After ‘playing like 5th graders’ in last game, Machias boys find championship stride

After ‘playing like 5th graders’ in last game, Machias boys find championship stride

Last year, the Machias boys basketball team’s season ended with heartbreak after an early-round upset in the postseason tournament. And for a moment in Thursday’s semifinal against Hodgdon, it looked like history might repeat itself as the Bulldogs got into foul trouble and couldn’t seem to quite close the Hawks out. The key for Machias to get that win, as senior guard Liam O’Connor said, was to “stop playing like people that don’t know how to p…