Four classifications are represented in this list of the state’s best players.
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Meet the 2025-26 Press Herald All-Region girls basketball team
Four conference players of the year highlight this list of 12 southern Maine standouts who left a mark.
Here are the Maine basketball SMAA all-conference teams
Windham’s Tyrie James and Cheverus’ Kylie Lamson earn player of the year honors.
Maine Class A boys hockey coaches all-state honors
Travis Roy Award winner Jake Skillings named as one of the first team forwards.
Maine’s high school football coaching carousel is still spinning
Nearly 18% of the state’s 79 programs will have new head coaches in 2026, and several will be first-time varsity coaches in their 20s.
New No. 1 in final Varsity Maine boys basketball poll, appropriately
Portland finishes at the top after beating three previous No. 1s in the postseason.
Coast-to-coast No. 1 in Varsity Maine girls basketball poll
Cheverus is in the same spot in the season’s final poll as it was in the first — at the top.
Varsity Maine girls basketball poll features 5 state finalists
Cheverus, which remains the unanimous No. 1, is joined by four other teams playing for Gold Balls this week.
State finalists rise in Varsity Maine boys basketball poll
Camden Hills, Portland, Gardiner and Yarmouth fill the top 4 spots.
Thursday’s standouts from the Maine basketball tournament semifinals
These players made key contributions as their teams advanced to regional finals.