High School Sports

Woodland Dragons guard Drew Hayward wins this week's vote for McDonald's High School Athlete of the Week / Tourney Edition.

Maine high school basketball state championships begin Thursday night with just two different schools competing, as Hampden and Greely are both featured in the girls and boys Class A matchups.

Bangor, Houlton and Hampden are among the teams in action Tuesday night as the high school hockey playoffs get underway with Class A and B quarterfinals.

Five of the six finalists for the Mr. and Miss Maine Basketball Awards are from North Region teams - Ian McIntyre, Taylor Schildroth, Terion Moss, Kolleen Bouchard and Emily Wheaton.

Voting is underway to determine the McDonald's High School Athlete of the week. All four of this week's nominees play for teams that won on Championship Saturday to advance to the state finals in high school basketball.

Senior standout Kolleen Bouchard led the Houlton over Dexter Saturday night to claim the Class C north title and yet another trip to the state finals.

Here are the results from Championship Saturday in Bangor, Portland and Augusta.

The undefeated Hermon Hawks stayed perfect as they rolled over the defending state champion MDI Trojans Saturday to claim the Class B north title and a trip to the state finals.

The Southern Aroostook Warriors claimed the regional title in the first game of Championship Saturday with a win over the Woodland Dragons at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.

It took one quarter of basketball for the defending state champion George Stevens Academy Eagles to get rolling, but once they did, they didn't look back in their semifinal match-up against the Fort Kent Warriors.