Balanced Ponies beat Minutemen

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MILLINOCKET – Foxcroft Academy implemented a balanced scoring attack Tuesday night, placing four players in double figures en route to a 63-54 Class B schoolboy basketball victory over Stearns at Wentworth Gym.

Nathan Richards scored 18 points for the Ponies, Nate Laita and Andy Lizotte each put in 13, and Seth Kimball netted 11.

Cory Streams poured in a game-high 25 points for the Minutemen.

Foxcroft (3-1) 63

Richards 5-6-18, Laita 5-3-13, Kimball 4-3-11, Lizotte 4-5-13, Clawson 1-2-4, Robbins 0-2-2, Stevens 1-0-2, Lander, Hartford, Sands, Grant Stearns (0-2) 54

Streams 11-3-25, Lankhorst 3-3-9, Neal 4-0-8, Carr 0-1-1, Civiello 0-1-1, Comber 1-0-2, Fling 1-0-3, Ayotte 2-1-5, Folsom, Cote

3-pt. goals: Richards 2; Fling Foxcroft (3-1) 14 34 54 63 Stearns (0-2) 12 29 41 54

JV: Foxcroft 50, Stearns 37

Schenck 60, Lee Academy 33

At Lee, Nick Lyons poured in a game-high 22 points and grabbed 16 rebounds as Schenck of East Millinocket won easily.

P.J. Ciarrocchi had 12 points and 16 rebounds for the Wolverines. Chris Wyman tossed in 12 points and Nate Jamo dished out nine assists.

Lee Academy’s Charlie Worster scored 10 points.

Schenck (1-3) 60

Lyons 9-0-22, Wyman 5-1-12, Ciarrocchi 4-4-12, N. Jamo 1-2-4, Jones 2-0-4, Landry 3-0-6, Rosebush, Thompson, McDunnah, Turcotte, Page Lee Academy (1-3) 33

Worster 4-2-10, Corbin 0-2-2, Peters 0-4-4, Carr 2-3-7, Rastad 1-1-3, Bicker 2-1-5, Nicholas 1-0-2, Wyman, Jacobs, Ripley, Dana

3-pt. goals: Lyons 4, Wyman Schenck 16 27 48 60 Lee Academy 8 19 28 33

JV: Lee Academy 63, Schenck 62

Calais 60, Mattanawcook 53

At Calais, Lucas Reardon led Calais with 15 points, 11 rebounds and six steals.

Nathan Holst scored 14 points for the winners and Ryan Fox had 11 points and 10 assists.

Dan Welch tossed in 24 points for Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln. B.J. Birtz netted 10 points.

Mattanawcook Academy (3-1) 53

Welch 10-4-24, Birtz 3-4-10, Willette 3-3-9, McLellan 0-4-4, Reed 1-0-3, Albert 1-0-2, Sochulak 0-1-1, Jordan, Shorey, Watton Calais (1-3) 60

Reardon 7-1-15, Holst 4-6-14, Fox 4-1-11, Frost 3-2-8, Dow 4-0-8, DeVoe 2-0-4, Pike, Best, Porter, LeSeur, Olson

3-pt. goals: Reed; Fox 2 Mattanawcook 9 29 40 53 Calais 12 25 37 60

JV: Mattanawcook 67, Calais 41

Dexter 61, Piscataquis 49

At Dexter, Greg Bogan scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the Tigers topped Piscataquis Community of Guilford.

Bill Keyte led all scorers with 17 points for Dexter, while Brent Patterson handed out eight assists. The Tigers blew open the game by outscoring Piscataquis 30-15 over the middle two periods.

Jacob Ginn netted 14 to pace the Pirates.

Piscataquis (2-1) 49

Ginn 5-4-14, Morrison 1-0-2, Leavitt 4-0-9, White 3-3-9, Littlefield 1-0-2, Priest 2-3-7, Starbird 0-1-1, DeCastro 2-1-5, Gilbert, Jones, Burgess Dexter (3-1) 61

Patterson 2-4-9, Cooper 1-3-5, Haven 1-0-2, Keyte 6-4-17, Vafiades 1-1-3, Mountain 3-0-6, Small 2-0-4, Bogan 7-1-15, Teixeira, Kimball, Cox, Conners

3-pt. goals: Leavitt; Patterson, Keyte Piscataquis 11 16 26 49 Dexter 11 30 41 61

JV: Dexter 57, PCHS 48

Valley 75, Richmond 60

At Bingham, Chris Willer scored 21 points and Dustin Cool put in 17 to power the Cavaliers.

Aubrey Belanger chipped in with 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Valley.

Brandon Diamond paced Richmond with 23 points and Scott Brillant added 17.

Richmond (3-1) 60

Schanck 3-0-7, Douglass 2-0-5, Diamond 9-3-23, Beckwith 1-0-2, Brillant 6-5-17, Roseberry 3-0-6, Merrill, McKenney, Beasley, Coughlin, Wallace Valley (3-0) 75

Pelotte, Willer 7-7-21, Cool 7-0-17, Nichols 1-0-2, Belanger 7-2-16, Cates, Robinson, J. Belanger 3-1-8, I. Belanger 1-0-2, Morrill 4-1-9

3-pt. goals: Schanck, Douglass, Diamond 2; Cool 3, J. Belanger Richmond 11 26 42 60 Valley 18 36 48 75

Erskine 61, Maranacook 51

At Readfield, Dylan Coutts poured in 19 points to lead Erskine Academy of South China to the win.

Craig Belanger fired in 15 for the Eagles, while MeKeag Singleton added 13.

Brian Garrity finished with 17 points to lead Maranacook, while Tony Creek added 11.

Erskine (3-1) 61

Stout 2-0-4, Singleton 5-3-13, Ternig, Wescott 2-0-4, Coutts 8-3-19, Coull 3-0-6, Belanger 6-3-15 Maranacook (2-1) 51

Smith 1-0-3, Rollins, Gifford, Raines, G. Creek 3-1-7, Garrity 5-5-17, T. Creek 5-0-11, Ellis 3-0-6, Olson 3-1-7

3-pt. goals: Garrity 2, Smith, Belanger Erskine 12 28 43 61 Maranacook 13 25 39 51

C-R ‘Jammers 78, Mount View 57

At Camden, Jon Moro had all nine of his points in the first half and 10 Windjammers scored en route to building a 14-point halftime lead.

Jim Wilson paced the Windjammers with 14 points. Jon Masin-Peters contributed nine points and eight rebounds. Mike MacDonald dished out five assists.

Clint Elwell’s 14 points and Pat Fitzpatrick’s 12 led Mount View of Thorndike.

Mount View (0-4) 57

Rogers 2-4-8, Harriman, P. Fitzpatrick 4-2-12, Von Oesen 0-3-3, Baker 1-1-3, Ard 2-2-6, Roberts 2-0-4, B. Fitzpatrick 1-3-5, Elwell 6-2-14, Dusor, Fletcher, Palmer 0-2-2 Camden-Rockport (4-0) 78

Wilson 6-1-14, Moro 3-2-9, MacDonald 2-2-6, Rogers 3-0-8, Smith 2-1-5, Lanphere 1-0-2, Kneedler 2-0-4, King 2-0-6, Masin-Peters 4-1-9, Winchenbach, Poole 2-0-4, Marden 3-0-7, Learnard, Neville 1-2-4, Spooner

3-pt. goals: P. Fitzpatrick 2, Rogers, Marden Mount View 15 27 41 57 Camden-Rockport 22 41 62 78

JV: Camden-Rockport 85, Mount View 57

Wiscasset 78, Belfast 63

At Belfast, Jason Foye poured in a game-high 31 points as Wiscasset upended Belfast thanks to a 43-33 second-half edge.

Nathaniel Shippee had 14 points and Robby Pontau contributed 11 for the winners.

Matt Darres’ 30 points and Chad Place’s 14 led Belfast.

Wiscasset (2-2) 78

Pontau 5-1-11, Dalton 1-0-2, Bleile 4-0-9, Foster, Foye 9-12-31, Beal 1-3-5, Tsovorras 2-2-6, Shippee 6-2-14 Belfast (0-3) 63

Solebello, Hurd 1-1-3, Guthrie 4-0-8, Lahaye 1-1-4, Lindelof 1-0-2, Morley, Palilunas, Newcomb 1-0-2, Place 7-0-14, Darres 12-6-30, Sweetland

3-pt. goals: Foye, Bleile, Lahaye Wiscasset 15 35 51 78 Belfast 15 30 44 63

JV: Belfast 63, Wiscasset 51

MDI 85, George Stevens Acad. 41

At Blue Hill, Aaron Gray paced Mount Desert Island with 22 points.

Ian Jones and Robert Hebron each scored 14 points for the winners.

Chad Mattson tossed in 17 points for George Stevens Academy. Nick Malinowski added 11 points.

Mount Desert Island (2-2) 85

Norwood 3-1-8, Jones 6-1-14, Ingrisano 3-0-6, Pratt 1-0-2, Roix, Watson 1-0-2, Wardman 2-0-4, Hebron 5-2-14, Gray 10-2-22, Seeley 2-2-6, Walls 3-0-7 George Stevens (0-4) 41

Mattson 7-2-17, Trenkle 0-1-1, Poole, Ryan, Austin, Foss 2-2-6, Cole, Malinowski 5-1-11, Allen, Sadlier 0-2-2, Hutchins 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: Norwood, Hebron 2, Walls; Mattson Mount Desert Island 24 43 66 85 George Stevens 14 21 36 41

JV: MDI 65, GSA 37

Ellsworth 51, Bucksport 49

At Ellsworth, Ryan Conley gathered in the rebound of Nick Johnston’s shot and laid the ball in at the buzzer to propel Ellsworth past the defending Eastern Maine Class B champs.

