A pair of former Medomak Valley basketball stars recently won conference championships and advanced to NCAA Division III championship tournament action for the University of Maine Farmington.

The Medomak Middle School wrestling team swept the competition during a four-team meet on Wednesday, March 4 in Waldoboro. The Riverhawks beat Mt. View 78-12, Somerhill Wrestling Club 47-39, and Warsaw 77-12.

Medomak Valley wrestlers Grady Pease and Shamus Pease finished their legendary high school wrestling careers on a high note at the New England championships on Sunday, March 8 in Providence, R.I.

Grady placed sixth in the 190 pound weight class and twin brother Shamus finished third in the 215 pound division. The top six wrestlers in each weight class were recognized with awards on the podium.

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.