The two teams that met in the thrilling state Class B schoolgirl basketball final this past season are among the 12 teams that will be competing in the John Bapst High School Title IX Invitational basketball tournament at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on July 8-9.
Ellsworth edged Spruce Mountain of Jay 57-56 in the Portland Expo to win its first ever state championship.
Those two teams will be joined by host John Bapst of Bangor, Camden Hills of Rockport, Penobscot Valley of Howland, Foxcroft Academy of Dover-Foxcroft, Mount Desert Island, Hodgdon, Caribou, Skowhegan, Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln and Calais.