Ellsworth got the ball back after a Bucksport traveling violation with 30 seconds left.

Johnston drove the lane and tossed up an eight-footer with three seconds to go that ended up short and dropped straight down into Conley’s hands. Mike Seltzer paced the balanced Eagle attack with 10 points. Conley finished with nine rebounds.

Cameron Giroux scored 18 points and Josh Clough added 16 for Bucksport.

Bucksport (2-2) 49

Russell, Simpson 2-0-6, Pollard 2-1-5, Beck 0-2-2, Gifford 1-0-2, Giroux 9-0-18, Clough 7-2-16 Ellsworth (3-1) 51

Johnston 3-0-8, Seltzer 4-0-10, Sirois 3-0-6, Alley 1-0-2, McDonald 2-0-4, Garreans 2-0-4, Lindsey 2-0-5, Donaldson 1-6-8, Salsbury, Conley 2-0-4, Cochrane

3-pt. goals: Simpson; Johnston 2, Seltzer 2, Lindsey Bucksport 10 16 32 49 Ellsworth 7 21 34 51

Central 63, DI-Stonington 50

At East Corinth, John King tossed in 23 points and pulled down 13 rebounds as the Red Devils cruised past Deer Isle-Stonington.

Ryan Rivera added 23 for Central, which held DI-S star Nick Wiberg to just two points in the pivotal first half.

Wiberg finished with 21 for the Mariners.

Deer Isle-Stonington (1-2) 50

Wiberg 9-3-21, Whitsett 2-0-5, Williams 0-1-1, Billings 0-1-1, Hutchinson 2-2-6, Eaton 3-0-6, Carter 3-0-7, Albert 1-1-3, Hardy, Higgins Central (2-2) 63

King 8-7-23, Rivera 6-9-23, Salvia 4-0-8, King 1-3-5, Ladd 1-0-2, McKay 1-0-2, McDonald, Smith, Straub, Frace, Tatro

3-pt. goals: Whitsett, Carter; Rivera Deer Isle-Stonington 7 15 35 50 Central 17 32 48 63

JV: Central 48, Deer Isle-Stonington 39

John Bapst 58, Orono 48

At Orono, Mike Mathien scored 11 of his game-high 25 points in the fourth quarter to lead John Bapst of Bangor to victory.

Mathien also had 12 rebounds and seven blocks. Mark Lockman added 10 points.

Joel Johnson and David Means had 15 and 14 points, respectively, for Orono. Ben Enos added 12 points and nine rebounds.

John Bapst (3-0) 58

Healey 1-0-2, Lockman 1-7-10, Ford 4-0-8, T. Tremble 2-0-4, T. Mathien 1-0-2, S. Tremble 2-3-7, Mathien 12-1-25 Orono (1-3) 48

Myers 1-0-2, Doucette, Stinson, Enos 6-0-12, Means 4-5-14, Ward, Johnson 6-0-15, Bishop 1-0-2, Torrey 1-1-3, Chandler

3-pt. goals: Lockman; Means, Johnson 3 John Bapst 10 22 36 58 Orono 11 19 36 48

Hockey

Presque Isle 5, Stearns 2

At Alfond Arena in Orono, Jamie Brewer scored a goal and an assist to lead 3-1 Presque Isle’s balanced offense.

Joel Duncan, Derek Derosier, Josh Hayes and Jason Straetz each netted a goal for the winners. Joey Grenier saved six of eight shots and Scott Samiya, Kyle Folsom and Derrick Allen each had an assist.

Adam Ouellette scored a goal and an assist for 0-2 Stearns of Millinocket. Doug Morrison had a goal and Matt Lynch had an assist. Travis Cummings and Darrin Daniels combined to turn away 28 of 33 shots.

Bangor 11, Old Town 0

At Sawyer Arena in Bangor, David Lisnik scored three goals and picked up two assists as the Rams posted their first win after opening with two losses.

Jared Gordon, Chris Junkins, and Andy Sumner each tallied twice, and Stuart Cooper and Justin Libby scored once each. Gordon and Sumner also had a pair of assists apiece.

Jason Tuck and Nick Beaulieu teamed up to make 12 saves on 12 shots in the Bangor goal, while Adam Martell and Nathan Leeman combined to make 33 saves on 44 shots for the 0-3 Indians.