tournament time 2011

By Ernie ClarkBDN STAFF

Just four schools have advancedto the quarterfinals of the EasternMaine Class A boys basketballtournament at the Augusta CivicCenter in each of the last fouryears: Bangor, Edward Little ofAuburn, Hampden Academy, andMt. Blue of Farmington.

Look familiar?They’re also the top four teams

in this year’s Eastern A Heal pointratings, and this year’s regionalchampion is likely to emerge againfrom this high-quality quartet.

The four frontrunners enteredthe final week of the regular seasonwith a combined 56-8 record, withsix of the losses to each other.

Only Lawrence of Fairfieldholds victories over any of theleaders, with early season winsover Mt. Blue and Hampden, so nowonder the Bulldogs also aresecure in advancing to Augustawhile hovering around .500 formuch of the season.

But back to the top of the stand-ings. Bangor has not lost since anopening-game 65-52 defeat atHampden, its fortunes paced by itsfrontcourt tandem of 6-foot-3senior forward Zach Blodgett, 6-

foot-5 senior center Josiah Hartley,and 6-foot-6 junior forwardPatrick Stewart, a trio that hasenabled coach Roger Reed’s club togenerate plenty of high-percentageshots and rebounds as well as rele-gate most opposing offenses to theoutside, where guards TristanThomas and Luke Hetterman haveapplied the perimeter pressure.

That defensive effort has yielded

just 37.3 points per game so farthis winter, with no opponentscoring more than 47 points sincethe Rams’ loss to Hampden.

As for the Broncos, two last-sec-ond losses prevented coach RussBartlett’s club from an even moreimpressive record than than the15-3 effort it secured with a winover Messalonskee of Oakand inits season finale.

While Bangor is an inside-ori-ented team, Hampden is keyed byits guards, particularly senior Gra-ham Safford. The 6-foot-1 seniorrecently surpassed 1,000 careerpoints and ranks as his team’sleader in scoring, rebounds, assists,and steals as he has flirted withseveral triple-doubles during thelatter stages of the season. Heteams with sharpshooting juniorChristian McCue to give Hampden

arguably the best backcourt tan-dem in the region to go with afrontcourt led by 6-foot-7 FredKnight, who was battling an injurylate in the regular season.

Edward Little features 6-foot-3senior forward Bo Leary, one ofthe craftier players in the regionwho is able to take bigger defend-ers outside as well as work in thelow post against rivals his height orsmaller. Point guard Tim Mains isa steadying influence for coachMike Adams’ two-time defendingEastern Maine champions, whoselone loss entering the final week ofthe regular season was a 73-65defeat at Hampden in their onlymeeting of the winter on Jan. 4.

Then there’s Adams’ almamater, Mt. Blue, which has hadanother stellar season under long-time coach Jim Bessey and residedin fourth place in the Heal pointratings for more than a month.The Cougars are led by the inside-outside tandem of 6-foot-5 CamSennick and junior point guardEric Berry.

As for darkhorses in the divi-sion, Lawrence has proven itselfcapable of defeating the big boys,and Lewiston has parlayed a late-season surge sparked by victoriesover fellow tourney contendersBrunswick and Mount Ararat ofTopsham into a tournament spotof its own. Cony of Augusta, Brew-er, and Messalonskee of Oaklandbegan the final week of play need-ing a big win to punch a ticket tothe ACC.

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There has been quite the chang-ing of the guard in the EasternMaine Class A girls basketballranks this winter.

Hampden Academy, which isenjoying one of its best seasons inrecent memory, and will enter theeight-team tournament seeded nolower than third, with coach ChadBradbury’s club having steam-rollered to the KVAC North title.

“We went through our shootingslumps; thank goodness it wasmidseason as opposed to tourneytime,” Bradbury said.

The Broncos have left perennialcontenders such as Skowhegan andMessalonskee in the dust, whileEdward Little of Auburn andMorse of Bath have controlled thesouth.

Even though the Shipbuilders,Red Eddies, and Broncos arelooming as the teams to beat,Bradbury believes it’s anybody’stournament.

“I wouldn’t say Morse is unbeat-able by any means,” he said. “It’sgoing to be an interesting week.”

Hampden has used offensiveconsistency and a stifling defensein its run back to Augusta, as the

Broncos have surrendered morethan 40 points only five times allwinter.

Senior guards MichaelaStephenson and Katelyn DeRapsheadline a balanced offensiveattack, while Kate Parsons can playin either the backcourt or front-court.

Julia Snyder gives Hampdenanother solid post presence, whileWhitney Moore, Courtney Doyon,and Helene Sherburne providedepth.

It’s quite possible the Broncoscould face local rivals Bangor orBrewer in an opening-roundmatchup, as those two teams werebattling for the final postseasonpositions in the season’s finalweek.

The Rams climbed back intoplayoff contention thanks topointworthy victories over Messa-lonskee and Skowhegan late in theregular season, and coach KatieHerbine’s club was in a solid posi-tion to grab a spot with two gamesto play.

Bangor and Mount Ararat ofTopsham were battling for twoplayoff spots in the regular season’sfinal week, including a season-ending Witches-Rams clash at theBangor Auditorium.

Bangor has been sparked by thereturn of junior forward KateTreadwell from an injury, while theRams also feature tenacious guardplay, led by sisters Deane and Dei-dre Johnson and Kim Jordan,along with Hillary Throckmorton.

Bri McKenna gives Bangoranother solid inside presence.

“They’re going to be tough hav-ing somebody inside that can be anuisance on the boards,” saidBradbury.

Edward Little and Morse werejockeying for the No. 1 seed in theregular season’s final week.

Coach Craig Jipson’s Red Eddieshave also been somewhat of a sur-prise considering their graduationlosses, but sophomore guard Ash-lee Arnold has had an outstandingyear for EL, whom Bradbury called

“scary.”Morse features Danish

exchange student NikolineOstergaard, a 6-foot guard, whilethe Shipbuilders also have soliddepth in Emma Block, TarraBurr, and Tori Field.

Bradbury feels as long as hisBroncos can play strong defense,

they’ll have a good shot at theregional title.

“Our goal is to keep peopleunder 40 points,” he said.“I kind offeel the first to 40 wins in girls bas-ketball.”

Rounding out the tourney fieldare Brunswick, Cony of Augusta,and Messalonskee.


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The Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference has dom-inated Eastern Maine Class B boys basketball for thelast decade, winning 10 consecutive regional titles andeight state championships.

And Camden Hills of Rockport is dominating theKVAC ranks this season, earning favorite’s status towin its fifth gold ball since the start of the 2000-01season.

The Windjammers ended the final week of regular-season play not only undefeated and top-ranked inthe division, but outscoring their opponents by 32points per game.

“Every day that we work in practice we get thatmuch more confident,” said Camden Hills guard JoelGabriele, “and I have complete confidence in myteammates. We’ve been playing together since we werelittle guys, and this is our senior year so we’re ready togo.”

Camden Hills features 6-foot-6 seniors TylerMcFarland and Keegan Pieri. McFarland, a two-timeBangor Daily News All-Maine choice, is a favorite forthis year’s Mr. Maine Basketball award, while Pieri hascome on strong during the second half of the season.

“When you have two 6-foot-6 guys it helps, butwe’ve really talked a lot about dominating the paint,not letting the ball into the paint on the defensive endand on the offensive end forcing all their defendersinto the paint before we shoot a 3(-pointer),” saidCamden Hills coach Jeff Hart. “As long as we don’t get3-happy early, they’ll open up after that if can goinside-out to get the shots.”

That approach has enabled the Windjammers toaverage more than 78 points per game. Their offense

also is fueled by turnovers forced by the Windjam-mers’ trapping fullcourt defensive pressure.

“Everything runs off our defense,” said Pieri. “Ouroffense runs off our defense, so basically if we put ourenergy into defense, everything will just flow fromthere.”

Ellsworth, which also ended the final week of regu-lar-season play undefeated, is trying to return to theEastern B final for the second straight year. Coach

Camden Hills rolls to the top in boys’ Class B

Old Town's Zakary Kochis (12) also goes air-borne as teammate Casey Clark (10) leaps and

shoots past Mt. View's Dylan Keller during aboys' Class B quarterfinal played on Friday, Feb.

12, 2010. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)

See B BOYS, Page 18


From top to bottom, most girls’basketball pundits around the statewould argue that Eastern MaineClass B is one of the deeper fieldsin tournament play.

“I agree 100 percent,” assessedJohn Bapst coach Mike Webb. “Ijust don’t see any blowouts.”

Heading into the final week ofthe regular season, it was finallyclear who the top 10 teams wouldbe, and Presque Isle has proven tobe the best among the bunch dur-ing regular-season play.

Coach Jeff Hudson’s Wildcatswill enter the tourney as the No. 1seed for the second consecutiveyear with a 17-1 record, finishingthe regular season on an 11-gamewinning streak.

It certainly had its dramaticmoments, such as Kayla Richards’half-court buzzer-beater in a 37-36win over Mattanawcook Academyof Lincoln on Feb. 1.

Richards, a junior guard, is oneof PI’s top offensive weapons,along with classmate ChelseaNickerson and sophomore Chan-dler Guerrette.

