BOYS BASKETBALL Schenck 43 Orono 42
Schenck hits a FT with 3 seconds remaining to gain the win.
Orono trailed by 10 points with 2:40 to go.
Schenck was led by Aaron Beaumont with 18 points.
Tyler Eddy led Orono with a game 28 points.
Sports results, January 28 — Bangor Daily News
Orono cheerleaders qualify for State Meet on February 11th
CHEERING
Dexter captures Eastern Maine Class C crown
By Tess McLaughlin, Special to the BDN
Posted Jan. 28, 2012, at 6:55 p.m.
Last modified Jan. 28, 2012, at 7:15 p.m.
Last modified Jan. 28, 2012, at 7:15 p.m.
BANGOR — The Dexter Tigers clawed their way to the top and captured the Eastern Maine Class C cheerleading title Saturday, barely escaping the hot pursuit of the Central Red Devils at the Bangor Auditorium.
The Tigers earned 134.6 points, springing above their competitors with strong, solid jumps. The Red Devils of Corinth came close to the Tigers with a score of 133.
The six top teams will go on to compete in the state championships on Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Augusta Civic Center.
Other state qualifiers include third-place Sumner of East Sullivan (129), followed by Orono (125.7), defending state champion Houlton (123.2), and Calais (110.9).
Teams that did not qualify for the state championships were Penquis of Milo (104.9), Bucksport (101.9), Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln (98.9), Narraguagus of Harrington (97.5), Lee Academy (94.1), and George Stevens Academy of Blue Hill (85.3).
Dexter, which finished fifth in last year’s EM Class C regional, is coached by Kacie Ladd. Team members are Jessica Chabot, Shayna Fogg, Taylor Goulette, Ansalewit Laughton, David McKusick, Danielle Mower, Hillary Mower, Whitney Mower, Mackenzie Peatfield, Harley Ponte, Madison Provost, Emily Sevey, Matthew Stanhope, Sarah Ann Vigue, Danielle Whitten, Aaliyah Williams, Savannah Wintle, and Alex Wulf.
Sports results, January 26 — Bangor Daily News
BOYS BASKETBALL
Orono 43 at Old Town 55
Jan. 26, 2012, at 7:00 p.m.
At Old Town, Garrett Libby scored a game-high 21 points to lead the home Coyotes past Orono and avenge an earlier-season loss to the Red Riots.
Bryan Guay contributed 12 points for Old Town with Cameron Archer scoring nine points from behind the arc.
Orono was paced by Tyler Eddy with 18 points and Jack Lucy added 10.
Home-court edge spurs Orono turnaround
High School Boys Basketball
By Ernie Clark, BDN Staff
Posted Jan. 24, 2012, at 2:39 p.m.
Last modified Jan. 24, 2012, at 4:51 p.m.
Last modified Jan. 24, 2012, at 4:51 p.m.
One of the bigger turnarounds in Eastern Maine boys basketball so far this winter has been in Orono, where the Red Riots entered Tuesday night’s game at John Bapst of Bangor with an 8-4 record after tallying just seven wins in the previous two years combined.
“I knew we were going to be good this year, but coming off a 2-16 season last year to maybe hosting a prelim game or possibly getting a bye is pretty good,” said senior forward Tyler Eddy. “I shouldn’t say I’m surprised because I thought we’d be a lot better, but I am a little surprised with how well we’re doing.”
The solid start under first-year head coach Jason Coleman has elevated Orono to sixth place in the Eastern Class C rankings, which would earn the Red Riots a preliminary-round home game if the playoffs were to start today and is just one spot short of gaining a first-round bye.
The Red Riots have been particularly effective on their home court, where their record is 6-1 after a 55-45 victory over Bucksport on Saturday night.
“Our motto all year has been ‘protect your house and split on the road,’” said Coleman after Orono avenged a 10-point loss at Bucksport earlier in the season. “The kids seem to play with more energy here.”
