January 24, 2024 | Posted in News
WELCOME TO HOOPS 8, WE PUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON CLASS ‘C’ TONIGHT WHERE THE GAME OF THE EVENING TAKING PLACE IN MONMOUTH. MT. ABRAM HAS MET EVERY CHALLENGE ALONG THE WAY, OUT TO AN 11-0 START AND HOLDING STEADY AT #2 AT THE HEAL POINTS. MONMOUTH RIGHT ON THEIR TAIL AT THIRD IN THE HEALS. MONMOUTH LED BY DOUBLE DIGITS IN THIRD BUT MOUNT ABRAM GOES ON A RUN..LOGAN DUBE A CORNER THREE.. THEN CAM GREY FOR THREE…THEY WERE DOWN FIVE AFTER THREE.. IN THE FOURTH…GREY DRIVES FOR TWO….HE HAD 17…. SAMMY CALDER TAKES OVER FOR MONMOUTH..THE LEANER OFF THE GLASS.. A LITTLE LATER…THE PULL UP JUMPER FROM THE FOUL LINE… THEN IN THE PAINT….HE HAD NINE OF HIS 17 IN THE FOURTH BEFORE FOULING OUT… ROADRUNNERS TAKE ADVANTAGE… PEYTON MITCHELL INSIDE FOR THE HOOP AND THE FOUL…HE HAD 26 THEN ITS GREY FOR THREE MORE….GAME TIED AT 63…. LATE IN FOURTH…MT ABRAM UP ONE…GREY THE BULLET PASS TO BRYCE WILCOX FOR TWO. MT ABRAM 71 MONMOUTH 66 FEAR THE MOUNTAIN– -MT. ABRAM 12-0 PRIVATE SCHOOL RIVALRY GAME…NYA AT WAYNFLETE FOR THE FLYERS, PAULI MUKERANGINGO..THE PUMP FAKE… NOBODY HOTTER THAN NATE ONEY THESE DAYS…ON THE KICKOUT..THE NYA SENIOR KNOCKS IT DOWN.. THEN ONEY THE DISH TO JESSE MUTAGOMA….NYA DOWN 5 LATE 2ND QUARTER WAYNFLETE’S SIM RIBEIRO IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR THE DEFLECTED SHOT.. WAYNFLETE 50 NYA 32 FLYERS 10-3, JUMP TO 4TH IN THE SOUTH IN CLASS ‘A’ SOUTH, FREEPORT, FALMOUTH, GRAY AND NOBLE HAVE SEPARATED THEMSELVES FROM THE PACK. NOBLE WITH A TOUGH MATCHUP AT SOUTH PORTLAND TONIGHT. AFTER LOSING THEIR FIRST FIVE, SOUTH PORTLAND STARTING TO GET SOME MOMENTUM SOUTH PORTLAND LED BY 14 AT THE HALF, MANNY HIDALGO, MOUSE IN THE HOUSE…WORKING THE GLASS HE HAD 28..HIS TEAM UP 58-51 WITH UNDER A MINUTE LEFT HERE SOMES NOBLE, BRYCE GUITARD…DOWN 5, THEY FORCE A TURNOVER AND ASHTON MUTAGOMA PULLS THEM WITHIN 3 WITH 30 SECONDS LEFT NOBLE THEN GETS THE BALL BACK AGAIN, GOING FOR THE TIE…IT’S JAMIER ROSE, ONE OF THE SHOTS OF THE YEAR, FADING AWAY TIES IT WITH :20 TO PLAY…IT GOES TO OVERTIME.. IN O.T…NOBLE TAKES THE LEAD, THEN HIDALGO TAKES OVER…THE STEAL…AND HE FINISHES.. ROSE WOULD HIT ANOTHER THREE…SOPO DOWN 1, A MINUTE AND A HALF TO GO…HIDALGO ANOTHER THREE.. SOUTH PORTLAND 70 NOBLE 64 IN O.T. BRUNSWICK AT GREELY… THE RANGERS JACKSON LEDING, DRAINS THE THREE FOR THE DRAGONS…NOAH GAGHAN THE TOUGH FADE AWAY JUMPER… OTHER WAY, KAE IPPOLITO INSIDE, HE HAD 19…BRUNSWICK’S BRENDAN SHAW HIT A THREE WITH 8.2 SECONDS LEFT TO TIE IT AT 51…BUT LEDING WAS FOULED TAKING A THREE WITH 3.5 SECONDS LEFT AND HIT ALL THREE FREE THROWS GREELY 54 BRUNSWICK 51 LEDING LED THE WAY WITH 21 IF YOU NOTICE SOME COLORFUL WHISTLES AT GAMES THIS WEEK…IT’S THE OFFICIALS ‘BLOW THE WHISTLE ON CANCER’ FUNDRAISER… MARSHWOOD AT FALMOUTH…THE HAWKS DOWN 6 IN THE 3RD, WHEN FALMOUTH GOES ONA RUN, BILLY BIRKS THE TOUGH DRIVE IN TRAFFIC THEN, FOR A WHILE, FALMOUTH’S BEST OFFENSE…WAS MISSING A SHOT AND LETTING CHRIS SIMONDS WORK THE GLASS…PRETTY SURE DAVE HALLIGAN DREW IT UP THIS WAY IN A TIMEOUT…GUYS, LET’S JUST THROW UP SOME BRICKS AND LET SIMONDS GO TO WORK…AND HE DID, 25 POINTS 21 BOARDS FALMOUTH 51 MASRHWOOD 26 FALMOUTH CLOSES THE GAME ON A 28-9 RUN GAME OF THE