While the Wildcats do lackheight, they are athletic, quick, andplay tough pressure defense.

John Bapst, the only team tobeat Presque Isle this winter, hasenjoyed a fine season under veter-an coach Webb, and his Crusaders

finished in second place.Bapst has been led by freshman

forward Abby Pyne. The 6-footPyne is not just strong around thebasket, but can step out and hitmid- to long-range jump shots,and is one of the best free-throwshooters in the Big East at 82 per-cent.

“We definitely want the ball inher hands,” Webb said.

Pyne has faced double- and

triple-teams and a variety of junkdefenses this winter, but the prob-lem with that is the Crusaders haveother weapons, such as BrittanyWilliams, Riley Boyle, Taylor Edge-comb, and Paige Martin who can

do damage.Webb said Pyne

has worked hard onher floor vision andsetting up her team-mates when defens-es apply pressure.

“She’s not selfish;she definitely seesthe floor,” he said.

“We’ve worked alot on that this lastweek, because she’sgoing to see thattype of pressuredown the stretch,”Webb said.

D e f e n d i n gregional championNokomis, which fin-ished the season infourth place, willnot give up itscrown without afight. Coach KoriDionne’s Warriorswon their final eightregular-season con-tests, mainly withtheir trademark

pressure defense.Nokomis features a talented

point guard in senior Julie Smithand a strong inside presence inclassmate Danielle Watson.

Junior Marissa Shaw has had a

strong campaign for the Warriors,while sophomore Traci Carsongives Nokomis another threatinside off the bench.

The team the Warriors knockedoff in the regional finals last win-ter, MDI, still has two-time BigEast Conference Player of the YearMegan Phelps leading the way,while Medomak Valley of Wal-doboro also has a strong insidegame led by Ericka Christensen.

Caribou is certainly capable ofpulling an upset, and the Vikingsdid just that in the season’s home-stretch, beating John Bapst athome to secure the No. 6 seed andbypass the preliminary round.

Caribou features one of theregion’s top offensive players insenior Jenna Selander.

The four teams that were in thepreliminary round — Winslow,Old Town, Hermon, and Gardiner— are all capable of making such arun as well, particularly Old Townwith its height.

“I don’t think anybody wants toplay Old Town. They’ve got thesize and the guards,” Webb said.

Coach Dana Maxim’s Coyotesfeature two solid post threats injuniors Courtney Treadwell andAshley Abbott, and Old Town hasgiven several of the top teams fitsthis winter.


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MDI's Megan Phelps shootsunder pressure from Nokomis'

Danielle Watson (center) andKara Batchelder during a Class

B girls' quarterfinal played onSaturday, Feb. 13, 2010.

(NEWS File Photo by KevinBennett)

Alexandra Holmes (5) and Maddie Smeaton(23) of Camden Hills battle for the reboundas Elizabeth Ferry (34) of Winslow watches

at the Bangor Auditorium on Friday, Feb. 12,2010. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)


There’s been a resurgence inClass C boys basketball in north-ern Penobscot County this winter.

Both Lee Academy and Penob-scot Valley of Howland have estab-lished program records for mostregular-season victories in a sea-son, and Stearns of Millinocketgives the region three of the topfive teams in the division accord-ing to the Heal point ratings.

Lee’s success has stemmed inpart from a defense that has yield-

ed just 47 points per game, but thePandas also have averaged morethan 66 points per game through-out the season and nearly 74points per contest during their lasteight games.

Coach Randy Harris’ club hasfour players who average scoringin double figures, and eight differ-ent players have led the team inscoring at least once this winter.

And in a recent game againstDeer Isle-Stonington, the Pandashad 26 assists on 34 field goalsmade, with 13 of those field goalscoming from beyond the 3-pointarc.

“I’ve been coaching for 27years,” said Harris, “and this is byfar the best offensive team I’ve hadhere.”

Senior guard Bryan James hasemerged as the team’s leadingscorer, averaging 20 points pergame over the team’s final sevenregular-season games.

“He’s as good a finisher as I’vehad. He’s had a good season,” saidHarris.

Senior guard A.J. Harris, son ofthe coach, ranks second on theteam in scoring, rebounds, andassists.

“A.J. may not be the best playerI’ve ever had, but he might be thebest player on the best team I’veever had,” said coach Harris.

But where Lee perhaps separat-ed itself from its Eastern MaineClass C peers during the regularseason was with its depth. DanielHe, a 6-foot-7 sophomore, hasbeen a solid defensive playerthroughout the winter and hasseen his offensive role grow steadi-ly as Lee has focused on workingits attack from the inside out. Artie

Makovskis, a 6-foot-4 sophomore,has provided steady point guardplay while Dustin Sawtelle, JasilElder, David Cropley, John Chase,Kody Scott, and Blaine Guido allhave made valuable contributions,according to Harris.

While the Pandas head intopostseason play with confidence,they are taking nothing for grant-ed.

“When you’ve got players in thetourney like Joey McCloskey (ofPenobscot Valley of Howland) andBrandon McLaughlin (of Stearnsof Millinocket), I certainly thinkit’s wide open,” said Harris.

Penobscot Valley has been led byone of Eastern Maine’s top bigmen in McCloskey, a 6-foot-7 sen-ior who is scoring and reboundingin double figures and recently sur-passed 1,000 career points. EddieCobb, Jake Jones, Ryan Scopino,and David Hallett also have beenkey to the Howlers’ success.

McLaughlin, a senior swingmanwho helped Stearns win the East-ern C football title last fall, hassparked the Minutemen to its

strong regular season on the hard-wood with more than 20 pointsper game while also leading theteam in rebounding. Billy Eurich,Brian Bouchard, and EthanMichaud also have been team lead-ers for coach Greg Marter’s club.

Penquis of Milo has relied ongritty defense to battle its way intoClass C’s upper echelon, with sen-ior point guard Bryan Russell and


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Jeremy Carr (13) of Calaisgoes up against Jamie Cyr (24)

of Madawaska during a ClassC boys' quarterfinal played at

the Bangor Auditorium on Tues-day, Feb. 16, 2010. (NEWS

Photo by Brian Swartz)

Penobscot Valley teams finish strong among top 8 boys’ C squads

See C BOYS, Page 18


In a typical basketball season,it’s not unusual to find at least twoor three undefeated teams vyingfor top spots as tournament timeapproaches.

But that hasn’t been the case thiswinter, with the Central girls thelone squad in Eastern Maine withan unblemished mark heading

into the Class C tourney.Coach Diane Rollins’ club fin-

ished their unbeaten season with avictory over rival Foxcroft Acade-my in the season’s final week, andfeatures a pair of 1,000-point scor-ers in seniors Hannah Pray andBekah Campbell.

Despite the Devils’ perfect regu-lar season, Pray knows that every-body is 0-0 when the ball is tippedat the Bangor Auditorium.

“It’s like starting the season all

over again going into the tourna-ment,” Pray said. “We just need topick it up all together.”

Central has maintained itsperch atop the standings despitemissing sophomore point guardMax McHugh with a leg injury,and the Devils are hoping she’ll beready to go in the quarterfinals.

But Central has had some play-ers step up big-time in herabsence, particularly BriannaSpeed, Taryn Pineo, RobertaTrafton, and Sam Brownell.

The Devils weren’t particularlypleased with their effort againstFoxcroft on Feb. 8, and feel thatthey’ll need to step their game up abit once the tournament tips off.

“I think we need to have a killerinstinct, and we need to come outand play hard for 32 minutes,”Campbell said.

That’ll be key against competi-tion like defending state championCalais, Houlton, Woodland, andOrono, the other teams in the topfive.

“I definitely think Calais, Wood-land and Houlton, they’re going tobe key, but you can’t look over anyteams that are in the tournament,”said Pray.

Certainly not Calais, whichknocked Central out of the tour-nament en route to its state cham-pionship last winter.

Coach Dana Redding’s club hasquietly climbed up the standingsto first place after some early-sea-son struggles, and features a tal-ented freshman in Paige Gillespie,while the Blue Devils still havesome solid experience in RebeccaRedding, Shannon Brown andBrooke Young.

Calais battled rival Woodland in

the season’s final week, with thetwo teams playing each other inWoodland in the final game of theseason.

Coach Arnold Clark’s teams areknown to generate offense off full-court pressure defense, and thathas been the case again this winterin the Dragons posting yet another15-win campaign.

Taylor Cochran, Molly White,and Kelsey Burtt are amongWoodland’s top offensive catalysts,while Christine Boomer andKelsey Worden supply depth.

Houlton played arguably thetoughest schedule of anybody inClass C, as the Shiretowners havefaced the likes of Presque Isle andCaribou en route to a No. 3 seed-ing.

Coach Shawn Graham’s club isled by Amanda Fogarty, Marina

Cameron, and Taylor Bailey.Orono is certainly capable of

making a strong tournament rununder coach Jessica Libby, as theRed Riots will be making theirthird straight Bangor Auditoriumappearance.

Morgan Dickey and JillianWoodward give the Riots twostrong threats underneath, whileOrono also features solid guardplay with Jade Keezer and KateBerry. Laura Triandafillou is athreat to score from the perimeter,along with Keezer.

