All five starters return for Purple Panthers, while Winslow and MCI would love to crash the party.
Girls Basketball
Girls basketball: Plenty of teams, players to watch as season set to begin
Waterville, Gardiner girls look like favorites, while Wener, Mittelstadt, Garling among standouts to keep an eye on.
Basketball notes: Deep football runs force boys teams to play it safe
Skowhegan girls adapt to life with a brand-new lineup; Temple girls making do with a small crew.
Basketball notebook: Messalonskee’s Gabrielle Wener commits to Monmouth
Senior standout made her college choice and is ready to focus on her final high school season.
Basketball: Across the state, teams turn page to new season
Whether sporting high expectations or just hopes for a strong season, boys and girls teams got started Monday.
Doug Lisherness just wanted to win at Strong, Mt. Abram
Lisherness found success, both as a player at Strong High School and coach of the Mt. Abram girls, and will be inducted into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday.
McAllister to take over as new Monmouth Academy girls basketball coach
Augusta resident will coach Mustangs after playing career at Gardiner, Thomas College.
Paul Vachon looks back on 34 years in Cony High School sports
Iconic and polarizing coach embraces his three-decade-plus run with Rams after stepping down as athletic director.
Spruce Mountain’s summer hoop league a ray of sunshine for players
This is the second year for the summer basketball league and Phoenix girls coach Zach Keene and his players are enjoying every minute of it.
Kennebec Journal Girls Basketball Coach of the Year: Karen Magnusson, Maranacook
New coach guided Black Bears back to playoffs after four wins in three seasons.