Basketball Outlook 2019-20 by Bangor Daily News

2019/2020 HIGH SCHOOL

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

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Andrew Szwez practices with assistant coach Scott Kissinger in Red Barry Gym. LINDA COAN O’KRESIK | BDN

Bangor’s Henry Westrich. LINDA COAN O’KRESIK | BDN

BANGOR BOYS SQUAD BEGINS TITLE DEFENSE WITH NEW LINEUP FEATURING KEY ADDITIONS BY ERNIE CLARK, BDN STAFF

The Bangor High School boys basketball team had a decidedly different look when preseason practices began in late November. The state’s reigning Mr. Basketball, Matthew Fleming, now plays on the prep team at Army West Point. Fellow 2018-2019 starters Damien Vance, Noah Missbrenner and Isaac Cummings also are among nine graduated seniors who have moved on after helping first-year head coach Brad Libby and the Rams capture the Class AA state championship last March. But all is not lost. The returning Rams, buoyed by two key transfers and several promising youngsters, are savoring the challenge of pursuing their own championship challenge. “We got a lot of leadership on last year’s team from those seniors who stepped up,” Bangor senior forward Henry Westrich, the team’s lone returning starter, said. “We had nine seniors and now we’ll have around four, so it will be a change in depth and a change in character, and the older guys we have will have to step up and fill that leadership gap.” While the roster will look different, the hopeful outlook gleaned by players throughout the program from seeing what is possible remains, as evidenced by a large influx of freshmen and sophomores into the program. “Our main goal, as it was last year, is to step on the floor every night whether it’s a game, practice or film [session], and to get better every single day,” Libby said. “If we put 100 percent effort in, 100 percent heart in, care about what we’re doing and care about each other, then we’re going be where we want to be at the end of the year and we’re going to be a really tough team.” The transition process involving Libby’s new cast begins with the constant. Westrich, a 6-4 forward, will be asked to expand his presence from a spot-up shooter and defender to a more diversified offensive threat and a significant team leader.

“Henry’s the type of kid you always want to have around,” Libby said. “Fundamentally, I’m not sure if I’ve seen a more sound guy, and he’s always in the gym working on the small things. “His game needs to be more dynamic this year but he’s worked really hard on it.” Westrich was the Rams’ tallest starter when the offseason began, but now he’s the shortest member of a small college-sized frontcourt with the transfer additions of 6-8 senior Sam Martin of Milford and Orono High School and 6-5 junior Andrew Szwez of Penobscot and George Stevens Academy of Blue Hill. Szwez already sports a state championship pedigree as a reserve on GSA’s 2018 Class C title team, and he looms as a budding source of offense for Bangor. “The biggest step will be physicality, just being more physical down in the paint and not getting as many calls as I might get in Class C,” Szwez said. “I think I’m ready for it and I’ve been working a lot this offseason to be prepared for it.” Martin is expected to provide rim protection, interior defense and rebounding strength for the Rams. “Obviously we have some great scorers in Henry and Szwez,” Martin said, “but I feel like I can be a great role player, come in, rebound and get a bucket when I need to.” Libby has seen the transfers make a smooth transition to Bangor’s basketball philosophy. “We’re excited they’re here,” he said. “They bring a couple more scorers to our table, and obviously Sam brings some size that we were lacking along with Andrew.” Other top returnees include senior guards Parker Noyes and Quinn Richards along with sophomores Max Clark and Joey Morrison. “With us being a state championship team last year, that meant those bench players were competing against the top team in Class AA [in practice],” Westrich said. “I think it clicked during the offseason that we did just that and now we can move up and compete in that same role.”

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Bangor’s Andrew Szwez and the Rams practice in Red Barry Gym. LINDA COAN O’KRESIK | BDN

Libby anticipates a few hiccups as the acclimation process moves from practices to games, but he also sees considerable promise in his roster of quick learners. “One thing that’s going to be really special about this group is that as we continue to build you’re really going to see progression throughout the season,” he said. “We’re not going to plateau early. “By the end of the season we’re going to be a really tough team on both ends of the floor and then once you get to tournament time anything can happen.” Bangor and its Class AA North brethren will experience a slight change in their regular-season schedules. Instead of the recent practice of playing some crossover games from the opposite Class AA region, teams in both the North and South now will play every other school in their own region twice during the regular season. That leaves only four contests against either Class AA crossover opponents or geographic rivals from Class A. Bangor has two games each against Brewer and Hampden Academy. “That’s who we compete with in the postseason, the AA North teams,” Libby said. “It means a lot for the regular season that we play them all twice so those rankings at the end of the year mean that much more as you’re trying to get into that top four so you can play a quarterfinal at home.”

Bangor Rams head coach Brad Libby at practice in Red Barry Gym. LINDA COAN O’KRESIK | BDN

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2-TIME DEFENDING ‘D’ STATE CHAMPION UNEXPECTEDLY REBUILDING BY LARRY MAHONEY, BDN STAFF

Even though Southern Aroostook Community School graduated two talented starters and two useful reserves, coach Cliff Urquhart’s team appeared to be poised to make a run for a third straight Class D girls basketball state championship. The Warriors of Dyer Brook have some challenges to overcome. Two of the three anticipated returning starters are no longer on the team. Sydney Brewer, a 1,000-point scorer, has opted not to play her senior year and dominant center Kacy Daggett moved to Rockland. That leaves senior guard Makaelyn Porter as the only returnee among the top seven players on last year’s team. “Deer Isle-Stonington has to be, by far, the best team in Class D,” Urquhart said. “Schenck will be good … and I think Shead will be decent.” Porter, a Bangor Daily News All-Maine Schoolgirl Basketball Team honorable mention, will be one of the best players in Class D. She has earned back-to-back D North Tournament Most Valuable Player honors. Promising guard Madison Russell, an eighth-grader last year, received valuable playing time and will step into a more prominent role. Deer Isle-Stonington was undefeated until losing to Southern Aroostook in the D North final. And the Mariners were without their best player, freshman Rylee Eaton,

Washburn’s Kyli Farley is closely guarded by Southern Aroostook’s Makaelyn Porter during a Class D North tourney game in Bangor last season. Porter returns to help Southern Aroostook defend its state title. JOSEPH CYR | HOULTON PIONEER TIMES

who was sidelined in the postseason after having a minor surgical procedure. “[Eaton] is healthy now and has done a lot of work in the offseason, a lot of strength training. She’s in the best shape of her life,” Mariners coach Randy Shepard said. The 5-foot-8 guard averaged double figures in points and rebounds. Junior point guard Kaylee Morey was an all-tourney choice and 5-9 senior forward Katie Hutchinson provides a strong inside presence.

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Class AA

Class B

Defending state champ Oxford Hills of South Paris is the team to beat in the North, according to first-year Bangor High School coach Jay Kemble. “They have talent and they know how to play,” Kemble said. “Portland, as far as athleticism is concerned, is as good as anybody. But Oxford Hills has been there and has won it.” Senior All-Maine first-team guard Julia Colby averaged 18.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4 steals and 3.2 assists last season. She is complemented by fellow guards Cecilia Dieterich and Cassidy Dumont. All-Maine honorable mentions Amanda Kabantu (2019) and Gemima Motema (2018), both juniors, are Portland’s catalysts. Bangor is intriguing with a balance of seasoned veterans including twins Abby Fleming and Libby Fleming, Maggie Cowperthwaite and Rowan Andrews joined by some impressive freshmen. Windham will be a threat thanks to two sisters, Hannah Talon and University of Maine commit Sarah Talon.