Washington Academy of EastMachias, which has played in thelast two regional finals, roundedout the top six teams, and is led by1,000-point scorer Taylor Seeley.Penquis of Milo, Foxcroft, Dexterand Madawaska completed thetourney field.


Central Red Devils bring 18-0 record to Bangor on Tuesday, Feb. 22

Their Dragon reveals a peculiar culinary taste as the Woodlandcheerleaders warm up the crowd prior to a game against Calais

on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)


Bangor boys (front, from left): John Szewczyk, Zach Campbell, Brandon Thayer, Xavier Lewis, LukeHettermann, Nick Sherwood, Jacques Larochelle, Christian Corneil, and Tristan Thomas; (rear, fromleft): Manager Noah Karam, Seth Freudenberger, Zach Blodgett, Sean Mackintosh, Patrick Stewart,Fred McPhee, Josiah Hartley, Lorenzo Vola, and Manager Leland Graves. (Photo by Scott Thomas)

Bangor girls (front, from left): Jessica Doherty, Brianna McKenna, Caroline Hettermann, HillaryThrockmorton, Deidre Johnson, Kim Jordan, and Marissa Grandchamp; (rear, from left): Hanna Col-pritt, Liz Hintz, Erin Boulier, Megan Davis, Kate Treadwell, Kristen Henigan, Morgan Johnson, Denae

Johnson, and Manager Langley Hanson. (Photo by Scott Thomas)

Rockland's Josh Harjula (3) pulls up and shoots past Ellsworth'sJordan Carter (22) during a Class B boys' quarterfinal played atBangor on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)

The Woodland girls burst ontothe Bangor Auditorium floor

just minutes before their ClassC girls' quarterfinal against

Calais, played on Tuesday, Feb.16, 2010. (NEWS Photo by

Brian Swartz)

By Andrew NeffBDN STAFF

When sizing up the field for the2011 Eastern Maine Class D boysbasketball tournament, the coach-es of the teams considered top-tiercontenders last year who are backonce again had a common obser-vation.

The number of legitimate con-tenders has increased, making thisa deep and tough field to forecast.

That being said, there wasanother point most contendingcoaches agreed upon: CentralAroostook of Mars Hill and Jones-port-Beals are still at the top of the

favorites list, no matter how muchit’s grown one year later.

“I don’t know if I can honestlypick a couple. I know most peoplewill say us and Central or Wash-burn at least in the top four,” saidJonesport-Beals head coach VinnieMacLean, whose Royals are rankedNo. 2 behind annual contenderCentral Aroostook of Mars Hill. “Ithink anyone in the top 10 is atough draw because I think they allhave a chance to knock each otheroff.

Oh, and then there’s the pres-ence of defending state championSchenck of East Millinocket,

whose 12-6 record gives them aNo. 4 seeding.

“I think it is tough to single outone team out of those top four orfive,” said head coach GlennBillings, whose Deer Isle-Stoning-ton Mariners check in at No. 8.“When you have this many solidteams, the matchups are moreimportant than anything elsesometimes, especially if you hap-pen to draw a team whosestrengths attack your weaknesses.

“A County team may be suscep-tible against a big team likeMachias [No. 5, 15-3], especiallysince they haven’t seen them,” hesaid.

And then there are other issuesthat can affect the match-ups, like injuries, illnesses,and attempts to hide oreliminate annoying littleweaknesses or issues affect-ing consistency or execu-tion.

“Right now, to be honestwe’re still going throughsome hurdles and need toget better on the glass,rebounding wise,” saidSchenck head coach SteveLevasseur. “And ourdefense is pretty solid, butwe need to improve on theoffensive end in terms ofexecution.”

There’s always some-thing to work on or fretover when you’re a coach.

“Going down thestretch, I’d say we’ve beenstruggling with theboards,” said Levasseur,whose two tallest playersare 6-foot-1 or 6-2.

Rebounding hasn’t beena problem for the big and athleticRoyals, who were out reboundedjust once this season.

“The thing we have to do is takecare of the ball and not turn itover,” said MacLean. “We also haveto dominate the glass because it’s astrength, and then run when wecan.”

“For us, it’s all about tempo andshooting,” said Billings. “Our half-court patience as well as our speedin a fullcourt opportunity are thekeys because our shooting hasn’tbeen as consistent.”

Experience may be the one


Class D boys features acompetitive field in 2011

Washburn's Connor Fitzpatrick (25)unsuccessfully blocks a shot by Jones-

port-Beals' Garet Beal (24) during aClass D quarterfinal played at the Ban-

gor Auditorium on Monday, Feb. 15,2010. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)

See D BOYS, Page 21


Hampden Academy girls (front, from left): Ashley Danforth, Ellie Webb, Alexandria Winchester,Jordan Maxwell, Helene Sherburne; (rear, from left): Assistant Coach Daniel Schaeffer, Assistant

Coach Jared Whinery, Assistant Coach Daryl Couillard, Katelyn DeRaps, Julia Snyder, CourtneyDoyon, Kate Parsons, Whitney Moore, Sarah Lamberton, Michaela Stephenson, Coach Chad Brad-

bury, Manager Trever Kohls. (NEWS Photo by Debra Bell)

Hampden Academy boys (front, from left): Cody Miller, CJ LeCavalier, Christian McCue, Gram Safford, and Matt Meo; (rear, from left): Coach Russ Bartlett, Manager Cam McCallister, MattPalmer, Tyler Norris, Brian Fickett, Logan Poirier, Fred Knight, Zach Gilpin, Gabe Burditt, Wyatt

Bisbee, and Manager Jay Baine. (Photo by Jesse Schwarcz)

Lawrence boys (front, from left): Bryant Wade, Matt Saunders, Steele Savage, Shaun Carroll, TimDudley, and Emmitt Faulkner; (rear, from left): Coach Mike McGee, Lucas Quimby, Isiah Fleming,

Alex Leathers, Spencer Carey, Mason Travers, Xaviere Scott, and Assistant Coach Mike Brown.Absent: Chris Doyen and Chris Warner. (NEWS Photo by David M. Fitzpatrick)

Jordan Knowlton (32) of Camden Hills maneuvers againstWinslow's Kelsea Bouchard (24) during a Class B girls'

quarterfinal played in Bangor on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. (NEWSPhoto by Brian Swartz)


Brewer boys (front, from left): Tyler Libby, Nick Ramsey, Justin Brier, Yuhi Sasaki, Brad Billings, andMichael Ogbonna; (rear, from left): Ian Burgess, Alex Burgess, Matt Cuskelly, Zach Violette, Jeff

Weeks, Ray Bessette, and Brendon Newcomb. (Photo by Jesse Schwarcz)

MDI's Megan Phelps (21)advances the ball (above) asteammate Jessica Swanson

(25) defends against Hermon'sKayla Snow (32) at Bangor on

Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010.Patrick Goodall (21) of SACHS

controls the ball (left) as hebattles Fort Fairfield’s Dereck

Dufour (30) and Brandon Clark(42) later the same day.

(NEWS Photos by Brian Swartz)

Rockland defenders Luke Morrill (20) and AidanHadley (21) shadow Ellsworth guard Cote Card

(11) as he advances the ball (left) during a ClassB boys' quarterfinal played on Friday, Feb. 12,

2010. MDI High School fans headed to the EasternMaine Class B Basketball Tournament left a

"green" message (above) along Route 3 in BarHarbor in mid-February 2010. (NEWS Photos by

Brian Swartz)

By Andrew NeffBDN STAFF

Life isn’t predictable, and thesame can usually be said of thehigh school basketball season, butthis year things went pretty muchaccording to form — at least in theupper reaches of the EasternMaine Class D girls ranks.

When polling the coaches of themore successful teams from recentseasons, the same names keptcoming up when asked who wouldbe in the top half of the tourneycontender field: defending statechampion Fort Fairfield, CentralAroostook of Mars Hill, Wash-burn, and Southern Aroostook ofDyer Brook.

As the regular season came to anend, the official Heal Point stand-ings had Washburn first, followedin order by Central Aroostook,Schenck of East Millinocket,Southern Aroostook, and FortFairfield.

OK, so maybe Schenck was asurprise, but surprises were fewand far between this season.

“I think Darrick’s [Schenckhead coach Darrick Thompson]done a great job at Schenck start-ing three freshmen and playing thetough Class C schedule they play,”said SACHS Warriors coach CliffUrquhart. “That’s the biggest sur-prise to me as far as how the stand-ings wound up.”

Then again, his own team sur-prised Urquhart at least a bit withthe way it built chemistry and won15 straight games despite the lossof four starters, a sluggish presea-son, and two straight losses to startthe season.

