Firecrackers Excel at Summer Camps 2014

This summer dozens of players represented the Firecracker program well at various summer camps and in summer leagues.  Congratulations to all.

Below are a few of those recognized:

Allie Cunningham (6th Grade) -Best… Continue reading →

Please see the attached link for an article/blog recently written about Firecracker, Alex Goodman and her accomplishments during last season (2013-14) as an 8th Grader on her High School Basketball Team.

Well done Alex.

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/high-school/post/_/id/33354/maine-goodman-makes-name-as-8th-grader

Firecracker 16u Wins US Junior National Silver Division

The 16u Maine Firecrackers finished their careers Friday evening by capturing the US Junior National (USJN) DC Silver Division Championship over the Illinois Pizzaz 46-35 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center… Continue reading →

Please see the link below to a video of the Firecracker Soucy 13U Team at the 9th Grade AAU Nationals in Hanover, MA in July 2014.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B560YBV6L0cXOWY1S2g1RGZBbXM/edit?usp=sharing

Recently, a few members of Firecrackers Briggs 14u Div. II National Championship were recently interviewed on ‘Good Day Maine’.  See the link below:

http://www.wgme.com/news/features/good-day-maine/stories/aau-team-wins-national-title-55.shtml

Also, here is a photo of the winning team.

Recently the team as shown above:  Katie Whitmore (7th), Faith Blethen (7th), Weslee Littlefiled (7th) and Maggie Whitmore (6th) won a 3-on-3 tournament sponsored by the Wells, ME recreational department.

Congratulations to the girls on job well done.

Note:… Continue reading →

Firecracker Mary Butler Commits to Brown University

As a gifted academic student and talented athlete who happens to be 6’1″, Mary Butler has been recruited by many schools in the America East (Maine), Northeast 10 (St. Anselm College, SNHU)… Continue reading →

The Gym Rat Challenge has become a fixture on the schedule for the Maine Firecrackers over the past 5 years. Team success has varied year to year, but the one thing you can count on is good competition. Given the… Continue reading →

Ashley Storey doesn’t like talking on the phone very much and over the last few months she has had to spend a lot of time talking with Division I and II college coaches recruiting her.  Last month she… Continue reading →

A Great weekend in Boston had by all  !!!

With our last weekend of play this season, a scrappy bunch of young ladies took to Boston and competed in the Zero Gravity National Finals.  With an injury… Continue reading →