NIGHT IN CAPE ELIZABETH, WELLS WARRIORS IN TOWN WELLS JEREMY THERRIEN HAD A NIGHT…FROM DOWNTOWN…HE HAD 29 THEN THERRIEN CREATING FOR HIS TEAMMATES, FINDS KADEN SPRINGER…WELLS TAKES THE LEAD IT WAS BACK AND FORTH…ALEX VAN HUSTEE TO GABE BERMAN… HERE COMES WELLS, ELI ROY TO NOLAN BROWN WORKING INSIDE WELLS 76 CAPE 69 IN TRIPLE OVERTIME CONY HOSTING CAMDEN HILLS…RAMS A-D TJ MAINES FILLING IN AS HEAD COACH PARKER SERGENT DRIVES AND DISHES TO PARKER MORIN FOR THE RAMS LAYUP. OTHER WAY..NOLAN AMES HITS THE THREE… RAMS GO ON A QUICK RUN…MORIN HITS THE JUMPER IN THE LANE.. THEN MORIN IN TRAFFIC FOR TWO MORE…HE HAD 27…PARKER SERGENT HAD 28..(TJ’S BACK!) CONY 76 CAMDEN HILLS 73 BIG BOYS UPSET IN ‘A’ NORTH, MESSALONSKEE HANDS MT. BLUE ITS FIRST LOSS, EVAN STERLING DID SCORE HIS 1,000TH POINT IN THE LOSS FOR THE COUGRS. SOUTH PORTLAND COMING IN 9-3 HOSTING BONNY EAGLE RED RIOTS MOVE IT AROUND, TO CALEIGH CORCORAN…THE SHORT JUMPER IS GOOD FOR BONNY EAGLE, KYLIE COLE, THE NICE UP FAKE AND FLOATER OTHER WAY, RED RIOTS HIT DESTINY PETER, THE SOPHOMORE WITH A QUICK FIRST STEP AND TWO BONNY EAGLE HUNG TOUGH, COLE DRAINS THE THREE…SCOTS DOWN ONE LATE IN THE FIRST HALF BUT SOUTH PORTLAND HEATED UP, ANNIE WHITMORE BURRIES THE THREE SOUTH PORTLAND 44 BONNY EAGLE 24 9 STRAIGHT WINS A KEY ‘AA’ SOUTH MATCHUP IN SCARBOROUGH, RED STORM HOSTING SANFORD GOOD START FOR SANFORD, SADIE SEVIGNY DROPS THE TRIPLE FOR SCARBOROUGH… MEGAN RUMELHART DRIVING…SCORES IT SANFORD, ANOTHER SEVIGNY, IT’S PAIGE THE FRESHMAN, SAME RESULT, THEY COMBINED FOR 22 BUT SCARBOROUGH HAD ENOUGH TO HOLD OFF SANFORD, CAROLINE HARTLEY, SHE HAD 14 THE OTHER WAY, SCARBOROUGH 40 (MOVE TO 2ND IN ‘AA’ SOUTH STANDINGS SANFORD 32 WINDHAM TRYING TO EARN A WIN OVER BANGOR.. LOW SCORING FIRST QUARTER… WINDHAM’S MALLORY MUSE THE LAYUP …EAGLES DOWN 4-3 AFTER ONE. RAMS GO INSIDE TO START THE SECOND…MIMI QUINN PUTS ITS IN FOR TWO.. STELLA JARVAIS ANSWERS FOR THE EAGLES WORKING IN THE POST FOR TWO.. BUT BANGOR PULLS AWAY..EMILY ADAMS FOR THREE.. BANGOR 41 WINDHAM 26 GARDINER HOSTING DEFENDING CLASS A CHAMP LAWRENCE. BULLDOGS GO INSIDE TO LILLY GRAY…LAWRENCE UP 12 IN THE THIRD.. TIGERS GO ON A QUICK RUN..EMILEE BROWN HITS THE THREE… THEN ABBIE BAILEY FOR THREE….LEAD DOWN TO SIX.. BUT THE OTHER WAY…MADDY PROVOST ANSWERS FOR THE BULLDOGS LAWRENCE 71 GARDINER 63 BULLDOGS STAY UNBEATEN YARMOUTH HOSTING FREEPORT… AINE POWERS, SHAKE AND BAKE…YARMOUTH BY 20, POWERS HAD 11 ABBY GIROUX CATCHES FIRE FOR THE FALCONS…HITS BACK TO BACK THREE’S AND MIDWAY THROUGH THE 3RD, FREEPORT DOWN 14 BUT YARMOUTH ANSWERS…NEENA PANOZZO THE MID- RANGE JUMPER… AND THEN POWERS FINDS CATE KING..WHO HAD 11… YARMOUTH 59 FREEPORT 39 CLIPPERS 8-6 THE MONMOUTH ACADEMY GIRLS HOSTED OLD ORCHARD BEACH. SEAGULLS DOWN 14 IN THE THIRD…TESSA FERGUSON GOES TO THE HOOP FOR TWO.. THEN SHE DRIVES FOR THE HOOP AND THE FOUL…SHE HAD 26…SEA GULLS WOULD LATER TAKE THE LEAD. BUT MUSTANGS RESPOND…HALEY DEHAHN TO THE HOOP…SHE HAD A TEAM HIGH 24 POINTS. MONMOUTH 54 OOB 49 CLASS ‘C’ LEADER NYA HOSTING WAYNFLETE THE FLYERS DEFENSE MAKES A BIG PLAY EARLY ON…LUCY HART SWIPES IT AT MIDCOURT AND RACES IN FOR THE BUCKET NYA WANTS TO PLAY FAST…AND THEY CAN, OFF THE REBOUND, GRACA BILLA TO ELLA GIGUERE…. THEN BILLA THE STEAL, SH