CA boys win big, Beavers upend FF
Boys basketball
Sports Reporter
The boys basketball regular season came to a close Friday, with Central Aroostook winning in style in a game where all the players on the roster saw plenty of playing time in the win over Van Buren.
The Panthers take the No. 2 seed into the Eastern Maine Class D tournament with their 17-2 record. Washburn (12-6), by virtue of its win over Fort Fairfield Thursday in both teams’ regular season finale, moved up to No. 5 in the standings. The Tigers (16-2) held on to the No. 3 slot as they combined the loss to Washburn with a win over Hodgdon earlier in the week.
Easton closed out its campaign with a home win, while Ashland lost at home in the final contest ever at the 60-year-old Bobby Goding Gymnasium. Both the 8-10 Bears and the 7-11 Hornets failed to qualify for this year’s post-season.
Summaries of the final regular season contests follow:
Central Aroostook 76, Van Buren 55 – At Mars Hill Friday, Tim Lawrence had a double-double in leading Central Aroostook past Van Buren.
Lawrence had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Panthers. Garrett Stiles and Mitch Folsom each scored 12 points and Kasey Brewer netted nine.
Derrick Rossignol led Van Buren with 22 points, while teammate Eric Laplante added 20 more.
Washburn 65, Fort Fairfield 52 – At Fort Fairfield Thursday, Jordan McLaughlin scored 29 points, including five three-point field goals, to lift Washburn to the upset victory over Fort Fairfield.
Mitch Worcester had 14 points for the Beavers and Conner Fitzpatrick chipped in 13 rebounds.
John McNamee led Fort Fairfield with 25 points and he also grabbed seven boards. Travis Noyes had 11 points and 13 rebounds before suffering an ankle injury with less than two minutes to play in the game. Josh Booth had four assists for the Tigers.
Easton 60, Wisdom 50 – At Easton Thursday, sophomore forward Reid Clark scored 24 points to lead Easton past the Pioneers.
Luke Boudreau chipped in with 10 points for the Bears, who finished the season with an 8-10 record.
Kody Chamberland paced Wisdom with 17 points.
Katahdin 65, Ashland 51 – At Ashland Thursday in the final game played at the Bobby Goding Gymnasium, Brandon Robinson connected for a game-high 26 points to power the Cougars of Stacyville to victory.
Lucas Hafford’s fired in 23 points for the 7-11 Hornets, while Jordan Beaulier added 11 points.
Fort Fairfield 59, Hodgdon 38 – At Fort Fairfield last Tuesday, Travis Noyes netted 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to spark Fort Fairfield by Hodgdon.
Josh Booth added 13 points, including three three-pointers, for the Tigers, who outscored the visitors 17-6 in the second quarter to break the game open.
Josh Hudson scored 12 points to pace Hodgdon.
