Ayotte leads Stearns to win> Minutemen earn first victory by beating archrival Wolverines

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EAST MILLINOCKET – Matt Ayotte scored 18 of his game-high 30 points in the second half as Stearns of Millinocket beat archrival Schenck 64-48 Friday night for its first boys basketball win of the season.

Ben Lankhorst added 17 points for the Minutemen, and Aaron Civiello contributed 13.

Nate Jamo popped in 16 points to surpass 1,000 for his career as a Wolverine. He now has 1,002. P.J. Ciarrocchi also posted 16 points.

Stearns (1-15) 64

Ayotte 14-2-30, L. Cote 1-2-4, A. Civiello 4-4-13, Lankhorst 7-3-17, Folsom, G. Civiello, Carr, J. Cote, Fling Schenck (6-7) 48

P.J. Ciarrocchi 8-0-16, J. Landry 1-0-2, B. Jamo 1-0-2, N. Jamo 3-10-16, O’Donnell 1-0-3, Bishop, A. Landry 3-2-8, Madore 0-1-1

3-pt. goals: A. Civiello; O’Donnell Stearns 15 28 46 64 Schenck 11 22 39 48

JV: Stearns 53-35

Hampden 68, Brewer 43

At Hampden, Derek Rodgerson led the Hampden Academy Broncos with 24 points as they notched their ninth win in 11 games.

Ryan Thomas notched a double-double with 12 points, 12 rebounds and also blocked four shots.

Tim Hughes led Brewer with 10 points.

Brewer (2-6) 43

Hughes 3-2-10, Bicknell 1-2-4, Largay 0-2-2, Violette 2-0-5, Leighton 1-1-3, Sieber 1-1-3, Killip, Snell 1-2-5, Rapp 2-1-5, Dearborn 2-0-4, Vickery 1-0-2, Kimball, Aucoin Hampden (9-2) 68

Rodgerson 10-0-24, Thomas 4-4-12, Quint 0-2-2, DiFrederico, Estes 4-0-8, Hopkins 1-4-6, Dow, McCue 3-0-8, Carson 0-3-3, Dumont 0-1-1, Caron 1-0-2, McBee 1-0-2, Russell, Dickinson

3-pt. goals: Hughes 2, Violette, Snell; Rodgerson 4, McCue 2 Brewer 10 23 28 43 Hampden 23 36 53 68

JV: Brewer 52-42

Ashland 83, Bangor Christian 60

At Bangor, Lee Bennett popped for 25 points to spark the Hornets over the Patriots.

Darren Belskis added 17 points, Charles Robinson 13, and Gabe Haines 10 for Ashland.

Mark Reistema led the Patriots with 14 points, Pat McCleary added 12, and Nate Conley had 11.

Ashland (5-9) 83

Randell 3-1-7, Ham 1-0-2, Haines 3-4-10, Lovewell 4-1-9, Bennett 11-3-25, Belskis 6-3-17, Robinson 4-5-13 Bangor Christian (3-10) 60

N. Conley 2-6-11, Reistema 4-6-14, Patterson 3-2-8, Tyree 1-2-4, McCleary 4-4-12, M. Conley 1-0-3, Wilson 1-0-3, Kent 2-0-5

3-pt. goals: Belskis 2; N. Conley, M. Conly, Wilson, Kent Ashland 24 43 58 83 Bangor Christian 14 24 46 60

MDI 62, Hermon 51

At Hermon, the Trojans led only 50-49 with approximately three minutes remaining, but scored 12 times from the free-throw line and held the Hawks scoreless until the final five seconds.

Ian Jones led Mount Desert Island with 14 points, followed by Aaron Gray and Chris Seely with 12 each and Oliver Pratt with 10.

Chris Gray topped the Hawks with 22 points and 18 rebounds, and Jake St. Louis contributed 19 points.

MDI (12-1) 62

Jones 6-1-14, Reisman 4-0-9, Pratt 2-6-10, Roix 1-0-2, Wardman 1-1-3, Gray 4-4-12, Seely 5-2-12, Wall Hermon (6-8) 51

Cox, Miller, Garland 3-0-6, St. Louis 9-1-19, Gray 10-0-22, Pelton, Davis 0-2-2, Caldwell 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Jones, Reisman; Gray 2 MDI 14 28 46 62 Hermon 15 25 40 51

JV: MDI 74-64

Dexter 57, Penobscot Valley 51

At Dexter, Brent Patterson scored 11 points, dished out eight assists, and grabbed five rebounds to lead the Tigers to victory.

