ORONO – Daryl Watson notched five steals in the second quarter and turned four into transition baskets to spark a 21-10 scoring run as the Orono High School Red Riots knocked off the defending state champion Penquis Valley High School Patriots 63-54 Thursday night..

Watson finished with 23 points for the winners. Mark Mehuren chipped in with 19 points and Mike Ulrich netted 12.

Jeremy Allen poured in 31 points to power Penquis and Buddy Webb added 10. Penquis outrebounded Orono 29-23.

Penquis (7-3) 54

Chase, Plummer, Leonard 1-0-2, Kissell, Ladd 0-2-2, Webb 4-2-10, Gillis 2-0-4, Grindle, Heal 2-0-5, Allen 9-10-31

Orono (4-4) 63

Watson 10-2-23, Mehuren 6-6-19, Heitmann 0-1-1, Perron, Sinclair 2-0-4, Kempen, White 2-0-4, Saucier, Ellis, Ulrich 5-2-12

3-pt. goals: Heal, Allen 3; Watson, Mehuren

Penquis 14 24 37 54

Orono 20 41 49 63

JV: Orono 56-37

Woodland 54, Lee 53

At Lee, Frankie Morrison nailed a 10-footer with 13 seconds left to lift the Dragons to the win.

Morrison led Woodland with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Matt Lord added 16 points for the Dragons, who dressed only six players.

Brian Ripley poured in 17 points and ripped down 15 rebounds for the Pandas. Dustin Pickering chipped in 10 points.

Woodland (7-4) 54

Morrison 7-2-17, Lord 8-0-16, Nicholas 3-0-6, Worster 3-0-6, Smith

Lee (3-7) 53

Ripley 7-0-17, Pickering 4-2-10, Thurlow 4-0-9, Severence 2-2-6, Carpenter 2-1-5, J. Ham 1-0-3, Dow 1-0-2, Mallett 0-1-1, McAlpine, A. Ham, Thompson, Emery

3-pt. goals: Morrison, Ferry; Ripley 3, Thurlow, J. Ham

Woodland 16 32 46 54

Lee 14 24 45 53

JV: Lee 61-58

Dexter 53, Foxcroft 36

At Dover-Foxcroft, Travis Patterson netted 17 points to help the Tigers send the Ponies to their ninth straight loss.

Eric Cooley helped the cause with 10 points for the winners.

Jake Brugger led the Ponies with 11.

Dexter (9-2) 53

Patterson 6-5-17, Cooley 5-0-10, Robichaud 1-0-2, Robinson 3-0-6, Clukey 1-0-2, Foster 4-0-8, Page 4-0-8

Foxcroft (0-9) 36

Brugger 4-3-11, Wentworth 2-0-6, Withee 1-0-3, White 1-2-4, Robinson 0-1-1, Imbert 2-1-5, Lizotte 1-0-2, Mullis 2-0-4, Hackett, Croan

3-pt. goals: Wentworth 2, Withee

Dexter 6 24 37 53

Foxcroft 6 15 24 36

JV: Dexter 48-47

Bucksport 63, George Stevens 42

At Bucksport, Jason Harvey netted 21 points to lead the Golden Bucks to victory.

Corey Guilford chipped in with 15 for Bucksport. Chris Atherton-Dow added 10 and five rebounds.

Nick Henry topped the Eagles of Blue Hill with 11 points.

George Stevens (5-5) 42

Black 2-0-4, Astbury 2-4-9, Smith 3-3-9, Ledien 0-2-2, Henderson 0-1-1, Henry 4-3-11, Clapp 2-0-4, Saunders, Lowell, Candage, Hutchins 1-0-2

Bucksport (6-4) 63

Beeson 0-1-1, Lalonde, Mercer 1-0-2, Porter 1-0-2, Allard 1-2-4, Nason 2-0-4, Guilford 7-0-15, Harvey 9-1-21, Atherton-Dow 5-0-10, Sullivan 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: Astbury; Harvey 2, Guilford

George Stevens 8 17 28 42

Bucksport 14 26 45 63

JV: Bucksport 58-55

Hermon 66, Stearns 55

At Millinocket, Wayne Shaw poured in 21 points to power Hermon’s victory.

