Tonight, in a girls’ Class C rematch, Fort Fairfield hopes to pull off the season sweep of Fort Kent with a 7 p.m. scheduled tipoff on the Warriors’ home floor. A Hunter St. Pierre basket in the final seconds gave the Tigers the deciding points in the 28-26 triumph in the first meeting on Dec. 15 at FFHS.
Boys
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 (fifth place in Class B North) 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.” Caribou, which dropped to 2-7 (13th place) and has now lost five straight, was led by freshman Parker Deprey. The 6-foot freshman drained three 3-pointers and finished with 17 points. Classmate Alex 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 halfcourt 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.”
Fort Fairfield 67, Central Aroostook 46
Also on Wednesday, Jan. 11, in a contest held in Mars Hill, the Tigers made it five victories in a row behind Ryan Player’s season-high 17 point performance.
Zach Crouch paced Central Aroostook (6-4 and in fourth place in Class D North) with 16 points.
The Tigers (7-1 and in second place in Class C North) won the first matchup between the two teams in Fort Fairfield, 60-38.
