MOUNT DESERT – Derek Awalt tossed in 20 of his game-high 24 points in the first half to lead the Ellsworth Eagles to a 68-57 schoolboy basketball victory over Mount Desert Island on Thursday.

Steven DeWitt scored 12 points and Matt Boles netted 10 for Ellsworth, which made 21 of 25 free throws.

Greg Fellis paced Mount Desert Island with 20 points. Brandon Colbeth added 11.

Ellsworth (3-5) 68

Awalt 8-5-24, DeWitt 2-8-12, Boles 4-2-10, A. Smith 3-2-8, Jo. Morse 4-0-8, Mayo 1-2-4, Richards 0-2-2, King, Murray, J. Morse, Sawyer, C. Smith

Mount Desert Island (2-4) 57

Fellis 9-2-20, B. Colbeth 4-2-11, Carr 3-2-9, Dyer 2-0-5, Steeves 0-4-4, Jones 1-0-3, Tripp 1-1-3, R. Colbeth 1-0-2, Hopkins, Fernald

3-pt. goals: Awalt 3; B. Colbeth, Carr, Dyer

Ellsworth 19 36 50 68

MDI 12 23 45 57

Bucksport 79, Foxcroft 56

At Bucksport, Cory Guilford poured in 25 points to spark the Golden Bucks.

Jason Harvey chipped in with 20 points for the winners.

Kyle Wentworth paced the Ponies with 17 points and Jake Brugger netted 14.

Foxcroft (0-7) 56

Wentworth 5-4-17, Withee 0-3-3, White, Robinson, Imbert 2-2-6, Hughes 1-0-2, Croan, Lizotte 3-2-8, Hackett 1-4-6, Brugger 6-2-14, Mullis

Bucksport (4-4) 79

Beeson 1-0-2, Lalond, Mercer 1-0-2, Porter 3-0-6, Allard 4-1-9, Nason 0-4-4, Cough, Guilford 10-3-25, Harvey 7-5-20, Dow 2-2-6, Sullivan 1-2-5

3-pt. goals: Guilford 2, Sullivan

Foxcroft 10 28 41 56

Bucksport 11 42 61 79

JV: Bucksport 65-55

MCI 48, Belfast 42

At Pittsfield, Andrew St. Clair scored a game-high 23 points to power Maine Central Institute past Belfast.

St. Clair had eight of his points in the third quarter as MCI built its four-point halftime lead to nine.

Chris Duval and Colby Horne had eight points each for Belfast.

Belfast (4-3) 42

Robbins 2-0-4, Pendleton, Crofoot 2-0-4, Morley 1-1-3, Cowan 2-0-4, Duval 3-2-8, Hayes 2-0-5, Horne 4-0-8, Reynolds, Kosmo 3-0-6

MCI (4-3) 48

Arakaki 3-0-6, Asato 1-0-2, St. Clair 10-3-23, Riendeau 1-1-3, Hall 3-0-6, Saunders 0-2-2, Bolster, Kennedy, Susi 3-0-6

3-pt. goals: Hayes

Belfast 10 19 30 42

MCI 13 23 39 48

JV: MCI 50-47

Central 77, Searsport 33

At Searsport, Joe Allen netted 18 points and Jason Allen contributed 15 more as the Red Devils of Corinth cruised to the win.

Billy Kane pitched in with 10 points for Central.

Ben Relyea scored 14 to pace the Vikings.

Central (2-5) 77

Jo. Allen 7-0-18, Logue 0-2-2, S. Strout 3-0-6, Ja. Allen 5-4-15, Parker, Kane 5-0-10, Straub 3-0-6, Oyster 3-0-6, Libby 2-2-7, Rollins 0-2-2, M. Strout 1-1-3, Sanford

Searsport (2-7) 33

Relyea 6-0-14, Moran, Grove 3-0-6, Vasiliauskas 1-0-2, Lockhart, McFarlin 1-1-3, Weaver, Quisenberry 1-0-2, Robertson 1-0-2, Mercier, Mercer 1-0-2, Ward 1-0-2, Flannery

3-pt. goals: Jo. Allen 4, Ja. Allen, Libby; Relyea 2

Central 30 39 64 77

Searsport 11 20 25 33

JV: Searsport 70-44

Mount View 72, Maranacook 58

At Thorndike, Kevin Roberts led all scorers with 37 points as his Mount View Mustangs beat Maranacook of Readfield.

Jonah Brugger scored 11 for the Mustangs.

Greg Creek led the Black Bears with 20 points and Charlie Calligan chipped in with 16.