Waterville is the favorite after reaching the Class B North final a year ago with only one senior starter. All-Maine third-team choice and all-tourney pick Sadie Garling heads the list of returnees. She is joined by fellow all-tourney choice Kali Thompson, a rebounding machine who grabbed 38 in three tournament games. Maddy Martin is a formidable post presence and the Panthers have quality guards in Paige St. Pierre and Jayda Murray. Hermon graduated All-Maine third-teamer Cait Tracy, but the Hawks return Paige Plissey, the league leader in assists and steals, and productive forward-center Grace Page. They will be bolstered by sophomores Madison Lebel, Megan Tracy and Elizabeth Wyman, who were sidelined by knee injuries last winter. “We’ve got size, length and athleticism,” Hermon coach Chris Cameron said. “And we’ll be eight or nine deep.” Old Town reached the Class B North quarterfinals for the first time since 2014 with a sophomore and three freshmen playing regularly. All-Maine honorable mention Hannah Richards, now a junior, and sophomore Lexi Thibodeau are consistent double-digit scorers. Sophomores Maddy Emerson and Sydney Loring and senior Claudia Damboise are key performers. Defending champ Mount Desert Island of Bar Harbor and 2018 state champ Winslow Penobscot Valley of Howland coach Nate Case had been worried about complacency after coming off a regional championship last year. But he said his players are motivated were hit hard by graduation but Winslow returns Bodhi Littlefield and Silver Clukey. AllMaine honorable mention Trinity Montigny is a standout for Ellsworth. and ready to defend the title. “We should do big things this year,” said Case, who welcomes back All-Maine honorable mention and Class C North tournament MVP Lexi Ireland along with starting guards Leine McKechnie and Emily St. Cyr and center Emilee Ireland, Lexi’s younger sister. Guard Laney Harding also has improved significantly. “With our different weapons, we will be very hard to stop,” Case said. He said there is plenty of competition in Class C with Calais and Stearns of Millinocket at the top of the contenders list. Calais features three guards, All-Maine honorable mention Lauren Cook, Olivia Huckins and Sophie McVicar, daughter of Calais coach Bill McVicar. The Blue Devils return all five starters and coach McVicar noted that sophomore forward Sage Phillips and junior forward Nedra Bassett have made significant strides. At Stearns, dynamic sophomore guard Alisyn Alley and older sister Katherine Alley will lead the Minutemen. Alisyn Alley earned an all-tourney spot and was an All-Maine honorable mention. Paige Plissey of Hermon looks to pass inside against defensive resistance from Dexter had two sophomore all-tourney selections a year ago in All-Maine honorable Waterville’s Sadie Garling and Madeleine Martin during a Class B North mention Peyton Grant and Avery Herrick, but Herrick has decided not to play. semifinal in Bangor last season. Imposing Woodland center Emily Curtis, an All-Maine honorable mention and Class D PETE WARNER | BDN all-tourney pick, will try to help her team make waves in Class C.

Class C

Class A

Leine McKechnie of Penobscot Valley dribbles against defensive pressure from Stearns’ Alisyn Alley during a Class C North semifinal in Bangor last season. Both players will help their teams contend for a playoff spot last season. PETE WARNER | BDN

Class A appears to be wide open as Class A North finalist Skowhegan graduated four starters and defending champ Hampden Academy, which upset previously unbeaten Skowhegan in the final, graduated All-Maine second-team center Bailey Donovan. Broncos coach Nick Winchester believes his team can contend while playing a completely different style. “We’re going to play fast,” said Winchester, who has six of his top eight players back including starting senior guards Alydia Brillant, Amelia McLaughlin and Sydney Hodgdon. Winchester expects Gardiner and Erskine Academy of South China to be in the mix for a regional crown. Mt. Blue of Farmington and Messalonskee of Oakland each have a difference-maker in UMaine commit Lexi Mittelstadt and Gabrielle Wener, respectively. Both were All-Maine honorable mentions. Skowhegan sophomore Jaycie Christopher is another standout.

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FOR CLASS B STATE CHAMPION CARIBOU, THE GOLD-BALL QUEST BEGINS ANEW BY ERNIE CLARK, BDN STAFF

The Caribou Vikings provided one of the major storylines of the 2018-2019 schoolboy basketball postseason. They ended Hermon’s 42-game winning streak in the Class B North championship game and then outlasted Cape Elizabeth in double overtime to capture the program’s first state championship in 50 years. Coach Kyle Corrigan’s club may be even better this winter, with four returning starters back led by Bangor Daily News All-Maine forward Parker Deprey, a 6-foot-2 senior. “I think we will be much deeper than we were last season,” Corrigan said. “We stuck with a seven-man rotation for most of the season last year but I can see us having a nineto 10-man rotation this year.” Other returning starters are senior guard Alex Bouchard, senior forward Isaac Marker and junior forward Sawyer Deprey, Parker’s brother. “Last year was an amazing achievement for our program but it’s over,” Corrigan said. “We were able to enjoy it for the last eight months but now we’re moving on. We’re preaching every day that this is a new year. We’re a different squad and we need to take it one game at a time with a focus on getting better every day.”

Andrew Shea of Mount Desert Island eyes the rim as Ellsworth’s Hunter Curtis defends during a Class B North quarterfinal last season in Bangor. Curtis will help put Ellsworth back in tourney contention again this season. JOSEPH CYR | HOULTON PIONEER TIMES

One of Caribou’s biggest Class B North challengers should be Ellsworth, a semifinalist last season that features the brother tandem of senior forward Jackson Curtis and sophomore guard Hunter Curtis. They combined for nearly 30 points and 16 rebounds per game last winter. Hermon, the 2018 state champion and 42-1 over the last two seasons, graduated four starters but returns one of the region’s top players in senior forward Isaac Varney. Mount Desert Island of Bar Harbor has been a constant among the division’s top teams in recent years under coach Justin Norwood, while Washington Academy of East Machias looms as another potential contender from the Big East Conference. Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield went 14-4 and reached the regional semifinals despite losing guard Owen Williams to injury for much of the winter. Now the senior guard is back and with junior swingman Gavin McArthur comprises a talented duo that should help coach Josh Tardy’s Huskies remain a top tournament threat from the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference. Houlton, the reigning Class C North champion, has moved up to Class B by enrollment and should be solid in its new division as led by reigning tournament MVP Keegan Gentle, a senior guard.

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Class A Hampden Academy has been a longtime Class A powerhouse under head coach Russ Bartlett, and the bitter taste of a quarterfinal ouster from last winter’s tournament may provide just the additional source of motivation the Broncos need to surge past the likes of Cony of Augusta and Medomak Valley of Waldoboro for a return to state championship competition. Hampden, 14-4 during the 2018-2019 regular season, returns one of the state’s premier players in Bryce Lausier, a versatile 6-3 senior guard who earned BDN All-Maine accolades last winter. “Bryce has put a lot of time into improving his game and his frame,” Bartlett said. “I look for him to have a great senior year.” Senior forward Mikey Raye and junior guard Andy Raye are other prominent returning contributors, while 6-7 sophomore T.J. Henaghen and 6-4 junior Brayden Cole also will be pivotal in Hampden maximizing its potential. Fast-paced Cony, the No. 1 seed last season at 14-4, returns a deep and veteran cast led by one of the state’s most exciting players in senior guard Simon McCormick. Medomak Valley has senior forward Gabe Allaire back to lead the way. The Brewer Witches, who reached the semifinals as the No. 6 seed, boast a promising nucleus that includes senior guard Trevor Pearson, junior forward Dylan Huff and sophomore guards Aaron Newcomb and Colby Smith. One major coaching change in the division has Jon Moro replacing 37-year head Windjammers coach Jeff Hart at Camden Hills of Rockport. Moro, a guard on Hart’s 1999 Camden Hills state championship team, most recently was the freshman basketball coach under Hart, who posted 503 career coaching wins before retiring last spring to become the school’s athletic administrator.

