Valley garners crown> Boothbay’s Smith key in title win

The Valley of Bingham boys posted their 62nd straight victory to highlight the action at Augusta Civic Center as Western Maine champions were crowned in Classes C and D on Saturday.

Valley topped Hyde School of Bath 70-51 to win the Class D championship while Boothbay edged Winthrop 70-58 to win the “C” title.

In girls action, Dirigo nipped Jay 50-47 to win in Class C and Monmouth defeated Richmond 64-44 in Class D.

Valley raced to the Class D title behind the 24-point effort of Chris Willer and an 18-point outing by Jason Hartwell. Charus Moore scored 18 for Hyde.

In Class C boys, Ben Smith scored 30 points for Boothbay while Aaron Marshall had 16 for Winthrop.

The five-time defending Western Maine champs from Dirigo of Dixfield got 16 points from Tara Gagnon and 14 from Lyndsay Clark en route to their sixth title in a row. Karyn Labbe had 10 for Jay.

And in Class D girls, Kate Chuprevich scored 16 points to pace Monmouth. Sunshine Anders had 19 for Richmond.

Boothbay 70, Winthrop 58

Winthrop (17-4) 58

Mortimer 1-0-3, Whitehouse 4-2-11, Dressler 1-0-2, Beal 6-0-13, Burns, Child, Uhouse, Burns 4-2-11, Marshall 6-0-14, Jos. Tully 1-0-2 Boothbay (21-0) 70

McConnell 1-2-4, Thomson 1-0-2, Williams, Deetjen 1-2-4, Leighton 1-1-3, Tibbetts 6-5-17, Smith 10-9-30, Spoon 0-4-4, Parkhurst 2-0-6

3-pt. goals: Mortimer, Burns, Marshall 4; Smith, Parkhurst 2 Winthrop 12 31 47 58 Boothbay 16 39 50 70

Valley 70, Hyde 51

Hyde (17-4) 51

Mena 3-1-8, Sauner 1-0-3, Covington, Hills, Flint 2-1-5, Gioia 2-0-6, Harris 1-0-2, Farivar 2-0-4, Moore 8-2-18, Slater 0-1-1, Jadotte 2-0-4 Valley (20-0) 70

Pelotte 6-0-15, Rougins, Willer 8-7-24, Nichols, Atwood, Jones, J. Hartwell 8-2-18, L. Hartwell 4-2-11, Andre 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Mena, Sauner, Gioia; Pelotte 2, Willer, L. Hartwell Hyde 16 27 37 51 Valley 16 26 48 70

Dirigo 50, Jay 47

Jay (19-2) 47

Woodcock 2-2-8, As. Ouellette 3-3-9, Kary. Labbe 4-1-10, Boivin, Leclerc 1-1-3, Karl. Labbe 3-1-7, Am. Ouellette 1-2-5, Couture 2-1-5 Dirigo (21-0) 50

Gill 2-0-6, Gagnon 1-0-2, Clark 6-2-14, Anderson 1-0-3, Young 2-0-4, Holland 2-0-4, Holland 2-0-4, Dupil 0-1-1

3-pt. goals: Woodcock, Kary. Labbe, Am. Ouellette; Gill, Anderson Jay 4 17 32 47 Dirigo 15 24 25 50

Monmouth 64, Richmond 44

Richmond (15-6) 44

Furey 1-0-2, Gilmore, Duval, Woodward, Douglass, Barto, Roy 2-2-6, Beasley, Beckwith, Anders 9-0-19, Pearson 7-0-17, Giberson, Dyer, Newton Monmouth (19-2) 64

Drake 4-1-9, Stinson 5-2-12, Grant 3-1-7, Pushard 3-0-6, Carter 4-2-10, Jackson, Palleschi, Poole 1-1-2, Hasch 1-0-2, Chuprevich 5-6-16

3-pt. goals: Anders, Pearson 3 Richmond 12 22 33 55 Monmouth 14 30 52 64