A pair of local athletes are finding that college basketball is a whole different ball game than what they experienced while dominating the hard courts at local high schools.

Gabe Hagar, who graduated from Lincoln Academy in 2024, and Kristian Schumann, a 2025 Medomak Valley grad, recently completed their season playing together at the NCAA Division III level for the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine.

Camden Hills beat the Eagles 47-37 in the championship game of the Lincoln Academy seventh and eighth grade boys basketball tournament on Wednesday, March 4 in Newcastle.

The Medomak Middle School wrestling team beat Piscataquis Community Middle School 75-17, and defeated the host, Oceanside Middle School, 72-17 at a three school meet on Saturday, Feb. 28 in Rockland. The Riverhawks also beat Piscataquis Community Middle School 75-17, and defeated the host, Oceanside Middle School, 72-17 at a three school meet on Saturday, Feb. 28 in Rockland.

University of Southern Maine freshman basketball player Gabe Lash was named the Little East Conference Rookie of the Week on Feb. 23 and was named the Maine Men’s Basketball Coaches & Writers Association Rookie of the Week on Feb. 24. Lash followed up his award winning week with another strong game for the Huskies in a Little East Conference quarterfinal playoff game on Wednesday, Feb. 25 in Gorham. He tallied a double-double, scoring 15 points and pulling down 11 rebounds in the No. 4 seed Huskies’ 93-83 loss to the No. 5 seed Eastern Connecticut (17-9).

The Medomak Valley boys basketball team lost 63-58 to Yarmouth in the Class B South championship game on Friday, Feb. 20 at the Portland Expo.

The No. 10 seed Lincoln Academy boys basketball outlasted No. 7 Oceanside in overtime 56-53 in a Class B South preliminary round playoff game on Wednesday, Feb. 11 in Rockland.

Lincoln Academy junior Karen Higgins placed second in a pair of events at the Class B state indoor track and field championship meet on Monday, Feb. 16 at Bates College in Lewiston. Higgins’s runner-up finishes earned 14 of the 16 points recorded by the Lady Eagles to boost the squad to 12th place out of the 28 teams that recorded a score during the girls meet.

The Pease twins led the Medomak Valley wrestling team to a fourth place finish at the Class B South regional championship on Saturday, Feb. 7 in Waldoboro. Grady Pease defeated Braden McKenzie, of the Monmouth/ Richmond/Winthrop co-op team, to earn the regional championship in the 190-pound weight class. Shamus Pease beat Brady Godin, of Wells, […]

The Lincoln Academy boys team won the KVAC Class B indoor track and field championship on Friday, Feb. 6 at Bowdoin College in Brunswick. The team won the championship despite not having a team member win an individual event.

This article is a recap of Busline League action this week.

The Wiscasset girls basketball beat Islesboro 20-14 on Wednesday, Jan. 28 in Islesboro.

The Wiscasset boys basketball team edged Buckfield 67-64 in a Class D South battle on Thursday, Jan. 29 in Wiscasset.