McLaughlin’s Tigers finished ninth a year ago despite a 12-6 record but should return virtually intact after suffering no graduation losses. Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln had a breakthrough 15-3 season under coach Lucas Turner last winter, but must overcome significant graduation losses. George Stevens Academy of Blue Hill boasts plenty of recent tradition but will have to replace talented forward Andrew Szwez, a junior who transferred to Bangor.

Mattanawcook Academy’s Nathan Ring drives to the basket against Dexter’s Brett Kusnierz in a Class C North quarterfinal in Bangor last season. Kusnierz and the Tigers are looking to return to the tourney this season. GABOR DEGRE | BDN

Class D

Skowhegan’s Marcus Christopher drives to the basket against Hampden Academy’s Michael Raye during a Class A North tourney game in Augusta last season. Raye returns this season to aid Hampden’s quest for the tourney. JOSH O’DONNELL | BDN

Class C Houlton’s move to Class B has left a vacuum atop the Class C North rankings, and among the teams that may be poised to ascend to those reaches are the Dexter Tigers. Longtime coach Peter Murray has an experienced, defensive-minded crew back including seniors Nathan Richards, Logan Perkins and 6-4 Cameron Paige and junior Brett Kusnierz from the team’s 14-4 finish a year ago. Central Aroostook of Mars Hill, top-seeded at the end of the 2019 regular season only to be upset in the quarterfinals on a last-second shot, returns senior forwards Brayden Bradbury and Ethan Pryor, and should be buoyed by the school’s recent run to the Class D state championship in boys soccer. Another team to watch from the northern reaches is Fort Fairfield. Coach Vaughan

Defending Class D North champion Schenck features a talented on-court leader in junior swingman Tyrone Davis but this may be the year when the legend of JonesportBeals returns to the top. Coach Skipper Alley’s Royals have reached the regional final each of the last two years and may be poised to break through with talented forwards Kaiden Crowley and Ryan Alley now seniors and junior guard Alvin Beal Jr. back after joining Crowley as an alltournament choice last winter. Greater Houlton Christian Academy graduated only two seniors off last year’s semifinal team, while 2018 Class D North champion Woodland returns a top guard in senior Chris Plissey. Easton, Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook and Deer Isle-Stonington are among other teams with a large group of returning players ready to challenge for postseason contention.

Ryan Alley of Jonesport-Beals goes to the basket against Schenck’s Travis Thompson during the Class D North final in Bangor last season. Alley and the Royals will be attempting to return to Bangor this season.

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10 GIRLS TO WATCH

THIS 2019-2020 SEASON

BY LARRY MAHONEY, BDN STAFF

ALISYN ALLEY SOPH., F, STEARNS

The fourth of the four standout Alley sisters led No. 9 Stearns past top seed Central Aroostook of Mars Hill in their Class C quarterfinal to earn all-tourney honors. “She’s phenomenal,” Stearns coach Nick Cullen said of the Bangor Daily News All-Maine honorable mention. “She is amazing to watch. She has the best floor vision I’ve ever seen. She’s our best rebounder and passer.”

JULIA COLBY SR., G, OXFORD HILLS The All-Maine first-team pick had a remarkable junior season, leading the Vikings to the Class AA state championship. Oxford Hills coach Nate Pelletier called Colby, who is headed to the New York Institute of Technology, the best ball-handler he has ever coached and a natural point guard. Colby averaged 18.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4 steals and 3.2 assists.

LAUREN COOK SR., G, CALAIS Cook is a scoring machine who averaged 22.5 points in two Class C North tourney games a year ago. She earned all-tourney honors for the second straight year. She is quick and can score from anywhere which makes her very difficult to guard.

EMILY CURTIS JR., C, WOODLAND

PEYTON GRANT JR., G, DEXTER

The versatile guard is an outstanding shooter with a long list of 20point games. She can hit the 3, a midrange jumper or take the ball to the rim. She is a good ballhander with a high basketball IQ. Grant is a smart defender with good instincts. She is a two-time Class C North all-tourney pick and an All-Maine honorable mention.

LEXI IRELAND SR., G-F, PVHS

A relentless worker, the 5-9 Ireland can play point guard or center. She led the Howlers to their first regional championship since 1986 and earned Class C North tournament MVP honors and was an AllMaine honorable mention. “She has the heart of a champion. She is a competitor. She is a winner,” PVHS coach Nate Case said.

LEXI MITTELSTADT SR., G, MT. BLUE

The two-time All-Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference first-team selection led the league in scoring (19.5 ppg) and assists (3.7) last season. The UMaine-bound Mittelstadt, an All-Maine honorable mention, can create shots for herself and likes to attack the rim. Messalonskee coach Keith Derosby called her an elite player and “one of the most versatile scorers in the KVAC.”

TRINITY MONTIGNY SR., G, ELLSWORTH

The 5-foot-11 center established herself as one of the region’s best post players. She led the Dragons to a 59-33 Class D North victory over Katahdin in the quarterfinals with 16 points, 10 rebounds and five steals, then posted 30 points and 19 rebounds in a semifinal loss to undefeated Deer Isle-Stonington. She was an all-tourney selection and an All-Maine honorable mention.

Montigny led the Big East Conference in scoring last season (16.6 ppg) thanks to 38.4 percent 3-point shooting. She is also a good passer with impressive court vision who averaged 2.6 assists per game. Defense is also in her arsenal as she averaged 2.9 steals per game en route to All-Maine honorable mention.

SADIE GARLING SR., F, WATERVILLE

MAKAELYN PORTER SR., G-F, SO. AROOST.

Garling paced the Panthers to a berth in the Class B North championship game. The All-Maine honorable mention and alltourney selection (16.5 ppg, 4 rpg, 2.5 apg) was the KVAC Class B North Player of Year. The 3-point specialist is an excellent defender who forces a lot of turnovers in their full-court press.

Porter has led the Warriors to two straight Class D state titles. The two-time North tourney MVP averaged 14.5 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds. “Her basketball IQ is phenomenal,” Southern Aroostook coach Cliff Urquhart said. “She’s a good shooter, a good ball-handler and she can find the open player.”

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10 BOYS TO WATCH

THIS 2019-2020 SEASON

BY ERNIE CLARK, BDN STAFF

JACKSON CURTIS SR., F, ELLSWORTH

BRYCE LAUSIER SR., G, HAMPDEN ACADEMY

Curtis’ shooting range stretches from the paint to beyond the 3-point arc, skills he put on display during last winter’s Class B North tourney when he averaged 19.0 points during Ellsworth’s trip to the semifinals. He’s now back with younger brother Hunter, a sophomore, as the Eagles seek to challenge defending state champion Caribou.

