Maine Scoreboards: Basketball Holds 28 of 50 Records, Ahead of Baseball's 12

The research section below walks through these findings. Start by checking whether your gym scoreboard tracks team fouls the way your officials now count them.

Our data comes from the Maine sales and shipping record, which follows one rule: one row per organization, model and city. Variants of one model, such as the 2350, 2350-C and LX2350, count as that one model. The record shows what was sold and shipped. It does not show what is standing today.

Keep that in mind as you read. Below, I walk through the two leading indoor models, the LX1030 and LX1050 outdoor baseball scoreboards, a pair of LX2160 shot clocks, and the NFHS rules and Maine Principals' Association decisions that shape what a Maine gym scoreboard has to show.

What does Electro-Mech's sales and shipping record show for Maine?

Our data from the Maine sales and shipping record shows 50 records across 32 cities and towns from 1999 to 2025, with basketball holding 28 of them.

Read the record with three points in mind before you compare it with your own facility:

• It lists what Electro-Mech sold and shipped, not what is standing in a gym or on a field today.
• Each row is one organization, one model and one city, the same rule the company's state page applies.
• Variants of one model, such as 2350, 2350-C and LX2350, count as that one model.

Maine ranks 40 of 50 states by units shipped in our review of the record, which was snapshotted on 2026-09-14. By sport, the record gives basketball 28, baseball 12, football 4, hockey 3 and soccer 3. Those are the counts the Electro-Mech state page prints, so you can check every one of them against the city listings.

The common assumption is that a state's scoreboard orders follow football. Maine's record does not. Football holds 4 records. If your program plays mostly outdoors, the baseball section below is the place to start.

College Factual reports that the University of Maine competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of the America East Conference, and lists basketball as a winter sport. That detail matters for a buyer. A gym scoreboard does its work through the indoor season, and in Maine that season carries the heaviest share of the record.

Outdoor orders in the record lean toward compact fixed-digit scoreboards. Our data from the LX1050 model page describes it as the smallest permanently installed outdoor scoreboard Electro-Mech makes, and it is one of the models Maine buyers ordered.

Before you compare models, write down which sports your gym or field hosts, because the model sections below split along that line. If you are planning an indoor purchase, start with the layouts on the Electro-Mech basketball scoreboards page. Then use the model sections below to match a layout to your gym.

Which scoreboard models are shipped most often to Maine?

Two indoor basketball scoreboards lead the Maine record: the LX2350 at 11 records and the LX2655 at 10, out of 23 distinct models counted by LX equivalent.

Below those two, the record carries the outdoor LX1030 and LX1050 at 3 records each and a pair of LX2160 shot clocks at 2 records. Every other model sits lower. The research section above walks through these findings.

Our data, from the LX2350 spec sheet, describes an indoor basketball and multi-sport scoreboard with a 9 ft x 3 ft cabinet weighing 89 lb. Guest Points, Home Points and the Period Clock use 12-inch digits, the Period digit is 9 inches, and the Bonus and Possession indicators are 3 inches. It draws 1.2 amps at 120 VAC, or 1.9 amps as the LX2350-ETN with Electronic Team Names. The model page points to its uncluttered layout, which leaves room for sponsor ID panels.

The LX2655 adds height and a second sport set. Our data, from the LX2655 spec sheet, gives a 9 ft x 5 ft cabinet at 133 lb, 12-inch digits for points and the clock, and 9-inch digits for everything else. Reversible caption plates along the bottom label the lower half for volleyball or wrestling. A full-sized 37-key console with LCD comes standard. It draws 1.5 amps, or 2.2 amps as the LX2655-ETN.

The choice between them is mostly about your gym's schedule. A gym that hosts volleyball and wrestling gets labeled rows from the LX2655. A gym that wants a clean basketball layout with sponsor panels fits the LX2350.

Interest in the sport is not hard to find in Maine. WMTW reported that Newport native Cooper Flagg was drafted No. 1 overall in June 2025, and that Gorham's Mackenzie Holmes became the second Mainer to play in the WNBA. Those careers run through school gyms.

