Jamier Rose Gets to 1K

It was a busy night in the (Maine Principal's) Association. We had at least 3 overtime games, several double-digit comebacks, and a couple of game winners, like this one:

In Waterville, Garrett Gendreau called game.

I nearly went to the Camden/Hampden boys game and it looks like I missed a good one. Camden led late, but Aidan Kochendoerfer broke a tie at the buzzer to give Hampden the win and move them to 3-1 in a crowded A North, where Brewer is suddenly in first place all by themselves after missing the playoffs last year.

Camden drops to 1-4, but this is kind of a solid 1-4.

All hope is not lost if you're a Windjammer.

If you're wondering, that's the hardest schedule in the state so far and it's not going to get easier in the next couple of weeks.

In yesterday's newsletter, I mentioned that Noble was on a double 1K point watch. Well they didn't waste much time.

Rose ended the night with 34 points as part of a triple-double (13 rebounds, 10 steals).

That's a very good night for the Mr. Basketball front-runner.

As always, send me videos of your buzzer-beaters, your game winners, your 1K scorers. People love to see them.

Elsewhere:

John Patenaude's 23 wasn't enough as GNG lost to Brunswick. The Dragons had 4 players in double figures...Jaxson Desjardins dropped 29 on Temple...Hall-Dale rallied down 18 to shock Winslow. Keegan Cary had 24 in the win...Montrel Spearman's 17 led Lewiston to a win over Oxford Hills...Jack Fontaine went off for 35 as Maranacook took care of Lisbon...Gabe Lash led 4 Medomak Valley players in double figures as the Panthers rolled over Mount View...Mount Ararat used a 17-5 fourth quarter to erase a 12-point deficit against Freeport...Nolan Leso had 18 & 10 as Mount Blue rolled...Rhett Tyson led Pine Tree with 21. They're now 4-1 after beating Buckfield...Brody Taylor of Bonny Eagle had 19 & 20(!) in an overtime win over Sanford...Portland used a 16-4 final quarter to come back down 11 and beat Kennebunk by 1...Jace Bessey dropped 33 on Winthrop as Spruce stayed undefeated...Taylor Varney led St. Dom's with 20 in a blowout win...Tanner Fifield's layup with 4 seconds left gave Wells a win over OOB...Yarmouth's Bobby Wolff scored 22 off the bench in a win over Waynflete...Reece MacDonald continued his fast start with 24 as York beat Greely by 17...Janessa Moffit's 19 led Forest Hills over Temple...GNG handed Brunswick their first loss since, well it's been a long time. Izzy Morelli led the way with 24...Kennebunk's Kendall Therrien had 20 in a win over Deering...Bella Smith's 20 moved Lake Region to 4-0...Maddie Provost had 25 and Lilly Gray added 26 & 15 to lead Lawrence, who is really good, over Gardiner...Leavitt blew out Waterville behind Gabrielle Smith's 23 & 7...Cali Pomerleau and Kayleigh Wagg had 19 and 18, respectively, in Mt. Ararat's win over Freeport...Maren Maxon's 18 points doubled up OOB as Wells rolled...Mariam DeLisle had 20 points and 12 steals in Lincoln Academy's win over Morse...Houlton freshman Amelya Matwyko went off for 31 points against Hodgdon...Erskin's Kienna Morse had a double-double against Belfast.

It's almost Christmas, which means it's time for a couple of my favorite parts of Christmas.

First, there's Whiskey Basketball Day.

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And then there's the holiday tournaments.

Varsity Maine has a Holiday Hoops Showcase at the Expo that has a lot of teams from away, plus a number of countable games.

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All games played at the Portland Expo for both Boys and Girls teams from December 26 through December 30.

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Up in Augusta, there's the annual Capital City Hoop Classic.

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Up near Bangor, there's the Smokey Lawrence Memorial Basketball Tournament, which I can't seem to find a full schedule for.

I'm sure there's more. Send them along [mainebasketballrankings@gmail.com].

I've been watching football my entire life and every so often they talk about the free kick rule and the weird, convoluted scenario by which it might, maybe happen. But it never does.

Until now!

A free kick!

I can't believe I missed this live.

I'm holding on to my 1 game lead over Adam in the Wins Draft standings, which Mike might be tanking for Cooper Flagg.

Considered by many to be the favorites in B North, Caribou has certainly lived up to the task thus far.

They're leading the state in scoring at 85(!) PPG (#2 is Windham at 79.3) and are 3rd in point differential at +144 (Hodgdon is first at +195). If you want to quibble with the early results--which are clearly impressive--it's that the best team they've played so far is #40 Houlton.

They'll get a bigger test today with Ellsworth, who is 3-1 in their first four games without Mr. Basketball Chance Mercier. They've also got a top 10 offense, so the ball should be finding the bottom of the net.

This should be a good one.

The rest of the Model's picks are after the jump.