Since defeat against Cony, the Black Bears haven’t lost, and they’ve fixed their biggest flaws.
Drew Bonifant
Staff Writer
Drew Bonifant covers sports for the Press Herald, with beats in high school football, basketball and baseball. He was previously part of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel sports team. A New Hampshire native and 2010 graduate of Northeastern University, he came to Maine in September 2016 after four years at the Concord Monitor, where he covered NASCAR, University of New Hampshire hockey and high schools and won a NH Press Association award for his work. He also worked for two years as a college co-op at the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. An avid golfer, frequent skier and consumer of sports, movie and music trivia, heโs a fan of the New England Patriots, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Flyers and Miami Heat โ and yes, heโs aware of how random those teams seem.
Sidelines: Observations from another tournament season at the ACC
Good games, bad games, lots of defense and a call for new chants, Drew Bonifant writes.
Class C South boys final: Winthrop rallies to win 2nd straight regional crown
Top-seeded Ramblers pull away late from No. 2 Waynflete to reach state final.
Class D South boys final: Forest Hills rolls to second straight regional title
Desjardins’s 27 points, Cuddy’s 21 lead the way as Tigers roll over Lakers.
Class B South boys final: Maranacook snaps decade-plus state title game drought
Top-seeded Black Bears roll past Wells to reach 1st state title game in 12 years.
Sidelines: It’s another deep run for Winthrop boys basketball team
Year after year, Todd MacArthur’s Ramblers go as far as they can, Drew Bonifant writes.
Boys basketball: Maranacook preps for first B South final
Top-seeded Black Bears set to face annual finalist Wells for spot in state title game.
Class A boys: Familiar foes in Cony and Hampden ready for showdown
Rams are in first regional final since 2002, while Broncos make sixth appearance in nine years.
Class A North boys: Cony routs Medomak, surges into final
McCormick’s 29 points, Briggs’s 20 lead Rams to emphatic semifinal win.
Class A North girls: Gardiner holds off Skowhegan in semis
Second-seeded Tigers find their game in second half to reach regional final.