The 1961 Stonington Rockets play in the (then young) Bangor Auditorium.
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A member of the 1979 GSA Eagles state champ team takes a shot.
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Getting some air in the auditorium, members of the 1979 GSA Eagles state champ team leap for the ball.
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The 1989 DI-S Mariners tip off during the Class D state championship game.
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Coach Glenn Billings talks to players during a timeout in a 2007 playoff game.
Photo by Kelly Saunders
This year will be the last year high school basketball tournaments will be held in the Bangor Auditorium, built in 1955. The building will be replaced by a new arena. See the story on page 1 of Compass celebrating the role of the Auditorium as the home of high school basketball. Pictured above is the 2003 George Stevens Academy Eagles boys basketball team, who brought home the gold ball that year.
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Pictured are members of the 1989 Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners girls basketball team that brought home the gold ball.
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Some young fans in proud Mariner dress in 2007, who now play as high school students and have made their own trips to the auditorium.
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The 1979 George Stevens Academy Eagles pictured here competing at the auditorium during the playoff leading to a state championship.
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