A fairly busy night of sports Friday gave way to a much lighter Saturday, mostly due to the adverse weather conditions.
An alpine ski meet in Fort Kent, Presque Isle’s hockey game at Camden Hills, Presque Isle’s girls and boys basketball games at Orono and the Central vs. Houlton boys basketball game in Houlton were all scrapped from Saturday’s schedule.
The Houlton game will be made up on Jan. 15 at 2:30 p.m. No other make-up dates have been established for Saturday’s postponements.
Teams are off Tuesday before the schedule ramps up the rest of the week during the school vacation.
The only game played Saturday that involved teams from the region was in Hodgdon, where Fort Fairfield defeated GHCA in boys’ basketball, 59-43. It was the second meeting between the two teams this season, as the Tigers won on their home court Dec. 9, 66-43. Details of Saturday’s game were not reported, but the Tigers are now 5-1 and atop the Class C North standings and GHCA fell to 2-4.
Summaries of Friday’s action, which included six basketball games and a hockey match, follows:
Girls basketball
Caribou 59, Old Town 33 — Viking senior Searra Herbert connected on five 3-point field goals in the first half and finished with 26 points in the rout of the Coyotes at Caribou High School.
Gabrielle Marquis also had a strong offensive outing for the 2-3 winners with 20 points. Hannah Richards led Old Town (1-2) with 12 points.
Ashland 44, Katahdin 28 — Morgan Doughty and Amber Chasse combined for 33 of the Hornets’ 44 points as they handled the Cougars in Stacyville. Ashland moved to 4-2 with the victory.
Natalie Rickards scored 13 points to lead Katahdin (1-4).
Fort Fairfield 45, Hodgdon 39 — At Fort Fairfield, the Tigers opened up a 12-point lead after the first quarter but had to hold off the pesky Hawks.
Sadie Edgecomb tallied 11 points and Cammi King-DeMerchant added 10 for the Tigers, who are now 4-2. Sydney Howell netted 12 points for 3-2 Hodgdon.
Boys basketball
Katahdin 66, Ashland 49 — The Cougars prevailed at home thanks in part to a 27-13 run in the third quarter that broke the game open.
Katahdin’s Hunter Craig and Rig Otero led the offense with 17 points each. Brody Guiggey added 13 points and five assists. The Cougars now have a record of 3-2.
Baily Clark scored 17 points and Steven Bellanceau netted 11 for Ashland, still winless at 0-6.
Easton 70, Southern Aroostook 38 — Noah Hanscomb fired in a season-high 24 points and Keagan Kinney contributed 15 as the Bears rolled to their fourth win against two losses in Dyer Brook.
Garrett Siltz had a team-high 10 points for the 2-3 Warriors.
Caribou 49, Old Town 40 — The host Vikings trailed by two points after the first period, but rode a 16-2 scoring run in the second quarter to their third win of the season.
Austin Findlen totaled 18 points and Parker Deprey 14 for Caribou (3-2). Alex Bouchard was also in double figures with 10. Jacob Cyr’s 14 points were tops for Old Town (1-3).Hockey
Presque Isle 3, Brewer 2 — The Wildcats won for the third consecutive time as Jake Stevens scored two goals and Torey Levesque had a pair of assists against the Witches at the Forum in Presque Isle.
Riley Kinney netted a goal and Tanner Smith chipped in with an assist as PI (3-1) outshot the Witches, 30-17. Andre Daigle picked up the win in goal with 15 saves.
“The puck didn’t bounce our way, but we persisted and grinded out an important win against a quality team,” said Presque Isle coach Carl Flynn.
Andrew Morrarty and Ben Byorak collected a goal each for the 1-3 Witches.
