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Buckfield’s Alyssa Breton, left, and Mt. Abram’s Sakari Savage wrestle for a loose ball under the basket Saturday during the Class D South final at the Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Gardiner’s Brayden Elliott and Cony’s Carter Brathwaite dive for a loose ball during the Class B North final on Friday night at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Madison’s Brookelyn Rich, top, and Buckfield’s Haleigh Campbell, bottom, wrestle for the ball Thursday during a Class D South semifinal at the Augusta Civic Center. Buckfield won 41-23 to advance to the regional final. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Monmouth’s Tyler Day, right, tries to steal the ball from Mt. Abram’s Killian Pillsbury during the Class D South final on Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Maranacook’s Danika Dunn, front, and Dirigo’s Madisyn Bradeen grapple for loose ball during a Class C South quarterfinal Tuesday at the Augusta Civic Center. Maranacook won, 55-43. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Brunswick’s Brendan Shaw gets knocked down as Tucker Whitley takes a shot during the Class A North final on Friday at the Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Winslow’s Blanca Sanchez Aviles, left, and Payton Fazzina of Wells dive for a loose ball a Class C South quarterfinal Tuesday in Augusta. Wells won, 46-24. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Hall-Dale’s Davis Madore recovers a loose ball in front of Dirigo’s Brady Philbrick during a Class C South boys basketball quarterfinal Monday at the Augusta Civic Center. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Westbrook’s Emma Boulette tries to hold on to the ball while South Portland players Annie Whitmore, right, and Lucy Healy try to grab it during a Class A South quarterfinal game Tuesday at the Portland Expo. South Portland won, 43-31. (Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer)
South Portland’s Darius Johnson tries to hold on to the ball while fighting for control with Portland’s Loic Ramazani in the final minute of a Class A South quarterfinal on Saturday at the Portland Expo. (Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer)

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Joe Phelan is an award winning journalist who makes photos and videos around the capital area for the the Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel and the other Masthead Maine publications. Joe’s first journalism...

Anna is a 2023 graduate of Thomas College in Waterville where she received her Master’s in Business Administration and her undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in marketing...

Rich is a career photojournalist and writer who got his start in newspapers in 1987 at the Fort Morgan Times in Colorado. His appreciation for photography and stories began as a kid while watching slide...

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ Dillingham stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. During summer breaks he worked in the press and composing rooms at...

Brianna was born and raised in Nebraska and became interested in photography in elementary school when her art teacher gave her a camera to document their fifth grade class. After college she interned...

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