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This year's boys' basketball tournament shapes up as a site director's nightmare.
With six to eight games on the daily agenda and a fixed amount of minutes to clear the hall between sessions, the last thing that frazzled, friendly face from the Maine Principals' Association needs to see is overtime.
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This basketball bible verse about "third time's the charm" sends some basketball coaches off the deep end.
Bryan Poore and Mark Downey don't seem to buy into that, as local rivals West Virginia State and the University of Charleston meet again today when the men's quarterfinals of the 74th West Virginia Conference basketball tournament are played at the Charleston Civic Center.
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PARKERSBURG - If familiarity truly breeds contempt, this week's Class AAA boys basketball State Tournament at the Charleston Civic Center could equal the intensity of a mixed martial arts fight.
The winners of eight regional co-finals last week know each other well. Luckily for the student-athletes involved, they have coaches that possess not only perspective, but also working friendships with their peers.
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Physical activity brought together 18 total people dribbling, passing and shooting at a recent Claremont March Madness 3-on-3 basketball tournament.
A lot of it is about health and wellness," said Krista Dieringer, program coordinator of the Tracks Activity Center at El Roble Intermediate School on March 24.
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Boys
NORTHWEST REGION
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Mayor Paul Fraim was thinking out of the box nearly two years ago when he threw out a rather wild idea.
Let's hold a high school basketball tournament at Scope.
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TOURNAMENT BOXSCORES
Boxscores from the Wednesday:
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The 98th boys basketball state tournament will long be remembered for a lot of things.
First, for Madonna capturing the school's first-ever championship in the sport - taming No. 1-ranked Trinity in the Class A finals, and perhaps saving the state from another round of legal wrangling such as the one regarding the eligibility of Trinity star guard A.J. Mayle.
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GORHAM - On Sunday, Jan. 29, Maine's longest-running, continuous three-on-three benefit basketball tournament will again take place at the University of Southern Maine. The 18th annual Dr. Noel Paradise Memorial Swish-Out and Junior Swish-Out Childhood Cancer Challenge is currently seeking teams to participate.
Coordinated by Maine's credit unions, teams of businesses, friends and family or any other connection are invited to participate in the event which benefits the Maine Children's Cancer Program. Since MCCP treats children and families from Maine and New Hampshire, teams come from both states to participate.
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Moon coach Jeff Ackermann was happy with a fourth-place finish in Section 4, and apparently, so was the WPIAL.
There's a lot of history in this section," said Ackermann, whose Tigers were seeded No. 8 in the WPIAL Class AAAA playoffs, joining three others from the same section among the top eight seeds. Mt. Lebanon was second, Upper St. Clair was fifth and Chartiers Valley was sixth.