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Almost a year after losing the Class A state championship game to Mt. Ararat, the Hampden Academy girls basketball team took their revenge.
The Broncos used stifling defense and a balanced scoring attack to knock off the top-seeded Eagles from Topsham 33-26 in Friday night’s Northern Maine Class A regional final at the Augusta Civic Center.
The second-seeded Broncos advanced to the Feb. 28 state championship game in Portland against the winner of Saturday’s Southern Maine final between No. 1 Cheverus of Portland and No. 3 South Portland.
Junior guard Aubrey Shaw and freshman guard Naia Studley each scored 10 points to lead Hampden’s offense. Studley’s two free throws with 41 seconds left in the game turned a still iffy 5-point lead into a 33-26 advantage.