You can read both models' documents on the Electro-Mech scoreboard manuals page before you request a quote.

What can you connect to a Maine gym or field scoreboard after it goes up?

An LX2655 carries a data output port for daisy chaining additional displays and a goal light output port, so shot clocks and backboard goal lights can join the system later.

Our review of the LX2160 spec sheet shows the same pattern on the shot clock side. Each LX2160 cabinet has its own data output port for daisy chaining further displays. Each one also has an output port for an optional LED backboard goal light kit. A gym can start with the main scoreboard. Shot clocks and goal lights are the natural next step.

Outdoors, the spec sheets read differently. The LX1030 and LX1050 each ship with a junction box and patch cable for hardwired installations, and the circuit boards behind their LED displays are conformal coated for outdoor use. Growth there comes from ID panels: above or below the scoreboard, or as extended configurations built into the left or right side of the cabinet. All three models offer a choice of 18 standard paint colors, with custom paint as an option.

Our Maine sales and shipping record counts what we sold and shipped. It does not show which gyms or fields added shot clocks, goal lights or ID panels afterward. I would list every add-on you might want on the first quote, so the ports and mounting are planned from day one.

Where do outdoor baseball scoreboards fit in the Maine record?

Outdoor baseball in the Maine record runs through two compact models: the LX1030, an 8 ft x 4 ft cabinet with 18-inch digits, and the smaller LX1050.

Our data, from the LX1030 spec sheet, puts that cabinet at 113 lb. Its 18-inch digits carry Runs and Inning, 4-inch indicators show Ball, Strike and Out, and the captions stand 6 inches tall, with amber or red LEDs. It draws 1.1 amps. The LX1030 model page places it between the LX1050 and LX1060 in size and calls it "just right" for little leagues and high schools. A simplified 15-key "MM" console comes in the package, and ScoreLink RF wireless is an option.

Our review of the LX1050 spec sheet shows a 6 ft x 3 ft cabinet at 78 lb, with 15-inch digits, 3-inch indicators and 4-1/2-inch captions, drawing 0.8 amps. Because those captions are short, the LX1050 model page recommends it only where the viewing distance will be less than 250 feet. Captions set the limit here, not the digits. Distance to the farthest seat is the deciding measurement between these two models.

Outdoor counts in Maine also sit against a shrinking pool of athletes. In 2019, WGME reported that Maine high school sports participation fell 4.5 percent in 2018-19 and dropped below 50,000 for the first time in more than two decades. The same 2019 report put Maine 11-player football at 3,207 participants, down 7 percent after a decade-long decline, with ten Maine schools moving into a new eight-player division.

Those figures describe the state's athletes, not individual orders. The record does not say which fields these scoreboards went to, or why. If you are planning an outdoor purchase, you can compare the LX1030 and LX1050 on our baseball scoreboards page before measuring your own field.

Shot clocks are the easiest add-on to get wrong on a quote. I would copy the LX2160 lines straight from its spec sheet, as below.

Model:          LX2160 shot clock pair (Indoor, Basketball)
Cabinet:        24 in x 27 in, 20 lb (each)
Digit height:   12 in, red LEDs
Visual horn:    4 in indicators (end of period)
Electrical:     0.3 A (each)
Operation:      handheld three-button switch on the main console
Control console: not included with the pair

Each figure is per cabinet. The pair mounts behind the backboards. On the LX2655, the bonus and possession indicators are 3 inches tall.

How do NFHS rules and MPA decisions affect what a Maine gym scoreboard shows?

Since 2023-24, high school basketball awards two free throws on the fifth team foul in each quarter, and team fouls reset every quarter, so your foul display follows quarters, not halves.

The change sits in NFHS Rule 4-8-1, and NFHS states that it eliminated the one-and-one. Before 2023-24, the bonus began at seven fouls in a half, with two shots on the tenth. Those thresholds no longer apply. The Maine Principals' Association confirmed in 2023 that Maine follows the NFHS rules, so the per-quarter count is the one Maine officials enforce.

