FORT FAIRFIELD – Zach Cote notched two of his eight points with nine seconds left to give the Van Buren Crusaders to a 49-47 schoolboy basketball victory over the Fort Fairfield Tigers Friday night.

Eric Ayotte led the Crusaders with 12 points and Stacy Ayotte added 11.

Adam DeMerchant poured in 11 points to pace the Tiger attack and Aaron Kenneson netted eight.

Van Buren (3-5) 49

S. Ayotte 4-3-11, E. Ayotte 6-0-12, Cote 3-2-8, Smith 4-0-8, Corbin 4-0-10, Chasse

Fort Fairfield (1-6) 47

Kenneson 4-0-8, Esancy 3-0-6, Blier 0-2-2, Helstrom 2-0-4, Dorsey 2-0-4, Armstrong 3-0-6, DeMerchant 4-2-11, Arato 3-0-6

3-pt. goals: Corbin 2; DeMerchant

Van Buren 9 28 35 49

Fort Fairfield 12 16 30 47

JV: Van Buren 70-46

Dexter 62, Schenck 43

At Dexter on Thursday, Matt Foster scored 22 points to help lead the Dexter Tigers past Schenck of East Millinocket.

Travis Patterson scored 14 points and Ben Robinson added 13 for the Tigers.

Mike Hamlin led the Wolverines with nine points.

Schenck (4-5) 43

Johnson 2-0-5, Jamo 3-2-9, Rossignol 4-0-8, Hamlin 3-1-9, Deschenes 3-2-8, Thompson 1-0-2, Libby, Lufkin 1-0-2, Spearin, P. Jamo, Cram

Dexter (6-4) 62

Russell, Patterson 5-1-14, Mountain 0-3-3, Cooley 1-1-3, Robichaud 1-1-3, Hersey, Robinson 5-0-13, Clukey, Foster 7-3-22, Page 2-0-4, Roach

3-pt. goals: Johnson, Hamlin 2; Patterson 3, Robinson 3, Foster 5

Schenck 11 20 33 43

Dexter 15 32 48 62

JV: Dexter 55-35

Orono 61, Hermon 47

At Orono Thursday night, the Riots’ defense held Hermon standout Ryan Garland to just eight points to help the Riots knock off the defending Eastern Maine champs.

Daryl Watson led the winners with 14 points. Mark Mehuren and Eric Kempen each had 12.

Joey Schacht led the Hawks with 16 points.

Hermon (5-4) 47

Schacht 6-1-16, Miller 1-0-3, Garland 4-0-8, Shaw 3-0-6, Lane 2-6-8, Ouellette 1-0-4, Moulton 1-0-2, Reid, Haggerty, Kenney, Watson

Orono (3-3) 61

Watson 5-4-14, Mehuren 3-5-12, Heitmann 1-0-3, Perfoni 0-2-2, Kempen 4-1-12, White 2-0-4, Ellis 1-0-2, Ulrich 5-0-11, Sinclair, Saucier

3-pt. goals: Schacht, Miller and Ouellette; Kempen 3, Watson 2, Mehuren, Heitmann

Hermon 11 18 32 47

Orono 10 33 45 61

JV: Hermon 58-55

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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