Much of that is due to the con-tinued strong play of returningveterans like twins Janel Rockwelland Jasmine Rockwell, ShelbyHartin, and Olivia Raymond. Therest is due to drastic improvementof junior Katelyn Somers, plusimmediate contributions from


Medomak Valley girls (front, from left): Alanna Vose, Kasey Benner, Vanessa Davis, Kelly Leiden-roth, and Jennifer Tracy; (rear, from left): Ashley Rackliff, Nicole Weaver, Lindsay Ranquist, Ericka

Christensen, Mallory Robbins, Roxanne Jelenfy, Mallory Conary, and Coach Randy Hooper. (NEWSPhoto by Brian Swartz)

Medomak Valley boys (front, from left): Wil Dow, Jonathan Hendrickson-Belloguet, Kyle Durkee,Deering Genthner, Shane Osier, and Robby Griffin; (rear, from left): Coach Nick DePatsy, QuintonVannah, Isaac Durkee, Zach Judkins, Ryan Ripley, John Murray, Travis Goldrup, Isaac Greenrose,Alex Greenrose, Manager Abbie Vail, and Manager Bailey Black. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)

Nokomis girls (front, from left): Kelsie Richards, Megan Perry, Julie Smith, Stephanie Stone, TaylorLovley, and Kylie Richards; (rear, from left): Brittany Dunton, Anna Mackenzie, Traci Carson, Danielle

Watson, Marissa Shaw, and Emilee Reynolds. (NEWS Photo by David M. Fitzpatrick)

Schenck is only non-Countyteam among girls’ D top four

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freshmen Sable Altvater and soph-omore Desirae DuBois.

“We’re a much lower-scoringteam this year and playing at amuch slower pace, but I thinkwe’re playing better defense andlimiting our opponents to oneshot more often,” Urquhart said. “Idon’t believe we’ve been out-rebounded all season.”

With three returning starters,Rod Codrey’s Central AroostookPanthers’ expectations were higherthan their Aroostook counterpartsin Dyer Brook, but while aspira-tions were high, pressure was not.

That’s the benefit of playing fora school with one of the morehigh-profile boys teams in all ofClass D and Eastern Maine basket-ball. When a team has won three ofthe last six state titles, it tends toput others in its shadow.

“I can tell by looking at thecrowds we get that a lot of peopledon’t focus too much on the girlsteams, so we don’t have to contendas much with the pressure of being

a high seed,” said Codrey. “For meI think it’s a plus when there’sanother team taking some of thespotlight off you. And you can alsouse it for motivation.”

The Panthers’ primary motiva-tion is to win their first EasternMaine title since 1993.

Despite a 14-3 record and No. 2seeding, the Panthers are anythingbut a shoo-in for that due a veryyoung roster and the solid compe-tition they’ll get from the rest of atalented tourney field, including16-2 Deer Isle-Stonington andworrisome underdogs like Sheadof East Machias, Bangor Christian,Van Buren, and Jonesport-Beals.

“We have seven sophomores,but they’re coming along prettywell,” said Codrey.

That’s not to say there’s no expe-rienced talent.

Returning starters RachaelGrew, Kirsten Long, and VickiMcIntyre have enjoyed solid sea-sons again, but Kayla Cushman hashelped to fill the void of thedeparted starters, and Olivia Gar-rison has become one of the team’stop defensive stoppers. Sarah Grass


John Bapst girls (front, from left): Taylor True, Paige Martin, Riley Boyle, Victoria Miller, and LaineFerrill; (rear, from left): Manager Kira Innocenti, Dayna Detour, Emily Tilton, Sarah Pyne, Abby Pyne,

Allison Higgins, Lauren Williamson, and Darby Paul. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)

MDI girls (front, from left): Calli Mitchell, Brailee Black, Hannah Vaux, Mia Musetti, and JocelynBrown; (rear, from left): Assistant Coach Mike Swanson, Assistant Coach Laura Archer, Mackenzie

Tinker, Hannah Shaw, Megan Phelps, Emily Lewis, India Ross, and Coach Brent Barker. Absent:Abbie Burton. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)

MDI boys (front, from left): Duncan Smith, Caleb MacDonald, Nick Shaw, Kyle McKim, and BenWalls; (rear, from left): Manager Ryan Bartlett, Dennis O'Neil, Ryan Lynde, Nate Chisholm, Samuel

Joy, Jayson Burke, Assistant Coach Matt McFarland, Assistant Coach Andy Pooler, and Coach JustinNorwood. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)

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Camden Hills boys (front, from left): Manager Wolfgang Boegel, Max Niles, Adam Landwehr, KeeganPieri, Tyler McFarland, Nathan Catell, Joel Gabriele, Manager Andy Stevick; (rear, from left) Head

Coach Jeff Hart, Adam Carlsen, Connor Hart, Kyle Olehnik, Chandler Crans, Taylor Hall, ColinMorse, Caleb McFarland, Andrew Flanagan, Alex Crans, Assistant Coach Paul MacDonald, Assistant

Coach Tom Stammen. (NEWS Photo by Debra Bell)

Caribou girls (front, from left): Jordyn Doucette, Katelyn Tardie, Amanda Violette, Rebecca McDou-gal, Paige Small, Jessica Lizotte, and Jamie Martin; (rear, from left): Coach Ryan Deprey, Tia McHat-

ten, Danielle Violette, Jenna Selander, Alexa Massey, Dayna Michaud, Katie Keaton, Annie Collins,and Assistant Coach C.P. Harris. Absent: Manager Kayla Collins and Manager Victoria Keaton.

(Photo courtesy of Kevin Sjoberg/The Aroostook Republican and News)

Caribou boys (front, from left): Garrett Jordan, Devin Berkoski, Roland Thibodeau, Chad Caverhill,Matt Milliard, and Stephen St. Peter; (rear, from left): Coach Chris Casavant, Manager Amber

Ayotte, Manager Colleen Harris, Nick Pucci, Cole Sirois, Brandon Holdsworth, Grant Bennett, DerickRichardson, Matt Till, Manager Jacob Atcheson, and Assistant Coach Bill Casavant. (Photo cour-

tesy of Kevin Sjoberg/The Aroostook Republican and News)

Fort Fairfield Coach ToddAlley trades low fives

with Joshua Booth (24)as the Tigers are

introduced prior to theirSaturday, Feb. 13, 2010

Class D quarterfinalagainst Southern

Aroostook of Dyer Brook.(NEWS Photo by Brian

Swartz)


Presque Isle girls (front, from left): Dani Wolland, Chelsea Nickerson, Kayla Richards, Megan Ireland, Chandler Guerrette, Kayla Girardin, Chelsea Lynds, and Manager Mikayla Albert; (rear, from

left): Manager Brooke Lovely, Assistant Coach Ralph Michaud, Claire Cheney, Laurin Ackerson,Meredith Stewart, Karlee Bernier, Liza Buck, Casey Bonville, and Coach Jeff Hudson. Absent:

Manager Stacia Caron. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Sjoberg/The Star-Herald)

Presque Isle boys (front, from left): Wilder York, Brandon Gibson, Andrew Legassie, Edward Escobar,Brandon Bonville, and Jonah Stephenson; (rear, from left): JV Coach Bill Guerrette, Assistant Coach

Scott Young, Manager Hanna Patterson, Travis Dyer, Oliver Zubrick, Alex Tuttle, Andrew Cash, MattEager, Andrew Kofstad, Manager Mike Picard, Manager Katelyn McPherson, Coach Tim Prescott,

and Manager Haley Bouchard. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Sjoberg/The Star-Herald)

Old Town girls (front, from left): McKayla Gastia, Kelsey Hesseltine, Ashley England, MeaganCousins, Samantha McLaughlin, Kelsey Gallant, and Kari Reeves; (rear, from left): Coach Dana

Maxim, Susie Outman, Brooke Cole, Ashley Abbott, Cortney Treadwell, Tori Hildreth, Kelsey Maxim,Kendra Hayward, Manager Kristin Jenkins, and Assistant Coach Jenn Plourde. (Photo by Scott

Thomas)

Madawaska Owls Timothy Albert (14) and Jamie Cyr (24) cannotprevent Calais Blue Devil Ryan Cavanaugh (33) from shooting

during a Class C boys' quarterfinal played in Bangor on Tuesday,Feb. 16, 2010. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)


FFrriiddaayy,, FFeebbrruuaarryy 1188 –– CCllaassss AA QQuuaarrtteerrffiinnaallssClass Game Time Session Seed GenderA 1 3 p.m. 1 Hampden vs Mt. Ararat GirlsA 2 4:30 p.m. 1 Edward Little vs Bangor GirlsA 3 7 p.m. 2 Cony vs Brunswick GirlsA 4 8:30 p.m. 2 Morse vs Messalonskee Girls

SSaattuurrddaayy,, FFeebbrruuaarryy 1199 –– CCllaassss AA QQuuaarrtteerrffiinnaallssClass Game Time Session Seed GenderA 9 4 p.m. 4 Edward Little vs Mt. Ararat BoysA 10 5:30 p.m. 4 Hampden vs Lewiston BoysA 11 8 p.m. 5 Mt. Blue vs Lawrence BoysA 12 9:30 p.m. 5 Bangor vs Brunswick Boys

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, FFeebbrruuaarryy 2233 –– CCllaassss AA SSeemmiiffiinnaallssClass Game Time Session Seed GenderA 27 2:30 p.m. 13 Winner 1 & 2 GirlsA 28 4 p.m. 13 Winner 3 & 4 GirlsA 29 7 p.m. 14 Winner 9 & 10 BoysA 30 8:30 p.m. 14 Winner 11 & 12 Boys

