BOSTON (AP) — Monta Ellis scored five of his 27 points in overtime and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Boston Celtics in the teams’ final meeting this season 99-94 on Friday night despite blowing a seven-point lead late in regulation.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Bounce-back win for Lawrence
SKOWHEGAN — Lawrence rebounded from its first loss of the season with a balanced scoring attack and stout defense to take a 67-33 victory over Skowhegan in Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A boys basketball action Friday night.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Balanced Skowhegan tops Lawrence
FAIRFIELD — Four Skowhegan players scored at least nine points as the Indians defeated Lawrence, 58-40, in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A girls basketball game Friday night.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Fast start lifts Winslow
WINSLOW — The Winslow boys basketball team knew it couldn’t last all game. But for the Black Raiders and their fans, it was more than a lot of fun while it lasted.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Winslow hustles its way to win
WINSLOW — Coaches will sometimes tell you that things like hustle never go into slumps. So after Winslow coach Lindsey Welch watched her team shoot 14 percent from the floor and 33 percent from the line in the first half, she and the Black Raiders still went to the locker room with a 10-point lead.
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NFL: Lloyd becomes a factor for Pats
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Needing a deep receiving threat, the New England Patriots signed Brandon Lloyd.
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Area students named scholars, fellows
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington Undergraduate Research Council recently named area UMF students to its prestigious fall 2012 Michael D. Wilson Scholars and Fellows Program. The competitive Wilson Research Program helps top UMF student scholars — supported one-on-one by faculty mentors — pursue original, high-level undergraduate research projects.
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Hartland’s Blast From the Past fundraising event a success
HARTLAND — The Blast From the Past fundraising event was recently held in the Hartland Consolidated School gymnasium. More than 125 people attended. The event was a spaghetti supper and exhibit of historic photos and artifacts from the Hartland Historical Society’s archives.
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Winslow soup kitchen receives check
WINSLOW — Laurie’s School of Dance students recently performed in Christmas Showcase at the Messalonskee Performing Arts Center in Oakland. The performance was a fundraiser for Waterville’s Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen.