The Caribou girls basketball team suffered a narrow 53-50 road loss to Maine Central Institute at Pittsfield Saturday in one of the bigger games of the weekend. The Vikings remain in first place in Class B North and the Huskies moved into second. Several other games were moved from Friday to Saturday due to last week’s storm.
Weather should not be a factor for games Monday evening, but there are only a handful on the schedule. The Presque Isle boys are slated to head south to take on Orono at 6 p.m. Other Monday night basketball games include the Hodgdon boys at Houlton; Southern Aroostook boys play at Easton; and Fort Fairfield boys at Central Aroostook. All three of those games are set for 7 p.m.
A Nordic ski meet will be held in Caribou beginning at 3 p.m.
The following is a recap of hockey and basketball games played Saturday:
Hockey
Black Hawks 5, Messalonskee 0 — The Houlton-Hodgdon-Southern Aroostook-Katahdin ice hockey team notched its first shut out of the season Saturday against visiting Messalonskee. The Black Hawks improved to 2-3 on the season, while the Eagles of Oakland fell to 1-6.
Black Hawk Logan Swallow brings the puck up the ice Saturday in a game against Messalonskee. The Black Hawks won 5-0. (Joseph Cyr)
Leading the scoring was Brandon Dunn with two goals and an assist, while A.J. Henderson, Noah Reynolds and Nick DeLucca each had one goal. Reynolds and DeLucca also had assists.
Black Hawk goalie Ian Neureuther made 11 saves on 11 shots, while Eli Michaud had 42 saves on 47 shots.
Girls basketball
Maine Central Institute 53, Caribou 50 — At Pittsfield, April McAlpine’s 21 points led Maine Central Institute to a point worthy Class B North victory over top-ranked Caribou. Gabrielle Marquis led Caribou with 15 points while Taylor LaBreck scored 14.
Second-seeded MCI improved to 6-2 on the season, while Caribou dropped to 6-4.
Katahdin 39, Fort Fairfield 28 — At Stacyville Saturday, Dee Libby poured in 18 points to lead Katahdin past Fort Fairfield. Natalie Rickards chipped in with 10 points for the Cougars (3-4)
Fort Fairfield (6-4) was led by Brenna Levasseur’s 15 points.
Southern Aroostook 61, Shead 26 — At Eastport, freshman Kacy Daggett scored 14 points to lead Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook to victory. Makaelyn Porter added 13 points for the Warriors (7-1) and Kylie Vining had 11.
Cassidy Wilder scored eight points for Shead (4-4).
The Warriors led 13-8, 33-16 and 50-17 at the quarter breaks.
Presque Isle 88, Belfast 31 — At Presque Isle, Emily Wheaton’s 20 points lead the way as the Wildcats defeated Belfast Maggie Castonguay added nine points and Molly Kingsbury eight for the home team.
Kacey Faulkingham led the Lions (0-8) with 11 points.
Presque Isle (4-2) led 23-1, 41-10 and 63-19 at the quarter breaks.
Fort Kent 65, Washburn 29 — At Washburn, Cassidy Lovely scored 24 points to lead the Warriors past the Beavers. Desirae Hafford and Libby Lapointe tossed in 17 and 14, respectively, for Fort Kent (6-2).
Washburn (2-5) was led by Kassie Farley’s 18 points. Trinity Saucier-Pellicer had 11 rebounds.
Central Aroostook 51, Ashland 31 — At Ashland, Ashlee Harris scored 17 points and Kassie Levesque had 15 as Central Aroostook of Mars Hill improved to 6-2.
Amber Chasse had 12 points, including two three-pointers, for 5-4 Ashland.
Boys basketball
Presque Isle 60, Belfast 52 — At Presque Isle, Griffin Guerrette scored a game-high 23 points as the Wildcats fought off Belfast. Stan Sturgis scored 16 points to pace the Lions.
Presque Isle (5-2) led 13-12, 31-29 and 41-40 at the quarter breaks before opening its lead in the final period. Belfast falls to 3-5 on the season.
Maine Central Institute 64, Caribou 56 — The Vikings lost a close game on the road to Maine Central Institute despite 16 points from Parker Deprey and 10 from Mason Patten.
Caribou led by four points in the third quarter and was within four with 1:30 to play in the game, but couldn’t get any closer.
Caribou dropped to 4-6 on the season, while MCI, led by Owen Williams’ 22 points, improved to 5-3.
Shead 88, Southern Aroostook 28 — At Eastport Saturday, Darren Turner led the charge for the Tigers with 21 points. Close behind were Damien Lank and Ethan Lank with 17 points apiece as Shead (3-5) pulled away from Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook (3-6).
Jacob Brooks Paced Southern Aroostook with 13 points. Garrett Siltz chipped in eight points.
The Warriors trailed 23-7, 42-21 and 69-26 at the quarter breaks.
Fort Fairfield 56, Hodgdon 55 — The Tigers edged Hodgdon by one point Saturday in Fort Fairfield. Alex Sprague connected on a pair of free throws with 15 seconds to play to put the Tigers up by three and the Hawks put in a late field goal but fell short. Fort Fairfield improved to 7-1 while Hodgdon fell to 3-6.
Central Aroostook 77, Ashland 45 — The visiting Panthers defeated Ashland Saturday. Individual results were not reported. Central Aroostook improved to 7-1 with the win, while Ashland dropped to 1-8.
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- Jason Collett, left, of the Black Hawks collides with Mesalonskee’s Myles Hammond during Saturday’s game. (Joseph Cyr)
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- Black Hawk Zach Fitzpatrick, front, is focused on the ice as teammate Brandon Dunn looks on during Saturday’s hockey game against Messalonskee. (Joseph Cyr)
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- Abe Lorom of the Houlton-Hodgdon-Southern Aroostook-Katahdin hockey squad tries to steal the puck away from Messalonskee’s Myles Hammond during Saturday’s game. (Joseph Cyr)
