The Kennebec Valley Community College men brought in recruits from all over the country, while the women’s team had to work with players already at the school.
Mike Mandell
Staff Writer
Mike Mandell came to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel in April 2022 after spending five and a half years with The Ellsworth American in Hancock County, Maine. He came to Maine out of college after graduating from the Missouri School of Journalism in 2016. He spent 2015 as the Mizzou football beat writer for the Columbia Missourian after previously covering high school sports and Mizzou women’s basketball for the newspaper. He lives just outside of downtown Waterville, less than a mile from the Morning Sentinel newsroom.
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York/Biddeford/OOB boys hockey beats Hampden co-op to win Class B title
The Wildcats score three goals in a span of 4:48 in the second period and hold off the Broncos at Cross Insurance Arena.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Nolan Ames, Maddie Provost named Mr. and Miss Basketball
Ames led Camden Hills to the Class A boys final, while Provost helped the Lawrence girls earn their second state championship in four seasons.
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A wall collapsed in an Augusta Civic Center locker room. Monmouth Academy players were inside.
The non-load-bearing concrete wall was not built to modern standards, Augusta Director of Code Enforcement Robert Overton said.
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Hampden boys hockey co-op beats Messalonskee in triple-OT to win B North title
Wyatt Allen scores 2:25 into the third overtime to send the Broncos to Saturday’s final against York.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Gardiner, Monmouth, Valley boys basketball savor state titles after grueling climbs
For the first time, three central Maine boys basketball teams won state championships in the same season.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Fort Kent boys basketball outlasts Maranacook, wins 1st state title
The Warriors take a 20-2 lead and withstand a number of runs by the Black Bears to win the Class C championship.
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Monmouth boys basketball fends off Machias to win Class D title
Levi Laverdiere scores 33 points as the Mustangs earn their second state championship in three years.
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Gardiner boys basketball beats Yarmouth to win 1st state title
The Tigers hold off a comeback bid by the Clippers in the Class B final.