Lausier is coming off a junior year when he earned Bangor Daily News All-Maine third-team recognition after leading the Broncos to a 14-4 regular-season record with 19.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and 4.7 assists a game. Now 6-foot-4, Lausier has continually expanded his game since his freshman year, when he was 5-10.

TYRONE DAVIS JR., G-F, SCHENCK

SIMON MCCORMICK SR., G, CONY

PARKER DEPREY F, CARIBOU LAUREN COOK SR.,SR., G, CALAIS

ANDREW SZWEZ JR., F, BANGOR

Davis emerged during last winter’s Class D North tournament when he scored 33 points in the quarterfinals and averaged a tourney-best 18.7 points for three games to help the Wolverines capture their first regional crown since 2010. His role figures to be even more prominent this winter with 2019 D North tourney MVP Travis Thompson among the graduation losses.

Deprey recently competed in the Class B state championship game in boys soccer with the Vikings after already capturing state titles in tennis and basketball. Deprey earned second-team BDN AllMaine basketball status last winter after averaging 19.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.2 steals while leading the Vikings to their first basketball state championship in a half-century.

The 5-foot-6 McCormick’s speed not only ignites Cony’s fast-paced offense but also triggers the Rams’ defensive pressure. He’s coming off a junior year when he led coach T.J. Maines’ club to the No. 1 seed in Class A North, averaging 15.1 points, 5.1 assists and 5.0 steals while shooting 37 percent from beyond the arc.

Szwez already has a state-title pedigree as a top reserve during his freshman year at 2018 Class C state champion George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill. Now the 6-5 Szwez is one of two impact transfers at reigning Class AA state champion Bangor – along with 6-8 senior Sam Martin – who will try to help returning standout Henry Westrich lead the Rams to another deep postseason run.

KEEGAN GENTLE SR., G, HOULTON

ISAAC VARNEY SR., F, HERMON

Gentle, who led Houlton to the Class C North crown last winter, will endeavor to help coach Tim Brewer’s club contend in Class B this season after the Shiretowners were moved up a class by enrollment. Gentle was the Class C North tournament MVP last year and averaged 16.0 points in four postseason games for 17-5 Houlton.

Varney has played a major role as Hermon has gone 42-1 over the last two seasons with one Class B state title and a return to the North regional final game last winter. The two-time All-Big East firstteamer, who averaged 12.1 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.5 blocked shots last season, is a centerpiece of coach Mark Reed’s roster this year as the Hawks seek another deep tournament run.

DYLAN HUFF JR., F, BREWER

OWEN WILLIAMS SR., G, MAINE CENTRAL INST.

Huff is one of several young players poised to elevate Brewer within the Class A North ranks after the Witches reached the semifinals last year. The second-team Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A North all-star led his team in 3-point goals last winter but also was successful driving to the basket to generate offense.

Williams was leading MCI in scoring and rebounds last winter before his season was cut short by injury. Huskies’ coach Josh Tardy reports that Williams is back “in great shape and hungry” for his senior season and poised to be one of the top players in the KVAC Class B ranks for the Class B North contenders.

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2019 2020 GIRLS SCHEDULE EDITOR’S NOTE: Schedules are for the month of December. For daily schedules, turn to the BDN’s Scoreboard page in the Sports section.

FRIDAY, DEC. 13 6 p.m. ........................................................... Morse at Westbrook 5 p.m. ........................Seacoast Christian at Sacopee Valley 6 p.m. .............................Searsport at George Stevens Acad. 5:30 p.m...............................................Scarborough at Sanford 6:30 p.m..............................................................Gardiner at Cony 5:30 p.m..................................Massabesic at South Portland 6:30 p.m........................Penquis Valley at Penobscot Valley 5:30 p.m...................................................... Valley at Vinalhaven 5:30 p.m....................................................Greenville at Schenck 6 p.m. ................................................Hampden Acad. at Brewer 5 p.m. ............................................................Windham at Bangor 7 p.m.......................................................Portland at Oxford Hills 6 p.m..................................................... Thornton Acad. at Noble 6:30 p.m..........................................................Hall-Dale at Lisbon 6:30 p.m...................................................Wiscasset at Madison 6:30 p.m............................................... Mtn. Valley at Winthrop 5:30 p.m..............................Old Orchard Beach at Waynflete 6:30 p.m.......................................................Telstar at Mt. Abram 7 p.m.......................................................Nokomis at Skowhegan 6:30 p.m.....................................................Hodgdon at Katahdin 6:30 p.m...........................................Morse at Medomak Valley 6:30 p.m.....................................Gray-New Gloucester at York 7 p.m................................Central Aroostook at Fort Fairfield 6 p.m. ...............................................Kennebunk at Marshwood 6:30 p.m...............................................................Dirigo at Oak Hill 6:30 p.m.............................................Fryeburg Acad. at Greely 6:30 p.m................................Erskine Acad. at Messalonskee 7 p.m.....................................Stearns at Mattanawcook Acad. 5 p.m......................................................Mt. Ararat at Brunswick 6 p.m..................................................Cheverus at Edward Little 7 p.m..............................................................Deering at Lewiston

7 p.m...........................................................MDI at Foxcroft Acad. 6 p.m. .............................................. Camden Hills at Oceanside 6:30 p.m..............................Monmouth Acad. at Spruce Mtn. 6:30 p.m.................................... Maranacook at Lincoln Acad. 7 p.m............................................................Lee Acad. at Machias 6 p.m.........................................................Biddeford at Falmouth 6:30 p.m....................................Boothbay Region at Carrabec 7 p.m..................................................................Leavitt at Mt. Blue 6:30 p.m.................................................................Poland at Wells

SATURDAY, DEC. 14 1 p.m. ..............................................................Winslow at Caribou 1 p.m. .......................................Wiscasset at Monmouth Acad. 2:30 p.m. .............................................................Ellsworth at MCI 12 p.m. .........................................................Wisdom at Katahdin 3:30 p.m. ...........................Southern Aroostook at Fort Kent 1 p.m.................................St. Dominic Academy at Richmond 8:30 a.m. .................................................... Valley at Vinalhaven 1:30 p.m. ..........................................................Ashland at Easton 2:30 p.m. .........................Dexter at Piscataquis Community 1:30 p.m. ........................................................Houlton at Hermon 11 a.m. ..........................................Rangeley Lakes at Buckfield 1 p.m........................................................Shead at DI-Stonington 3 p.m. ..........................................Waterville Sr. at Presque Isle 1 p.m..................................................Madawaska at East Grand 12 p.m. ........................................................John Bapst at Belfast 2:30 p.m. .......................................... Lake Region at Yarmouth 12:30 p.m..........................................................Orono at Old Town 1:30 p.m. ..........................Mount View at Washington Acad. 2:30 p.m. ...................................... Jonesport-Beals at Stearns 11:30 a.m. ..............................................Bonny Eagle at Gorham 7 p.m. ..................................North Yarmouth Acad. at Temple

MONDAY, DEC. 16 6 p.m. ...................................Sumner at Mattanawcook Acad. 6:30 p.m. ................................... Foxcroft Acad. at John Bapst 4:30 p.m. .................................................East Grand at Wisdom 7 p.m. .......................................................Van Buren at Hodgdon 7 p.m. ..........................................Penobscot Valley at Schenck 5:30 p.m. ....................................................Washburn at Easton 7 p.m. ..................................................Pine Tree at North Haven 6 p.m. ..................................................Central at Penquis Valley 7 p.m. ..................................................Stearns at Dexter Dexter 6:30 p.m. ........................................Woodland at Narraguagus 7 p.m. .............................................Wells at Old Orchard Beach 6:30 p.m. ..........................................................Shead at Machias 6:30 p.m. ..........................................Mount View at Waterville 5 p.m. ......................... Lee Acad. at Piscataquis Community 7 p.m. ...................................................Edward Little at Gorham

