UMaine’s Adrianna Smith, left, and Anne Simon celebrate after beating UMass-Lowell in the America East women’s basketball quarterfinals on Friday, March 8, in Orono. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Bowdoin players and fans celebrate after a basket in an NCAA Division III women’s basketball Sweet 16 game on Friday, March 8, in Brunswick. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

UMaine’s Anne Simon, right, works the ball around Binghamton defenders Denai Bowman, left, and Camryn Fauria an America East women’s basketball semifinal game Monday, March 11, in Orono. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

UMaine goaltender Albin Boija makes a save against UMass during a men’s hockey game Friday, March 8, in Orono. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Monmouth’s Sammy Calder, left, and Mount View’s Noah Hurd attempt to grab a rebound during the Class C/D McDonald’s Senior All-Star basketball game on Saturday, March 9, at Husson University in Bangor. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Two soccer players from Winthrop High School get in some offseason practice on a warm, sunny Wednesday afternoon at Charlie’s Field at the Maxwell Athletic Complex in Winthrop. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

A Hallowell church spire is reflected in the flooded parking lot of Butternut Park on Friday, March 8, on the banks of the Kennebec River in Chelsea. The park’s lot was partially flooded around 9 a.m. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Lance McKenzie, a maintenance worker with Gifford’s HomeMaine Ice Cream, uses a leaf blower Thursday to clean around a newly painted windmill and a cottage at the company’s miniature golf course, which is being expanded at 170 Silver St. in Waterville. McKenzie says the expansion includes a pond and water feature. Fencing damaged by recent winds is being replaced, and two bridges have been rebuilt. The work is being done in preparation for a Friday, March 22, opening. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Crocuses poke out of the ground at a Waterville home Wednesday, as temperatures reached into the low 50s on a sunny day. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

A mallard flaps its wings against the drizzling rain on Sunday, March 10, while joining other ducks in puddles near a soccer goal at the North Street Recreation Area in Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Rekha Goonesekere, left, and Savian Lowe perform a duet Friday, March 8, during Chizzle Wizzle rehearsal at Cony High School in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal