Fort Fairfield and Washburn teams are solid contenders to reach the top four in their respective divisions
Just over two weeks are left in the regular season for high school basketball and while the Caribou Viking boys are in outstanding position to finish at least among the top eight teams and host a first-round preliminary Class B playoff game, the girls’ team will need to pick up an upset or two in their final six games to make the post-season.
Both LCS/MSSM teams are in a similar position as the Caribou girls as they fight for a spot in the Class C ranks.
The Fort Fairfield and Washburn girls’ and boys’ teams are all solid contenders to place among the top four in their respective divisions with several key games still remaining.
Summaries of some of the games played through Monday, Jan. 18 are as follows:
Caribou boys 74, Mattanawcook Academy 38 — The Vikings moved above the .500 mark and hold the sixth position in Class B North following a blowout win over the Lynx Monday afternoon.
Caribou, 6-5 heading into yesterday’s make-up game against Hermon, was led by Donovan Savage’s 18 points, with Andre Rossignol and Nick Allen also in double figures with 12 and 10, respectively.
Mattanawcook 53, Caribou girls 41 — The Lincoln-based Lynx used 24 points from Camryn Lyons to send the Lady Vikings to their 10th loss of the season against two wins. Caribou is currently in 14th place out of 17 teams in the division.
Searra Herbert, Caribou’s sophomore forward, continued her fine individual season with a team-high 19 points in the loss.
Central Aroostook 44, LCS/MSSM boys 31 — The host Eagles had a huge third-quarter spurt to get close, but didn’t have enough to get past one of the top five teams in Class D.
Alex Sprague netted 10 points and Mason Patten and Justin Hamilton chipped in with six each for the Eagles, now 4-7 and in 16th place out of 18 teams in Class C.
Dustin Pryor poured in 20 points to lead Central Aroostook.
Central Aroostook 43, LCS/MSSM girls 31 — Jackie Peers scored a game-high 12 points, but the Eagles were defeated by CA at home Saturday.
LCS/MSSM is in 14th place with a 2-9 record, two slots out of a prelim position.
Kassie Levesque scored 10 for the Panthers.
Chris Giberson tallied 19 points and Isaac Cyr had 10 for the 8-3 Tigers, who are in third place in Class C. Fort Fairfield boys 63, Central Aroostook 41 — The Tigers prevailed at home Thursday behind a strong defense and a statistical double-double by reserve forward Landen Kinney, who had 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Pryor scored 11 points and Zach Crouch netted 10 for the Panthers.
Fort Fairfield girls 60, Southern Aroostook 34 — The 13-1 Fort Fairfield girls are the No. 1 team in Class C North and strengthened that hold with Saturday’s comfortable victory over Southern Aroostook, the top team in Class D.
The Tigers had good scoring balance from their starters. Taylor Churchill had 15 points, Chelsey Pelkey 14, Kayla Giberson eight and Teresa Maynard and Marissa Brouette seven each.
Kassidy Mathers scored 12 points for the Warriors.
Washburn boys 75, Van Buren 44 — Jarrett Olson fired in 21 points as the No. 3 Beavers improved to 8-2 by winning the road game last Tuesday. Mccall Turner had 15 points and Brandon Cropley 11 to contribute to the victory.
Van Buren’s Joseph Canwell scored 18 points to lead his team.
Washburn girls 55, Southern Aroostook 48 — The Beavers earned a huge victory by knocking off No. 1 Southern Aroostook in Dyer Brook Friday.
Emmy Churchill tallied 15 points, Grace Braley and Laina Mette contributed 13 each and Taylor Howe had 10 for 9-3 Washburn, now in third place in the ‘D’ North rankings.
Mathers posted 19 points to lead SA.
Houlton 86, Caribou girls 39 — The Vikes received a thrashing from the Shiretowners Thursday as Kolleen Bouchard had 30 points to lead Houlton’s powerful offense.
Searra Herbert tallied 14 points to lead the Vikes.
Washburn girls 60, Easton 17 — The Beaver defense put the clamps on the Bears Thursday, giving up just two points in the first quarter and just two in the third to win big.
Mette had 15 points, Braley 12 and Churchill 11 to key Washburn on offense.
Caribou boys 53, Presque Isle 40 — The Vikings couldn’t shake off the Wildcats until early in the fourth quarter, but picked up the road win Thursday.
Allen keyed the offense with 17 points and Sheldon played well inside and added 12. Bradley Kinney scored 21 for the Wildcats.
Presque Isle 60, Caribou girls 48 — Despite trailing by 13 at halftime last Tuesday, the visiting Vikings took a four-point lead midway through the third quarter thanks to a 17-0 run, but the Wildcats came back to gain the triumph.
Emily Wheaton scored 17 for PI and Herbert had 24 to lead Caribou.
Fort Fairfield girls 57, Hodgdon 19 — Last Tuesday in Hodgdon, the Tigers got off to a 21-2 lead in routing the Hawks. Churchill’s 17 points were tops for FF.
Washburn girls 57, Van Buren 17 — Braley, Churchill and Mette were all in double figures in points with 16, 12 and 11, respectively, leading the Beavers to the win at Van Buren last Tuesday.