TUESDAY, DEC. 17 6 p.m. ..............................................Monmouth Acad. at Lisbon 6 p.m. ....................................................... Winslow at Oceanside 6:30 p.m. ...................................................Westbrook at Leavitt 6:30 p.m. ..................................................................Belfast at MCI 6:30 p.m. ...........................Southern Aroostook at Katahdin 6 p.m. ......................................................Massabesic at Sanford 6:30 p.m. ............................................. Hampden Acad. at Cony 6 p.m. .....................................................Deering at Bonny Eagle 7 p.m. ..................................................Scarborough at Portland 7 p.m. .................................................. Greely at South Portland 5 p.m. ........................................................... Valley at Forest Hills 5 p.m. ...........................................Medomak Valley at Gardiner 6:30 p.m. ...........................................Messalonskee at Brewer 5:30 p.m. ..............................................Ashland at Madawaska

6 p.m. ...........................................Windham at Thornton Acad. 6:30 p.m. ...................................................Carrabec at Hall-Dale 6:30 p.m. ...................................................Winthrop at Madison 6:30 p.m. ......................................................Dirigo at Mt. Abram 6:30 p.m. ..................................................Lawrence at Nokomis 7 p.m. .................................................Fort Fairfield at Fort Kent 7 p.m. ...........................Kennebunk at Gray-New Gloucester 7 p.m. ............................................................Hermon at Old Town 8:30 a.m. ...........................................Pine Tree at North Haven 6 p.m. ....................................................Oxford Hills at Cheverus 7 p.m. .........................................Houlton at Central Aroostook 4 p.m. ...................................................Traip Acad. at Waynflete 5 p.m. ....................................Buckfield at Seacoast Christian 6:30 p.m. .................................Camden Hills at Erskine Acad. 6 p.m. ......................................................Mt. Blue at Skowhegan 6:30 p.m. ......................................................Marshwood at York 7 p.m. .....................................................Brunswick at Biddeford 6:30 p.m. ..................................................Telstar at Spruce Mtn 6:30 p.m. ...............................................Yarmouth at Mt. Ararat 6:30 p.m. ..................................................Oak Hill at Mtn. Valley 6:30 p.m. ...................................Lincoln Acad. at Lake Region 5 p.m. .............................................................Temple at Rangeley 6 p.m. .............................................Cape Elizabeth at Falmouth 6:30 p.m. ................................................Maranacook at Poland 7 p.m. ...............................................................Orono at Ellsworth 6 p.m. ................................................................Lewiston at Noble 6:30 p.m. .....................................Kents Hill at Sacopee Valley 7 p.m. .................................................Washington Acad. at MDI

7 p.m. ............................Bucksport at George Stevens Acad. 6:30 p.m. ....................................................Sumner at Searsport 6:30 p.m. ................................................Narraguagus at Shead 6:30 p.m. ...................................................Mt. Abram at Oak Hill 6:30 p.m. ..................................................Machias at Woodland 7 p.m. ......................................................East Grand at Hodgdon 7 p.m. ................................................................Morse at Freeport 6 p.m. ................................DI-Stonington at Jonesport-Beals 6 p.m. .............................................Lee Acad. at Penquis Valley

THURSDAY, DEC. 19 5 p.m. ....................................Southern Aroostook at Ashland 5 p.m. ............................................................Richmond at Temple 6:30 p.m. ................................................Cony at Messalonskee 6:30 p.m. ....................................................... Hall-Dale at Telstar 6:30 p.m. ............................................ Spruce Mtn at Winthrop 6:30 p.m. ........................Old Orchard Beach at Lake Region 7 p.m. .................................................Hermon at Foxcroft Acad. 6:30 p.m. ........................................Boothbay Region at Dirigo 4 p.m. ....................................................Forest Hills at Buckfield 11:30 a.m. ...........................................North Haven at Islesboro 7 p.m. ...............................................................Caribou at Houlton 6:30 p.m. ..............................................Mtn. Valley at Carrabec 7 p.m. ...........................................................................MDI at Orono 6:30 p.m. ........................................................ Madison at Lisbon 7 p.m. ..................Sacopee Valley at North Yarmouth Acad. 5:30 p.m. ............................................Madawaska at Fort Kent 5 p.m. .............................................................Pine Tree at Hebron

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18

FRIDAY, DEC. 20

5:30 p.m. .................................................... Easton at Van Buren 6:30 p.m. ...........................................................Dexter at Central

5 p.m. ............................................................Lisbon at Wiscasset 5:30 p.m. .......................................................Valley at Richmond

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6 p.m. ...........................................................Central at Bucksport 6 p.m. ..............................................Penobscot Valley at Dexter 6 p.m. ..................................George Stevens Acad. at Sumner 6 p.m. ......................................South Portland at Bonny Eagle 5:30 p.m. .............................................Scarborough at Gorham 6:30 p.m. .......................................................Biddeford at Morse 6:30 p.m. ....................................................Nokomis at Gardiner 6:30 p.m. ................................Mattanawcook Acad. at Calais 5:30 p.m. .............................Central Aroostook at Washburn 6:30 p.m. ................................. Medomak Valley at Lawrence 7 p.m. ..................................................Hodgdon at Fort Fairfield 7 p.m. .................St. Dominic Acad. at Gray-New Gloucester 6 p.m. .......................................................Sanford at Kennebunk 6 p.m. ........................................................Leavitt at Marshwood 7 p.m. ............................................................... Greely at Freeport 7 p.m. ................................................................York at Traip Acad. 7 p.m. .................................................Waterville Sr. at Old Town 7 p.m. ...........................................Erskine Acad. at Skowhegan 6 p.m. ...................................................Cheverus at Massabesic 6:30 p.m. ...........................................Westbrook at Brunswick 7 p.m. .........................Searsport at Piscataquis Community 4 p.m. ....................................................Wells at Fryeburg Acad. 6 p.m. ...................................................... Mt. Ararat at Falmouth 6 p.m. ................................................ Schenck at DI-Stonington 6:30 p.m. ............................................Mt. Blue at Camden Hills 6:30 p.m. .......................................Oceanside at Lincoln Acad.