FFrriiddaayy,, FFeebbrruuaarryy 2255 –– CCllaassss AA FFiinnaallssClass Game Time Session Seed GenderA 37 7:05 p.m. 18 Winner 27 & 28 GirlsA 38 8:45 p.m. 18 Winner 29 & 30 Boys

Eastern Maine Class A 2011All games held at Augusta Civic Center

Chairman - Garry SpencerDirector - Mike Burnham

A young Old Town basketball fan meets the school's Coyote mas-cot during halftime as Old Town and Mt. View battle at the Ban-

gor Auditorium on Friday, Feb. 12. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)

Josh Boucher (20) of Old Town grabs the rebound as ZacharyBabin (23) of Mt. View contests its possession (left) during a

Class B boys' quarterfinal played on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. Hermon's Victoria Davenport (34) blocks the forward progress ofMDI's Jessica Swanson (right) during a Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010

girls' Class B quarterfinal. (NEWS Photos by Brian Swartz)

Eddie Cobb (15) of Penquis moves into positionto defend against Tony Esho (15) of Lee as he

advances the ball (above) during a Class Cboys' quarterfinal played on Tuesday, Feb. 16,

2010. Garet Beal (24) of Jonesport-Bealsattempts to block the shot put up moments

later by Chase Chandler (32) of Washburn(right, above) at the Bangor Auditorium on Mon-day, Feb. 15. Watched by Vanessa Lougee (41)

and Meghan Keane (25) of Foxcroft (right,below), Taylor Boucher (10) of Fort Kent loses

the ball as the Ponies and Warriors meet inBangor on Wednesday, Feb. 17. (NEWS Photos

by Brian Swartz)

Rebecca Redding (32) of Calais races to catch up with MollyWhite (32) of Woodland as she runs the ball toward Dragon terri-

tory on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)


FFrriiddaayy,, FFeebbrruuaarryy 1188 –– CCllaassss BB QQuuaarrtteerrffiinnaallssClass Game Time Session Seed GenderB 1 5 p.m. 1 Medomak Valley vs Caribou GirlsB 2 6:30 p.m. 1 John Bapst vs Winner BP1 GirlsB 1 8 p.m. 1 Presque Isle vs Gardiner Boys

SSaattuurrddaayy,, FFeebbrruuaarryy 1199 –– CCllaassss BB aanndd DD QQuuaarrtteerrffiinnaallssClass Game Time Session Seed GenderB 2 9:05 a.m. 2 Ellsworth vs Winner BP1 BoysB 3 10:35 a.m. 2 Nokomis vs MDI GirlsB 3 1:35 p.m. 3 Medomak Valley vs Winslow BoysB 4 3 p.m. 3 Presque Isle vs Winner BP2 GirlsB 4 4:30 p.m. 3 Camden Hills vs Winner BP2 BoysD 1 7:35 p.m. 4 Schenck vs DIS GirlsD 2 9:05 p.m. 4 Central Aroostook vs Winner DP1 Girls

MMoonnddaayy,, FFeebbrruuaarryy 2211 –– CCllaassss DD QQuuaarrtteerrffiinnaallssClass Game Time Session Seed GenderD 1 9:35 a.m. 5 Washburn vs Katahdin BoysD 2 11:05 a.m. 5 Jonesport-Beals vs Winner DP1 BoysD 3 2:05 p.m. 6 SACHS vs Fort Fairfield GirlsD 4 3:35 p.m. 6 Washburn vs Winner DP2 GirlsD 3 7:05 p.m. 7 Schenck vs Machias BoysD 4 8:35 p.m. 7 Central Aroostook vs Winner DP2 Boys

TTuueessddaayy,, FFeebbrruuaarryy 2222 –– CCllaassss CC QQuuaarrtteerrffiinnaallssClass Game Time Session Seed GenderC 1 9:35 a.m. 8 Houlton vs Washington Academy GirlsC 2 11:05 a.m. 8 Central vs Winner CP1 GirlsC 1 2:05 p.m. 9 Calais vs Sumner BoysC 2 3:35 p.m. 9 PVHS vs Winner CP1 BoysC 3 7:05 p.m. 10 Orono vs Woodland GirlsC 4 8:35 p.m. 10 Calais vs Winner CP2 Girls

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, FFeebbrruuaarryy 2233 –– CCllaassss CC QQuuaarrtteerrffiinnaallss,, CCllaassss BB SSeemmiiffiinnaallssClass Game Time Session Seed GenderC 3 9:35 a.m. 11 Penquis vs Stearns BoysC 4 11:05 a.m. 11 Lee vs Winner CP2 BoysB 5 2:05 p.m. 12 Winner 1 & 2 GirlsB 6 3:35 p.m. 12 Winner 3 & 4 Girls

B 5 7:05 p.m. 13 Winner 1 & 2 BoysB 6 8:35 p.m. 13 Winner 3 & 4 Boys

TThhuurrssddaayy,, FFeebbrruuaarryy 2244 –– CCllaassss DD SSeemmiiffiinnaallssClass Game Time Session Seed GenderD 5 2:05 p.m. 14 Winner 1 & 2 GirlsD 6 3:35 p.m. 14 Winner 3 & 4 GirlsD 5 7:05 p.m. 15 Winner 1 & 2 BoysD 6 8:35 p.m. 15 Winner 3 & 4 Boys

FFrriiddaayy,, FFeebbrruuaarryy 2255 –– CCllaassss CC SSeemmiiffiinnaallssClass Game Time Session Seed GenderC 5 2:05 p.m. 16 Winner 1 & 2 GirlsC 6 3:35 p.m. 16 Winner 3 & 4 GirlsC 5 7:05 p.m. 17 Winner 1 & 2 BoysC 6 8:35 p.m. 17 Winner 3 & 4 Boys

SSaattuurrddaayy,, FFeebbrruuaarryy 2266 –– CChhaammppiioonnsshhiipp SSaattuurrddaayyClass Game Time Session Seed GenderD 7 9:05 a.m. 18 Winner 5 x& 6 GirlsD 7 15 minutes 18 Winner 5 & 6 Boys

after awardsB 7 2:05 p.m. 19 Winner 5 & 6 GirlsB 7 15 minutes 19 Winner 5 & 6 Boys

after awardsC 7 7:05 p.m. 20 Winner 5 & 6 GirlsC 7 15 minutes 20 Winner 5 & 6 Boys

after awards

SSaattuurrddaayy,, MMaarrcchh 55 –– CCllaassss cc && DD SSttaattee FFiinnaallssClass Game Time Session Seed GenderD 8 1:05 p.m. East vs West Girls

D 8 15 minutes East vs West Boysafter awards

C 8 7:05 p.m. East vs West Girls

C 8 15 minutes East vs West Boysafter awards

Eastern Maine Classes B, C, and D 2011All games held at the Bangor Auditorium

Chairman - James MurphyDirectors - Bill Fletcher and Norris Nickerson

Fort Fairfield's Brandon Clark (42) and Southern Aroostook'sJesse Small (32) leap for the rebound (left) during a Class D

boys' quarterfinal played on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010. TheMariners' Abby Grindle (25) maneuvers past the Warriors'

Elizabeth Goodall (25) as Deer Isle-Stonington and SouthernAroostook meet (above) on Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. Pointing to

where another Mariner should move is Heidi Brewer (12). Vanes-sa Lougee (41) of Foxcroft watches as Breanna Thibodeau (23) of

Fort Kent launches a one-handed shot at the Bangor Auditoriumon Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. (NEWS Photos by Brian Swartz)

Peter Austin’s club boasts a veterannucleus with a regional soccerchampionship already to its creditthis year. Senior forward AndrewAustin and senior guard Cote Cardare two of the more complete two-way players in the Big East Confer-ence, with senior Jordan Carterand junior Nick Holt armed with3-point shooting range to comple-ment a quickness-based defensethat like Camden Hills fuels itsoffense by forcing turnovers.

Depth within the KVAC rankscomes from Medomak Valley ofWaldoboro, Winslow, Gardiner,and Nokomis of Newport. Medo-mak Valley boasts a quality bigman in 6-foot-6 sophomore JohnMurray, as does Winslow in 6-foot-4 Mike McCann. Nokomis is

headed for its first postseasonappearance since 2003 behind oneof the state’s top all-around playersin 6-foot-3 junior Chris Braley.

Presque Isle ended the finalweek of regular-season play withjust one loss, a 55-50 decision atEllsworth on Dec. 28. Coach TimPrescott’s Wildcats are led by theleading scorer in the Big East insenior guard Travis Dyer, as well astwo other top-quality players inOliver Zubrick and Alex Tuttle.

Mount Desert Island is one ofthe bigger and deeper teams in thedivision, while Caribou hasworked its way back into postsea-son play with aggressive defenseand patient offense.

And Hermon, ousted from theplayoffs on the final night of theregular season a year ago, parlayeda strong second half of the season— winning six of eight games —into a preliminary-round berththis winter.


