BRUNSWICK — A big late-season rivalry game against a big opponent. Five-foot-six guard Kaitlin Donahoe’s response? Hit a big shot. Then hit another. And another.
2012
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Winslow gets hot from 3, beats rival Waterville
WINSLOW — The Winslow boys basketball team rained threes on rival Waterville in front of a standing-room only crowd Friday night at Mansfield Gymnasium. And the visiting Purple Panthers never had a chance to dry off.
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY: Eagles fall to Witches
WINSLOW — For one period on Saturday night, the Messalonskee High School boys hockey team was dominant. But against a strong team like Brewer, one good period isn’t going to cut it.
J.P. DEVINE: Kodak’s final moment
August 1941. Petty Officer Matt Devine stood behind the family’s peeling green lawn bench, his hands behind him. He was on a short leave and anxious to get out of this hot backyard and over to Mary Viellas’ before he had to catch his train.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Gagne lifts Panthers past Raiders
WATERVILLE — Ashley Gagne scored 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Waterville Senior High School girls basketball team picked up a key Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B win, beating Winslow 34-33 on Saturday.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Hampden beats buzzer, Mt. Blue
FARMINGTON — Zach Gilpin scored at the buzzer as Hampden Academy rallied to beat Mt. Blue 65-63 in overtime in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A boys basketball game Saturday.
HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING: A change for the better for Madison
AUGUSTA — The Madison cheerleading team tweaked its routine, adding a bit more difficulty, and came to the Augusta Civic Center with one goal in mind.
JONATHAN RISKIND: Hinck, Kayatta let bygones be bygones
Today, trial attorney William Kayatta Jr. of Cape Elizabeth is President Barack Obama’s nominee to fill Maine’s seat on the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, and Democrat Jon Hinck is running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Olympia Snowe of Maine.
Despite struggles, MaineGeneral still building
AUGUSTA — People are using MaineGeneral Medical Center facilities less than the company had predicted, so the central Maine hospital system has fewer patients to treat and less money coming in.
SUPER BOWL: Moving Wilfork a huge chore
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Try to shove massive Vince Wilfork out of the middle. Tough to do, isn’t it?