7 p.m. .................................................Portland at Edward Little 5:30 p.m. ................................Rangeley Lakes at Vinalhaven 5:30 p.m. ..............................................Yarmouth at Waynflete 5:30 p.m. ........................................................Noble at Windham 6:30 p.m. ...........................................Poland at Cape Elizabeth 6 p.m. .................................................Penquis Valley at Stearns 10:30 a.m. ............................ Seacoast Christian at Pine Tree

SATURDAY, DEC. 21 1:30 p.m. ............................................ Belfast at Foxcroft Acad. 1:30 p.m. ..................................Southern Aroostook at Shead 1:30 p.m. .........................Presque Isle at Washington Acad. 2 p.m. .................................................................Bangor at Brewer 1 p.m. .................................................................................MCI at MDI 2:30 p.m. ......................................................Hermon at Winslow 1 p.m. .........................................................East Grand at Ashland 2:30 p.m. .............................Central Aroostook at Woodland 12 p.m. ...........................North Yarmouth Acad. at Buckfield 8 a.m. .......................................Rangeley Lakes at Vinalhaven 1:30 p.m. ....................................Jonesport-Beals at Lee Acad. 1:30 p.m. ....................................................Mount View at Orono 2 p.m. ...........................................................Houlton at Ellsworth 1 p.m. .....................................................Oxford Hills at Lewiston

MONDAY, DEC. 23 3 p.m. ....................................... Foxcroft Acad. at Presque Isle

5 p.m. ....................................................Bangor at Edward Little 6 p.m. ............................................ Mount View at Maranacook 7 p.m. ......................................Greenville at Penobscot Valley 1 p.m. ............................................. DI-Stonington at Bucksport 1 p.m. .............................................................Lincoln Acad. at MCI 6:30 p.m. .................................................Winslow at Waterville 5:30 p.m. ................................................Hodgdon at Van Buren 6:30 p.m. .................................................................Cony at Morse 6 p.m. .....................................................Sanford at Bonny Eagle 2:30 p.m. .............................................Richmond at Traip Acad. 1 p.m. ..................................... South Portland at Scarborough 7 p.m. ..............................................................Easton at Katahdin 1 p.m. ..................................................Erskine Acad. at Gardiner 7 p.m. .....................................Mattanawcook Acad. at Dexter 5 p.m. ...............................................Thornton Acad. at Gorham 4 p.m. ..................................Jonesport-Beals at Narraguagus 6:30 p.m. ...........................................Camden Hills at Nokomis 6:30 p.m. ......................................Calais at Washington Acad. 5 p.m. ....................................... Medomak Valley at Oceanside 5:30 p.m. ....................................Madawaska at Fort Fairfield 6 p.m. ..........................................................Portland at Cheverus 12:30 p.m. ..........................................Biddeford at Marshwood 2:30 p.m. .....................................................East Grand at Shead 6:30 p.m. ...........................................Skowhegan at Lawrence 2:30 p.m. ....................................................Windham at Deering 6 p.m. .....................................................Falmouth at Westbrook

5:30 p.m. ....................................................Noble at Massabesic 6:30 p.m. ..........................Messalonskee at Hampden Acad. 4:30 p.m. .................................................John Bapst at Caribou 5 p.m. ...............................................................Brewer at Mt. Blue TBD ........................................................ Ellsworth at John Bapst 7 p.m. ..............................................................Stearns at Schenck

2:30 p.m. ....................................Oxford Hills at Edward Little 10 a.m. .....................................Rangeley Lakes at Forest Hills 1:30 p.m. .......................................Orono at Washington Acad. 5 p.m................................................................MDI at Presque Isle 6 p.m. ...........................................................Ellsworth at Caribou 6:30 p.m. .....................................Oak Hill at Boothbay Region

FRIDAY, DEC. 27

SATURDAY, DEC. 28

2:30 p.m. ..................................................Winthrop at Hall-Dale 6 p.m. .........................................................Lisbon at Spruce Mtn 6 p.m. ..........................................................Telstar at Mtn. Valley 5:30 p.m. ....................................................Maranacook at Cony 6 p.m. ...............................................South Portland at Sanford 7 p.m. ..............................................................Easton at Hodgdon 6:30 p.m. ......................................................Dirigo at Wiscasset 5 p.m. ......... Calais vs. Sumner at Cross Insurance Center 6:30 p.m. ................................................Carrabec at Mt. Abram TBD ............................................................Hermon at John Bapst 2 p.m. ..............................................Fort Fairfield vs. Woodland at Cross Insurance Center 5:30 p.m. .........................Madawaska at Central Aroostook 5:30 p.m.......................................................Old Town at Houlton 6:30 p.m. G. eorge Stevens Acad. vs. Mattanawcook Acad. at Cross Insurance Center 11 a.m............. Piscataquis Community vs. Penquis Valley at Cross Insurance Center

1 p.m. ..............................................................Wisdom at Ashland 1 p.m. ............................................Sacopee Valley at Richmond 5 p.m. ..............................................Penob. Valley vs. Lee Acad. at Cross Insurance Center 8 p.m. ...........................................Greenville vs. DI-Stonington at Cross Insurance Center 3:30 p.m. ...................................................Searsport vs. Central at Cross Insurance Center 12:30 p.m. ......................................................Schenck vs. Dexter at Cross Insurance Center 9:30 a.m. ...................................................Bucksport at Stearns 6:30 p.m. ..........................................Spruce Mtn at Wiscasset 1:30 p.m. .....................................Fryeburg Acad. at Yarmouth 11 a.m. ........................................................Temple at Vinalhaven 1 p.m. .................................................. Ellsworth at Presque Isle 1 p.m. ........................................................................MDI at Caribou

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2019 2020 BOYS SCHEDULE EDITOR’S NOTE: Schedules are for the month of December. For daily schedules, turn to the BDN’s Scoreboard page in the Sports section.

FRIDAY, DEC. 13 6 p.m. ........................................................... Morse at Westbrook

6:30 p.m. ....................... Lincoln Acad. at Maranacook 6:30 p.m. .................................................Cony at Gardiner 7 p.m. .........................................Scarborough at Sanford 7 p.m. ................................................Valley at Vinalhaven 7 p.m. ..........................................Gorham at Bonny Eagle 6:30 p.m. ..............................Medomak Valley at Morse 7 p.m. ............................Massabesic at South Portland 7 p.m. ..............................................Greenville at Schenck 7:30 p.m. ...............................Hampden Acad. at Brewer 7 p.m. ......................................Waynflete at Old Orchard 7:30 p.m. .................................. Noble at Thornton Acad. 7 p.m. ...............................York at Gray-New Gloucester 7 p.m. .......................................Greely at Fryeburg Acad. 7 p.m. ....................................Marshwood at Kennebunk 6:30 p.m. ...................Messalonskee at Erskine Acad. 6:30 p.m. ..................................Mt. Ararat at Brunswick 7 p.m. ................................................ Lewiston at Deering 7:30 p.m. ...............................Cheverus at Edward Little 6:30 p.m. ............................ Oceanside at Camden Hills 6:30 p.m. ............................................. Mt. Blue at Leavitt 7 p.m. ............................................Falmouth at Biddeford 7 p.m. ..........................................Oxford Hills at Portland 4 p.m. .....................................................Islesboro at Gould 6:30 p.m. ...................................................Wells at Poland 6:30 p.m. .......Seacoast Christian at Sacopee Valley

SATURDAY, DEC. 14 1:30 p.m. .........................................John Bapst at Belfast 2:30 p.m. ...........................................Winslow at Caribou 2:30 p.m. ....................Wiscasset at Monmouth Acad.

