MILO – Buddy Leavitt scored all six of his points in the fourth quarter and Piscataquis of Guilford went 7-for-10 from the foul line Thursday night to hold off Penquis 49-40 in a battle of the top two teams in the Eastern Maine Class C standings.

Scott DeCastro led the Pirates 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

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

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

Forest Hills 71, Highview Chr. 37

At Eastern Maine Technical College in Bangor, Jason Nedeau poured in 20 points as the Tigers rolled.

Phil Achey put in 15 for Forest Hills of Jackman. Bob Manix had 12.

For Highview Christian of Charleston, Ben Allen led the way with 14 points.

Forest Hills (4-2) 71

Rankin 1-0-2, Williams 3-3-9, Achey 5-1-15, Brady 3-1-7, Paradis 0-1-1, Talpey 2-0-5, Nedeau 9-0-20, Manix 5-2-12, Forge

Highview Christian (0-5) 37

Cooper 1-0-2, Day 3-0-6, Allen 5-4-14, Philbrick 1-0-2, Lovell 3-1-7, Kneeland 3-0-6, Bishop, Webber, Waite

3-pt. goals: Achey 2, Nedeau 2 and Tapley; Allen

Forest Hills 14 35 55 71

Highview Christian 7 15 26 37

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

Girls basketball

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

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