The 20-1 Warriors will seek their third consecutive state championship and fifth in six years when they face 21-0 South champion Valley High of Bingham in Saturday’s 1:05 p.m. state final at the Augusta Civic Center.
Eleven teams were in the recreational division and four were in the open division.
Organizers have canceled this year’s Can-Am Crown sled dog race in Fort Kent less than a week before it was set to start.
The defending two-time state champion Southern Aroostook High School girls basketball team made it six Class D North titles in a row with a convincing 71-27 victory.
Hodgdon, which started three freshmen, a sophomore and a junior, finished with a 17-4 record.
Micah Daigle finished as Fort Fairfield’s lone double-digit scorer on Thursday, tallying 12 points, an assist and two offensive rebounds.
The 19-1 Warriors, winners of four of the last five state D titles, will face seventh seed Katahdin of Stacyville, 14-7, in Saturday’s 1 p.m. regional championship game.
Powered by 16 third quarter points from senior guard Hunter Hartsgrove, the No. 7 Katahdin girls basketball team upset senior Lilly Roy and No. 3 Wisdom 42-34 in the Class D North regional semifinals Thursday.
Coach Brett Russell’s Warriors, who claimed the 2023 state title, wound up 13-7.
The undefeated Schenck High School Wolverines built a 16-point halftime lead and withstood a Katahdin rally to post a 50-42 Class D North victory.
