes the bye week has arrived at a perfect time for his up-and-down team. Pittsburgh took an early two-goal lead before the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions were forced to rally from a two-goal hole with the final three goals of the game against Boston. Evgeni Malkin’s second goal of […]

GARDINER — The Mt. Ararat High School boys freshman basketball team earned its first win with a 62-36 victory over Gardiner recently. The Eagles improved to 1- 4. Mt. Ararat trailed 17-15 after a quarter, but grabbed a 28-26 halftime lead. The third quarter was key for the Eagles, who outscored the Tigers, 15-3 for […]

BATH — The Bath Middle School boys eighth-grade basketball team recently finished its season with a 49-42 win over Cape Elizabeth. The Destroyers were 8-3 this season. Against the Capers, Gabe Aucoin had a game-high 21 points, followed by Josh Ter Mors with 10 and Jansen Morrison with nine. Sawyer Stead, Elliot Dorr and Thomas […]

BRUNSWICK The undefeated Brunswick High School girls basketball team made quick work of Cape Elizabeth on Friday night, dashing out to a 21-2 first-quarter lead and never looking back en route to a 72- 25 Class A South victory. The Dragons are 8-0 heading into Tuesday’s visit to Lincoln Academy (6:30 p.m.), while the Capers […]

BATH Maeve Dunn banked a 3- point basket as time expired to break a 29-29 tie to lift the Hyde Wolfpack to a 32-29 victory over Pine Tree Academy in girls high school basketball Class D South action on Saturday. With the clock winding down, the ball was knocked loose and rolled to Dunn. The […]