Ashland teams split contests

    ST. AGATHA, Maine – The Ashland girls’ and boys’ varsity basketball teams recorded a successful trip up Route 11 to the St. John Valley Friday night with both pulling out wins over Wisdom.
     In the girls’ game Mindy Chasse recorded her fifth double-double of the season with 18 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Lady Hornets to a 40-34 win. Melissa Cray added 11 for the 5-3.
Wisdom got 30 points from the tandem of Nicole St. Pierre and Kayla Daigle, who each scored 15.
The Lady Hornets started the week with a 43-29 loss to a surging Central Aroostook team, which has won seven straight games.
Sarah Long paced the Lady Panthers with 21 points followed by Amber Bradley with 11 while Chasse put up 13 for Ashland and Whitney Flint added 10.
“We’ve been committing too many turnovers and just not doing things as well as we may have been in the beginning [of the season],” said Ashland coach Bill Nemer. “Central Aroostook just has huge players and if they keep themselves in the game, they can be tough.”
Ashland moves into seventh place in Eastern Maine Class D girls’ basketball while the Lady Panthers take over the no. 2 position at 7-3.
On the boys’ side Tyler Cote paced Ashland with 13 points in a 63-42 win over Wisdom. Cutis Belanger added 12 and Jeremy Tarr put up 11 including nine from the three-point arc in the second quarter.
Randy Thibeault led Wisdom with 18 and Chad Sirois added 12.
The Hornets also suffered a loss at the hands of Central Aroostook on Tuesday 88-60.
Cameron York put up 20 for the Panthers, Silas Kelly added 17 and Tim Carlson netted 14.
Tarr led Ashland with 15 points while Isaac Ward added 11 and Belanger put up 10 as the team moved to 4-4 on the season and into 17th place in Eastern Maine Class D boys’ basketball.
Ashland hosts Easton Thursday in a girl/boy double-header beginning at 5:30 p.m. The girls also host Washburn Friday at 7.