Oceanside cheerleaders won the Busline League championship on Wednesday, Feb. 7 at Medomak Middle School. Defending champions Medomak have reigned supreme for more than a decade, but settled for third place. Boothbay cheerleaders were runner-ups, and won the Spirit Award. GSB placed fourth. Each team performed twice and their scores were averaged to determine the […]

Second seed Boothbay upset the top seed and undefeated Nobleboro boys basketball team 49-48 on Wednesday, Feb. 7 in the Busline League South Division championship game. The Wildcats trailed by 14 points with a little over five minutes to play, but made a comeback with five 3-pointers to win with one second to play. Chase […]

The Medomak seventh grade boys won the Busline League Large School Division championship on Saturday, Feb. 3 with a 42-27 win over Camden-Rockport, at Oceanside in Rockland. The Riverhawks led 9-7 at the quarter. Camden scored the first four points of the second frame to take the lead. Medomak rallied to lead 18-15 at the half. The Riverhawks maintained the lead in the second half. Medomak put the game away in the fourth, sparked by Oliver Simmons, who had a basket, three rebounds, two steals and two assists in the period.  Wesley Overlock and Jeridan Fullerton hit back to back three’s to seal the win. Scoring leaders for Medomak were Simmons with 11 points, Overlock 9 and Colin Godlash 7. Camden was led by Dario Ravelli 10, Victor Clayton 9.

The Medomak Valley girls basketball team defeated Erskine Academy 39-25 in a helter skelter game in the Panthers den on Friday, Feb. 2. The Eagles led early, 5-2, before Medomak scored the final five points of the quarter to take the lead for good. The Panthers forced 27 Eagle turnovers  in the win, led by Kytana Williamson with nine steals.

Three Panthers scored in double figures in the win, including Maya Cannon with 12, Williamson 11, and Sara Nelson 10. Erskine was led by Kelsie Dunn with 13.

Monmouth rallied in the final 10 minutes to defeat Boothbay girls basketball 48-39 on Wednesday, Jan. 31 in the Seahawks nest. Boothbay led 11-9 at the quarter, and trailed 22-17 at the half. The Seahawks scored the first 11 points of the third quarter to build a six point lead. The Mustangs scored the final 11 (three 3-pointers) to take the lead for good. Boothbay pulled within two midway through the fourth, but the Mustangs ended the game with a 9-2 run. Two Boothbay starters fouled out in the final period.  Scoring leaders for Boothbay were Bella Orr with 14 and Tatum French 11. Leading Monmouth were Hailey DeHan and Kaitlyn Frost with 16 each.

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The Medomak Valley girls basketball team robbed the Eagles nest for a 54-29 win over Lincoln Academy on Tuesday, Jan. 30. The Lady Panthers jumped out to a 16-6 first quarter lead. Lincoln cut the lead to seven in the second frame, but it was as close as they would get. Medomak led 30-18 at the end of half. The Panthers’ tough defense held LA to a single basket in the third to put the game out of reach.

Medomak was led by Kytana Williamson with 20 points (9 steals). Audrey Jackson 10 and Sara Nelson 8. Lincoln was led by Mariam DeLisle with 7 (9 rebounds), Olivia Ball 6 and Lillian Labrie 5.

Two Lincoln Academy wrestlers and one Medomak Valley wrestler were crowned KVAC champions on Saturday, Jan. 27 in Bath. Adam St. Cyr won the 138 pound title for the Eagles, Jayden Lafrenaye the 165 pound title for LA, and Marshall Addy the 215 pound championship for the Panthers.

Placing second were Erskine Academy’s Giacomo Smith (150), of Whitefield, Medomak Valley’s Grady Pease (165). and Lincoln’s Jakobi Hagar (175). Placing third was Medomak’s Shamus Pease (157), and fourth LA’s Cole Workman (132) and Eric Richmond (285).

The Lincoln Academy boys basketball team defeated visiting MCI 67-32 on Saturday, Jan. 27. The physical game saw Eagles starter Tyson Ball break his leg in the first half.  Lincoln was led in scoring by Gabe Hagar with 26 points, who needs 48 more points to reach the 1,000 career points landmark. Tucker Stiles added 14, including four 3’s. MCI was led by Drew Shorey with 19.

Medomak Valley girls basketball team defeated visiting Belfast 53-18 on Tuesday, Jan. 23. The Lady Panthers led 12-4 at the end of the 1st quarter and 24-12 at the half. Medomak’s defense shut Belfast down in the second half, holding them to just one basket from the floor, to put the game away, 34-13 at […]