The Medomak Valley boys basketball team thrashed Oceanside 66-44 on Tuesday, Dec. 10 in Waldoboro. Continuous dedication to team defense was the key to the victory, as the Panthers held Oceanside’s historically potent offense to just 13 points in the first half.
Coach DePatsy’s nephew, Rocco DePatsy, seemed to enjoy his first time playing in the rivalry against Oceanside, racking up 18 points to join teammate Kristian Schumann as the leading scorers in the game. The Panthers improved to 2-0 on the season, while Oceanside dropped to 1-1.

Busline League basketball action has begun! This article contains a roundup of this week’s boys and girls middle school scores.

The Medomak Valley girls basketball team is hoping that they can capitalize on their height advantage to conquer opponents during the regular season that kicks off on Friday, Dec. 6 in Belfast.

The Lincoln Academy girls basketball team fell behind early to Freeport and could never quite catch up as they lost 47-39 to the Falcons on Tuesday, Dec. 3 in Newcastle. Freeport held their largest lead of the game at halftime, 31-21, before the Eagles rallied to close the gap to as little as three points on multiple occasions in the fourth quarter. Mariam DeLisle and Yzze Bhe each scored 13 points to lead the Eagles offense. The Eagles open the regular season on Friday, Dec. 6 at MCI in Pittsfield.

The Medomak Valley boys basketball team jumped out to a large early lead and then held off Ellsworth the rest of the way to win 64-49 in their preseason opener on Tuesday, Nov. 26 in Waldoboro.

Mason Nguyen led the Panthers with 21 points in the game, including eight in the first quarter when Medomak Valley claimed a commanding 15-7 lead. Gabe Lash scored 17 points and Kristian Schumann tallied twelve.

Any questions about whether Lincoln Academy would bounce back this season after several seniors graduated – including 1,000 point scorer Gabe Hagar – were answered in a 52-44 win over Mt. Ararat that opened the preseason schedule on Monday, Nov. 25 in Topsham. The Eagles featured a quick, feisty defense that smothered and exhausted Mt. Ararat, especially in the second half while a variety of Lincoln Academy athletes aggressively attacked the basket to draw fouls. The Eagles outscored Mt. Ararat 18-7 in the fourth quarter to rally for the win.

Aidyn Herring and Chase Coffin led the Eagles with nine points apiece. Also scoring for Lincoln Academy were Terry Welle with eight points, Drew Hunt seven, Otto Schoenthal six, A.J. Giberson five, E.J. Hunt and Chase Ober three each, and Tyson Ball with two.

The Maine high school basketball season officially began on Monday, November 18.  The LCN visited programs around the county and share photos from the action.

The Medomak Valley football team succumbed to the strong defense and robust running game of the Hermon Hawks in a 24-14 loss in the Class C North regional championship on Saturday, Nov. 16 in Hampden. Gabe Lash had a stellar game for the Panthers after he switched to the quarterback position in the second half and sparked a comeback rally that ended up just a little bit short.

The Medomak Valley football team dominated Nokomis during a 36-6 rout in a Class C North semifinal match on Saturday, Nov. 9 in Waldoboro. The number two seed Panthers played better offense, defense and special teams than the three seed Warriors and also benefitted from Nokomis turnovers while earning a trip to the regional championship game for the third year in a row. Medomak Valley’s offensive line led the way against Nokomis by consistently clearing space for the Panthers running backs including Jaydiin Ruiz who ran for 200 yards and four touchdowns.

Medomak Valley will seek to avenge a regular season loss to the Hermon Hawks when they square off for the Class C North title on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 2:30 P.M. at Hampden Academy in Hampden. Number one seed Hermon defeated the Panthers 14-8 during the opening week of the season.

The Medomak Valley girls soccer team lost to Hermon 5-1 in the Class B North regional championship game on Wednesday, Nov. 6 in Hampden.  It was the first time that a Medomak Valley girls team had ever made it to a regional final. The match started off well for the Panthers as it was tied 0-0 at halftime on an unseasonably warm fall evening, but Hermon scored in the first 30 seconds of the second half and rolled past the Panthers from there.  Scarlett Flint scored the only goal of the game for Medomak Valley on a nice pass from Haylee Chandler to make the score 3-1 with ten minutes remaining.  Panthers goalie Chloe Fox made nineteen saves in the game.

Every week, we take more local sports photos that we can fit into the sports pages. Below is a slideshow with some bonus pics from this week.