Ellsworth boys (front, from left): David Barnard, Chrisshawn Fluker, Nick Holt, Jordan Carter, AndrewAustin, Josh Bean, and Tom Sawyer; (rear, from left): Assistant Coach Corey Bagley, Tyler Palmer,

Kyle Haslam, Nick Richie, Cote Card, Benjamin Curtis, Matt Blethen, and Coach Peter Austin.(NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)

Winslow girls (front, from left): Jordyn Pomerleau, Amanda Wolfe, Kylee Risinger, Marisa Weed,Lynsey Vigue, Kaylee Constable, and Allison Woodside; (rear, from left) Coach Tom Nadeau, Assis-

tant Coach Scott Giroux, Alliyah Veilleux, Kelsea Bouchard, Megan Richards, Elizabeth Ferry, MariahChenard, Erica Bertolaccini, Frenchman Coach Glen Chase, and JV Coach Mary Berry. (Photo

courtesy of Mark Huard)

Winslow boys (front, from left): Coach Scott Wood, Ross Vernon, John McCabe, Kris Smith, KodyPrice, Mike McCann, Brendan Kroll, and Assistant Coach Jim Poulin; (rear, from left): Justin Murray,Mackenzie Michaud, Brandon Labrie, Mike McLaughlin, Austin Ireland, Jesse Audet, Caleb Hill, and

Trevor Lovely. (Photo courtesy of Mark Huard)

forward Jerell Arefein teamingwith talented freshmen TrevorLyford and Isaiah Bess to leadcoach Tony Hamlin’s Patriots.

And a youthful Calais team hasplayed its way into another strongregular season. Junior forward JoeMitchell leads a balanced BlueDevils’ attack, with significant

contributions in recent games alsocoming from Jeremy Beers andRoger Socobasin.

Sumner of East Sullivan andWashington Academy of EastMachias finished in sixth and sev-enth places, respectively. Fiveteams — Madawaska, Piscataquisof Guilford, Fort Kent, GeorgeStevens Academy of Blue Hill, andFoxcroft Academy — entered thefinal week of regular-season playbattling for the final three prelimi-nary-round berths.

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Hermon girls (front, from left): Lindsay Hawes, Ashley Thayer, Katie Kivler, Kaitlin Saulter, RaychelAlley; (rear, from left): Coach Margie Deabay Rowe, Marisa Kelley, Kayla Snow, Ripley King, MikaylaTreadwell, Britney Hamlin, Victoria Davenport, Assistant Coach Mike Rowe. (NEWS Photo by Debra

Bell)

Hermon boys (front, from left): Matt Merchant, Tyler Thayer, Brandon Fogg, Taylor Cross, TylerFournier, Brady Knowles, and Devonn Dearborn; (rear, from left): Assistant Coach Charles Colson,

Fritz Marseille, Joey Martin, Coty Mayhew, Aaron Jellison, Josh Allen, Braddock Deabay, Kevin Frederick, and Coach Mark Reed. (NEWS Photo by David M. Fitzpatrick)

Winslow's Alliyah Veilleux (13) advances the ball toward CamdenHill's Maddie Smeaton (23) as the Raiders and Windjammers

clash at Bangor on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. (NEWS Photo by BrianSwartz)

has provided instant offense andSarah Brewer is also playing stand-out defense.

“If we’re going to last more thanone game, we have to have betterball movement,” Codrey said. “Ifeel we haven’t had that the lastfour or five games and don’t lookto get the ball up the floor as muchas we used to.”

So who’s the favorite? Urquharthas an answer that’s hard to argue

with.“You have to start with Fort

Fairfield,” said Urquhart. “Youcan’t count out the defending statechamps when they have their bestplayer and a couple other startersback. Until someone beats them,they’re the favorite.”

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Shead's Kirby McPhail (34)squares off with Fort Fairfield'sAmanda Hotham (45) as Tigers

battle Tigers at the BangorAuditorium on Monday, Feb.15, 2010. (NEWS Photo by

Brian Swartz)


Piscataquis Community boys (front, from left): Scott Moulton, Logan Sargent, Matthew Cole, NickSchmiedlehner, and Trevor Duby; (rear, from left): Coach Dave Pepin, Manager Courtney Brackett,

Andrew Cartwright, Robert Roberts, Zach Waterhouse, Dylan Izbicki, Brandon Spaulding, Brian London, William Cartwright, Manager Alli Toby, and Assistant Coach Nate Robinson. (Photo by

Sheila Grant)

PVHS boys (front, from left): Robert Hallett, Griffin Libby, Tyler Wood, David Hallett, Tom Millett, andWyatt Butler; (rear, from left): Coach Jaime Russell, Ryan Scopino, Tyler Speed, Logan Jipson, Jake

Jones, Joe McCloskey, Eddie Cobb, Wade Thurlow, Wyatt Foster, Assistant Coach Jim McCloskey,Manager Laci Thompson, and Manager Jocelyn Thomas. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)

Lee Academy boys (front, from left): Sam Brown, Dustin Sawtelle, Lei Guo, Billy Nicholas, KodyScott; (rear, from left): Bryan James, David Cropley, Blaine Guido, Daniel He, Arturas Makovskis,

John Chase, AJ Harris. (NEWS Photo by Debra Bell)

Guarded by TaylorBoucher (10) and

Katelyn Roy (13) of FortKent, Rebekah Flanders(33) of Foxcroft targets

the hoop as the Warriors and Ponies tangle at Bangor on

Wednesday, Feb. 17,2010. (NEWS Photo by

Brian Swartz)


Houlton girls (front, from left): Alana Pratt, Jessica Dickison, Marina Cameron, Mikaelah Tracy,Ashley Drew, Lainey Jameson, and Bre Longstaff; (rear, from left): Alishia Ledger, Makala Folsom,

Amanda Fogarty, Samantha Keegan, Taylor Bailey, Katie Cone, and Tori Hanson. (Photo courtesy ofGloria Austin/Houlton Pioneer Times)

Calais boys (front, from left): Jesse Clark, Joe Mitchell, Darren Clement, Dylan Lord, and NathanPike; (rear, from left): Assistant Coach Marcia Rogers, Jeremy Beers, Jeff Jones, Matthew

Cummings, Joel Leeman, Devon Hall, and Coach Ed Leeman. Absent: Ryan Cavanaugh, Roger Sock-abasin, and Walter Sockbasin. (Photo by Jesse Schwarcz)

Calais girls (front, from left): Malorie Black, Lauren Remington, Taylorae Carter, Sarah Smith, andMeaghan Cavanaugh; (rear, from left): Rebecca Redding, Allison Hill, Kat Clement, Shannon Brown,

Paige Gillespie, Brooke Young, Sierra Young, and Coach Dana Redding. Absent: Assistant CoachBill McVicar, Assistant Coach Rob Moholland, and Assistant Coach Laverne Redding. (NEWS Photo

by Brian Swartz)

thing that separates the “favorites”from the contenders or dark horsecandidates in a better-than-aver-age tourney field.That’s something teams like Cen-tral Aroostook, Schenck, and Jone-sport-Beals have plenty of in theform of returning starters andreserves from teams making deeptourney runs the last one to twoseasons.

“We had a good corps of return-ing kids who are basketball smartwith our best four, and theyounger kids have really comealong,” said MacLean.

Levasseur has three starters backwho will play on the Bangor Audi-

torium court at this time of yearfor a fourth straight season.

“Experience can make all thedifference, but the big thing to meis winning that first game in thequarterfinals,” Levasseur said.

Perhaps the best way to illus-trate this field’s strength is that theteam with the best record (Wash-burn at 16-2) isn’t even ranked inthe top two. The Beavers are third.

“I think we can have a bunch ofupsets, like with Machias forinstance because they have two bigguys around 6-5 who’ll bematchup problems for mostteams,” Billings said.

“We’ve lost six games this yearand would have won at least threeof them if we’d shot better fromthe line,” said Levasseur. “Every-thing is magnified this time ofyear.”

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Woodland girls (front, from left): Jessica Moreside, Taylor Cochran, Molly White, Cristine Boomer,Kelsey Burtt, and Kelsey Worden; (rear, from left): Coach Arnold Clark, Mallory Roderick, Shelby

Lozier, Whitney Bassett, Kim McClintick, Mikayala Hamilton, Manager Kaylin Pinney, and AssistantCoach Gena Clark. (Photo by Bob Berta, courtesy of CountyWide)

Penquis Valley boys (front, from left): Manager Morgan Drake, Luke Grinnell, Klay Stevens, BryanRussell, Trevor Lyford, Shane Emery, Manager Josh Stanhope; (rear, from left): Coach Tony Hamlin,

Jerell Arefein, Isaiah Bass, Devon Armstrong, Jason Durant, Derek Johnson, Cody Herbest, TaylorDelano, Chris Brackett, Tyler Brzozowski. (NEWS Photo by Debra Bell)

Penquis Valley girls (front, from left): Sadie Zambrano, Hayley Durant, Brooke McLaughlin, KendraHall, Jessica Preble, Magen Lancaster, Alison Durant; (rear, from left): Coach Kenny Williams,

Kristyn Chapman, Jessica Clement, Shelby Weston, Lexi Larson, Carolyn Bess, Hannah Bess, EmilyArmour, Rachel Worster, Manager Krishanna Cook, Head Coach Jason Snider. (NEWS Photo by

Debra Bell)

