Lawrence High School of Fairfield senior guard Maddie Provost showed why she is one of the state’s best basketball players on Wednesday night. On a night when she was held to just 10 points through three quarters, she erupted for 11 fourth-quarter points to go with two steals, an assist and a blocked shot to lead her third-seeded Bulldogs to a hard-fought 47-42 victory over seventh-seeded Ellsworth in their Class A semifinal at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The Bulldogs, 15-5 and winners of five in a row and seven of eight, will now take on top seed Gardiner in Friday’s 7 p.m. championship game. Ellsworth finished up at 12-8. The Bulldogs were holding a tenuous 42-40 lead with 1:32...
