The host Hawks won their 10th in a row Monday by shutting down the Vikes, holding them scoreless in the third quarter to break open a close game. Emi Higgins had 15 to lead Hermon, while Gabrielle Marquis reached double figures for the 3-9 Vikes with 10.
Southern Aroostook 57, Fort Fairfield 27
Sydney Brewer, a freshman, had 17 points as the Class D Warriors improved to 9-0 with the easy home win over the Tigers Monday. Eighth-grader Kacy Daggett and Katelyn Slauenwhite tallied 11 each for the winners, while Fort Fairfield, a Class C team which fell to 5-7. Emma Campbell had 10 points for the Tigers.
Fort Fairfield 34, Easton 33 (OT)
The Fort Fairfield girls made it four wins in their last five games by prevailing at home over Easton in overtime Saturday night.
Cammi King-DeMerchant, a freshman, had a career-best 17 points and made some big plays late in regulation and in the extra session to spark the win. She had eight points in the fourth quarter, including a free throw with less than a minute to play to force overtime. She added a field goal and another foul shot in OT to clinch it.
Sadie Edgecomb and DeMerchant each had three 3-pointers for the winners
“We have plenty of points left on our schedule, but need a couple more pointworthy wins to secure a top-12 finish and a lot of our remaining games are tough,” said FF coach Larry Gardner, whose team has made the postseason 18 consecutive seasons.
“We’ve gotten better. We’ve done a better job on the boards and the freshmen are playing a little better,” he added, “but there is still plenty of room for improvement with turnovers and free throw shooting.”
Allen scored eight points and Delia Bonner had seven, including the lone points in overtime, for the Bears, who are still in fifth place in the Class D rankings.
Caribou 70, Washington Academy 52
The Vikings established a season-high in points Saturday at home, with 41 of their 70 coming after intermission, in their victory over WA.
The Vikes are now 3-8 as Marquis scored 26 points, Rachel Soucy had 16 and Maddie Doucette 15. The trio combined for eight 3-point field goals, with Doucette hitting four and Marquis three. It was a career high in points for both Marquis and Soucy.
Caitlyn Lyons scored 12 points and Rylea Steeves 10 for the 4-6 Raiders.
East Grand 70, LCS/MSSM 27
The host Vikings were too much Saturday behind recent 1,000-point scorer as Sarah Stoddard outscored the Eagles by herself. She had 30 points and Haleigh Shay was a nice complement with 23.
Stephanie Bragg had 12 to lead the Eagles.
Fort Kent 44, Fort Fairfield 32
After losing by two points in Fort Fairfield on Dec. 15, the Warriors made amends in the Class C matchup Thursday in Fort Kent thanks to Cassidy Lovley’s 12 points and 10 more from Jordan O’Leary.
Fort Kent, now 8-4 and winners of three straight, bolted to a 14-point halftime lead before the visitors rallied in the third quarter to get close, only to fall short.
King-DeMerchant, a freshman, had 11 points and nobody else on the Fort Fairfield roster had more than four.
Washburn 71, LCS/MSSM 40
The Beavers eased past the Eagles Thursday as Kassie Farley scored 20 points and Maggie Castonguay had 17. Farley scored 15 points in a second quarter which saw the hosts (6-4) stretch a 10-point lead into 20 by intermission.
Freshman Taylor Labreck scored 23 points for the Eagles, with 11 coming from the foul line.
Presque Isle 76, Caribou 46
Eight of Presque Isle’s 16 successful 3-point shots came in a 28-point first quarter, leading the Wildcats to an impressive victory over Caribou Tuesday, Jan. 10 at PIHS.
PI ended up 16 for 32 from 3-point land in the contest. Wheaton scored 14 first-quarter points, including four 3s, and finished with a team-high 20 points. Vogel was strong inside and tallied 14 points, while Lagerstrom and Meg Boone fired in four 3-pointers points for their 12-point totals.
“It was great to play at home again and we needed a confidence booster and I think we got it,” said Hudson. “If we can start to play defense consistently and get someone scoring besides Wheaton, we can be a very tough team.”
The Wildcats were coming off a stretch of four road consecutive road games, going 2-2.
“We have three losses, but those losses could have gone either way,” Hudson added. “I am happy with the girls effort and drive lately and think good things are going to happen for us.”
Marquis scored 15 points and Paige Espling added 10 for the Vikings.
Fort Fairfield 50, Hodgdon 28
At Fort Fairfield Tuesday, Jan. 10, King-Demerchant recorded 13 points and 10 rebounds as the Tigers defeated the Hawks, avenging an earlier loss the Hawks on Dec. 23 and increasing their winning streak to three.
“After losing to Hodgdon by 14 two weeks ago, and knowing that Hodgdon was playing extremely well, I was really pleased with the effort our kids displayed on both ends of the floor, especially on the boards,” said Gardner. “We are not big compared to most teams, especially Hodgdon, and when we can out-rebound them, it gives us a chance to win.”
Gardner was impressed with his team’s determination throughout the contest.
“It was the first game where I saw this much effort and the kids showed they wanted to win,” he said.
Three other players had huge outings for the Tigers. Campbell had 12 points and 10 steals, Marissa Brouette 11 points and Hunter St. Pierre 10 rebounds.
Lambert paced Hodgdon with 11 points.
Washburn 56, Van Buren 21
At Washburn Jan. 10, Castonguay had 15 of her 20 points and six steals in the third quarter, breaking open a close game and propelling the Beavers past Van Buren. Farley added 14 points, including six free throws, for the Beavers. Tiffany Morrow’s 13 points, including two 3-pointers, led Van Buren.
Boys
Hermon 56, Caribou 22
The red-hot Hawks outscored the visiting Vikes in the second and third quarters Monday by a 32-9 margin to win going away in Hermon.
Garrett Trask led the Hawks with 18 and Alex Bouchard’s seven were tops for Caribou, which has now lost eight in a row and is 2-9 overall.
Washington Academy 49, Caribou 47
The Vikes lost their seventh consecutive game, but Saturday’s home game against Washington Academy of East Machias came down to the wire.
Justin Villone scored his only two points of the game on free throws with 4.3 seconds to play, giving the Raiders the win. Kyle Case and Hung Kai Tim Tseng netted 11 each for the winners, who improved to 4-6.
Bouchard made four 3-pointers and finished with a season-best 24 points for Caribou. Austin Findlen scored 14 points in the loss.
LCS/MSSM 31, East Grand 28
The Vikings’ desperation 3-point attempt at the buzzer fell short as they dropped their 10th game in 11 tries Saturday. East Grand had beat LCS/MSSM in Limestone Jan. 9. 50-25.
Mason Patten had nine points to lead the Class C Eagles, who improved to 3-6 and put an end to a six-game losing streak. Matt Martin added eight and Travis Hatfield six.Fort Fairfield 67, Fort Kent 48
The Tigers featured a balanced offensive attack in their comfortable win at Fort Kent Friday.
Fort Fairfield jumped out to an 11-0 lead and according to coach Logan McLaughlin it was due to the team’s effective full-court pressure defense.
“It typically is a tough place to play, but we came out with a lot of energy and built the big lead, which was a boost,” he said.
Carter Bruce scored 13 points, including three 3-pointers. Ryan Player notched 12 and Chris Giberson 11 for the winners. Eight other players got into the scoring column for the Tigers, who have now won six in a row and are now 8-1 overall.
Fort Fairfield had defeated the Warriors 56-42 at home way back on Dec. 16.
Jacob Daigle scored 16 to lead Fort Kent.
Washburn 61, LCS/MSSM 43
A huge rally in the fourth quarter lifted the Beavers to their fourth win of the season against five losses.
In the game played at Washburn Thursday, senior forward McCall Turner exploded for a career-high 30 points, while teammates Caleb Thompson and Quintin Thompson were also in double figures with 12 and 10, respectively.
Alex Sprague connected on four 3-pointers and finished with 18 points for the Eagles.
Presque Isle 64, Caribou 39
The Wildcats outscored the Vikings in the second quarter, 20-6, and went on to the easy victory in the rivalry contest played Wednesday, Jan. 11.
Presque Isle dominated inside against the much smaller Vikings, with Wildcat 6-4 center Bradley Kinney leading the charge with 16 points.
“I was very pleased with the guys’ effort,” said PI coach Terry Cummings, whose team improved to 6-2 and has already doubled its win total from last season. “Offensively, I thought we did a good job utilizing our height advantage in the post and Bradley continues his excellent play by controlling the glass at both ends.”
Griffin Guerrette, who did not play in a Jan. 2 game at Fort Kent due to illness and was held scoreless in the loss at Central Jan. 7, bounced back with 15 points against Caribou. Backcourt mate Jonah Hudson hit crucial back-to-back 3-pointers in the second half and finished with 11 points. Jason Dumais and Pat Cash had strong games off the bench and had eight and six points, respectively.
Caribou was led by Parker Deprey. The 6-foot freshman drained three 3-pointers and finished with 17 points. Bouchard canned four field goals and totaled nine points and the Vikes combined for just four other field goals in the entire contest against PI’s stifling 1-3-1 half-court zone defense.
“I thought our defense worked well,” Cummings said. “We only had a couple of days of practice this week to implement it, but the guys responded. It was just another great team effort.”
Washburn 57, Van Buren 41
It was a four-point game at the end of three quarters, but Washburn’s Quintin Thompson registered 12 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter and Caleb Thompson had a huge outing with 25 points as the Beavers defeated Van Buren Tuesday, Jan. 10. Taylor Soucy had 13 points and Luc Perreault 10 for the Crusaders.