Your scoreboard and the scorer's table have to agree on that count. A team-foul total carried across a half no longer matches the rule. Before you order, ask how the console you are considering counts and resets team fouls, and have the answer in writing with your quote.

Classification has moved faster than the playing rules. In February 2023, the Press Herald reported that the MPA Basketball Committee presented two performance-based proposals, one of which would drop teams with winning percentages of 25% or less over the last four seasons down a class. In 2025, the Mount Desert Islander reported that the MPA had eliminated Class AA and the 25 percent rule, keeping a five-class format on a two-year cycle beginning in 2025-26, with a new Under 100 class for schools of 100 or fewer students.

A class change shifts your opponents and your tournament path. It does not change what your gym scoreboard has to display. The foul rule does. I would settle the team-foul question first, and treat classification as a scheduling matter for your athletic office rather than a scoreboard specification.

What should a small Maine high school or rec league check before buying a scoreboard?

Start by listing what your current scoreboard displays against what today's rules ask for: team fouls by quarter, bonus and possession in the gym, and ball, strike and out outdoors.

Older scoreboards show why the list matters. Our review of the legacy 7250 manual shows how one earlier basketball scoreboard was specified: HOME and GUEST scores to 99, a clock to 99:59, PERIOD to 4, and HOME and GUEST bonus and possession indicators, with 11-inch red digits and 4-inch indicators. Compare your own scoreboard's display list with the per-quarter foul count before you decide what to order.

Rules change what the scorer tracks. Write down what your scorer tracks today before you open any spec sheet. Before you sign, ask the person who runs your scorer's table which displays they check most during a game, and confirm each one appears on the model you are quoting.

• In the gym: confirm that the scoreboard and its console track team fouls and the bonus by quarter, so they agree with the scorer's table.
• If shot clocks are on your list: ask whether your console can run a pair of LX2160 shot clocks alongside the main scoreboard.
• On the baseball field: according to NFHS, Rule 6-2-6 has required each state association since 2016 to set a pitching restriction policy based on pitches thrown. Limits differ by state, so get Maine's policy from the MPA and settle with your coach how pitches will be tracked.
• On any outdoor field: measure from the planned scoreboard location to your farthest seat before choosing between a compact model and a larger one.
• On every quote: ask for the model's own spec sheet and check its cabinet size, digit height and amperage against your list.

Outdoor programs deserve the same check as the gym. WMTW's review of 2025 listed state championships in Maine high school baseball and football, not only basketball. A title says nothing about any school's scoreboard, but it does mean crowds at fields as well as gyms.

I would bring that written list to every conversation with the Electro-Mech team. A specific list gets you a specific quote, model by model.

How do the indoor and outdoor models in the Maine record compare at a glance?

Among the most-shipped Maine models, the LX2655 and the LX2160 shot clock pair mount indoors in gyms, while the LX1030 and LX1050 stand outdoors on two posts.

Our review of the four spec sheets shows where they really differ: the control that comes in the package. Only the LX2655 ships with the full-sized 37-key console with LCD display. The outdoor pair runs on a simplified 15-key console. The LX2160 pair comes with no console at all. Every one of the four offers ScoreLink Wireless RF as an option. I would read the control column first, because it decides what your scorer's table works with every night.

What does the Maine record mean for your next scoreboard?

Maine's record is mostly a gym story, so your next scoreboard decision should start with the rules your basketball officials enforce, then move outdoors to field distance and captions.

Ask first whether your current console counts team fouls by quarter, because that answer shapes the rest of your list. The rule matters more than the model number. I would put the per-quarter team foul count ahead of every other feature on your list.

Some programs want more than score, time and period. If you want player fouls and points on the scoreboard, ask the Electro-Mech support team which basketball layouts carry them before you choose a model.

Bring your display list, your gym or field measurements and the model you are considering. The answer should come back from that model's own spec sheet.