Caribou wins 3rd/4th grade Glenburn Rec tournament

GLENBURN - It took a whole quarter to get going for Caribou, but they eventually built a lead and held on for a 21-16 victory over Ellsworth to claim the 2017 Glenburn Rec 3/4 girls championship on Sunday afternoon at the Glenburn School.

The Caribou 3/4 girls team poses for photographs after winning the Glenburn Rec basketball tournament championship with a 21-16 win over Ellsworth on Sunday. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

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Vinalhaven girls snap 34 year championship drought with win over Forest Hills

AUGUSTA  – The No. 2 Vinalhaven girls basketball team hosted No. 5 Forest Hills Saturday afternoon in a Class D South Regional Championship matchup with the Vikings taking a 61-45 win, thus punching their ticket to the State Class D Championship game against Class D North Shead, Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.

Vinal Haven coach Sandy Nelson and assistants watching the girls cut down the nets after their 61-45 Class D South regional championship game over Forrest Hills. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Glenburn Rec 3rd/4th grade girls tournament gets underway

GLENBURN - Saturday morning at the Glenburn School, the Glenburn Rec 3rd/4th grade girls basketball tournament got underway with opening day pool play. Ellsworth, who sent two teams to the tournament, Caribou, and Newport all picked up wins over the first four games.

 Glenburn Rec opened their 3rd/4th grade girls basketball tournament got underway Saturday morning at the Glenburn School. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Orono boys get by Hermon to reach regional final

BANGOR- The Orono Red Riots boys basketball team are playing their best at the perfect time. The Red Riots went on an 11-0 run and earned a 52-41 win over Hermon in a Maine Principals’ Association class B semifinal game on Wednesday afternoon at the Cross Insurance Center.

 Orono's Keenan Collett (50) and Connor Robertson collide battling for a rebound during the first half of the Class B North semifinal game against Hermon at the Cross Insurance Center on Wednesday. Orono won the game 52-41. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

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Swanson, Phelps lead MDI into regional final

BANGOR - MDI got a big first quarter from Andrew Phelps to build a lead, and then a big third quarter from Riley Swanson to help extend a lead, helping the Trojans get past the Central Red Devils 48-38 Wednesday afternoon in a Class C schoolboy semifinal basketball game at the Cross Insurance Center.
 

 MDI's Riley Swanson (40) puts up a 3-point shot as two Central defenders close in during the first quarter of a Class B North semifinal game at the Cross Insurance Center on Wednesday. MDI won the game 48-38. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

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Lawrence claims championship in Glenburn Rec 5/6 girls tourney

GLENBURN - After being knocked out of the 2016 Glenburn Rec 5th/6th grade girls basketball tournament in the semifinals, the Lawrence Bulldogs returned for the 2017 tournament a bigger, stronger, and more talented team and won the championship with a 29-17 victory over DEFY-Ellsworth.

The Lawrence 5th/6th grade girls team poses for a team photo after winning the 2017 Glenburn Rec Invitational Tournament on Sunday in Glenburn. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

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Lawrence, Hampden, Houlton, Ellsworth early winners in Glenburn girls 5/6 tourney

GLENBURN - Saturday morning at the Glenburn School, the Glenburn Rec opened their four weekend travel basketball tournaments beginning with the 5th and 6th grade girls. This years participants include Houlton, Bangor, Lawrence, Hampden, Woodland, Holden, Ellsworth, and host Glenburn.

Lawrence and Bangor teams opened the Glenburn Rec 5/6 girls tournament on Saturday morning at the Glenburn School. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

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Reardon sparks Red Devils to boys championship win

GLENBURN - Ashton Reardon scored eight points in the fourth quarter as the No. 1 Holbrook boys expanded a 2-point third quarter lead into a six point margin of victory with a 43-37 win over No. 2 Glenburn to claim the Penobscot Valley Middle League B Division Championship.

Holbrook's Ashton Reardon (54) looks to get a shot off over Glenburn defender Colby Cook during the boys middle school B Division championship game in Glenburn on Friday. Holbrook won the game 43-37. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

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Big second half gives Holbrook girls PVML B Division Championship

GLENBURN - Friday afternoon at the Glenburn School, Makayla Dore, Jammie Satterfield, and Lillian Higgins each scored 10 points to help lead the Holbrook Red Devils to a 43-28 come from behind win over the Glenburn Chargers in the Penobscot Valley Middle League girls B Division championship game.

