Lawrence coach Mike McGee hopes to be on the sidelines for a few more games as the Eastern Maine Class A basketball tournament opens today at the Augusta Civic Center.

Edward Little coach Craig Jipson isn’t guilty of false modesty when he calls this year’s Eastern Maine Class A girls tournament wide open.

On Jan. 17, the Monmouth boys basketball team was overwhelmed by Winthrop and its pressing defense. Wednesday night, with a tournament berth on the line and the teams meeting on the same floor again, Monmouth rose to the occasion, upsetting the No. 7 Ramblers, 36-32, in a Western Maine Class C tournament prelim game.

Mackenzie Dufour’s statistics aren’t overwhelming. The junior point guard for St. Joseph’s College in Standish averages 4.7 points and 3.2 assists a game. You really have to see Dufour play to appreciate what she means to the team, and her contributions begin on defense.

GARDINER — The Winslow girls basketball team saved its best efforts this season for Gardiner.

SOUTH CHINA — Zach and Seth Pelletier collapsed into a snowbank following their fourth game of the day Sunday at the inaugural Maine Pond Hockey Classic.