HOULTON – Heather Wilde sank three free throws with less than a minute left in the second overtime to lift the Houlton Shiretowners to a 58-55 schoolgirl basketball win over the Schenck Wolverines Wednesday night.

The Houlton defense held the Wolverines of East Millinocket scoreless in the final two minutes of the second overtime.

Heather Thomas paced the Shiretowners with 16 points and 18 rebounds. Jennifer Bell chipped in with 15 points and Wilde netted 13.

Kelly Morin scored 13 points for Schenck and Holly Rosebush put in 12.

Schenck (1-1) 55

Morin 4-5-13, Rosebush 6-0-12, Boone 2-3-7, Chavarie 2-5-9, Greenleaf 0-3-3, Madore 1-2-4, Franck 1-1-3, York 1-2-4, Gardner, McKinnon, Labell Houlton (3-0) 58

Thomas 5-6-16, Bell 4-7-15, Wilde 4-5-13, Gray 1-2-4, McCarthy 1-1-3, McNutt 2-0-4, Cowperthwaite 0-3-3, Upton, Kelley, Gentile

3-pt. goals: none Schenck 12 21 32 42 49 55 Houlton 8 27 37 42 49 58

JV: Houlton 49, Schenck 34

Fort Fairfield 42, Washburn 28

At Fort Fairfield, Dallas Nightingale keyed a 15-2 scoring surge in the fourth quarter, scoring nine of her 24 points, as the Tigers picked up the win.

Nightingale added 13 rebounds for the winners. Devin Jewett added seven points and 13 rebounds.

Amanda Skidgel tossed in 17 points to lead the Beavers.

Washburn (1-2) 28

M. Thomas 1-0-2, Flewelling 1-0-3, Henthorn 2-0-4, Carson 1-0-2, Skidgel 7-3-17, Dickinson, Tully, Flanagan, Belanger, E. Thomas Fort Fairfield (1-1) 42

Mraz 1-0-2, Nason 4-0-8, Nightingale 8-8-24, Russell 0-1-1, Jewett 3-1-7, Girard, Beckwith, Doak

3-pt. goals: Flewelling Washburn 7 11 26 28 Fort Fairfield 10 20 27 42

JV: Washburn 51, Fort Fairfield 34

Limestone 63, Fort Kent 40

At Limestone, Kelly Hartman played larger than her 5-foot-6 height, grabbing 16 rebounds and scoring 17 points, as the Eagles downed the Warriors.

Amy Berube added 14 points for Limestone, while Laurie Lavoie scored 11 points and notched six steals.

Amy Levesque had 10 points to pace Fort Kent.

Fort Kent (0-3) 40

Saucier, LeBlanc, LeMarr 3-1-7, Caron 1-0-2, Pelletier 3-1-7, Plourde 0-2-2, Bard 3-0-7, Levesque 4-2-10, Marquis 2-1-5 Limestone (2-1) 63

Lavoie 4-2-11, Cannon 2-0-4, Ith 1-1-3, Atwood 2-0-4, Hartman 6-5-17, Harvey 1-3-5, Brooker 1-1-3, Calvo, Berube 6-2-14, Obar 1-0-2, White

3-pt. goals: Bard; Lavoie Fort Kent 8 22 33 40 Limestone 17 31 50 63

JV: Limestone 55, Fort Kent k45

Hodgdon 52, CAHS 38

At Mars Hill, the Hawks used a balanced scoring attack to beat the Central Aroostook Panthers.

Wendy Ivey scored 13 points for the winners and Jodi Quint added 12.

Jaime Alexander paced the Panthers with nine points.

Hodgdon (2-0) 52

Ivey 5-3-13, J. Quint 5-2-12, C. Aldrich 2-1-7, T. Aldrich 3-0-6, Chabot 2-0-4, Brown 2-1-5, A. Quint 2-0-4, Beal 0-1-1, Duff, Willette Central Aroostook (1-1) 38

Alexander 3-3-9, Clark 3-0-6, Peers 3-0-6, Lalone 3-0-6, Lunn 2-1-5, Whited 1-0-2, Mahan 0-2-2, Gosselin 1-0-2, Boyd, Smith, McCrum, Dyer

3-pt. goals: C. Aldrich 2 Hodgdon 14 26 36 52 Central Aroostook 6 18 26 38

JV: Hodgdon 36, Central Aroostook 34

Penquis 59, Central 45

At East Corinth, Erin Weston scored 21 points to key the offense and Kerri Russell led the defense with seven steals as the Patriots from Milo turned back the host Red Devils.

Monica Cookson paced Central with 12 points, while Lisa Seger notched 11.

Penquis (2-0) 59

K. Russell 3-3-9, C. Russell, Laux 0-1-1, Demers, Hamlin 0-2-2, Lavigne 4-0-9, Weston 10-1-21, Gray 3-2-8, Chessa 1-0-2, Nuite 0-1-1, Martin 3-0-6 Central (1-1) 45

Seger 4-1-11, Withee 3-0-6, Bracy 0-2-2, Bailey 1-0-2, Clement 2-0-4, Dow, Wright 1-0-2, Mo. Cookson 2-8-12, Ma. Cookson, Allen 3-0-6

3-pt. goals: Lavigne; Seger 2 Penquis 9 32 46 59 Centra 5 18 32 45

JV: Penquis 49, Central 37

Ashland 57, Wisdom 51

At Ashland, seniors Alicia Nason and Kristina Caron sparked a come-from-behind victory for the Hornets.

Nason tossed in 16 points and had 13 rebounds. Caron also had 16 points and pulled down 18 rebounds.

