Shires roll by Vikings

HOULTON – Liz Nelson scored 24 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to help the Houlton Shiretowners roll past the Caribou Vikings 61-35 in schoolgirl basketball action Tuesday night.

The Shiretowners outscored the Vikings 14-4 in the second quarter after leading 13-12 after the first.

Andrea Spencer chipped in with nine points for the 6-1 winners and Jill Donato had 10 rebounds.

Anne Bernard paced 2-3 Caribou with nine points and Erin Cole-Karagory added eight.

Houlton (61)

Nelson 9(6), O’Leary 3, McCarthy 2(2), Spencer 4(1), Dow (1), Donato 1, McAfee, Sullivan 2, Shea 1(2), Upton Caribou (35)

Bernard 4, Thibodeau 1(2), Putnam 1, Smith 1, Martin 2(2), Richards (2), Jackson 1, Hunter, Bray, Humphrey, Karagory 4

3-pt. goals: O’Leary 2; Bernard Houlton 13 27 39 61 Caribou 12 16 21 35

JV: Caribou 45, Houlton 35

Machias 68, Lubec 28

At Machias, Becky Tower had 22 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Machias Bulldogs to the win over Lubec.

Amy Wolverton scored 15 points for the 6-2 Bulldogs.

For the 0-6 Hornets, Marcie Gallant had 12 points.

Machias (68)

Tower 10(2), A. Wolverton 6(3), Morse 4, Copp 3, McDonald 3, S. Wolverton 2(1), Goding 2, Wood 1 Lubec (28)

Gallant 3(5), Rogers 3(2), Kelley 2, Collins 1, Davis (1), Buchner, Pratt, Mulholland, Archer

3-pt. goals: Gallant, Rogers Machias 14 35 52 68 Lubec 7 13 24 28