This afternoon at the Augusta Civic Center the #1 Easton Bears will face the undefeated Valley High School of Bingham for the Class D Boys State Championship. Game time is 2:45 p.m.
The Houlton Shiretowners won their second consecutive state title Friday night at the Cross Insurance Center, pulling away from the the southern Maine champs Gray-New Gloucester after a tight battle.
92.9 The Ticket reports the Shiretowners, who finish the season at 21-1, held off a late Patriots run to come away with a 48-35 win and the first gold ball of the tournament...
Four Aroostook County teams play in three basketball championships in Bangor today, from three local communities. The Central Aroostook girls, Easton and Southern Aroostook boys and Houlton Girls are all looking to win the very first Maine North Finals following reclassification of divisions.
The top-seed Easton Bears avoided another Cross Center upset on Thursday night, holding on to a 52-48 overtime win over the Washburn Beavers in the Class D North Semifinals.
The Ellsworth Eagles and Caribou Vikings battled through four quarters and down to the last second of overtime in a thriller, and at the buzzer it was the No. 2 Eagles advancing to the Northern Maine finals.
In a huge upset Wednesday afternoon the 7th-ranked Hermon Hawks shocked the defending Class B Champion Presque Isle Wildcats to earn a berth in the championship game this weekend.
In a back-and-forth battle, the Hodgdon Hawks upset the Fort Fairfield Tigers in the final Class C quarterfinal game of the tournament Wednesday afternoon.