On Jan. 3, the Girls Varsity Basketball team celebrated Coach Laughn Berthiaume’s 200th career win with the Rams. The milestone was achieved v. Noble on their homecourt in a landslide 72-17 win. Two days later the lady Rams handled Falmouth by a double-digit margin @ Falmouth. On Saturday, Jan. 7 the team beat a .500 Bonny Eagle team at the buzzer, after being down 10 points.

The Rams have had a sensational week. They go into their next contest with a 6-2 record. They hope to keep their stride going into games against a 0.44% South Portland team and a strong 9-1 Thornton Academy Team. Junior, Ellie Gay is the only starting returning player and is putting up big numbers this season. Six other returning varsity players are key contributors too. This team is quick and fun to watch.

The typical Gorham Girls basketball season consists of 18 regular season games and five non-countable exhibition games. This program also competes in one or more preseason tournaments as a means of preparing for the regular season. One of these tournaments takes place in Fort Kent, home to Coach Berthiaume and Assistant Coaches Neile Nelson and Aaron Ouellet.

With the calendar flipped to 2023, the post season action will be in our sights soon, with the focus on the high school basketball tournament. The Rams are the SMAA Regional defending champs.

Following a win v. Scarborough, Coach Berthiaume shared with the Portland Press “It’s a great group,” Berthiaume said. “They want to learn, and they work hard. I think we’ll get better. The team has a lot of room to grow, and they want to, so I’m really excited.” He continued, “The schedule is very good for us, having challenging games late in the season. We’ll find out how much we’ve learned, and we’ll get ready for a playoff run.”

The Girls Basketball program has represented the community of Gorham for the past decade with state champion wins in 2015-16 and 2016-17, in addition, State Runners up – Southern Maine Regional Champions in 2017-18 and 2021-22 seasons.

The Rams enjoyed back-to-back undefeated seasons in 2015-16 and 2016-17, when they captured the first two AA State Championships. Coach Berthiaume has coached 6 Division I players at GHS. This is his 16th season as head coach.

The success of the program is a testament to Coach Berthiaume and his assistant coaches Neile Nelson and Aaron Oulette. Congratulations to the coach on his 200th career win.