Tracy Guerrette led the Pioneers with a game-high 18 points. Michelle Ouellette added 17.

Wisdom (0-2) 51

T. Guerrette 3-9-18, Ouellette 6-5-17, Michaud 3-2-8, Pelletier 2-0-4, Derosier 2-0-4, Cyr, C. Guerrette Ashland (2-0) 57

Nason 7-2-16, Caron 8-0-16, Palmer 4-0-9, Saucier 4-0-8, Soucy 4-0-8, Fournier, Hunter, Hafford

3-pt. goals: Palmer, T. Guerrette 3 Wisdom 14 33 43 51 Ashland 4 23 42 57

JV: Ashland 49, Wisdom 44

Boys basketball

Stearns 80, Dexter 53

At Millinocket, Corey Streams and Steve Osborne each scored six points in the pivotal second period while a tough Minutemen defense held Dexter’s big man, Brad Olson, in check.

Streams finished with 15 points to lead the Minutemen. Osborne had 11 and Shaun Illingworth and John Montgomery each scored 10.

For the Tigers, the 6-foot-8 Olson led the way with 15 points and 16 rebounds. James Kirk added 13 points and dished out five assists.

Dexter (1-2) 53

Sherwood 1-1-3, Claverie 0-1-1, Annis 2-0-5, Kirk 6-0-13, Sargent 3-2-9, Monisnski 1-1-3, Olson 6-3-15, Grant 2-0-4, Fitzgerald, Bernier, Carr, Thibodeau Stearns (1-1) 80

Streams 5-5-15, Howes 2-0-4, Neal 1-0-3, Illingworth 4-0-10, Porter 1-3-6, Osborne 4-3-11, Page 1-0-2, Johnson 4-0-8, Montgomery 4-2-10, Ripton 4-0-9, Jandreau, Walsh

3-pt. goals: Annis, Kirk, Sargent, Neal, Illingworth 2, Porter Dexter 19 22 40 53 Stearns 13 31 55 80

JV: Stearns 49, Dexter 48

Hockey

Stearns 4, Brewer 3 (OT)

At Alfond Arena in Orono, the Stearns High School Minutemen appeared to have their first a win over Brewer wrapped up but then they wound up having to go to overtime to claim their first ever victory over the Witches.

Justin Grant, who had an apparent goal called back a minute earlier because it was ruled to have hit the crossbar, fired a 20-foot slap shot between Brewer goalie Shawn Murphy’s pads off a Josh Lynch pass at 2:26 of overtime to give the Minutemen a 4-3 win.

Stearns is now 2-0 and Brewer is 2-1.

Stearns had a seemingly safe 3-1 lead but the Minutemen took three penalties in the final 2:47 and the Witches received power play goals from Ben Ellis and Jason Seavey in the final 48 seconds to tie the game 3-3 and force the overtime.

With goalie Murphy pulled in favor of the extra attacker and Brewer with a six-to-three skater advantage, Ellis jammed a Seavey centering pass through Stearns goalie Jeremy Munoz with 48 seconds left to make it 3-2.

Grant took a hitting after the whistle penalty after the goal and the Witches again pulled Murphy and had a six-on-three advantage when Stearns appeared to sew it up with a clear attempt to ice the puck.

But a Brewer played knocked it down at center ice and Chris O’Donnell raced down the slot. Munoz saved his 30-foot slap shot and the puck rebounded to the side of the net where Seavey flipped a wrist shot into the net from a difficult angle.

Trevor Watt’s first-period goal, a 10-footer into the short side after he circle the net, gave Brewer a 1-0 lead although the Witches were outshot 19-5 in the first period.

Frank Bowley tied it in the second period by tapping hom a Josh Perry shot and Aaron Thibodeau’s screened slap shot made it 2-1 later in the period.

Lynch made it 3-1 by whacking the second rebound behind Murphy in the third period.

Stearns outshot Brewer 40-23.

Stearns 0 2 1 1 – 4 Brewer 1 0 2 0 – 3

First period – 1. Brewer, Watt (Schwartz), 14:57. Penalties – Brewer, Watt, interference, 8:27; Brewer, Ellis, interference, 12:36; Stearns, Perry, hitting from behind, 12:52.

Second period – 2. Stearns, Bowley (Perry), 4:03; 3. Stearns, Thibodeau (Lynch, Grant), 10:33. Penalties – Brewer, Seavey, tripping, 8:20; Brewer, Ellis, slashing, 9:58; Stearns, Perry, slashing, 9:58; Brewer, Murphy, interference (served by Lorenz), 12:08; Brewer, Seavey, roughing, 12:53; Stearns, Thibodeau, roughing, 12:53; Stearns, Perry, holding, 13:17; Stearns, Grant, interference, 14:27.

Third period – 4. Stearns, Lynch (Bowley, Grant), 2:16; 5. Brewer, Ellis (O’Donnell, Seavey), 14:12, PP; 6. Brewer, Seavey (O’Donnell), 14:58, PP. Penalties – Stearns, Lynch, holding, 4:47; Stearns, Brooker, tripping, 12:13; Stearns, Thibodeau, interference, 13:09; Stearns, Grant, hitting after the whistle, 14:12.

Overtime – 7. Stearns, Grant (Lynch, Brooker), 2:26. Penalties – none. Shots on goal: Stearns 19-11-6-4 – 40; Brewer 5-10-6-1 – 23.

Goaltenders – Stearns, Jeremy Munoz; Brewer, Shawn Murphy.

Power-play opportunties – Stearns 0-4

Attendance – 71