The Richmond girls basketball team saw this matchup coming.
Bill Stewart
Bill Stewart has been the sports editor at the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal since 2014. During his tenure as sports editor, the papers have received national recognition from the Associated Press Sports Editors. A Massachusetts native, he graduated from the University of Maine in 1999 with a BA in Journalism. He began his journalism career as a sports reporter at the Berkshire (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) Eagle in 1999. He also worked at the Republican-American (Waterbury, Connecticut) and Eagle-Tribune (Lawrence, Massachusetts). In his free time, he enjoys adventures with his family, reading and a good game of cribbage.
BOYS HOCKEY: Playoff fields finalized
The boys high school playoff fields are set, and there are a few intriguing matchups in the early going.
WESTERN C BOYS BASKETBALL: Dirigo starts fast, eliminates Hall-Dale
AUGUSTA – Surreal, unbelievable and, above all, down right deflating.
WESTERN C BOYS BASKETBALL: Dirigo storms past Hall-Dale
AUGUSTA – The top-seeded Dirigo High School boys basketball team raced out to a 30-7 lead and never looked back en route to a 90-31 victory over Hall-Dale in a Western C semifinal Thursday night at the Augusta Civic Center.
EASTERN A GIRLS BASKETBALL: No comeback for Skowhegan
AUGUSTA — The Skowhegan girls basketball team needed another comeback, but it couldn’t get one this time around.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS HOCKEY: Messalonskee tops MHW in finale
WINSLOW — Their playoff berths secure, the Messalonskee and Maranacook/Hall-Dale/Winthrop hockey teams wrapped up their regular seasons Wednesday night with similar goals: To bounce back from defeat.
WESTERN D GIRLS BASKETBALL: Guardians well aware of Bobcats star Plummer
AUGUSTA — The game plan, Seacoast Christian girls basketball coach Charlie Johnson says, is rather simple.
EASTERN A GIRLS BASKETBALL: EL bounces Skowhegan
AUGUSTA – Kory Norcross and Ashlee Arnold each scored 12 points, and the Edward Little High School girls basketball team reached the Eastern A final with a 54-34 win over No. 7 Skowhegan on Wednesday at the Augusta Civic Center.
JUNIOR HOCKEY: Moose junior team to return
The Maine Moose, returning to the International Junior Hockey League after a two-year hiatus, hired former Lewiston Maineiacs coach Jeff Guay to lead the new team.
WESTERN D GIRLS BASKETBALL: Guardians too much for Tigers
AUGUSTA — The Forest Hills girls basketball team came to Augusta without much depth, size or tournament experience. It showed in the Tigers’ 60-34 loss to No. 4 Seacoast Christian in the Western D quarterfinals Tuesday morning.