Thanks to a strong finish to the regular season, including a pivotal 4-3 overtime victory over Skowhegan in the regular-season finale, Cony clinched fourth place in Eastern A and will host Brunswick in a quarterfinal game Tuesday at the Bank of Maine Ice Vault.
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.
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HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY: Messalonskee earns top spot in Eastern B
The Messalonskee hockey team earned its first-ever No. 1 seed after finishing the regular season 16-2-0. The Eagles will receive a bye into the regional semifinals, scheduled for March 2 at Sukee Arena.
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WESTERN D GIRLS: Rangeley pulls away to reach final
Seve Deery-DeRaps scored 14 of her 18 points in a decisive third quarter and Taylor Esty finished with a double-double to carry top-seeded Rangeley past No. 4 Forest Hills 59-43 in a Western D semifinal game at the Civic Center.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS HOCKEY: Rams edge Indians
WINSLOW — Cony junior forward Aaron Manter picked off the puck near the blue line, beat a defenseman coming into the left circle and saw an angle he was looking for .
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WESTERN D GIRLS BASKETBALL: Hyde has plan for Plummer
AUGUSTA — Hyde coach Richard Polgar says he has a plan to slow down Jamie Plummer and the No. 2 Richmond girls basketball team when the teams meet today in a Western D semifinal.
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EASTERN A GIRLS BASKETBALL: Freshmen play key role for Lawrence
The No. 4 Bulldogs (14-5), winners of a combined two games the previous two seasons, are in the Eastern A semifinals. They will play No. 9 Cony (13-7) at 4 p.m. today at the Civic Center. “We have a lot of kids who just want to play basketball,” Lawrence third-year coach John Donato said. “We have some basketball junkies.”
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WESTERN D GIRLS BASKETBALL: Rangeley uses height advantage in win
It didn’t take long for the mismatch on paper to become a mismatch on the Augusta Civic Center floor Tuesday morning, as top-seeded Rangeley barreled into the semifinals with a 52-28 victory over No. 8 Islesboro Central School.
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HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY NOTES: Kents Hill reaches new heights
The Kents Hill boys hockey team made history this week when it garnered the highest New England Prep School Ice Association Division I ranking in program history.
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HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY NOTES: Lawrence plays waiting game
The Lawrence hockey team is one of just two teams in the state — Lewiston is the other — who’ve wrapped up the regular season.
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WESTERN D GIRLS BASKETBALL: Hyde knocks off Valley
AUGUSTA — The Valley girls basketball team needed to limit turnovers, control the boards and prevent any big runs to surprise once-beaten Hyde in a Western D quarterfinal game Monday morning at the Augusta Civic Center.