“The big thing for us is to slow down. We’re learning how to win, but when we’re down by one we want to push, push, push. But when we take our time in the halfcourt set we get pretty good looks.”
One thing Coleman has done this winter is go deep into his bench, with as many as 10 players typically getting quality minutes during games.
“Everyone’s adapting to their role and coming to realize what they need to do personally for the team to get a win,” said junior guard Corey Riemersma, who came off the Orono bench to score 18 points against Bucksport on 6-of-6 shooting from beyond the 3-point arc. “That’s probably one of the most important things.”
Eddy, the team’s leading scorer this winter, sees contributions both great and small from throughout the roster as being pivotal to the Red Riots’ rise in the standings.
“Everyone’s giving 100 percent the whole time on the court, and that’s what we asked for at the beginning of the season,” said Eddy, who also was part of his school’s football resurgence last fall when the Red Riots finished with a 9-2 record and earned their first appearance in the LTC Class C championship game since 1996.
“Everyone’s doing it, and it just goes to show that every person out there can contribute to what we’re doing. Hopefully we can keep it going.”
Sports results, January 24th – Bangor Daily News
BOYS BASKETBALL
John Bapst 41 vs Orono 21
At the Bangor Auditorium, the Crusaders outscored the Red Riots 18-11 in the second half en route to the win.
Dan Davis paced 4-10 John Bapst with 11 points and Max Andrews added nine.
Cortland Loring led 8-5 Orono with nine points.
John Bapst 14-23-33-41
Orono 7-11-16-21
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GIRLS BASKETBALL
Mattanawcook 50 vs Orono 41
At Lincoln, the Lynx used a balanced scoring attack and good shooting to pull off a season sweep of No. 1 Orono.
The Lynx shot 17-for-34 (50 percent) from the floor and 16-for-20 (80 percent) from the foul line.
Mattanawcook Academy was led by Taylor Hawkins with 12 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks. Katie Krapf, Taylor Blood and Harli Maxwell each netted 10 points for the 10-3 Lynx.
Orono (10-3) was led by Jillian Woodward’s 11 points. Laura Triandafillou added eight points.
Mattanawcook 9 21 34 50
Orono 8 18 28 41
JV: Orono 41-36
Nordic ski results — Maine Sunday Telegram
GIRLS
Mt. Abram 104, Cape Elizabeth 105, Orono 156, Camden Hills 179, Windham 190, Dirigo 235, Monmouth Academy 246, Waynflete 263, Greely 280, North Yarmouth Academy 284, Deering 291, Mountain Valley 312, Boothbay Region 316, Winthrop 333, Mt. Ararat 366, St. Dominic 371, Hampden Academy 391, Kents Hill 391, McAuley 399, John Bapst 412, Portland 48, Leavitt 49, Maranacook 54, Mt. Blue 87, Oxford Hills 97
BOYS
Cape Elizabeth 138, Leavitt 142, Telstar 149, Maranacook 163, Waynflete 190, Portland 194, Greely 196, Camden Hills 235, Orono 247, Boothbay Region 261, Mountain Valley 276, Deering 276, Monmouth Academy 294, Winthrop 323, Dirigo 323, Hampden Academy 333, North Yarmouth Academy 36, Thornton Academy 390, Mt. Ararat 394, Mt. Desert Island 394, Windham 456, Cheverus 477, St. Dominic 479, John Bapst 495, Mt. Blue 52, Mt. Abram 85, Oxford Hills 90 Read the rest of this entry »
Orono, battling for playoff position, uses late scoring run to beat Bucksport — Bangor Daily News
Boys Basketball
By Ernie Clark, BDN Staff
Posted Jan. 21, 2012, at 9:38 p.m.
Last modified Jan. 22, 2012, at 4:42 p.m.
ORONO, Maine — With just three weeks left in the regular season, it’s becoming more and more difficult for high school basketball players not to scrutinize every move their teams make up or down the Heal point ratings.
That’s especially so when the teams are battling not only for playoff position but a preliminary-round home game or a first-round bye, and it’s uncharted territory for the specific players involved.
