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Richmond’s Connor Vachon attempts a block on Buckfield’s Ayden Jefferson at St. Dom’s on Monday.
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AUBURN At the St. Dom’s Summer League, small Class C and D schools have been practicing their craft against each other on Mondays and Wednesdays. There has been consistency in their routines and schedules all summer, a stark contrast from the start-stop nature of last winter’s pandemic-ridden season.
Every Monday and Wednesday, high school boys basketball games are played at the Callahan Family Memorial Gymnasium on the St. Dominic Academy campus in Auburn, featuring teams such as the host Saints, Richmond, Buckfield, Telstar, Sacopee Valley, Old Orchard Beach and North Yarmouth Academy. St. Dom’s coach Josh LaPrell put the schedule together with each day featuring four games, usually two varsity and two junior varsity matchups, as well as referees for every game and free admission for parents and fans in attendance. After some t
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Alex Willings of St. Dom s pulls up for a jump shot over Aimable Nkurunziza of Pine Tree Academy in Auburn on Monday. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
AUBURN Gabe Carey opened the contest by swishing a pair of 3-pointers, and putting Saint Dominic Academy on its way to a 68-53 boys basketball victory over Pine Tree Academy on Monday at Callahan Family Memorial Gymnasium.
As if to one-up his first 3-pointer which came after the Breakers (0-1) were nearly successful on a half-court trap out of the opening inbounds pass Carey launched his second 3 from far beyond the arc.
“Against Richmond he (shot) 2-for-I-don’t-even-know-what, but he didn’t have a 3, which that’s not like him,” Saints (1-1) coach Josh LaPrell said. “So that first one was huge, just to see it go in, and then I knew he was going to be OK.”