Mark Cooper added 14 points to the winning effort. Mike Mountain scored 12 points and Dusty Davis had 10.

Jed Kajkowski tossed in 16 points for Penobscot Valley of Howland. Steve Hallett scored 13 points and Scott Bates netted 11.

Penobscot Valley (5-8) 51

Kajkowski 7-2-16, Lemay 1-0-2, Smith 1-2-4, Cloukey 1-1-3, Hallett 5-3-13, Morin 1-0-2, Bates 4-3-11, Archer Dexter (4-8) 57

Patterson 1-9-11, Cooper 5-2-14, Kimball 1-0-2, Robinson 3-2-8, Davis 4-2-10, Mountain 4-2-12, Crispell

3-pt. goals: Cooper 2, Mountain 2 Penobscot Valley 8 25 40 51 Dexter 14 29 42 57

Sumner 56, DI-Stonington 44

At Deer Isle, James Freeman scored 12 points and Travis Bickford netted 10 as Sumner of East Sullivan cruised.

Andy Bye led Deer Isle-Stonington with 12 points. Andy Eaton scored 10.

Sumner (9-2) 56

Freeman 6-0-12, Bickford 4-2-10, Ossolinski 1-0-2, Crowley 4-0-9, Welch 1-0-3, Fisher 3-1-7, Sargent 3-0-6, Hardy 2-0-5, Stanley, Blackwood, Vasquez 1-0-2

DI-Stonington (1-11) 44

Eaton 5-0-10, Bye 4-2-12, Billings, Weed 3-1-8, Albert 4-0-8, Douglass 2-0-4, Higgins, Reynolds, E. Haskell 1-0-2, A. Haskell

3-pt. goals: Crowley, Welch, Hardy; Bye 2, Weed Sumner 15 29 41 56 DI-Stonington 16 27 33 44

Cony 54, Lawrence 49

At Augusta, the Cony Rams used a balanced scoring effort to hold off a stubborn Lawrence of Fairfield team in a battle for first place in Eastern Maine Class A.

The Bulldogs tied it at 33-all to start the fourth quarter, but Cony regained a seven-point buffer with a modest run and Lawrence could only get as close as five points the rest of the way.

Kevin Bunker scored 12 to pace the Rams. Brett Ulmer and Ryan Moore each scored 11 and Josh Cushman added 10.

Jed Johnson led Lawrence with 14 points and Justin Underwood had 10.

Lawrence (8-2) 49

Underwood 4-2-10, Johnson 7-0-14, Nadeau 1-3-5, Clement 2-1-5, Teague 2-0-4, Smith 1-0-2, Kent 1-0-2, Berard 1-0-3, Bolduc 2-0-4, Pelletier Cony (9-1) 54

Ulmer 3-5-11, Bunker 3-5-12, Jo. Cushman 4-2-10, Moore 5-1-11, Ja. Cushman 1-1-4, Dean 2-2-6, Young

3-pt. goals: Clement, Berard; Bunker, Ja. Cushman Lawrence 12 22 31 49 Cony 16 28 33 48

JV: Cony 65-42

Hockey

Bangor 12, Skowhegan 1

At Sawyer Arena in Bangor, David Lisnik scored four goals and Justin Libby notched three to power the Rams.

Dan Hackney chipped in with two goals for the 9-3-1 winners while Mike Deveau, Bobby Leavitt, and Stuart Cooper each recorded one. Lisnik, Libby, and Leavitt recorded two assists apiece while Hackney, Deveau and Cooper each had one.

Bangor goalie Justin Climo made eight saves on nine shots.

James Nicholson scored off a Brandon Craft assist for 0-8 Skowhegan and goalies Nathan Downing and Jared Smith combined for 41 saves on 53 shots.

Orono 8, Hampden 2

At Sawyer Arena in Bangor, Jake Hedstrom scored four goals and assisted on another as the Red Riots improved to 10-2.

Robert Murdoch, Derek Williams, Matt Hedrick, and Ben Barry tallied a goal apiece for Orono. Eric Holmes had three assists and Noah Lundy dished out two more. Eric Powers and Eric Gordon added an assist each. Stuart Cady made 16 saves on 17 shots and Paul Pangburn stopped six of the seven shots he faced.

Justin Shute and Matt Caldwell scored the goals for 5-6 Hampden. Matt McInnis, Shane Achey, and Noah Peet recorded assists, while Brian Cataldo made 22 saves on 30 shots.