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Former University of Maine basketball guard Maddy McVicar, who made her professional debut with the Newcastle Eagles of the Women
stanley cup s British Basketball League this past season, is returning to the Eagles next season.Calais native McVicar was Newcastles second-leading scorer, averaging 16.3 points per game, and led her team to a berth in the league championship game. It was great. I loved it. Thats why Im going back, Mc
adidas campus 80s Vicar said. I had great teammates and great coaches. McVicar played in 23 games for the Eagles and led the team in 3-point field goals with 61 while finishing second or third in
yeezy several other categories. In addition to scoring, she was also second in assists 2.8 apg , minutes played 38 mpg and 3-point shooting percentage 35.3 percent . She was third in rebounds 5.3 rpg and steals 1.4 spg .Alison Gorrell led the team in scoring 23.8 ppg , assists 5.6 apg and steals 2.3 spg and tied for first in rebounding 7.8 rpg . She is a great player and a great person, McVicar said.McVicar was a shooting guard at UMaine but was the point guard for Newcastle this past season. She thinks she will be getting a little more time at the shooting guard position next season.The Eagles were just 7-13 during the regular season and finished tied for seventh in the 11-team league.They came alive in the playoffs, upsetting the second-seeded Leicester Riders 79-73 in the quarterfinals and top seed Sevenoaks 79-72 in the semifinals before losing to No. 3 London 93-71 in the c Nosy Bar Harbor man found guilty in murder of high school friend
A Skowhegan man has been charged with drunken driving after he re
stanley cup portedly crashed his car in Madison and then left the site with an unconscious woman trapped inside the car and another passenger injured.Not long after 4 p.m. Saturday, first responders extricated Micha
owala cup el Whitman, 35, from an overturned 2013 Honda Accord that police say Leslie Ridley Jr. crashed into the trees off Thurston Hill Road.An ambulance crew took Whitman, a Skowhegan resident, to Eastern Maine Medical Center with serious head trauma 鈥?[and] possible life-threatening injuries, according to Chief Deputy James Ross of the Somerset County Sheriffs Office.A second passenger, Forrest Ruman, 43, also of Skowhegan, was treated for cuts and bruises and released at the scene of the crash, but the driver had fled, Ross said in a statement.A Maine State Police trooper later found Ridley, 36, asking for rides farther down the road, the deputy said. He was taken to the
stanley website hospital for serious injuries and arrested upon his discharge, Ross said.In addition to drunken driving, Ridley was charged with driving with habitual offender status. The crash remains under investigation, and Ross said that police consider speed and alcohol to be among its causes.Follow the Bangor Daily News on Facebook for the latest Maine news. More articles from the BDN