AUGUSTA — Top-seeded Richmond took care of business in the first quarter Tuesday, draining any Buckfield hopes of an upset by forcing 15 turnovers.

AUGUSTA — For a young Mt. Abram girls basketball team making its first tournament appearance Tuesday at the Augusta Civic Center, the experience was a little overwhelming.

Cony coach Karen Magnusson said her team won’t be overconfident while Skowhegan’s Heath Cowan would like a repeat of Friday’s second half as both teams head into the Eastern Maine Class A tournament semifinals today.

Forest Hills junior Evan Worster still looks a lot like the baby-faced kid who walked onto the Augusta Civic Center floor as an eighth-grader for his first tournament game four years ago.

AUGUSTA — Six-foot-5 shot-blocking centers usually play offense in the low post. Not Sam Shepherd.

There are a couple of wild cards in the Western Maine Class C boys tournament which begins today at the Augusta Civic Center.