Monthly Archives: January 2013

Competitive drama of Maine high school basketball as strong as ever

Much has been blogged, tweeted, text messaged, and otherwise written and said about the alleged declining quality of high school basketball in Maine. And much of the current chatter is the same as it was a year ago and the year before that and the year before that. It’s a wonder we have any kids […]

Young’s MMA of Bangor receives awards for 2012 bouts

Young’s MMA of Bangor received plenty of recognition in NortheastMMA.net’s recent 2012 year-end awards, being cited in four categories in the fan voting. Ray “All Business” Wood won two awards, as amateur fighter of the year and for his role in the fight of the year. Wood went 2-1 in amateur bouts in 2012 before […]

A Saturday of great basketball matchups could ease your winter doldrums

The holidays are over, and now the long wait begins for high school basketball fans with an eye toward February vacation and the final Eastern Maine B, C and D tournament to be held at the venerable Bangor Auditorium. But a glimpse at Saturday’s schoolboy basketball schedule reveals at least five regular-season matchups of postseason […]