BANGOR, Maine (March 12, 2010) – This evening, the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches (MABC) presented its prestigious Bob Brown Contributor Award to Scarborugh High School Girls Basketball Assistant Coach Bob Fallon. The award was presented at the 2010 Maine McDonald’s® High School Senior All-Star Basketball Games banquet at Husson University in Bangor. Each year, the All-Star Games committee selects an honoree who has made a significant contribution to the sport of basketball in Maine.
“Bob Fallon has demonstrated an unfailing commitment to high school basketball since the early 1970s,” said Jim Seavey, Scarborough High School’s Girls Varsity Coach. “From his early years playing schoolboy hoops in Rumford to his 50 seasons of coaching Girls basketball, he has helped to showcase high school basketball throughout the state. We are proud to recognize him for his contributions to Maine basketball.”
Fallon began his career at Mexico High School where he also coached football. Bob moved on to Oxford Hills High School, again serving as the head football coach and assistant basketball coach. While there, he founded the youth basketball program for the Oxford Hills School district. In the years that followed, Fallon coached girls' basketball at Edward Little High School in Auburn and at Oxford Hills High School in South Paris. Bob was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in the Class of 2004. For the past five years, he has served as the Assistant Coach for the Girls Varsity Basketball Team at Scarborough High School.
Also honored at the MABC Awards Banquet were members of the All-State Academic Team, the Maine McDonald’s High School Senior All-Star Basketball Players, All-Star Coaches, the Maine McDonald’s Spirit of the Game Award recipients, the MABC Media Award honoree, and Mr. and Miss Basketball.
The March 13th Game Day Schedule is as follows:
8:30am - 9:00am State Foul Shooting Championship
9:15am -10:30am Girls C/D Game
10:30am-10:45am Three Point Shooting Competition
11:00am-12:15pm Girls A/B Game
12:15pm - 1:00pm Awards Presentation & McDonald’s Melt-Down Half Time Show
1:15pm - 2:30pm Boys A/B Game
2:30pm - 2:45pm Slam Dunk Competition
3:00pm - 4:15pm Boys C/D Game
Game Day tickets are available at the door and are good for all four Games. Tickets are $7.00 for adults and $5.00 for students, children and senior citizens.
Net proceeds from the Games benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC) of Maine. RMHC of Maine is a non-profit organization whose goal is to help Maine children and families lead happier, healthier and more productive lives. Since its founding in 1989, RMHC of Maine has granted more than $1.6 million to local children’s programs that make a measurable impact in our communities. More information is available at www.rmhcmaine.org .
In addition to underwriting the cost of planning and executing the event, the Maine McDonald’s Owner/Operator Association, a collaboration of 13 local Maine McDonald’s franchisees, works hand-in-hand with the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches and lead sponsors to make the event possible: Hannaford, Green Mountain Coffee®, Newman’s Own® Organics, Hancock Lumber, Martin-Brower, Inc., Eagle Franchise/Bank of America, McCain Foods, Coastal T-Shirts, WLBZ-2, Bangor and WCSH-6, Portland. In-kind sponsors include Transformit of Gorham and Headlight Audio/Visual of Portland.