The Holbrook Middle School girls celebrate their B Division Championship after defeating Glenburn 43-28 on Friday afternoon in Glenburn. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

 

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One bad quarter gives Skowhegan the win over Oceanside in Augusta - UPDATED

AUGUSTA – The No 10 Oceanside girls traveled to the Augusta Civic Center for a Class A North quarterfinal against No. 2 Skowhegan where they fell 50-41.

Oceanside senior Alexis Mazurek focuses on this free throw for a basket. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Nokomis girls eliminate Camden Hills from playoffs - UPDATED

AUGUSTA – The No. 6 Camden Hills girls traveled to the Augusta Civic Center for the Maine Principals' Association High School Tournament to take on No. 3 Nokomis of Newport in a Class A North quarterfinal with the Warriors running away with a 55-41 win over the Windjammers.

Camden Hills Kassie Krul puts up a shot on the run as MiAe DeWaard looks on. Camden Hills fell to Nokomis in the Class A North quarterfinal 55-41. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Camden Hills just falls short with Lawrence; playoffs up next

ROCKPORT – The Camden Hills varsity girls basketball team matched up with Lawrence of Fairfield Saturday in a make-up game from this past week's winter weather.

Camden Hills Mara Dostie, right, puts pressure on Lawrence's Hunter Mercier. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Windjammer JV girls fall to Lawrence in season finale

ROCKPORT – The Camden Hills junior varsity girls played well, however, the Lawrence girls on the strength of a big third-quarter took home a 49-30 win that was a better game than the score would indicate.

Camden Hills Kesha Lane, right, hits her head on a Lawrence players knee as they go to the ground in a scramble for a loose ball.  (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Lawrence freshmen girls defeat Camden Hills JV-B squad

ROCKPORT – The Camden Hills JV-B Team hosted the Lawrence freshmen in a season finale with the Bulldogs running over the Jammers' 39-14.

Camden Hills Chelsea Field heads back up the court after the Windjammers scored. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Oceanside battles hard, falls short to visiting Gardiner

ROCKLAND – The Oceanside girls basketball team knew they probably needed a win to get into the playoffs. They gave it everything they had giving the Tigers a fight they were not expecting coming up just a little short losing 59-53.

Oceanside's Jillian Brooks had an outstanding night in her final home game of her high school career. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Oceanside girls Senior Recognition Night

ROCKLAND – The Oceanside senior cheerleader and basketball team were recognized for their years of playing for the Mariners and to give them a chance to thank their parents who make it all possible for all the years they participate in extra curricular activities rather it's sports, drama, music, it all takes the parents to make this happen.

Oceanside senior Elise Laslavic. All of the photos here could have been a lead photo, this, however, is perhaps my favorite all time senior night photo.  (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Oceanside JV narrowly escapes Gardiner

ROCKLAND – The Oceanside girls junior varsity opened the night of hoops against Gardiner with a narrow 31-28 win.

Oceanside's Kassidy Robinson is surrounded by Tigers after grabbing a rebound during Friday's game. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Camden Hills girls overcome a determined Cony team

ROCKPORT – The Camden Hills girls basketball team had its makeup game with Cony Wednesday after being postponed on Tuesday. It was also senior night for the Windjammers.

Camden Hills senior Mara Dostie was all smiles as the game began against Cony Wednesday night. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Senior night for the Camden Hills girls basketball team

ROCKPORT – The Camden Hills girls basketball held their senior night a night earlier than normal as it is usually the last game of the season.

Coach and seniors, left to right, Emily Morse,  Mara Dostie, Coach Kim Kuhn, Julia Holt, and Charlotte Messer. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Oceanside varsity boys game too much for Belfast to handle

ROCKLAND – In a game moved up a night because of predicted weather, the Oceanside Mariners varsity team hosted Belfast Monday in a game that was all Mariners almost from start to finish with a 79-47 win.

Belfast's Zane Bielenberg, left, tries to get past the defense of Oceanside's Nate Raye and Mike Norton (13). Despite the defense, Bielenberg had a great game scoring 20 points in the loss. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Oceanside JV boys steamroll past Belfast

ROCKLAND – Monday evening the Oceanside boys basketball teams entertained Belfast in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference matchup where the Mariners captured a 62-24 win.

Belfast's Issac Cunningham lays out to make the pass and save the ball for Belfast. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Glenburn boys knock off Clippers, advance to B Division semis

GLENBURN - The Glenburn Chargers had eight players score in a balanced offense 44-25 victory over the Winterport Clippers on Saturday night at the Glenburn School in the final B Division boys PVML quarterfinal playoff game.