Ryan Garland chipped in with 17 points for the winners.

Les Cote scored 15 points for Stearns and Rick Deloge and Derek DiFrederico each added 11.

Hermon (7-4) 66

Schacht 3-0-6, Kenney 2-0-4, Miller 2-0-4, Garland 7-3-17, Watson 1-0-2, Shaw 6-9-21, Lane 3-0-6, Ouellette 0-2-2, Robinson 1-0-2, Martin 1-0-2, Frye

Stearns (1-10) 55

DiFrederico 5-0-11, Deloge 3-5-11, Wheaton 2-2-7, Hartwell 2-1-5, Cote 7-1-15, Mosca 2-2-6, Leino, Bragdon

3-pt. goals: DiFrederico, Wheaton

Hermon 13 27 43 66

Stearns 14 24 41 55

JV: Hermon 57-41

Dexter 53, Foxcroft 36

At Dover-Foxcroft, Travis Patterson netted 17 points to help the Tigers send the Ponies to their ninth straight loss.

Eric Cooley helped the cause with 10 points for the winners.

Jake Brugger led the Ponies with 11.

Dexter (9-2) 53

Patterson 6-5-17, Cooley 5-0-10, Robichaud 1-0-2, Robinson 3-0-6, Clukey 1-0-2, Foster 4-0-8, Page 4-0-8

Foxcroft (0-9) 36

Brugger 4-3-11, Wentworth 2-0-6, Withee 1-0-3, White 1-2-4, Robinson 0-1-1, Imbert 2-1-5, Lizotte 1-0-2, Mullis 2-0-4, Hackett, Croan

3-pt. goals: Wentworth 2, Withee

Dexter 6 24 37 53

Foxcroft 6 15 24 36

JV: Dexter 48-47

Piscataquis 71, Central 55

At Corinth, the Pirates went 11-for-16 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter to hold off the Red Devils and earn their 11th win.

Keith Dawson led Piscataquis of Guilford with 14 points. Buddy Leavitt had 13, and Randy Burgess and Scott DeCastro added 10 apiece.

Billy Kane poured in a game-high 25 points and Jason Allen had 11 for Central.

Piscataquis (11-0) 71

Hoffman 0-4-4, White 0-1-1, Pulkkinen 2-0-5, DeCastro 3-4-10, Dawson 7-0-14, Smith 4-1-9, Martell 1-0-2, Leavitt 6-0-13, St. Louis, Watson 0-3-3, Burgess 5-0-10

Central (2-8) 55

Jo. Allen 1-0-2, Logue, S. Strout, Ja. Allen 9-0-21, Parker, Kane 9-2-25, Straub 1-1-3, Oyster 1-0-2, Rollins, M. Strout, Sanford 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Pulkkinen, Leavitt; Kane 5, Ja. Allen 3

Piscataquis 21 35 52 71

Central 19 26 43 55

JV: Piscataquis 67-23

DI-Stonington 67, Searsport 53

At Searsport, six Mariner players scored points in the second quarter as Deer Isle-Stonington outscored Searsport 15-3 to build a comfortable 16-point halftime lead.

Justin Boyce scored a game-high 22 points for the winners and Bennett Gray had 12. Joey Wallace contributed nine.

Ben Relyea’s 18 points and 10 apiece from Pasco Grove and Josh McFarlin paced Searsport.

Deer Isle-Stonington 67

Martin 3-0-6, Wallace 4-1-9, Ray 2-0-4, Perez 2-2-6, Gray 4-3-12, Hardy, Ballou, Boyce 9-4-22, Trundy, Smith 1-0-2, Gielarowski 2-0-4

Searsport 53

Quisenberry 1-0-2, Moran, Vasilauskas 1-4-6, Relyea 6-2-18, Weaver 1-1-3, Mercer, Grove 5-0-10, Mercier, Robertson 1-0-3, McFarlin 3-3-10, Lockhart 0-1-1, Ward, Flannery 0-1-1

3-pt. goals: Gray; McFarlin, Robertson

DI-Stonington 13 28 45 67

Searsport 9 12 29 53

JV: Searsport 62-42

MCI 39, Mount View 33 (OT)

At Thorndike, Sindre Vad scored four of his six points in overtime to lead Maine Central Institute.