Maranacook (2-5) 58

Ireland, Lemieux 2-3-8, Calligan 4-7-16, Kenny 1-0-3, Creek 8-4-20, Duggan, Clark 1-0-2, St. John 1-0-3, Upton, Muffett, Muniz 2-2-6

Mount View (3-4) 72

Krueger 3-1-7, Williams, Potter 1-0-2, Peters 0-4-4, Brugger 5-1-11, McCorrison 0-1-1, Bradford 2-1-5, Roberts 17-3-37, Meagher, Flewelling, Goodale

3-pt. goals: Lemieux, Kenny, St. John

Maranacook 13 22 35 58

Mount View 16 36 52 72

JV: Mount View 55-38

Erskine 61, Rockland 51

At Rockland, Matt Donar led Erskine Academy Eagles of South China past Rockland with a 16-point effort.

Charlie Janoski had 13 points and Evan Stout added 10.

For the Tigers, Greg Harjula scored 13 points. Todd Curtis added 11 and Jake LaBree had 10.

Erskine Academy (4-3) 61

Donar 4-5-16, Janoski 4-5-13, Haskell 4-3-11, Stout 3-4-10, Demuth 2-2-7, Ecker 2-0-4, Ferrar, Hicks

Rockland (2-5) 51

Harjula 4-4-13, T. Curtis 4-3-11, LaBree 3-4-10, Kenniston 2-5-9, Booty 2-0-4, Widdecombe 1-1-3, M. Curtis 0-1-1, Baker, Ross, Creamer, Bagnall, Raye

3-pt. goals: Donar 3, Demuth; Harjula

Erskine 23 37 44 61

Rockland 18 30 38 51

JV: Rockland 64-52

GSA 79, DI-Stonington 56

At Deer Isle, four players finished in double digits for George Stevens Academy of Blue Hill as the Eagles topped Deer Isle-Stonington.

Nick Hersey led the way with 22 points while Mark Clapp had 13. Brian Smith and Ryan Hutchinson each scored 12.

For the Mariners, Joey Wallace had 14 points, Roger Hardy 13, and Hank Gielarowski 10.

George Stevens (5-3) 76

Hersey 8-6-22, Clapp 5-3-13, Smith 4-4-12, Hutchinson 5-2-12, Black 2-2-6, Astbury 1-0-2, Ledien 1-2-5, Henderson 1-0-2, Saunders, Candage 0-2-2

Deer Isle-Stonington (3-3) 56

Wallace 4-6-14, Hardy 6-0-13, Gielarowski 5-0-10, Bolton 3-0-6, Perez, Boyce, Ray 2-0-4, Martin 1-3-5, Gray, Smith, Ballou 1-0-2, Trundy 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Ledien; Hardy

George Stevens 17 38 57 76

DI-Stonington 16 32 42 56

JV: George Stevens 59-52

Piscataquis 49, Penquis 40

At Milo, Buddy Leavitt scored all six of his points in the fourth quarter and the Pirates went 7-for-10 from the foul line to hold off the Patriots.

Scott DeCastro led Piscataquis of Guilford with 15 points, Randy Burgess tossed in 12 and Kyle Pulkkinen added 10.

Ben Knapp’s game-high 16 points led the way for Penquis.

Piscataquis (9-0) 49

Hoffman 0-1-1, White, Pulkkinen 4-2-10, DeCastro 6-1-15, Dawson 2-1-5, Smith, Martell, Leavitt 1-4-6, St. Louis, Watson, Burgess 6-0-12, Tracy

Penquis (6-2) 40

Chase 1-0-2, Knapp 5-4-16, Leonard 1-0-2, Webb 2-0-5, Gillis 3-0-6, Grindle, Allen 3-0-7, Heal 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: DeCastro 2; Knapp 2, Webb

Piscataquis 7 20 32 49

Penquis 8 19 29 40

JV: Piscataquis 73-65

Girls basketball

Camden Hills 58, Winslow 41

At Camden, the Windjammers used a 19-8 scoring surge in the fourth quarter to secure the win.

Lauren Withey paced the winners with 22 points. Charlotte Croce and Megan Dailey each added eight.

Bethany Roderigue scored 16 for Winslow and Katie Souviney netted 13.

Winslow (5-2) 41

Helberg 2-0-4, Flaherty 2-1-5, Roy, Paredes, Moores 0-3-3, Roderigue 5-4-16, Souviney 6-1-13, LaPointe, Belanger, McAvoy

Camden Hills (5-2) 58

Dailey 3-1-8, Russo 1-1-3, Roker, Sommo 2-2-6, Robbins 2-0-4, Wood 2-0-5, Croce 4-0-8, Withey 8-6-22, Laite, Carleton, McIntyre 1-0-2, Goodale, Hoffman

3-pt. goals: Roderigue 2; Dailey, Wood

Winslow 10 20 33 41

Camden Hills 14 27 39 58

JV: Camden Hills 51-27

George Stevens 65, Sumner 25

At East Sullivan, Michala Bunten popped in 22 points to power the Eagles of Blue Hill to victory.

