Maine High School Basketball

Did I ever mention I love Maine, basketball, and the people who play it (past and present)

Growing up in North Anson in central Maine, sports games and especially basketball games were a great way to spend an evening in a town without a movie theater for 25 miles. The stage was the basketball court and the players were the kids, the crowd and the dreaded referees. The drama in wintry high school gyms I played in often escalated to a state of pandemonium not unlike march madness.

If you ever need to reference a maine basketball related historid factoid then go here -> http://frank.spanky.googlepages.com/index

and for up to date chatter and scores mbr.org is also a heavy in the area. The Maine Boys High School Basketball forum has around 27000 posts! Why maine high school ball is such a religion is pretty easy to understand... maine winters are awful and people need an outlet. It is kind of like the TV show "survivor" only as a player you happen to be driving on a bus over icy roads and braving brawls with rowdy cabin fevered kids.