Mountain Valley Rec. Invitational Tournament A Division champions Ranor Mechanical. From left to right: Joey Dupont, Casey Cormier, Tyler Hreben, Cash McClure, Brayden St Pierre, Chris Defosse, Tre Butler, Carlos Gonzalez, Jason Reynolds and Aaron McClure. Not pictured Ian Mileikis. Submitted photo
Mountain Valley Rec. Invitational Tournament Division B champions, Rip City. From left to right: eft to right: Josh Berard, Jon Cadman, Nick Hinkley, Arsenio Santamaria Brandon Powell , Chris Hersom, Brandon Lancaster. Submitted photo
Oxford Federal Credit Union won the senior division of the Mountain Valley Rec. Invitational Tournament. From left to right: Left to right: Corey Thompson, Scott New, TJ McLeod, Shawn Spadea, Dean Boudreau, Bill Perrin, Sam Baker (back), Lee Morin, Jamie Whitehouse Submitted photo
The 22nd annual Mountain Valley Rec Basketball Tournament took place March 31-April 2 with 21 teams competing in three different divisions at Mountain Valley High School, Mountain Valley Middle School, and Dirigo High School.
Ranor Mechanical of Jay surprised all in the A division upsetting perennial favorite, Class Acts of Portland. Ranor pulled off the victory, down one point, after a missed front end of a 1-and-1 and a long pass for an uncovered breakaway layup. A good look at a last-second shot by Class Acts was not successful. Ranor trailed the majority of the game but stayed within reach to achieve the victory. The MVP went to Cash McClure of Ranor, with all-star awards going to Travon Butler and Ian Milaekis. Class Acts had two all-stars, Paris Horne and Zack Leel.
The B division was won by Rip City of Lewiston/Auburn over Clean Cut Painting MVP was awarded to Arsenio Santa Maria of Rip City. All stars were Nick Hinkley and Brandon Lancaster
and Clean Cut Painting’s Will Bean and Will Sorenson.
The Senior division was very competitive with Oxford Federal Credit Union of Mexico beating
Express of Bangor area.
The dunk contest was won by Meteo Lapointe of the Mariners. The foul shooting contest was won by Wyatt Hathaway of Smart Care PT. The three-point contest was won by Sean Caddigan of Clean Cut Painting.
All profits benefit the Mountain Valley Athletic Boosters and other rec programs in the area. The 2024 tournament will take place on April 6th-8th. For general information about the tournament and MV Rec Basketball League, visit the website, mvrbl.webs.com, league commissioner Eddie Paterson, epaterson2@roadrunner.com, 207-364-9352.
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