Mackenzie Holmes becomes IU’s third verbal commitment for 2019

By Jon Blau, Hoosier Sports Report

When the recruiting process began for Mackenzie Holmes, the 6-foot-2 forward set some benchmarks.

Holmes wanted to play at the highest level possible. She wanted… Continue reading →

Holmes, Martin, and Blethen, receive top honors by conference coaches

More than a dozen Firecrackers were honored with 2017-18 postseason awards, as Maine High School leagues announced their All-Conference teams and award winners this week.

Mackenzie Holmes (Gorham, SMAA AA),… Continue reading →

Three Firecrackers selected, among the 10 semifinalists

Firecrackers Meghan Graff and Eva Mazur of South Portland, and Sophie Glidden of Scarborough, are among 10 semifinalists for the Miss Maine Basketball award, presented to the state’s top senior girls’ basketball player.… Continue reading →

Top-ranked South Portland finally upends Gorham

GORHAM — South Portland’s girls’ basketball team visited Dean Evans Gymnasium Saturday afternoon with the memory of losses to Gorham in the Class AA South final the past two years, but the Red Riots… Continue reading →

DeWolfe has committed to Fordham University while Blethen has committed to George Washington University

By Mike Lowe, Portland Press Herald

Two of the states’ highest profile junior girls’ basketball players have made their college choices.

Greely’s Anna DeWolfe has verbally… Continue reading →

WEST HAVEN, Conn. – Win number 999 is in the books for legendary Bentley University women’s basketball coach Barbara Stevens after her team used a dominating fourth quarter to overtake the University of New Haven, 82-70, in Northeast-10 Conference action… Continue reading →

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Junior forward Erika Steeves posted a double-double on 18 points and 13 rebounds, but Brown University women’s basketball fell at Yale University, 77-63, in both teams’ Ivy League opener on Friday afternoon at the John J.… Continue reading →

By PAT McDONALD

Sports Editor

The Biddeford and TA girls basketball teams didn’t disappoint on Tuesday night as the… Continue reading →

The Rangers pick up a big win against the two-time defending Class AA state champs, who have lost two straight after a 47-game winning streak.

By PAUL BETIT

CUMBERLAND — Greely took charge down the stretch and held on for… Continue reading →

The Red Storm survive a fourth-quarter charge by the Stags, pulling out a 50-48 win

By MIKE LOWE

Sophie Glidden is the acknowledged star on Scarborough High’s girls’ basketball team, bound for Division II Stonehill College on scholarship.

But even… Continue reading →