The final Heal Point basketball standings will become official this weekend, with some local teams finding out who their opponent will be in the preliminary playoff round (next Tuesday and Wednesday), others drawing a bye directly into the Eastern Maine Tournament at the Cross Center in Bangor, which begins Feb. 13, and a handful seeing their seasons come to an end.
In Class D, both Washburn teams appear close to sewing up No. 1 positions. The girls will definitely be the top seed and take a 17-0 record into tonight’s regular season finale against Easton, while the boys are 14-1 with pointworthy home games left against No. 3 Southern Aroostook and No. 2 Easton tonight and Thursday, respectively.
Fort Fairfield is currently fourth at 12-3, having played at Van Buren Tuesday and taking on Southern Aroostook Thursday at home before finishing up with Hodgdon, also a home game.
The LCS/MSSM Eagles are 2-14 and out of the playoff picture.
In Class B, Caribou is seventh with its 10-5 record and began a stretch of games Tuesday at home against Houlton. Games against Presque Isle Thursday and Hermon Friday will close out the regular season.
For the girls, the Tigers were fifth at 13-2 heading into Tuesday’s big game against No. 4 Van Buren. The Tigers also play Central Aroostook and Fort Kent later in the week.
LCS/MSSM (4-12) is out of contention for the playoffs.
The Vikings were 2-13 heading into their final three games, which began with a home match against Class C power Houlton Tuesday. They are also most likely out of contention for competing in the post-season.
Summaries of games played through Monday, Feb. 2 are as follows:
Washburn girls 86, Central Aroostook 36 — At Washburn Monday, Mackenzie Worcester recorded 31 points, nine rebounds, 10 assists and four steals to propel her team to victory and continue the perfect season.
Joan Overman chipped in with 12 points and five steals for the winners, while Emmy Churchill and Natalie Doody each added 10 points.
Delaney Grass paced the Panthers with 11 points and Isabelle Wright added 10.
Washburn boys 65, Fort Fairfield 46 — The host Beavers avenged their only loss of the season Thursday with a victory behind a balanced scoring attack.
Washburn was led by Noah Farley’s 15 points and Jarrett Olson’s 14 points and 10 rebounds. Cameron Bragg, Noah Caron, Derek Baker and Cameron Preston added to the balance with 10, nine, eight and seven points, respectively.
Fort Fairfield was powered by Hunter Beaulieu’s 16 points and Robbie Watson’s 14.
Caribou boys 55, Fort Kent 50 — At Caribou Thursday, Donovan Savage led all scorers with 16 points to lift the Vikings to victory. Ricky Sheldon and Colby Holdsworth recorded 14 and 13 points, respectively, in the win.
Brandon Theriault and Matt Daigle each scored 11 points for Fort Kent.
Caribou girls 58, Fort Kent 31 — Bria Judd poured in 21 points to power the Vikings to their second victory of the season, both over the Warriors.
Gabrielle Marquis, a freshman, chipped in with nine points for the winners.
Shyla Bouchard paced Fort Kent with 13 points.
Washburn boys 99, Ashland 43 — At Ashland last Wednesday, Olson’s 23 points led the Beavers to the lopsided victory.
Preston added 13 points for the winners and Brandon Cropley netted 11.
Cody Blair scored 22 points to lead Ashland.
Wisdom girls 42, Limestone-MSSM 25 — At St. Agatha last Wednesday, the Pioneers used a balanced scoring attack with Tyra Michaud and Melanie Bellefleur each scoring 12 points and Rhylee Wright adding 10 to spark the win.
Jackie Peers paced Limestone/MSSM with 10 points.
Washburn girls 49, Fort Fairfield 44 — At Fort Fairfield last Wednesday, Washburn came from behind late in the third quarter and went eight for eight from the foul line in the final period to pull out the win over the Tigers. Worcester led the Beavers with 18 points, including 10 free throws.
Overman added 12 points for Washburn.
Fort Fairfield was led by Chelsey Pelkey and Taylor Churchill with 12 and 11 points, respectively.
