Comment on Hampden girls outlast Messalonskee in OT for ‘A’ North title

AUGUSTA, Maine — Junior center Bailey Donovan, who played the final 6:47 of regulation play and overtime with four fouls, scored five of her team’s nine points during the extra period as Hampden Academy outlasted Messalonskee of Oakland 42-37 to capture the Class A North girls basketball championship at the Augusta Civic Center on Friday night. The 6-foot-3 Donovan opened the overtime scoring with a basket after grabbing an offensive rebound to snap a 35-35 tie, then made all three of her free-throw attempts as the top-ranked Broncos never trailed in extra time en route to the program’s first regional title since 2011. “It feels so good.