Coach Shaun McAvoy’s team (13-7) blitzed Central Aroostook and scored 25 unanswered points spanning the second and third quarters to earn a semifinal meeting with No. 3 Wisdom of St. Agatha (14-5) at 10 a.m. Thursday in Bangor.
The Pioneers relied on veteran point guard Lily Roy to close out the game.
The Warriors scored the game’s first 11 points en route to a 38-24 halftime lead, and never trailed.
Caribou (13-6) will play the winner of No. 1 Ellsworth and No. 9 Presque Isle at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 21
The No. 4 Orono Red Riots kicked off their repeat bid for the state crown with a hard-fought 55-47 victory over No. 5 Caribou on Saturday
Aroostook County is seeing lower than normal snowfall totals this year. Fort Kent has received about 56.5 inches of snow so far this season and the current snow depth is about 10 inches.
The 5th-seeded Vikings advanced to face No. 4 Orono in the quarterfinals of the tournament at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.
The Hodgdon boys advance to the Class C North quarterfinal round in Bangor for the first time in seven years.
The ninth-seeded St. Agatha team will now face No. 1 Schenck in a quarterfinal match at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.
Eighth-seeded Presque Isle advances to face No. 1 Ellsworth in the quarterfinals at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor at 1:30 p.m., Saturday.