Leaping past Mt. View defenders Jason Hughes (30) andZachary Babin (23), Old Town's Luke Bartlett (4) hurtles to the

basket during the opening Class B quarterfinal played on Friday,Feb. 12, 2010. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)


Central girls (front, from left): Mikayla Nawojczyk, Nikki Hughes, Max McHugh, Brianna Speed,Emylee Miles, Megan Wittine; (rear, from left): Coach Diane Rollins, Kaylee Harvey, Hannah Pray,

Sam Brownell, Bekah Campbell, Roberta Trafton, Taryn Pineo, Manager Spencer Shaw. (NEWSPhoto by Debra Bell)

Washington Academy boys (front, from left): Tim Sawyer, Jacob Schoppee, Tyler Varney, RomaynRichards, Andrew Farnsworth, and Frank Finn; (rear, from left): Lewis Francis, Alex Cumer, Drew

Sansing, Aaron Huffman, Nick Pineo, Ryan Spear, Jordan Porter, and Coach Steve Pineo. (NEWSPhoto by Brian Swartz)

Washington Academy girls (front, from left): Kalah Mitchell, Kirsti Wright, Christy Smith, ElizabethStanley, Kelly Sawyer, and Brandelyn Hodgdon; (rear, from left): Coach Gary Wood, Manager Tobias

Francis, Cassidy Stevens, Jessa Cushing, Taylor Seeley, Kayleigh Bridges, Mackenzie Foss, ManagerEni Aimakhu, and Assistant Coach Jodi Locke. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)

NEWS will presentWarner, Osborne awardsto top tourney players

It is the most eagerly anticipatedweek of the year in eastern Mainesports — the Maine Principals’Association Eastern Maine basket-ball tournament.

With the spotlight trained onthe Bangor Auditorium and theAugusta Civic Center, the bestteams and players in the regionconverge in their quest for the ulti-mate prize — a gold basketball.

Invariably, a handful of clutchplayers emerge who can handle thepressure and perform when itcounts most while helping theirteams win regional titles. Thoseare the players who are recognizedby the Bangor Daily News, whichchooses its annual All-Tourna-ment teams and bestows theWilliam C. Warner and Owen O.Osborne Most Valuable Playerawards.

In 1994, the BDN initiated twoMVP awards to honor former

sports editors Warner andOsborne, two longtime tourneyfixtures. The Osborne Award goesto the top female player in eachclass, while the Warner Award ispresented the top male perform-ers.

Winners in this 19th year will beselected by a vote of tourneymedia, MPA representatives, tour-ney officials and other veteranobservers.

Osborne was the BDN sportseditor for more than 20 years. Hedied in 1978. Warner succeededOsborne and held the same postuntil shortly before his death in1994.

Since the inception of theBDN’s MVP awards, 104 winnersfrom 64 schools have been hon-ored. Ashley Ames of Dexter,Lanna Martin of Calais and Mor-gan Frame of Waterville have the

See AWARDS, Page 26


Sumner boys (front, from left): Brett Deniger, Lucas Potter-Harmon, Tristan Rayner, Joey Malby, andTyler Norton; (rear, from left): Brendan Tenney, Aaron Leighton, Gabe O'Brien, Dillan Harmon, Justin

Chipman, Xavier Tracey, Tylor and Coach Walter Crabtree. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)

Stearns boys (front, from left): Jeremy Bolduc, Cody Wallace, Dan MacKenzie, Brian Bouchard, CodyHerring, and Ethan Michaud; (rear, from left): Assistant Coach Phillip Boffia, Brandon Bouchard,

Brandon McLaughlin, Alex Waller, Jared McCleary, Billy Eurich, Riley Whitney, and Coach GregMarter. (Photo by Scott Thomas)

Orono girls (front, from left): Jade Keezer, Elea Kass, Leya Bryant, Caleigh Paul, and Kate Berry; (rear, from left):Andria Foster, Ashley Thibeault, Morgan Dickey, Jillian Woodward, Taylor Gray, and Katie Smith. Absent: Laura

Traindafillou and Assistant Coach Erin Porter. (Photo by Jesse Schwarcz)

Teammates Jessie McLaughlin (5), Devon Armstrong (13), andBryan Russell (23) greet Chad Badger (11) of the Penquis Valley

Patriots as he is introduced prior to a Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010Class C quarterfinal against Lee. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)

Evangeline Goodall (10) ofSouthern Aroostook advances

the ball into Warrior territory asHeidi Brewer (12) of Deer Isle-

Stonington defends againsther at Bangor on

Monday, Feb. 15, 2010.(NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz


Foxcroft Academy girls (front, from left): Rachel Keane, Gabi Henderson, Mackenzie Coiley, ChelseaFlanders, and Brittany Dyer; (rear, from left): Assistant Coach Rob Stevens, Caroline Adkins, HaleyMcLeod, Amber Anderson, Hilary Kendall, Jen Seavey, and Coach Rachel Bousquet. (NEWS Photo

by Brian Swartz)

Madawaska boys (front, from left): Jake Gendreau, Ian Lee, Jon Lee, Dyland Wetmore, AaronThibeault, and Corey Nadeau; (rear, from left): Coach Don Dechenes, Dylan Michaud, Deejay

Gendreau, Travis Pelletier, Matt Dechenes, Devon Pelletier, Nathan Derosier, Manager ChanelleAlbert, and Assistant Coach Marc Albert.

Madawaska girls (front, from left): Harley Cyr, Valerie Cormier, Erin Dugal, Valerie Parker, and KaylaWilliams; (rear, from left): Lindsey Lavoie, Amanda Nadeau, Hannah Cote, Lauren Tingley, Kelley

Dugal, and Nicole Cyr.

Raider cheerleaders greet the Winslow girls entering the BangorAuditorium (above) prior to a Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 quarterfinal

match-up against Camden Hills. Andrew Beal (23) of Jonesport-Beals leaps to shoot past Mason Turner (10) of Washburn

(below) as the Royals and Beavers play in a Monday, Feb. 15,2010 Class D quarterfinal. (NEWS Photos by Brian Swartz)

distinction of being the only play-ers, male or female, to be recog-nized three times.

Bracey Barker of Mount DesertIsland and Heather Ernest of Mt.Blue in Farmington are two of 13other girls to win the OsborneAward twice. In the boys ranks,Tyler McFarland of Camden Hills,a two-time recipient of the WarnerAward, has the chance to becomethe first three-time winner.

Jordan Cook of HampdenAcademy is one of six other repeatwinners of the Warner Awardalong with Josh Madden of Cal-vary Chapel Christian in Orring-ton and Bangor Christian, RalphMims of Brunswick, Sam Hender-son of Hodgdon and Andrew Yorkof Central Aroostook in Mars Hill.

Madden is the only MVP recip-ient to win for two differentschools (Bangor Christian in 2003and Calvary Chapel in 2004).

Calais High has produced 12MVPs in 19 years, seven girls and

ners and Cony of Augusta has hadeight, all girls.

This year, eight more playerswill earn the distinction, etchingtheir names permanently intoEastern Maine tournament lore.

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Edward Little; Class B: TylerMcFarland, Camden Hills; Class C:Ben Terr, Washington Academy;Brandon Theriault, Schenck

2009 — Class A: JamesPhilbrook, Edward Little; Class B:Tyler McFarland, Camden Hills;Class C: Cal Shorey, Calais; ClassD: Chad James, Woodland

2008 — Class A: Jon McAllian,Bangor; Class B: Ryan Martin,Maranacook; Class C: Rod Tirrell,Calais; Class D: Cameron York,Central Aroostook

2007 — Class A: Alex Gallant,Bangor; Class B: Corey DeWitt,Ellsworth; Class C: BrandonTomah, Calais; Class D: CollinCiomei, Deer Isle-Stonington

2006 — Class A: Jordan Cook,Hampden Acad.; Class B: Ryan


Van Buren girls (front, from left): Nicole Duplessis, Parise Rossignol, Naomi Maldando, Erica Searles, Gaby Poitras, and Kayla Durette; (rear, from left): Stephanie Gendreau, Chantal Rioux,

Ashlie Wilson, Natasha Bourgoin, Chantal Deveau, and Manager Ashley Martin.

Central Aroostook girls (front, from left): Page Fletcher, Paige Garrison, Sarah Brewer, Rachael Grew,and Sarah Grass; (rear, from left): Assistant Coach Sherri Averill, Sydney Smith, Kathleen Decker,

Olivia Garrison, Kristen Long, Victoria McIntyre, Kayla Cushman, and Coach Rodney Codrey.