2:30 p.m. ............................... Calais at Sumner Sumner 1 p.m. ......................................................... Ellsworth at MCI 1:30 p.m. ..........................................Wisdom at Katahdin 2 p.m. ......................Southern Aroostook at Fort Kent 10 a.m. ..............................................Valley at Vinalhaven 2:30 p.m. ............ St. Dominic Academy at Richmond 6:30 p.m. .....................Searsport at Penobscot Valley 3 p.m. .....................................................Ashland at Easton 6:30 p.m. ......................Winthrop at Boothbay Region 2:30 p.m. ...........................................Hall-Dale at Oak Hill 2:30 p.m. ..........................................Lisbon at Mt. Abram 4:30 p.m. ............................................Houlton at Hermon 6:30 p.m. .........................................Spruce Mtn at Dirigo 1 p.m. .................................Rangeley Lakes at Buckfield 4:30 p.m. ........................Waterville Sr. at Presque Isle 1 p.m. ....................................................Telstar at Carrabec 2:30 p.m. ........................................Lee Acad. at Machias 7 p.m. ..............................................MDI at Foxcroft Acad. 7 p.m. ...................................... Yarmouth at Lake Region 3:30 p.m. ..............................................Orono at Old Town 4:30 p.m. .............. Mount View at Washington Acad. 6 p.m. ................................... Freeport at Cape Elizabeth 5:30 p.m. ................North Yarmouth Acad. at Temple

MONDAY, DEC. 16 6 p.m. ....................................Greater Houlton Chr. Acad. at Southern Aroostook 5:30 p.m. .....................................Van Buren at Hodgdon 6:30 p.m. ..............................................Freeport at Morse 6:30 p.m. ................................................ Bangor Christian at Piscataquis Community 7 p.m. ................................................Washburn at Easton

7 p.m. ....................Central Aroostook at Fort Fairfield 7 p.m. .........................................Cony at Hampden Acad. 6:30 p.m. .........................Waterville Sr. at Mount View 7 p.m. ................................................... Caribou at Houlton 6:30 p.m. ....................................Madison at Mtn. Valley 6:30 p.m. ........................... Searsport at DI-Stonington 6 p.m. ..........Pine Tree at Greater Portland Christian 8 p.m. ............................... Foxcroft Acad. at John Bapst

TUESDAY, DEC. 17 6:30 p.m. .......................................................MCI at Belfast 6:30 p.m. .......... George Stevens Acad. at Bucksport 6:30 p.m. .....................................Poland at Maranacook 6:30 p.m. ..................................... Oceanside at Winslow 6:30 p.m. .........................................Valley at Forest Hills 7 p.m. .......................................Portland at Scarborough 7 p.m. .......................................South Portland at Greely 7 p.m. ................................Penobscot Valley at Penquis 6 p.m. ............................Greenville at Bangor Christian 6:30 p.m. .........................Medomak Valley at Gardiner 7 p.m. ..........................................Ashland at Madawaska 7 p.m. ........................................ Cheverus at Oxford Hills 7 p.m. ..................................Old Orchard Beach at Wells 7 p.m. ................................Thornton Acad. at Windham 6:30 p.m. ...................................... Nokomis at Lawrence 7 p.m. ..................................................York at Marshwood 7 p.m. ............................Calais at Mattanawcook Acad. 6:30 p.m. ..........Gray-New Gloucester at Kennebunk 6:30 p.m. ...................................... Machias at Woodland 7 p.m. ...................Central at Piscataquis Community 5:30 p.m. .................................Traip Acad. at Waynflete 6:30 p.m. ..................Buckfield at Seacoast Christian

6:30 p.m. ......................Erskine Acad. at Camden Hills 7 p.m. ..........................................Biddeford at Brunswick 7 p.m. ..........................................Bonny Eagle at Deering 7:30 p.m. .....................................Mt. Blue at Skowhegan 6:30 p.m. ............................Sumner at Jonesport-Beals 7 p.m. ...........................................Mt. Ararat at Yarmouth 7 p.m. ...............................................Leavitt at Westbrook 6:30 p.m. .........................................Stearns at Lee Acad. 7 p.m. ........................................Gorham at Edward Little 6:30 p.m. ........................Lake Region at Lincoln Acad. 6:30 p.m. ..............................Temple at Rangeley Lakes 7 p.m. ...........................................Sanford at Massabesic 7 p.m. .......................................Brewer at Messalonskee 6 p.m. .....................................................Noble at Lewiston 5:30 p.m. .......................................Islesboro at Pine Tree

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18 7 p.m. ................................................Easton at Van Buren 6:30 p.m.................................... Mtn. Valley at Winthrop 6:30 p.m. ......................................... Telstar at Mt. Abram 7 p.m. .................................................Hermon at Old Town 6:30 p.m. ...................................................Dirigo at Lisbon 7 p.m. ..............................Central Aroostook at Houlton 6:30 p.m. .....................................Oak Hill at Spruce Mtn. 7 p.m. ............................... Foxcroft Acad. at John Bapst 12 p.m. ....Vinalhaven at Greater Portland Christian 7 p.m. ....................................................Orono at Ellsworth 6:30 p.m. ........................................Madison at Carrabec 6:30 p.m. ......Boothbay Region at Monmouth Acad. 7 p.m. ......................................Washington Acad. at MDI

THURSDAY, DEC. 19 4:30 p.m. ........................................St. Dominic Academy at Seacoast Christian 6 p.m. .............................Bangor Christian at Searsport 6:30 p.m. ..................Southern Aroostook at Ashland 6:30 p.m. .....................................Messalonskee at Cony 7 p.m. ................................................ Richmond at Temple 6:30 p.m. .........................................Gardiner at Nokomis 7 p.m. .....................Dexter at Piscataquis Community 5 p.m. ..................................Bucksport at DI-Stonington 6:30 p.m. ............................................Woodland at Calais 6:30 p.m. ................................Narraguagus at Machias 6:30 p.m. ................................Penquis Valley at Central 5:30 p.m. ..................................Forest Hills at Buckfield 6:30 p.m. ....................................... Hodgdon at Katahdin 7 p.m. .......................Sumner at George Stevens Acad. 7 p.m. .................................................... Traip Acad. at York 7 p.m. ........................Mattanawcook Acad. at Stearns 7 p.m. .........................................Fryeburg Acad. at Wells 5 p.m. .....................................................Pine Tree at Gould 7 p.m. ........................................Madawaska at Fort Kent 5:30 p.m. .Sacopee Valley at North Yarmouth Acad.

FRIDAY, DEC. 20 7 p.m. ..............................................................Valley at Richmond 7 p.m. .......................................................Kennebunk at Sanford 7 p.m. ....................................................Scarborough at Gorham 7 p.m. ......................................Bonny Eagle at South Portland 6:30 p.m. .....................................................Winthrop at Oak Hill 7 p.m. .................................................................Brewer at Bangor 7 p.m. .............................................Lake Region at Old Orchard 7 p.m. ....................................................Lewiston at Oxford Hills

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6:30 p.m. .....................................................Wiscasset at Lisbon 6:30 p.m. ................................................... Hall-Dale at Madison 6:30 p.m. ...............................Mt. Abram at Boothbay Region 7 p.m. ...................................................Massabesic at Cheverus 7 p.m. ......................................................Lawrence at Medomak 6:30 p.m. ............................. Gray-New Gloucester at Poland 7 p.m. ....................................Central Aroostook at Washburn 6:30 p.m. ........................................Monmouth Acad. at Dirigo 7 p.m. ...................................................Cape Elizabeth at Greely 6:30 p.m. ....................................Skowhegan at Erskine Acad. 7 p.m. ..................................................Brunswick at Westbrook 6:30 p.m. .................................................Marshwood at Leavitt 6:30 p.m. ..................................................Spruce Mtn at Telstar 7 p.m. ...................................................... Falmouth at Mt. Ararat 6:30 p.m. ..............................................Carrabec at Mtn. Valley 6:30 p.m.........................................Lincoln Acad. at Oceanside 7 p.m. ...................................................Camden Hills at Mt. Blue 7 p.m. .................................................Edward Little at Portland 7 p.m. .......................................Rangeley Lakes at Vinalhaven 7 p.m. .....................................................Waynflete at Yarmouth 6:30 p.m. .......................Narraguagus at Washington Acad. 7 p.m. ...............................................................Windham at Noble 7 p.m. ..............................................................Morse at Biddeford 12:00 p.m. .............................Seacoast Christian at Pine Tree 5 p.m. ..........................Easton at Greater Houlton Chr. Acad. 6 p.m. .......................................Southern Aroostook at Easton

