BUCKSPORT – Nathan Bowden poured in 30 points and Greg Gobel posted 28 more as the Bucksport Golden Bucks held off a late charge by the Stearns Minutemen for an 84-82 schoolboy basketball victory Friday night.

David Winchester had 14 assists for the Bucks, and Gobel had 10 rebounds.

Ryan Reeves scored 12 of his 22 points to lead a Stearns comeback in the fourth quarter which trimmed the Bucks’ 18-point lead. Pat Carson added 16 points and Jason Cyr 13.

Stearns (1-2) 82

Babbidge 2-0-5, Boutaugh 2-2-6, Cyr 5-1-13, Montgomery 2-0-4, Osborne 2-2-7, McAvoy 3-3-9, Reeves 8-4-22, Carson 8-0-16 Bucksport (3-1) 84

Page 2-1-5, Winchester 2-3-8, Fitch 4-1-9, Gobel 11-6-28, Bowden 10-5-30, Soper 2-0-4, Smith

3-pt. goals: Bowden 5, Winchester; Babbidge, Cyr 2, Osborne, Reeves 2 Stearns 15 38 53 82 Bucksport 15 39 62 84

JV: Stearns 74, Bucksport 56

John Bapst 60, Ellsworth 48

At Ellsworth, Norman Loukes led the John Bapst Crusaders to the win over Ellsworth with 22 points.

Ryan Thomas scored 14 points and Randy Buswell added 12 for the Crusaders.

Mark Hellum had 13 points and Marc LeClerc added 12 for Ellsworth.

John Bapst (3-0) 60

Loukes 9-3-22, Thomas 3-8-14, Buswell 5-2-12, Balchen 2-0-4, Dzurec 2-2-6, Brown 1-0-2, Halber 1-0-2, Ward Ellsworth (1-4) 48

Hodgkins 1-3-6, McDonald 2-0-4, LeClerc 6-0-12, Higgins 3-0-8, Harriman 1-0-2, Brown 0-3-3, Hellum 6-1-13, Newman, Lindberg

3-pt. goals: Loukes; Hodgkins, Higgins John Bapst 14 22 38 60 Ellsworth 12 16 30 48

JV: John Bapst 41, Ellsworth 31

J-Beals 83, DI-Stonington 56

At Jonesport, Elliot Peabody scored a team-high 23 points before leaving the game with a knee injury, powering the Royals to their first win of the season.

Jared Fagonde added 17 points for Jonesport-Beals.

For Deer Isle-Stonington, Ryan Jones and Jeremiah Gray each had 13 points.

Deer Isle-Stonington (1-4) 56

Webb 4-1-9, Jones 5-3-13, Johnson 1-0-2, Wiberg 3-0-6, Rice 1-1-3, Dodge 1-3-6, Weed 1-0-2, Grant 1-0-2, Gray 4-5-13 Jonesport-Beals (1-4) 83

Faulkingham 2-0-4, Johnson 1-0-2, Kenney 1-1-3, Crowley 1-0-2, Bean 2-2-6, Tibbetts 2-3-7, Alley 3-1-8, Fagonde 6-3-17, Carver 5-2-12, Peabody 9-2-23

3-pt. goals: Dodge; Alley, Fagonde 2, Peabody 3 Deer Isle-Stonington 8 21 39 56 Jonesport-Beals 9 39 56 83

JV: J-Beals 53, Deer Isle-Stonington 52

Central 65, Schenck 62

At East Corinth, Josh Newcomb hit two foul shots with 29 seconds left to snap a 62-62 tie and the Red Devils held on for the come-from-behind victory.

Newcomb finished with 14 points, including the basket that tied the game with 49 seconds remaining. John Miller added 14 points and Errol Hanson scored 10 for Central, which trailed by six early in the fourth quarter.

For Schenck of East Millinocket, Tom Jamo led with 24 points. Greg Currier added 12 points and 16 rebounds.

Schenck (2-2) 62

Jamo 8-4-24, Currier 4-4-12, Turcotte 2-2-6, Giberson 1-3-6, Kimball 2-2-6, Smith 1-0-2, McDonough 1-0-2, Wyman 2-0-4, Brown Central (4-1) 65

Newcomb 5-4-14, Miller 7-0-14, Hanson 4-2-10, Bragdon 3-2-8, Hussey 3-0-8, Horn 2-0-4, Seifert 2-3-7, Greatorex, Cookson

3-pt. goals: Jamo 4, Giberson; Hussey 2 Schenck 11 24 45 62 Central 12 30 46 65

JV: Central 81, Schenck 39

MDI 59, Hermon 47

At Hermon, Marc Corliss tossed in 23 points to lead the Mount Desert Island past Hermon.

