Girls Basketball Game at Mount Ararat High School
Girls Consecutive Wins ending in the year noted:
| School | No. | Year |
| Camden | 87 | 1954 |
| Eliot | 78 | 1962 |
| Gorham | 77 | 1981 |
| Westbrook | 76 | 1982 |
| New Gloucester | 76 | 1950 |
| Sherman | 75 | 1967 |
Girls Consecutive Championships
| School | No. | Years |
| Westbrook | 4 | 1978-1981 |
| Gorham | 4 | 1978-1981 |
| Lawrence | 4 | 1991-1994 |
| McAuley | 4 | 2011-2015 |
According to the Library named in her honor, former U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith played on the 1916 Skowhegan High School girls championship basketball team.
| Year | Class A | Class B | Class C | Class D |
| 1975 | Gardiner | Lake Region | Hall-Dale | East Grand |
| 1976 | Hampden Acad. | Livermore Falls | Freeport | Allagash |
| 1977 | South Portland | Van Buren Dist. | Dirigo | Allagash |
| 1978 | Westbrook | Gorham | Dirigo | Greenville |
| 1979 | Westbrook | Gorham | Hodgdon | East Grand |
| 1980 | Westbrook | Gorham | Hodgdon | Buckfield |
| 1981 | Westbrook | Gorham | Cent. Aroostook | John Bapst |
| 1982 | Bangor | Lincoln Academy | Cent. Aroostook | East Grand |
| 1983 | Caribou | Greely | Central, E. Corinth | East Grand |
| 1984 | Portland | Greely | Boothbay | Rangeley |
| 1985 | Portland | Houlton | Washburn | Greenville |
| 1986 | South Portland | Houlton | Hall-Dale | Washburn |
| 1987 | Cony | Messalonskee | Schenck | Deer Isle- Stonington |
| 1988 | Portland | Houlton | Schenck | Washburn |
| 1989 | Cony | Hermon | Schenck | Washburn |
| 1990 | Presque Isle | Gorham | Winthrop | Buckfield |
| 1991 | Lawrence | Houlton | Mt. Abram | Ashland |
| 1992 | Lawrence | York | Schenck | So. Aroostook |
| 1993 | Lawrence | Kennebunk | Calais | Rangeley |
| 1994 | Lawrence | York | Calais | Jonesport-Beals |
| 1995 | Cony | Marshwood | Schenck | Southern Aroostook |
| 1996 | Cony | Orono | Dirigo | Jonesport-Beals |
| 1997 | Presque Isle | Mt. Desert | Calais | Forest Hills |
| 1998 | Cony | Orono | Dirigo | Wisdom |
| 1999 | Mt. Blue | Gorham | Calais | Shead |
| 2000 | Mt. Blue | Camden-Rockport | Dirigo | Jonesport-Beals |
| 2001 | Nokomis | Mt. Desert | Calais | Woodland |
| 2002 | McAuley | Mt. Desert | Dirigo | Woodland |
| 2003 | McAuley | Mt. Desert | Dirigo | Waynflete |
| 2004 | Deering | Greeley | Dexter | Rangeley |
| 2005 | Cony | Winslow | Dirigo | Lee |
| 2006 | Sanford | Presque Isle | Dexter | Woodland |
| 2007 | Cony | Waterville | Mt. Abram | Lee |
| 2008 | Deering | Waterville | Lee | Woodland |
| 2009 | Deering | Waterville | Jay | Woodland |
| 2010 | Scarborough | York | Calais | Fort Fairfield |
| 2011 | McAuley | Leavitt | Hall-Dale | Washburn |
| 2012 | McAuley | Presque-Isle | Central, E. Corinth | Washburn |
| 2013 | McAuley | Presque Isle | Waynflete | Washburn |
| 2014 | McAuley | Lake Region | Calais | Washburn |
| 2015 | Lawrence | Greely | Houlton | Washburn |
| 2016 | York | Houlton | Narraguagus | Rangeley |
| 2017 | Messalonskee | Gray-New Gloucester | Monmouth | Vinalhaven |
| 2018 | Greely | Winslow | Monmouth | Southern Aroostook |
| 2019 | Greely | Gray-New Gloucester | Boothbay | Southern Aroostook |
Source: Maine Principals Association and news accounts.
Question: when girls teams were allowed in the tournaments did they ever play 1/2 court games in tournament play.
Thanks you have a great site!
A great question for which I have yet to find an answer.
However, it prompted a little research into Maine girl’s/women’s basketball history. Please add more!
From the Women’s Hoops Blog at https://womenshoopsblog.wordpress.com/womens-basketball-timeline-since-1891/ (accessed February 23, 2015):
1897: Maine: Thornton Academy gym teacher Louise Leib and Thornton’s female students fervently take up the game, forming a TA Girls Basketball Association and playing interclass games until 1903, when they began playing teams from other schools.
1902: Maine: Lois Warren, daughter of a paper mill manager, who’d attended Vassar College, returns home and organizes mill girls for games.
1908: November 19: Maine: Aroostook State Normal School‘s [now the University of Maine at Presque Isle] first basketball game is played between the senior and freshman classes.
1914: Maine: Thorton Academy girls win the State Basketball Championship title, finishing the season with a 9-1 record.
1921: Maine: Ann McKechnie, coach of Deering High (Portland, ME) devises the block play (screening), and works with her tall players so they’ll excel (low-post play) as well as scouting elementary schools teams for upcoming talent. A player on Thorton Academy’s championship teams, coach McKechnie’s innovations help lead Deering High to almost a decade of state championships.
From: Women’s Basketball – The University of Maine at http://umaine.edu/mclub/files/2011/07/12-Womens-Basketball.pdf (accessed February 23, 2015):
March 12, 1921 – New Hampshire 15, Maine 13
Following is a report by Coach James Baldwin of the first game ever played by a Maine women’s team….
“This was the first varsity game in any sport ever played at the U. of M. by a girls’ team. There were three 10-minute periods. When time was up the score was 13-13. In the overtime play the first basket was scored by New Hampshire, thereby giving them the game. The game was well played and evenly contested by both teams. About 300 attended the game in Alumni Gymnasium. The referee was Miss Geneva Smith. Players for Maine were Capt. E. Weatherbee, M. E. Hodgdon, E. Ring, R. E. Hersey, A.
Bean, H. M. Wessenger, E. Kritter, M. D. Chase, M. Morell, and T. J. Grover.”