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January 28, 2008

The Lawrence-Lewiston "basketbrawl"

This story really caught us off-guard Friday night. I was at the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce banquet when my cell phone starting ringing, about 8:20 p.m. Our reporters were on their way to Lawrence High.

Reporters Matt DiFilippo and Travis Lazarczyk (aided by Amy Calder) covered it throughout the weekend, and we have another follow coming in tomorrow morning's newspaper.

Some people I've talked to about this see it as a "sign of the times" story, but I don't know. I think these events are isolated in Maine. Hopefully, they stay that way.

By the way, if you or anyone you know has videos or photos from this game, we'd like to see them. Let me know if you do, or if you want to comment on our coverage.

Eric Conrad
Executive Editor
Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel
Telephone: 207-621-5630

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My God...you are reacting as if it were a nuclear attack by sending an army of reporters to dig up the "fluff". Here's a novel idea... let the school's deal with this within their policy structure. Fanning the fire helps no one.

Posted by John
January 29, 2008 12:15 PM