That’s why Orono’s 55-45 victory over Bucksport on Saturday night was so satisfying for the Red Riots, who improved to 8-4 after winning just two games a year ago.
The victory advanced Orono to sixth place in Eastern Maine Class C, just one spot short of an opening-round bye in a division that will send 11 teams to postseason play next month. Bucksport, a winner of just three games as a Class B team last winter, is now 6-8 and ranked eighth in Class C and in the current scenario also would host a prelim.
“The past couple of days we’ve been jumping around from sixth place to ninth to eighth,” said Orono senior forward Tyler Eddy, who scored a team-high 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the Red Riots improved their home record to 6-1. “We knew it was all tight and we knew this game would give us a better chance for a home playoff game, at least, so this was big for us.”
The Red Riots avenged a 50-40 loss at Bucksport on Dec. 17 with a game-ending 15-4 run after hanging around for most of the game thanks to an active zone defense and some uncanny 3-point shooting — particularly by junior guard Corey Riemersma, who came off the bench to make all six of his attempts from beyond the arc for an 18-point evening.
“I don’t think he even touched the rim, I really don’t,” said first-year Orono head coach Jason Coleman.
Eddy added two 3-pointers and senior forward Cortland Loring connected once as the Red Riots made 9 of 11 tries from long range while shooting 50 percent (17 of 34) from the field overall.
“We didn’t defend the 3-point line like we normally do,” said Bucksport coach Josh Tripp. “They shot the lights out, so give them credit, but we don’t like to give that many uncontested looks.
“But they still have to make the shots, and they did.”
Bucksport had its own sharpshooter in junior guard Mitchell Burgess, who made 7 of 11 3-point tries while scoring a game-high 24 points. But the rest of the Golden Bucks shot just 35 percent (9 of 28) overall and Bucksport was unable to get its transition game going as Orono effectively got back on defense.
“Defensively I thought we played great,” said Coleman. “We influenced a lot of shots, we blocked a lot of shots, we didn’t give up many second-chance points and we didn’t give up many in transition.”
Neither team led by more than four points through the first 3½ quarters, with Bucksport taking its last lead at 41-40 on a drive by sophomore guard Josh Gray with 3:55 remaining.
But Riemersma answered 10 seconds later with his final 3-pointer of the night and Loring — who scored 10 of his 12 points during the fourth quarter — followed with a basket after grabbing an offensive rebound to give the Red Riots a 45-41 lead with 3:31 left.
Eddy later scored off a full-court inbounding pass by Loring after a timeout to extend the margin to six before Bucksport finally answered when Burgess hit a 3-pointer to close the gap to 47-44 with 1:29 left.
When Bucksport then was forced to foul, Sam Chase and Loring each made two free throws to give Orono a 51-44 advantage, and the Golden Bucks managed just one point in the final minute.
Loring added five rebounds — four during the fourth quarter — to go with five assists and three blocked shots during an active all-around performance for Orono.
“I didn’t do that well in the first half,” he said, “so I just came out in the second half and tried to do my best.”
Senior center Mat Swazey contributed 12 points and a game-high 10 rebounds for Bucksport.
Sports results, January 20 — Bangor Daily News
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Orono 62 at Bucksport 39
Jan. 20, 2012, at 7:00 p.m.
At Bucksport, top-ranked Orono broke open a game that was tied at halftime to extend its winning streak to eight games.
Jillian Woodward led a balanced Red Riots attack with 14 points, while Laur5a Triandafillou scored 13 points, Leya Bryant had 11 and Kate Berry had 10.
Other scorers for 10-2 Orono were Caleigh Paul and Elea Kass with three points each and Ashley Thibeault, Katie Sypher, Katie Smith and Andria Foster with two points apiece.
Mindy Pye led 9-2 Bucksport with 11 points, while Sadie Wight had eight points and eight rebounds, Shelby Redman had six points and 10 rebounds, and Alanna Davis, Bailey Blair and Sam Boothby scored four points each.
