This past weekend saw three regular season games — all basketball — take place with two local teams victorious and one going down to defeat.
The Gorham High School Boys Huskies defeated Nute by a 60-40 score in their home opener Friday night. That game was supposed to be the second game of two, with the girls playing first. Nute is struggling to field a girl’s team, so that game was postponed, hopefully to be made up if Nute is successful in getting the numbers.
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