We're still early in Day 2 of the regional basketball tournaments, but already we've had the first upset in Western Class B boys, and almost a shocker in Eastern B boys.

There'll be a new state champion in Class B, thanks to Freeport, which surprised Mountain Valley in a Western B quarterfinal, 54-47. The victory by sixth-ranked Freeport ensured that a Western Maine Conference team will advance to the state final, as third-ranked Mountain Valley was the only non-WMC team that made it to the Portland Expo.

In Bangor, meanwhile, the Maranacook Black Bears were having flashbacks to what happened a year ago in the Eastern B boys' quarterfinals.

The Black Bears entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed for the second year in a row, and once again they found themselves on the verge of an early elimination. This time they survived -- barely. Eighth-ranked Rockland nearly pulled off a huge upset, but good free-throw shooting in the fourth quarter enabled Maranacook to escape with a 59-57 win.

Officially, the Black Bears are now 19-0, though they lost to Camden Hills in the KVAC Class B championship game after beating the Windjammers during the regular season. Now, those two teams are one win away from a potential rematch for the Eastern Maine title.

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