CARIBOU – Mike Arsenault scored 16 points and Peter Pitula added 12 to help the Bangor Rams cruise past the Caribou Vikings 82-51 in the mutual schoolboy basketball opener for the Class A teams Saturday.

Arsenault tallied 11 points in the third quarter. Duane Peoples put up seven points in the second and finished with 11.

Caribou’s Ryan Soucie connected on three 3-pointers and tallied 15 points to lead the Vikings.

Bangor (1-0) 82

Waterman 4-0-8, Loukes 2-1-5, Gildart 1-0-3, Peoples 5-0-11, Blackstone 1-0-3, Gallant 0-1-1, Leture 2-1-6, Arsenault 7-1-16, Pitula 5-0-12, Clarkson 4-0-8, Webber 1-1-3, Turner 0-6-6, Chadbourne, Merrill Caribou (0-1) 51

Holabird 3-0-8, Garneault 1-0-2, Belanger 3-0-6, Soucie 4-4-15, Umphrey 3-2-9, Sam 1-0-2, Plourde 1-0-2, Martin 0-3-3, Funk 2-0-4, Pinette, Reitmeyer

3-pt. goals: Pitula 2, Arsenault, Leture, Peoples, Blackstone, Gildart; Soucie 3, Holabird 2, Umphrey Bangor 11 34 61 82 Caribou 9 18 26 51

JV: Bangor 59, Caribou 32

Chop Point 42, Liberty 39

At Blue Hill, Chop Point of Woolwich took a 15-9 first-quarter lead and held on for the victory.

Loren Francis paced Chop Point with 17 points.

Arrian Myrick fired in 13 points for the Lightning of Blue Hill, while Kagan Bingler added 10.

Chop Point (2-1) 42

L. Francis 6-5-17, M. Perkins 3-2-8, Smith 0-1-1, T. Perkins 4-0-8, C. Francis 2-0-4, McMahon Liberty (0-4) 39

Myrick 6-1-13, K. Bingler 4-1-10, L. Bingler 2-2-6, Furth-Cassidy 1-0-2, Pert 4-0-8, O’Reilly, Fitzgerald

3-pt. goals: K. Bingler Chop Point 15 26 34 42 Liberty 9 18 26 39

Foxcroft Acad. 59, Ellsworth 57

At Dover-Foxcroft, Seth Kimball tossed in the game-winner with under a second remaining to lift Foxcroft Academy.

Kimball finished up with 15 points and six rebounds. Andy Lizotte added 12 points and Nate Laita had six rebounds to go with 15 points.

Rick McDonald scored 17 points and Mike Seltzer put in 10 points for Ellsworth.

Ellsworth (2-1) 57

Seltzer 3-3-10, McDonald 5-5-17, Sirois, Alley 0-3-3, Garreans, Lindsey 2-2-7, Donaldson 3-1-7, Salsbury 1-0-2, Conley 2-4-8, Cochran 1-0-2, Spueng 0-1-1

Foxcroft Academy (2-1) 59

Kimball 7-1-15, Lizotte 2-8-12, Laita 6-3-15, Hartford 1-0-2, Clawson 1-3-5, Robbins, Fands, Stevens, Grant 1-1-4, Richards 3-0-6

3-pt. goals: Seltzer, McDonald 2, Lindsey; Grant Ellsworth 17 37 48 57 Foxcroft Academy 13 25 42 59

JV: Ellsworth 68, Foxcroft Academy 40

Orono 74, George Stevens 62

At Blue Hill, Joel Johnson tossed in four 3-pointers and led Orono with 18 points.

R.J. Myers and Ben Enos added 15 and 11 points respectively for the winners.

Chad Mattson scored a game-high 21 points and Nick Malinowski chipped in with 17 points for George Stevens of Blue Hill.

