MARS HILL – Senior guard Crystal Cates scored a game-high 24 points and Ashland built a six-point halftime lead before holding off host Central Aroostook in the second half of Tuesday night’s 55-54 schoolgirl basketball victory.

Denise Wentworth added 11 points for the Hornets.

Jen Boyd’s 16 points paced Central Aroostook. Kris Bradstreet had 12.

Ashland (2-1) 55

Nason 2(1), Paradis, Cates 9(5), Junkins 1, Caron 2, Soucy 3(3), Wentworth 4(2), Saucier

Central Aroostook (1-3) 54

Hewitt 4, Faggiole 3, Lalone, Libby 4, Boyd 8, McKeen, Bradstreet 5(2), Smith 2

3-pt. goals: Cates, Wentworth Ashland 14 29 37 55 Central Aroostook 16 23 36 54

JV: Central Aroostook 40, Ashland 14

Geo. Valley 58, Maranacook 49

At Readfield, Mia Lombardo scored 14 points to lead the Georges Valley Buccaneers of Thomaston past host Maranacook.

For Georges Valley, Cricket Miller had 13 points and Becca Elliott added 10.

Cheri Lemieux scored 20 points for the Black Bears. Rebecca Larson had 13.

Georges Valley (3-1) 58

Miller 4(4), Elliott 3(4), Lombardo 7, Wilson (1), LaFrance 1(6), Stuart 1(2), Vose, Sobchuk, Bergen 2(2), Daniello, Hilchey (1) Maranacook (1-3) 49

Lemieux 8, Larson 6(1), Taranko 2(1), Dunton 2, Demers, Luszczki, Scholz 1, Bennett 1(1), Chenea 1

3-pt. goals: Miller, Stuart; Lemieux 4 Georges Valley 10 30 38 58 Maranacook 13 19 32 49

Machias 55, Lubec 11

At Machias, Kelly Copp scored eight of her 14 points in the first quarter as Machias outscored Lubec 22-6 en route to the victory.

Cindy Morse had 12 points for the winners.

Mary Davis’ six points led Lubec.

Machias (2-1) 55

Copp 7, Morse 6, Goding 3, Sowerwine 2, S. Pritchard 2, Wolverton 3(1), R. Pritchard 1(2), White (2), Griffin, Wood, Rudd

Lubec (0-3) 11

Davis 1(4), Pratt (2), Robinson 1, Kelley (1), Riggs, Collins, Norris, Wasson, Buehner, Archer

3-pt. goals: S. Pritchard, Sowerwine Machias 22 39 50 55 Lubec 6 8 8 11

Narraguagus 57, Sumner 31

At Harrington, Gladys Ganiel scored 13 points to pace a balanced scoring attack for the host Knights.

Kara Knapp contributed 10 points for the Knights.

Natalie Mason scored 11 points for the Tigers.

Sumner (0-3) 31

Mason 5, Wilkinson 1, D. Glass 1(1), A. Glass 1(1), Harrington 1, Dodge 3, Faulkingham 2, Willey, Brenton, Wold Narraguagus (2-0) 57

Smith (2), Knapp 5, Ganiel 6, Moffitt 4(1), Call 3, Look 4, Allen 2(2), Strout 1(1), Polk, Noyes, Fletcher

3-pt. goals: Ganiel, Mason Sumner 6 12 23 31 Narraguagus 18 35 49 57

JV: Narraguagus 31, Sumner 22

Stearns 51, Orono 45

At Millinocket, Cara Moir and Kristy Wedge scored 13 and 12 points, respectively, to lead the Stearns girls to the win.

Also for the Minutemen, Jennifer Alley had 10 points.

Amy Taylor had 14 points to lead Orono’s offense.

Orono (0-2) 45

Taylor 4(4), Zoerheide 3(1), Elsemore 4, Cota 1, Upham 1, Hamilton 4, Tyrrell 2, Gettleman, Locke, Freese Stearns (2-1) 51

Alley 2(6), Moir 6(1), K. Wedge 6, Gates 2(2), Jewers 2(2), Leet (4), Cyr, T. Wedge, Marshall, Cummings, Dubois

3-pt. goals: Taylor 2 Orono 5 21 26 45 Stearns 20 32 43 51

JV: Stearns 42-34

Cony 66, Lawrence 55

At Augusta, Kelly Duffy scored 10 of her 22 points in the first half and Angela Beaudoin had nine of her 15 over the first 16 minutes as Cony built a 10-point halftime lead and rode it to victory over the defending three-time state Class A champs.

Tammy LaFerriere, Mary Beth Coughlin, and Amy Vachon had eight points apiece for the winners, while Cindy Blodgett’s game-high 26 points, Jill Atwood’s 12 and Wendy Atwood’s 11 points paced Lawrence.

Lawrence (1-1) 55

Blodgett 10(6), J. Atwood 5, W. Atwood 2(7), Clark, Weymouth, Francoeur, Jonassen, C. Roy, Suttie, Tabone, York

Cony (2-0) 66

Duffy 7(6), Vachon 4, Beaudoin 7(1), Pridham (1), LaRochelle 1, Coughlin 3, Huber 1, LaFerriere 3(2), Daigle

3-pt. goals: Coughlin 2, J. Atwood 2; Duffy 2 Lawrence 13 25 35 55 Cony 18 35 48 66

Winslow 72, Cam-Rock 67 (2OT)

At Camden, Erin Akins scored four of her team-high 17 points in the second overtime and teammate Erika LeClair added three free throws as the Black Raiders pulled out the victory in the close-fought game.

LeClair finished with 15 points, and Heather Poulin chipped in with 10.

Darrah Roberts led the Windjammers with a game-high 21 points and Amanda Roberts added another 19. Beth Littlefield added 10.

Winslow (1-1) 72

Poulin 4(2), Akins 7(3), Twombley 4(1), Doyon 3, Desmond 1, LeClair 5(5), Roy 2(3), Quirion, Konecny 1(3) Camden-Rockport (1-1) 67

D. Roberts 8(5), Hennessey, Cleveland, Rogers 4, King, Pease, Dupler 1(2), A. Roberts 7(4), Littlefield 5, Beveridge 1(3), Berg

3-pt. goals: Doyon; A. Roberts Winslow 13 30 45 61 65 72 Camden-Rockport 12 31 43 61 65 67