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Article: Vikings rally for first title Oxford Hills ends Cony run
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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- February 23, 2008
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AUGUSTA - Three weeks ago the Oxford Hills girls basketball team
was almost an afterthought in the Eastern Maine Class A tournament
spectrum, the result of injuries that had sidelined multiple
starters.
But those starters returned just in time for a postseason run
never before seen in school history, as the Vikings of South Paris
claimed their first regional title Friday with a 52-49 victory over
four-time defending champ Cony of Augusta.
"When we had three starters out at one time, I felt like why does
everything bad have to happen to us," said Oxford Hills senior guard
Kari Pelletier. "But they came back, and now we've won the Eastern
Maine title."
Fifth-ranked Oxford Hills (15-6) knocked ...