Medomak Closes Strong

The Game of the Day delivered, for a time. It was a full house at Lincoln Academy for a rivalry matchup against Medomak Valley--I had to park all the way down the hill--and was lucky to find a place to sit.

The Eagles were a team I was interested to see. They'd been down for a while, then in the last two years re-emerged as a force in B South behind a strong class led by 1,000 point scorer Gabe Hagar. They went all the way to the Regional Final last year before falling to Oceanside, but they graduated nearly all of their playoff rotation and it's always a question in a situation like this of how far a team will fall after a mass graduation.

So far, Lincoln Academy was doing ok. They entered last night's game at 3-0.

Medomak started strong. They were up 7-0 before Lincoln Academy found their footing and led 13-2 after one. But Lincoln Academy started slowly chipping away at it. Tyson Ball came in off the bench and added some stability in the post. At the half, Medomak led by 7.

Then in the third, Lincoln Academy came out hot, going on an 8-0 to start the quarter, highlighted by a AJ Giberson 3 that gave Lincoln a 29-28 lead and the home crowd was starting to lose their minds. Kristian Schumann countered with a 3 of his own to take the lead back and Medomak went on a 6-0 run to answer and Lincoln took a timeout.

It didn't work.

Gabe Lash got a breakout dunk and Medomak Valley finished on a 29-2 run after Lincoln Academy took the lead.

Lash led the way with 16 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. Rocco DePatsy added 8 points and 3 blocked shots off the bench.

The win moves Medomak to the top spot in the Power Rankings.

Power Rankings

This spreadsheet hates your team.

Maine Basketball RankingsLucas McNelly

To the surprise of no one, Falmouth's legendary coach David Halligan won his 600th career game.

Boys basketball: Falmouth’s David Halligan gets 600th win

Davis Mann is the difference maker with 41 points in a 70-65 victory against Westbrook.

Press HeraldSteve CraigPortland Press Herald

Davis Mann went off for 41 in the win.

There were a bunch of overtime games last night and none more interesting than TA/Scarborough.

Scarborough rallied in this one to force OT, erasing an 11-point deficit after 3 quarters. Adam Fitzgerald was the driving force, scoring 23 of their last 24 points. He finished with 35, but it wasn't enough. Wyatt Benoit had 27 of his own, including a number of clutch free throws to seal it.

Speaking of overtime...

Lake Region would prevail in the end.

Elsewhere...

Dirigo's Nathaniel Wainwright dropped 32 on Lisbon...Nolan Ames had 23 as Camden finally got in the win column...Trafton Russell's step-back 3 was the game winner for Southern Aroostook over Hodgdon...Claire Gaetani's 21 wasn't enough as Bapst fell to PI...Lewiston's Lonnie Thomas had 23 in a win over Bangor...Brewer's freshman Oli Higgins had 19 in the win over Lawrence...Cheverus finished on a 30-9 run to put away SoPo. Leo McNabb led the way with 19...John Patenaude scored 20 as GNG won their first game of the year...Marshwood's Liam Tiernan had 19 and the Hawks held Massabesic to 19 in a blowout win...Drew Shorey led MCI with 18 in their win over Erskine...Levi Laverdiere paced Monmouth with 20...Mountain Valley outlasted Winthrop in overtime. Tanner Henry led the way with 17...David Edward's 6 3's, 21 points, and 11 boards led Richmond over Buckfield...Jace Bessey dropped 27 on Madison as Spruce rolled...Donel Tangilamesu's 12 & 10 led St. Dom's over OOB...Colin O’Loughlin scored 19 to lead Traip over Sacopee Valley, despite Silas Nielsen's 15/12/5b...Tyrie Jame had 21 as Windham pulled away from Edward Little in the second half...Winslow needed all of Braden Rodrigue's 20 points to get by Morse...Lexi Morin's 23 led Brunswick by Greely...Cheverus' Kylie Lamson went off for 26 against SoPo...Baleria Yugu had 22 of Portland's 36 as the Bulldogs won their first game of the year...Charli Apodaca's 21 led St. Dom's over OOB.

Here's a crazy (stupid) story. The Hornets gave a kid a PS5 and then...didn't.

Hornets apologize after pretending to give child PS5 and taking it away off camera

Unbeknownst to the kid, the Hornets were only pretending to give him a console.

Yahoo SportsJack Baer

Like, why would you think that would go well?

Cooper had a big night.

Updated Wins Draft Standings.

If you talk to anyone who knows anything, they'll tell you Caribou is the favorite in B North. They're 3-0 with the top scoring offense in the entire state, led by Mr. Basketball candidate Tristan Robbins.

Fort Kent is is the highest scoring team in Class C and there's a chance this game has a lot of offense, but I suspect this will be Caribou by a lot.

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