PORTLAND, Maine — The Fryeburg Academy boys’ basketball team is playing its best at the right time and turning some heads along the way. The No. 5 seeded Raiders dismantled No. 4 seed Gray-New Gloucester 66-55 at the Portland Expo on Saturday to advance to the Final Four in the Class A South Region.
Fryeburg (11-9) is scheduled to meet No. 1 Falmouth (17-2) at the Expo on Wednesday at 7:45 p.m.
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