Central Aroostook boys (front, from left): Joe Stiles, Sam Bennett, Darrin Murray, Tyler Rusby, Bran-don Anthony, Dan Brewer, and Ross Grass; (rear, from left): Assistant Coach Joe Levesque, Steven

Decker, Mike McClung, Brendan York, Logan McLaughlin, Caleb Kelly, Coach Tim Brewer, and Manager Mariah Brewer. (Photos courtesy of Joseph Cyr/The Star-Herald)

AwardsContinued from Page 23

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Machias boys (front, from left): Phillip Morse, Josh Scoville, Tyler Farrington, Jacob Scoville, NickLibby, and Sam Whitney; (rear, from left): Coach James Getchell, Billy Baker, Scott Reynolds, John

Hanson, Brian Getchell, Dustin Getchell, Jackson Paddock, Brandon Raye, Manager Heather Anderson, and Assistant Coach Tony Roy. Absent: AJ Dolley. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)

Washburn girls (front, from left): Taylor Blackstone-Thompson, Maegan Fitzpatrick, Olivia Doody,Meghan Saucier, Sarah Sjoberg, Rebecca Campbell, and Amanda Libby; (rear, from left): ManagerOwen James, Assistant Coach Tammy Tatlock, Carmen Bragg, Kennedy Churchill, Rayah Saucier,

Nicole Olson, Carsyn Koch, Breanna Roman, and Coach Mike Carlos. (Photo courtesy of KevinSjoberg/The Star-Herald)

Washburn boys (front, from left): Jordan McLaughlin, Kyle McLaughlin, Mike Forrand, Kyle Huston,Nick Bragg, and Connor Fitzpatrick; (rear, from left): Coach Randy Norsworthy, Assistant Coach

Mike Hartford, Justin Farley, Andrew McLaughlin, Mason Turner, Chase Chandler, Mitchell Worcester,Zack Davis, Justin Wing, Sean Sperrey, Manager George McLaughlin, Manager Owen James, and

Manager Dakota Koch. (Photo courtesy of Joseph Cyr/The Star-Herald)

Taylor Boucher (10) of Fort Kent studies her offensive choices asMeghan Keane (25) and Courtney Withee (5) of Foxcroft swarmaround her during a Class C girls' quarterfinal played at Bangoron Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 (above). The loose ball escapes

Dakota Sleeper (24) of Southern Aroostook and Travis Noyes(32) of Fort Fairfield (below) during a Class D quarterfinal playedat Bangor on Saturday, Feb. 13. (NEWS Photos by Brian Swartz)

Andrew York, Central Aroostook2005 — Class A: Jordan Cook,

Hampden Acad.; Class B: TimStammen, Camden Hills; Class C:Chris Rabideau, Dexter; Class D:Andrew York, Central Aroostook

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2010 — Class A: WhitneyJones, Skowhegan; Class B: Maris-sa Shaw, Nokomis; Class C: NicoleOsborne, Calais; Class D: AmandaHotham, Fort Fairfield

2009 — Class A: Hannah Dex-ter, Messalonskee; Class B: MorganFrame, Waterville; Class C: Maddie

Park, George Stevens; Class D:Ariel Knights, Woodland

2008 — Class A: Kari AnnaPelletier, Oxford Hills; Class B:Morgan Frame, Waterville; ClassC: Aarika Ritchie, Lee Acad.; ClassD: Courtney Cochran, Woodland

2007 — Class A: Kristi Vio-lette, Cony; Class B: MorganFrame, Waterville; Class C: Mallo-ry Ames, Dexter; Class D: AarikaRitchie, Lee Acad.

2006 — Class A: Cassie Coop-er, Cony; Class B: Katie Delong,Presque Isle; Class C: Sabrina Cote,Dexter; Class D: Michelle Ferry,Woodland

2005 — Class A: Katie Rollins,Cony; Class B: Amanda Byrne,Winslow; Class C: Ashley Ames,Dexter, Class D: Shelby Pickering,Lee Acad.


Bangor Christian girls (front, from left): Leah Dorman, Katie Kelley, Gabby Melcher, Kaylin Pellegrini,Olivia Arnold, Ashely Levasseur; (rear, from left): Assistant Coach Heather Ouelette, Whitney

Holmes, Emma Johnson, Maggie McDonald, Sam Martin, Kristin Roemmich, Head Coach PhilRobinson, Assistant Coach Carroll Conley. (NEWS Photo by Debra Bell)

Schenck girls (front, from left): Laura Nicholson, Ashley Leavitt, Kaprice Tompkins, Whitney York,Katie Stanley, Olivia Lewis; (rear, from left): Manager Huajing Fei, Gabrielle DeLoge, Amy Nicholson,

Kristin Thompson, Mackenzie Bell, Morgan Thompson, Kristina Jamo, Maxine Burleigh, ManagerDerric Delano. (NEWS Photos by Debra Bell)

Schenck boys (front, from left): Nathan Cram, Eric Therieult, Deven Dickey, Jared Lyons, ScottSmith, Derrick Tanous; (rear, from left): Manager Derric Delano, Aaron Beaumont, Taylor Tanous,

Aaron Vienneau, Devon Turcotte, Brandon Theriault, Zach McLaughlin, Manager Matt Morris.

AwardsContinued from Page 26


Deer Isle-Stonington girls (front, from left): Heidi Brewer, Sarah Boutilier, Michala Brown, AbigailGrindle, Julie Hutchins, and Haley Brewer; (rear, from left): Coach Darren Eaton, Manager Tegan

McGuire, Whitney Brown, Britnie Jones, Shiann Closson, Chelsea Brown, Janelle Ciomei, and Assistant Coach Joel Scott. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)

Deer Isle-Stonington boys (front, from left): Sam Grindle, Noah Leighton, Connor Morey, NathanDavis, Jake Starkey, Jordan Adams, Kevin Melanio, Oliver Lawson, and Assistant Coach Bryant

Ciomei; (rear, from left): Dustin Powers, Tim Cormier, Mario Bartlett, Hayden Ciomei, Carlos Dugo,Dylan Brown, Assistant Coach Russell Brown, Assistant Coach Tony Bray, Coach Glenn Billings,

Manager Jocelyn Dolbow, and Manager Bethany Cormier. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)

Shead girls (front, from left): Kirby McPhail, Sarah Hoche, Halie Harris, Randi DeWitt, and MeganPatterson; (rear, from left): Coach Sara Moore, Manager Marjorie Baron, Vanessa Patterson,

Kristina Jamieson, Taylor Cushing, Jenny Cushing, Jordyn Turner, Manager Kimberly Stanhope, andAssistant Coach Avery Stevens. Absent: Shelby Seavey. (NEWS Photo by Brian Swartz)

Kasey Brewer (15) of CentralAroostook loses the rebound

to Tyler Mitchell (20) ofShead as Panthers Caleb

Kelly (22) and Brendan York(33) watch during a Class Dquarterfinal played on Mon-day, Feb. 15, 2010. (NEWS



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Southern Aroostook girls (front, from left): Jess Tucker, Jillian Diaferio, Kristen Tarr, Desirae DuBois,Courtney Welton, Katelyn Goodall; (rear, from left): Manager Mallary Lawlor, Manager Harris Tucker,

Sable Altvater, Kaitlyn Sommers, Shelby Hartin, Janel Rockwell, Jasmine Rockwell, Coach CliffUrquhart; Absent: Olivia Raymond. (NEWS Photo by Debra Bell)

Fort Fairfield girls (front, from left): Rebekah Pelkey, Kelsey Turner, Emily Blaisdell, Danielle Tracy,Brooke Beaulieu, Amanda Hotham, Janar Libby, Kacie York, and Kellyn McGillan; (rear, from left):

Coach Larry Gardner, Manager Keegan Watt, Brittany Love, Alyssa Dougherty, Jordann Coiley, Whit-ney McNamee, Jessica Goshorn, Nicole Giberson, Logan Bubar, Manager Allesha Campbell, Manag-er Sydney McEwen, and Assistant Coach Dedra Walsh. Absent: Assistant Coach Vaughn McLaugh-

lin and Manager Shyanna Smith. (Photo courtesy of Joseph Cyr/The Star-Herald)

Fort Fairfield boys (front, from left): Austin Bernier, Jahleel Williams, Travis Noyes, Austin Bixler,Dereck Dufour, and Noah Bernard; (rear, from left): Cassidy Godin, Assistant Coach Cody Closson,

Logan Craig, LeGeorge Williams, Brandon Clark, Andrew Lewis, Dylan Caldwell, Nathan Guimond,Travis Emerson, Coach Todd Alley, and Manager Abbey Player. Absent: Assistant Coach Andrew

Forsman, Manager Alyssa Guimond, and Manager Alyssa Murchison. (Photo courtesy of JosephCyr/The Star-Herald)

Schenck's Cody LeVasseur (11) dominates the rebounding actionas GHCA's Ethan Holmes (40) defends during a Class D boys'

quarterfinal played at Bangor on Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. (NEWSPhoto by Brian Swartz)


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Bacon, Jacob Bacon, and Assistant Coach Danny Warren. Absent: Manager Samantha Fuller. (Photocourtesy of Kevin Sjoberg/The Star-Herald)

Jonesport-Beals boys (front, from left): Vinal Crowley, Nick Robinson, Cole Beal, Leon Smith, andThomas Beal; (rear, from left): Coach Vinnie McLean, Cadon Merchant, Garet Beal, Justin Alley,Zachary Smith, Matthew Jenkins, Matt Alley, and Assistant Coach Gordon Faulkingham. (NEWS


Katahdin boys (front, from left): Wyatt Morse, Matthew Birmingham, Spencer Anderson, Kolby Gallagher, Chris Cloukey, and Billy Livezey; (rear, from left): Manager Shawna Craig, Kohle

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