SATURDAY, DEC. 21 4:30 p.m. ......................... Presque Isle at Washington Acad 1 p.m. ..............................................................Hermon at Winslow 2:30 p.m. .........................................................................MCI at MDI 1 p.m. ........................................... Machias at Bangor Christian 1:30 p.m. ......................................................Bucksport at Dexter 4 p.m. ....................................Central Aroostook at Woodland 2:30 p.m. .........................................................Stearns at Central 1 p.m. ....................................................Katahdin at Madawaska 1:30 p.m. .......................North Yarmouth Acad. at Buckfield 2:30 p.m. ..........................................Waterville Sr. at Old Town 7 p.m. ..... George Stevens Acad. at Mattanawcook Acad. 2:30 p.m. ........Penquis Valley at Piscataquis Community 3 p.m. ..........................................Jonesport-Beals at Lee Acad. 4:30 p.m. ........................................... Belfast at Foxcroft Acad. 9:30 a.m. ................................Rangeley Lakes at Vinalhaven 3:30 p.m. ....................................................Houlton at Ellsworth 4:30 p.m. ...................................................Mount View at Orono 12 p.m. .............................................Islesboro at DI-Stonington 2:30 p.m. ..................................................Fort Kent at Hodgdon

MONDAY, DEC. 23 3:30 p.m. ......................................Washington Acad. at Calais 4:30 p.m. ..................................... Mount View at Maranacook 4:30 p.m.................................. Foxcroft Acad. at Presque Isle 5:30 p.m. ...............................Greenville at Penobscot Valley

6:30 p.m. .............................................Bangor at Edward Little 1 p.m. .............................................................MCI at Lincoln Acad. 5 p.m. ........................................................Winslow at Waterville 7 p.m. .......................................................Hodgdon at Van Buren 1 p.m. .........................................................................Morse at Cony 7:30 p.m. ...............................................Sanford at Bonny Eagle 1 p.m. .....................................................Richmond at Traip Acad. 11:30 a.m. ............................. South Portland at Scarborough 5:30 p.m. .......................................................Easton at Katahdin 1 p.m. ..................................................Gardiner at Erskine Acad. 6:30 p.m. .......................................................Telstar at Winthrop 6:30 p.m. ..................Piscataquis Community at Searsport 6:30 p.m. .............................................. Mtn. Valley at Hall-Dale 6:30 p.m. .................................................Madison at Wiscasset 7:30 p.m. .........................................Gorham at Thornton Acad. 5:30 p.m. ...........................Jonesport-Beals at Narraguagus 6:30 p.m. ...........................................Nokomis at Camden Hills 6:30 p.m. ......................................................Dirigo at Mt. Abram 6:30 p.m. ................................ Medomak Valley at Oceanside 7:30 p.m. ....................................................Portland at Cheverus 7 p.m. ...........................................Madawaska at Fort Fairfield 7 p.m. ........................................................Freeport at Waynflete 5 p.m. ..................................................Skowhegan at Lawrence 3 p.m. ...........................................................Deering at Windham 1 p.m. ...................................................Marshwood at Biddeford 7 p.m. .....................................................Westbrook at Falmouth

6:30 p.m. ............................ Boothbay Region at Spruce Mtn 7 p.m. ...........................................................Noble at Massabesic 7 p.m. .................................Hampden Acad. at Messalonskee 3 p.m. ........................................................John Bapst at Caribou 6:30 p.m. ........................................................Brewer at Mt. Blue TBD ........................................................ Ellsworth at John Bapst 6:30 p.m. ......................................................Oak Hill at Carrabec

THURSDAY, DEC. 26 7 p.m. ..................................Southern Aroostook at Hodgdon

FRIDAY, DEC. 27 4 p.m. .........................................................Hall-Dale at Winthrop 5 p.m. .............................................................Dirigo at Wiscasset 7 p.m. ...........................................................Maranacook at Cony 9:30 a.m. ...................................Penquis Valley vs. Greenville at Cross Insurance Center 6 p.m. .......................................... Schenck at Bangor Christian 6 p.m. ..........................................Old Orchard Beach at Poland 3:30 p.m. .............................George Stevens Acad. vs. Calais at Cross Insurance Center TBD ............................................................Hermon at John Bapst 12:30 p.m. ......................................Fort Fairfield vs. Woodland at Cross Insurance Center 7 p.m. ................................Madawaska at Central Aroostook

8 p.m. .................................Sumner vs. Mattanawcook Acad. at Cross Insurance Center 7 p.m. ............................................................Old Town at Houlton 11:30 a.m. ................................Rangeley Lakes at Forest Hills 4:30 p.m. ......................................Orono at Washington Acad. 6:30 p.m. .......................................................MDI at Presque Isle 7:30 p.m. .....................................................Ellsworth at Caribou 2:30 p.m. ......................................... DI-Stonington at Machias

SATURDAY, DEC. 28 2:30 p.m. ............................................Mt. Abram at Mtn. Valley 5 p.m. .................................................Spruce Mtn at Wiscasset 2:30 p.m. ......................................................Wisdom at Ashland 2:30 p.m. ................................................................MDI at Caribou 2:30 p.m. ....................................Sacopee Valley at Richmond 6:30 p.m. ...............................Penobscot Valley vs. Lee Acad. at Cross Insurance Center 11 a.m. .......Stearns vs. Dexter at Cross Insurance Center 2 p.m. ............................ Piscataquis Community vs. Central at Cross Insurance Center 5 p.m. ...........................................Yarmouth at Fryeburg Acad. TBD .................................................Falmouth at Cape Elizabeth 1 p.m. ..........................................................Temple at Vinalhaven 2:30 p.m. .......................................... Ellsworth at Presque Isle 3 p.m. ........................................................Windham at Lewiston 2:30 p.m. ..................................Carrabec at Monmouth Acad.

BASKETBALL OUTLOOK • Bangor Daily News Special Advertising Section • December 13, 2019

PHOTO CREDIT: TROY R. BENNETT | BDN

The Bangor High School Rams celebrate their victory in the Class AA state basketball championship game at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland last March.

PHOTO CREDIT: TROY R. BENNETT | BDN

The Bangor High School bench reacts after a missed foul shot in the Class AA North regional championship game at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland last February. Bangor beat Edward Little and went on to defeat Bonny Eagle in the state final.

BASKETBALL OUTLOOK • Bangor Daily News Special Advertising Section • December 13, 2019

PHOTO CREDIT:PETE WARNER | BDN

The 2019 Mount Desert Island girls basketball team rushes to the court while head coach Brett Barker salutes the crowd after the Trojans beat Waterville to win the Class B North championship at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.

PHOTO CREDIT: PETE WARNER | BDN

Old Town High School girls basketball coach Heather Richards encourages her team during a 2019 tournament game.

BASKETBALL OUTLOOK • Bangor Daily News Special Advertising Section • December 13, 2019