Valencourt secures Van Buren win

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EASTON – Travis Valencourt drained two free throws with five seconds to play to give Van Buren a 68-67 schoolboy basketball victory over Easton’s Bears here Friday night. It was Van Buren’s first win this season.

Many games in Eastern Maine were postponed Friday night because of Thursday night’s snow storm.

Valencourt led all scorers with 28 points for the Crusaders. Nathan Marquis hit for 17 and Issac Cote scored 12 for the winners.

For the Bears, Chris Smith poured in 23, Ryan Jandreau tossed in 22 and Seth Dudley scored 11.

Van Buren (1-2) 68

Valencourt 10-8-28, LaPlant 1-0-2, Parent 1-0-3, Marquis 6-5-17, Cote 5-0-12, Cormier 2-1-6, Lajoie Easton (0-2) 67

Jandreau 10-0-22, Cleaves 1-0-2, Pytlak 1-0-2, Smith 11-1-23, Dudley 5-1-11, Martin 3-1-7, Lamoreau

3-pt. goals: Parent, Cote 2, Cormier, Jandreau 2 Van Buren 10 25 54 68 Easton 12 16 47 67

JV: Easton 53, Van Buren 35

Katahdin 79, So. Aroostook 62

At Sherman Station, Luke Cullins poured in 23 points, including three 3-pointers, for the Cougars who took command in the second quarter and posted their second win in three games.

Nate Richardson added 14 points. Justin McNally scored 11 points and Jon Mooney finished with 10 in the winning effort.

Rick Lane scored 25 points and Brad Jones 14 for winless Southern Aroostook.

So. Aroostook (0-3) 62

Jones 4-6-14, Lane 9-7-25, Walker 0-1-1, J. Michaud 1-3-5, J. Porter 0-1-1, Mayberry 1-2-4, C. Porter 1-0-2, Gordon 1-0-3, Russell 3-1-7, Collier, Bragan, S. Michaud, Hersey Katahdin (2-1) 79

Richardson 5-2-14, Cullins 8-4-23, J. McNally 4-2-11, Mooney 3-4-10, Libby 2-1-5, Smith 1-1-3, N. McNally 1-0-2, Cyr 0-1-1, Schmidt 1-0-2, Sleeper 4-0-8, Stubbs, Brawn, Rush, Mann

3-pt. goals: Gordon; Richardson (2), Cullins (3), McNally So. Aroostook 17 23 39 62 Katahdin 25 44 62 79

JV: Katahdin 59, So. Aroostook 48

Fort Fairfield 60, Limestone 49

At Limestone, John Nicholls led all scorers with 24 points while pacing the visiting Tigers to the win.

Don Demerchant added 19 points for the winners.

For Limestone, Andrew Trobridge netted 10 points.

Fort Fairfield (2-1) 60

Nicholls 8-8-24, Demerchant 8-3-19, Sayers 1-2-3, Bernard 2-0-4, Boulier, Hayes, Stevens, J. Hayes 1-0-2, McGinnis 2-2-7, Cunningham 0-1-1, Cyr Limestone (0-2) 49

Trobridge 5-0-10, Bernier 2-0-6, Beaulieu 1-0-2, Reed 2-3-7, Coachman 3-1-7, Brian Tweed, Hall 2-0-4, Fernald 1-0-2, Brent Tweed 2-0-4, West 1-1-4, Chasse 1-1-3 3-pt. goals: McGinnis; Bernier 2, West Fort Fairfield 17 28 44 60 Limestone 7 20 33 49

East Grand 54, Shead 45

At Danforth, Budd Shain netted a game-high 26 points, including 10 points in the fourth quarter, to lift the host Vikings past Shead’s Tigers.

East Grand also owned the backboards as Frank Godley pulled down 21 rebounds to go with 16 points. Anthony Cropley chipped in 10 for the winners.

John Barres paced the Tigers with 13 points and Mike Raye added 11.

Shead (1-2) 45

Barres 5-3-13, Raye 5-0-11, Cheaney 4-1-9, Newcomb 3-2-8, Mitchell 0-4-4, Rice, Suddy, Cox, Griffin, Shannon, Murphy, Mumme East Grand (4-0) 54

Shain 9-8-26, Godley 8-0-16, Cropley 4-0-10, Gosselin 1-0-2, Davis, Whiting, Golding, J. Davis, Gillis, Parker

3-pt. goals: Cropley 2; Raye Shead 10 23 32 45 East Grand 11 23 38 54

JV: Shead 46, East Grand 43