Jason Ashur added 13 for the Trojans, while Matt Ketchen netted 12.

Rob Watson scored 29 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Hawks. Steve Tweedie added 10.

MDI (3-1) 59

Daly 1-0-3, Ingrisano, Gilbert 2-2-6, Ashur 4-4-13, Dunbar 0-2-2, Ketchen 6-0-12, Worcester 0-1-1, Corliss 10-3-23 Hermon (1-3) 47

Perry, Anderson, Bartlett 3-0-6, Moulton, Hamm, Stuber, Tweedie 4-1-10, Peterson, Goodspeed, Watson 11-6-29, Crowell 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Daly, Ashur, Ketchen; Tweedie, Watson MDI 14 35 47 59 Hermon 12 24 34 47

JV: MDI 67, Hermon 59

George Stevens 87, WA 69

At Blue Hill, the Eagles took a 13-point lead at the half and cruised in the second to beat the Washington Academy Raiders of East Machias.

Damon Gray paced the winners with 22 points, Scott Murphy added 15, Trevor Merrill put in 12, and Jeremy Carter netted 11.

Justin Grosman scored 19 points for the Raiders and Dallas Quarles put in 17.

Washington Academy (3-1) 69

Grosman 6-7-19, Quarles 4-9-17, Grant 1-6-8, Ingalls 2-3-7, Sprague 0-3-3, Macauley 0-4-4, Slater 1-0-2, Albert 0-2-2, Ackely 1-0-2, Thanson George Stevens (3-1) 87

Gray 8-6-22, Murphy 7-1-15, Merrill 4-4-12, Carter 4-3-11, Mattson 2-3-7, Pert 2-2-6, Wisemann 2-0-4, Grindle 1-2-4, Blair 2-0-4, Wright 1-0-2, Murray, Torrey

3-pt. goals: none Washington Academy 17 32 43 69 George Stevens 20 45 61 87

JV: George Stevens 73, Washington Acad. 64

Islesboro 73, Temple Christian 49

At Isleboro, Zach Conover scored 28 points to reach a total of 1,000 in his high school career and grabbed 14 rebounds to help Islesboro defeat Temple Christian of Ellsworth.

Jesse Day added 18 points for Isleboro and recorded 12 rebounds.

Adam Bien led Temple Christian with 15 points, and Scott Blackstone had 13 more.

Temple Christian (1-1) 49

Bien 7-0-15, Blackstone 6-0-13, D. Trenholm 4-0-8, Tad Howard 1-0-3, Coglitori 1-0-2, Logan 2-4-8, J. Trenholm, To. Howard Islesboro (1-3) 73

Z. Conover 9-8-28, J. Conover 6-0-12, Day 9-0-18, Dove 4-0-8, Gallant 1-0-2, Standish 2-0-4, Antonucci 0-1-1, Shand, Caron, Leach, Carver

3-pt. goals: Bien, Blackstone, Tad Howard; Conover Temple Christian 8 17 32 49 Islesboro 12 28 49 73

Greenville 72, Bangor Chr. 62

At Bangor, Mike Burgess scored 22 points and Scott Anderson pumped in 19 to help pace the Greenville Lakers past Bangor Christian.

Rance McEachern scored 15 points for the Lakers.

Shaw scored 31 points and Mark Treadwell added 20 for the Patriots.

Greenville (2-2) 72

Mi. Burgess 9-1-22, Anderson 8-3-19, McEachern 6-3-15, Wilson, Walden, Morrill, C. Owens 1-2-4, J. Owens 1-0-2, Hughes 2-0-4, Ma. Burgess 1-0-2, Libby, Taylor, Philbrook 3-0-6 Bangor Christian (0-4) 62

Shaw 10-7-31, Treadwell 7-5-20, Campbell, Sage 1-0-3, Marden, Schoeher, Epstein 1-0-2, Payne, Silva, Martin 0-2-2, Cohn 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: Burgess 3; Shaw 4, Treadwell, Sage Greenville 16 40 57 72 Bangor Christian 8 16 32 62