Sara Clapp chipped in with 10 points for George Stevens Academy.

Danielle Crowley led Sumner with 14 points.

George Stevens Acad. (3-5) 65

Bunten 10-2-22, Clapp 5-0-10, Markle 3-0-6, Nellis 1-0-2, Roberts 2-0-5, Wood 3-0-8, Grindle 0-1-1, Keniston 2-2-6, Allen 2-0-5, Napolitano, Driscoll, Bowden, Sawyer

Sumner (0-10) 25

Crowley 5-1-14, Young 3-0-6, Briscoe 2-0-4, Bickford 0-1-1, Ruhlin, Savoy, Philio, Robinson, Page, Dunbar, Beattie

3-pt. goals: Roberts, Wood 2; Crowley 3

GSA 21 34 52 65

Sumner 7 16 21 25

JV: GSA 37-36

MCI 37, Belfast 33

At Belfast, the Huskies went 9-for-12 from the foul line while the Lions missed 10 of 16 attempts while pulling out the victory.

Amanda Leavitt paced Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield with 20 points and Jessie Thompson scored 13.

Ashley Bryant’s 16 points led Belfast, while Kate LaHaye netted 14.

Maine Central Institute (3-4) 37

Thompson 5-3-13, Leavitt 6-6-20, George 1-0-2, Susi 1-0-2, Lancaster, Smith, Cummings

Belfast (3-4) 33

Bryant 6-1-16, Lane 0-2-2, Mehuren 0-1-1, LaHaye 6-2-14, Crandall, Brown, Marden

3-pt. goals: Leavitt 2; Bryant 3

MCI 10 22 28 37

Belfast 6 13 19 33

JV: Belfast 50-18

Forest Hills 51, Highview 28

At Eastern Maine Technical College in Bangor, Jess Brandy connected for 26 points to power Forest Hills of Jackman to victory.

Sara Smith and Heather Niles scored nine and eight points, respectively, for Highview Christian of Charleston.

Forest Hills (4-3) 51

Brandy 9-5-26, Van Camp 3-2-8, J. Turner 0-1-1, S. Turner 1-0-2, M. Achey 2-0-4, T. Achey 4-0-8, J. Kelper 1-0-2, Forge, Levesque, L. Kelper, Decker

Highview Christian (1-5) 28

Smith 4-1-9, Niles 2-4-8, Plourde 0-1-1, Lewis 0-1-1, Drinkwater 1-0-2, Waite 2-0-4, Cary 1-0-3, Long, Pereira

3-pt. goals: Brandy 3; Cary

Forest Hills 14 20 40 51

Highview Christian 7 11 18 28

Bangor Christian 51, Central 38

At Husson College in Bangor, Merideth Moores, Roni Haverlock and Renee Mick each scored four points to spark a 14-8 third-quarter run for the Patriots.

Mick paced the winners with 16 points and Moores netted 10. Danielle Miller chipped in with 11 points and seven rebounds.

Katie Ahearn scored 10 points for Central of Corinth and Jen Allen netted nine.

Central (2-4) 38

Davis 3-1-7, Laurence 1-0-2, Shaw 1-6-8, Allen 3-3-9, Ahearn 5-0-10, Lyford, Parker 1-0-2

Bangor Christian (6-1) 51

Ross, Mick 5-6-16, Moores 5-0-10, Reitsma 1-1-3, Miller 5-1-11, Simmons 2-0-4, Haverlock 3-1-7

3-pt. goals: none

Central 9 24 32 38

Bangor Christian 15 26 40 51

JV: Bangor Christian 39-33

Hockey

John Bapst 4, Cony 4 (OT)

At Bangor’s Sawyer Arena, Ryan Danforth’s unassisted goal with 3:29 remaining enabled Cony of Augusta to snap its six-game losing streak. The Rams are 0-6-1.

Derek Wing, Evan Daniels, and Dan Tuttle had a goal and an assist for Cony and Casey Tuttle made 26 saves.

Zach Means had a pair of goals for the 1-4-1 Crusaders with Chris Todd contributing a goal and an assist and John Motta scoring the other goal. Kim Meagher had two assists, Taylor Lynn had one, and Dominic Dinardo made 37 saves.