Winthrop senior captains Natalie Frost, left, and Aaliyah WilsonFalcone celebrate just after time runs out against Boothbay in the Class C South championship game Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center.
Winthrop sophomore guard Lydia Rice is congratulated by teammates after sinking a free throw to keep Ramblers ahead with just a few second left in Class C South championship game on Saturday February 22, 2020 at the Augusta Civic Center.
Forest Hills captains Hunter Cuddy, left, and Parker Desjardins celebrate after cutting down the net after the Tigers won the Class D South championship game Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center.
Forest Hills fans celebrate a basket by their Tigers in the Class D South championship game on Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center.
Hampden Academy senior guard Bryce Lausier, left, Cony senior forward Dakota Dearborn and Hampden junior guard Andy Raye watch as Dearborn's last second shot just misses to end the Class A North championship game Friday at the Augusta Civic Center. Cony lost 52-50.
The Waterville bench cheers after a three-pointer against Hermon in the Class B North championship game Saturday at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.
Cony High School's Simon McCormick (5) battles for the loose ball with Hampden Academy's Mikey Raye (5) in the Class A North championship game at the Augusta Civic Center on Friday, February 21, 2020.
A Gardiner fan shows support from the bleachers in the Class A North championship game against Hampden Academy at the Augusta Civic Center on Friday, February 21, 2020.
Hampden Academy's Amelia McLaughlin, left, and Isabella Soucy celebrate their victory over Gardiner in the in the Class A North championship game Friday night at the Augusta Civic Center.
Greenville's Jack Morehouse dives for a loose ball below Rangeley's Trevor Dolbier during a Class D South semifinal game Wednesday at the Augusta Civic Center.
Gardiner bench celebrates a score in first half of Class A North championship game against Hampden Academy on Friday February 21, 2020 at the Augusta Civic Center.
AUGUSTA, ME - FEBRUARY 21: Hampden Academy's Bryce Lausier, left, and Cony's Simon McCormick fight for a rebound during Class A North championship game on Friday February 21, 2020 at the Augusta Civic Center. (Staff photo by Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Cony High School head coach T.J. Maines reacts to a call as assistant coach Isaiah Brathwaite tries to calm him down during the Class A North final Friday night at the Augusta Civic Center.
Hampden Academy players celebrate after they defeated Gardiner in the Class A North title game Friday night at the Augusta Civic Center.
Paige Siderio, 3, skips through puddles Monday with her grandmother, Heidi Gallop, right, and her mother, Robin Siderio, near her Monmouth home. The trio were testing the puddles during unseasonably mild weather that is forecast to persist this week, according to the National Weather Service.
Debi Towle, right, keeps her colleagues in stitches Wednesday while transplanting pansies into pots at Longfellow's Greenhouses in Manchester. Kate Nadeau, left, Jane Rowe and Emilee Dibden placed more than a thousand of the plugs into into fresh soil with Towle to be ready to flower by spring.
Abby Hickey, 9, samples drops of water from an ice formation Sunday with her brother, Ayden, 6, at their great-grandfather's farm in Manchester. The children explored the vertical formations that rise from a tap in a stream on Don Smith's land with their mother, Sarah.
A person walks up steps from Front Street parking lot past a mural and up to Water Street in a windy rain storm on Thursday February 27, 2020 in downtown Augusta.
Hampden's Adam Thompson (16) trips Kennebec's Justin Bolduc in a Class B North quarterfinal game Tuesday at the Penobscot Ice Arena in Brewer.
Hampden academy's Megan Deans (22) right, battles for the rebound with Gardiner area High School's Kassidy collins (11) left, in the Class A North championship game at the Augusta Civic Center on Friday, February 21, 2020.
Traffic slows as the roads become icy with reports of cars leaving the road on Interstate 95 near Pittsfield on Thursday, February 27, 2020.
Eve Blackwell faces the Rev. John A. Balicki as he applies ashes to her forehead during the Ash Wednesday Service at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Waterville. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting for Christians that begins the penitential season of Lent that leads to Easter.
Professor Dean Stubbert faces the Rev. John A. Balicki as ash is applied to Stubbert's forehead during the Ash Wednesday Service at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Waterville. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting for Christians that begins the penitential season of Lent that leads to Easter.
Elliot Snow of Bethesda, Maryland, left, skis cross country with others at Quarry Road Trails in Waterville Sunday.
Avery St. Peter, 7, of Waterville, right, and brother Leo, 3, build snowmen Sunday at the North Street Recreation Area in Waterville. Pictured behind the snowman at the left is Bella Lebovitz, the St. Peter's cousin from Newport.
Jim Mathieu drills a hole while tapping a maple tree at his home in Sidney Monday. The tapping of area maple trees follows the recent rise in temperatures. Mathieu said he and wife Andrea tap 100-200 maple trees on their property, the buildings of which date back to the mid 1800s. Mathieu will take the sap from the trees and make maple syrup to share with his family.
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