Beal scores 17 to help Royals defeat Dragons

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WOODLAND – The Jonesport-Beals Royals raced out to a 17-point lead at the half en route to a 50-32 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Woodland Dragons here Thursday night.

Lynette Beal scored 17 points and Julia Alley eight added for the winners, now 2-1.

Tracy Lewis paced 0-2 Woodland with 13 points and Amy Kneeland netted eight.

Jonesport-Beals (50)

Beal 6(4), Faulkingham 2, Stevens 3, Carver 2(1), Smith 2, J. Alley 1(6), Lakeman 1, Stanhope 1(1), J. Farnsworth, R. Farnsworth, C. Alley, Mills, Cifelli, Floyd Woodland (38)

Lewis 5(2), Poulin 1(1), Smith (1), Campbell, Kneeland 4, Kelley 1, Cox (1), Torrey 1(1), Bohanon, Duchaine, Brown

3-pt. goals: Beal, Faulkingham; Lewis, Kelley Jonesport-Beals 16 27 42 50 Woodland 7 10 19 32

Limestone 54, Ft. Fairfield 31

At Fort Fairfield, Rachel Sharts scored 16 points to power Limestone to its second win against one loss.

Kim Chatman and Heather Huckins each added 13 points for Limestone.

For the Tigers of Fort Fairfield, 0-2, Kiska Michaud had 12 points.

Limestone (54)

Frietes, Lundy, Cote 1(1), Sager, Chatman 4(4), Beaulieu (4), Allen (1), Rhome 2, Schroeder, Sharts 8, Huckins 6(1), Howey Fort Fairfield (31)

Prue (2), Shaw, McCullough, S. Everett 2(2), Libby (2), Nichols, C. Everett, Plant 4, Shields (1), Michaud 5(2)

3-pt. goals: Chatman Fort Fairfield 6 17 22 31 Limestone 14 22 38 54

WA Raiders 50, Sumner 34

At East Machias, the Washington Academy Raiders snapped a 6-6 tie after the first quarter to take a nine-point lead at the half and went on to beat the Tigers of East Sullivan.

Mandy Webb paced the 1-1 winners with 18 points. Wanda Seeley chipped in with 10 points and dished out eight assists.

For 0-4 Sumner, Abby Seward scored 13 points and Kathy Johnson netted nine.

Washington Acad. (50)

Webb 5(7), Seeley 5, Dennison 2(4), Preston 1, J. Robinson 2, Cates 4, Lyford, Mather, L. Robinson, Fitzsimmons, Cushing Sumner (34)

Seward 6, Mason 1, Johnson 4(1), Nelson 1, Alexander 1, Joy 3, Pinkham, Carter, Marshall, Glass, Lowe, Hanson

3-pt. goals: Webb; Seward Washington Acad. 6 25 40 50 Sumner 6 16 25 34

JV: Washington Acad. 39, Sumner 37

Central-EC 55, Penquis 50

At East Corinth, the host Red Devils almost let a runaway turn into a loss, but held off rallying Penquis of Milo for their second win in two tries.

The Devils held Penquis scoreless in the second period and led 28-8 at the half before taking a 39-13 margin in the third.

However, the Patriots wouldn’t collapse and rallied to outscore the hosts 32-8 and pull within two, 47-45, with just under three minutes left before finally being defeated.

Beth Miller led the winners’ balanced scoring with 12; Cherie Greatorex added 11.

For the 1-2 Pats, Tina Harris had 16 points and 13 rebounds. Andrea Haley scored 12 and Renee Cote 11.

Central-EC (55)

Greatorex 5, Allen 4, Wallace 3(2), Miller 5(2), Hatch 2(2), Ramsey 3, Dearborn 1, Bean, Libby 1, Petz, Annett, Cotta

Penquis (50)

Harris 6(4), Haley 5(2), Cote 4(1), Freese 1, Carey 3(3), Richard

3-pt. goals: Greatorex; Cote 2 Central 16 28 41 55 Penquis 8 8 31 50

PCHS 61, Dexter 54

At Guilford, the host Piscataquis Pirates improved to 2-0 as Daralyn Smiley had 17 points to lead the offense.

Karin Burdin had 15 points, Elisa Thompson had 13, and Rachel Cookson added 10 for the Pirates.

For the Tigers, Mandy King had 19 points and Eva Wing added 10.

Piscataquis (61)

Smiley 7, Burdin 7(1), Cookson 5, Thompson 3(7), McKenney 3, Johnson Dexter (54)

King 9, Wing 4(2), Smith 2, Hersey 4, Lobdell 1, Downing 3(2), Swan 1, Sinclair

3-pt. goals: Smiley 3; King, Hersey Piscataquis 15 26 48 61 Dexter 13 25 42 54

JV: Dexter 30, PCHS 29