Glenburn's Brandon Butterfield drives towards the basket past Winterport's Garrett McLeod during the first half of the middle school playoff game in Glenburn on Saturday. Glenburn won the game 44-25. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

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Mariner JV boys strong fourth quarter downs Jammers'

ROCKPORT – The Oceanside junior varsity boys continued the winning effort in game two of the day with a 50-42 win over the host Camden Hills Windjammers.

Oceanside's Trevor Reed, left, works to drive past the tough defense of Camden Hills Kerry Sabanty. Oceanside won the game 50-42. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Oceanside freshmen boys roll past Camden Hills

ROCKPORT  – The Camden Hills boys hosted Oceanside Saturday in some afternoon action with the freshmen opening up the three games.

Oceanside's Jacob Curtis, right, grabs a rebound as Camden Hills Hunter Hoppe takes an elbow to the face from Oceanside's Karl Ilvonen. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Camden Hills JV girls squeeze past Oceanside

ROCKLAND – The Oceanside junior varsity girls hosted rival Camden Hills to the house Saturday where the visitors took a close well played game 40-37.

Oceanside's Alexis Rytky gets the ball out of the reach of Camden Hills Nicole Brown as she moves in to defend. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Lady Chargers advance to semifinal with victory over Orono

GLENBURN - Saturday afternoon at the Glenburn School, the Lady Chargers of Glenburn overcame a slow start to cruise past the Red Riots of Orono Middle School for a 56-34 victory in the quarterfinal round of the Penobscot Valley Middle League "B" Division basketball tournament.

Glenburn's Sydney Ronco (left) drives towards the basket past Orono's Laura Cost-Kirkpatrick during a middle school quarterfinal game in Glenburn on Saturday. Glenburn won the game 56-34. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

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Lincoln Academy runs past Oceanside

ROCKLAND – The Oceanside girls basketball team hosted the Eagles of Lincoln Academy Thursday with the visitors taking home a 48-35 win.

Lincoln Academy's Brie Wajer, right, looks to get the ball past Oceanside's Hope Butler during Thursday's game. Lincoln Academy won 48-35. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Oceanside JV girls sail past Lincoln Academy

ROCKLAND – The Oceanside junior varsity girls basketball team hosted Lincoln Academy Thursday coming from behind at the half to take a 37-27 win.

Oceanside's Alexis Rytky, right, plays tough defense as Lincoln Academy tries to get the ball upcourt. Oceanside JV won 37-27. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Camden Hills back in the race with overtime win over Brewer

ROCKPORT – The Camden Hills 95-9) varsity boys had seen enough and were not about to give up the fight as they battled back the entire game to force an overtime where they captured the upset win over Brewer (6-9), 58-53.

Brewer's Brandon Glidden can't find a way out as Camden's Michael Kremin, left, and Stephen Crawford defend. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Central has big third quarter to pull away for win over Crusaders

BANGOR - Tuesday night at the Cross Center in Bangor, Central High School of Corinth opened up a six point half time lead in the third quarter to pull out a 56-45 win after holding off a fourth period rally by the Crusaders of John Bapst Memorial High School in schoolboy action.

Central's Caleb Shaw (12) gets up over John Bapst defender Isaac Wardwell for a shot during the fourth quarter. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

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Witches continue to rule, JV stops Camden Hills

ROCKPORT – The Brewer Witches boys basketball team had a sweep on the mind after the junior varsity boys handed Camden Hills a 57-47 loss on their home court.

Brewer's Cameron Monroe, left, gets a hand on the ball in Camden Hills Ionut Lodge's hands knocking it out of bounds. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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Bell, Philippon guide Lady Crusaders to win over Washington Academy

BANGOR - Crystal Bell and Gracie Philippon each recorded double digit points to lead the John Bapst Crusaders to a 46-31 victory over the Washington Academy Raiders on Tuesday night at the Cross Insurance Center.

John Bapst's Madi Higgins (30) goes up for a shot as Washington Academy's Rylea Steeves moves in to defend. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

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Strong finish from Brewer Frosh downs Camden Hills boys

ROCKPORT – The Camden Hills boys basketball program hosted Brewer Tuesday night with the freshmen opening the three-game evening with Brewer taking a  54-47 win.

Brewer's Season Neal, right, grabs a rebound as Lucas Beal and Camden Hills Joby Bird reach for the ball. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

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