Orono (1-2) 74

Johnson 7-0-18, Myers 6-3-15, Enos 5-1-11, Lapoint 3-2-9, Torrey 4-0-8, Means 1-2-5, Wade 2-0-4, Doucette 1-0-3, Bishop 0-1-1, Markowsky, Chandler George Stevens (0-3) 62

Mattson 8-2-21, Malinowski 8-1-17, Poole 4-0-8, Cole 3-0-8, Austin 0-4-4, Allen 1-2-4, Sadlier, Hutchins, Ryan, Trenkle, Foss, Lewandowski, Davies

3-pt. goals: Johnson 4; Mattson 3, Cole 2 Orono 18 41 52 74 George Stevens 22 42 52 62

JV: George Stevens 87, Orono 70

John Bapst 42, Bucksport 22

At Bangor, the Crusaders held the Golden Bucks to three points in the final quarter as John Bapst defeated Bucksport.

Mike Mathien led all scorers with 20 points for the Crusaders. Tim Mathien added seven points. Josh Clough and Cameron Giroux led Bucksport with five Bucksport (2-1) 22

Clough 2-1-5, Giroux 2-1-5, Beck 2-0-4, Gray 1-0-3, Russell 1-0-2, Pollard 1-0-2, Simpson 0-1-1, Mott, Harvey, Astbury John Bapst (2-0) 42

M. Mathien 5-10-20, T. Mathien 3-0-7, S. Tremble 2-1-5, Ford 2-0-4, Halber 0-3-3, Lockman 1-0-2, T. Tremble, Healey, St. John, Hanscom, Schelling, Owen

3-pt. goals: T. Mathien; Gray Bucksport 5 13 19 22 John Bapst 11 17 27 42

JV: John Bapst 53, Bucksport 39

Bangor Chr. 71, East Grand 60

At Penobscot Job Corps gym in Bangor, Craig Simmons scored 27 points as Bangor Christian earned the win.

Nate Conley added 11 points for the Patriots.

Nick Parker led East Grand with 26 points. Ryan Brown had 12 points and Danny Irish tossed in 10 points.

East Grand (3-2) 60

Davis 2-1-5, Parker 10-6-26, Shain 1-5-7, Brown 4-2-12, Irish 2-6-10, Williams, Faullener, Conklin Bangor Christian (1-2) 71

Conley 4-0-11, Simmons 13-1-27, Foss 4-1-9, Reitsma 3-3-9, Heverson 3-2-8, McKenna 2-3-7, Schroeher, Tyree, Ouellette

3-pt. goals: Brown 2; Conley 3 East Grand 6 25 41 60 Bangor Christian 20 32 53 71

Ice hockey

Messalonskee 4, Hampden 1

At Winslow, Brian Engert scored two goals and Mike Engert added a goal and an assist as the Eagles downed the Broncos.

Jake Rancourt scored a goal for 3-0 Messalonskee. Ryan Ridky, Kippy Bragg and Jake Vellieux added assists. Ridky stopped 19 of the 20 shots he faced.

Scott Tardiff scored the goal for 0-2 Hampden. Sean Tardiff had the assist. Chad Trudel made 28 saves on 32 shots.

Foxcroft 8, Kents Hill 0

At Sawyer Arena in Bangor Friday night, goalie Ben Orton stopped all 25 shots he faced as Foxcroft Academy of Dover-Foxcroft earned its first win.

Adam Harvey, Mike Lebel and Seth Condon scored two goals each for the 1-2 Ponies. Dave Speed and Jake Brooks talled a goal each and Ben Preston notched three assists.

Goalie Nick Hussey stopped 48 of 56 shots he faced for 1-2 Kents Hill.

Presque Isle 4, Foxcroft 3

At the Northern Maine Forum in Presque Isle, Jason Straetz netted the game-winner on his third goal of the game off an assist from Kyle Folsom.

Folsom finished with a goal and two assists for the winners. Derrick Allen and Josh Hayes each had an assist. Ted Wright turned away 23 of 26 shots.

Ben Preston, Mile Lebel and Dave Speed each had a goal for Foxcroft Academy which blew an early 3-0 lead. Adam Harvey and Jamie Costa each had an assist and Ben Orton saved 23 of 27 shots.