MCI outscored Mount View 6-0 in the overtime.

Andrew St. Clair had 15 points for the winners while Kevin Roberts’ game-high 17 points piloted Mount View.

MCI (6-4) 39

Arakaki 2-0-4, Asato, St.Clair 7-1-15, Vad 2-2-6, Riendeau 2-1-5, Hall 1-0-2, Saunders, Bolster 0-1-1, Susi 3-0-6

Mount View (4-6) 33

Krueger 1-0-3, Williams, Potter, Peters, Brugger 2-0-4, McCorrison, Bradford 3-0-6, Roberts 8-1-17, Goodale 1-1-3

3-pt. goals: Krueger

MCI 11 17 27 33 39

Mount View 7 20 26 33 33

JV: Mount View 50-26

Girls basketball

Cony 71, Mt. Blue 40

At Farmington, Karen Sirois led a balanced Ram attack with 14 points to keep Cony of Augusta unbeaten.

Jauna Andrews helped the cause with 13 points. Lindsay Frye and Ashley Underwood chipped in 11 each.

Amber Alexander led the way for the defending state champs with 14.

Cony (7-0) 71

Sirois 5-4-14, Andrews 6-1-13, Underwood 4-0-11, Capoan 2-1-7, Dumont 2-1-6, Nickerson 1-2-4, Clukey 1-1-3, Beaudoin 0-2-2

Mt. Blue (3-5) 40

Alexander 4-3-14, James 4-0-9, Blauvelt 3-3-9, Powers 2-0-4, Harrell 0-2-2, Corey 1-0-2, Delaney, Carleton, Drosdik, Stevens

3-pt. goals: Frye 3, Capon 2, Dumont; Alexander 3, James

Cony 14 35 63 71

Mt. Blue 7 16 24 40

JV: Cony 60-22

BC Pats 49, Schenck 38

At Husson College, Renee Mick led the way with 17 points to help the Patriots pick up their ninth win.

Sam Ross netted seven points for the Pats. Sam Jones led Schenck of East Millinocket with 10 points.

Schenck (3-7)

Sarrington 2-0-4, Davis 1-1-3, Gordon 2-1-6, Chavarie, Wyman 2-0-5, Tapley 0-1-1, Libby 1-2-4, Jones 3-4-10, Cram 1-0-3, Kina 1-0-2, Dupray

Bangor Christian (9-1) 49

Ross 2-3-7, Mick 8-1-17, Moores 3-0-6, Miller 2-3-7, Simmons 1-0-2, Haverlock 2-1-5, Sage, Meade 0-1-1, Seymore 0-2-2, Page 0-2-2

3-pt. goals: Gordon and Cram

Schenck 3 13 19 38

Bangor Christian 16 27 35 49

JV: Bangor Christian 40-32

Nokomis 62, Old Town 29

At Old Town, Danielle Clark recorded a game-high 17 points to pace the Warriors.

Laura Pelkey contributed for Nokomis of Newport.

Renee Thibodeau led the Indians with 10 points, and Kasey Spencer had eight.

Nokomis (8-0) 62

Welch 3-0-7, Preble 1-0-2, Pelkey 5-4-16, Murray 1-0-2, Palmer, Snow 2-0-4, Burett 1-2-4, Paradis 1-3-5, Stewart, Merrow, Lowe 1-3-5, Clark 5-7-17

Old Town (2-6) 29

Spencer 3-2-8, Greene, Thibodeau 3-4-10, Cole, Maurais, Brown 2-0-5, Saucier, Hesseltime 0-2-2, Metivier 2-0-4, Kennedy, Eastman

3-pt. goals: Pelkey 2, Welch; Brown

Nokomis 16 23 45 62

Home scores 6 8 19 29

JV: Nokomis 44-31

WA Raiders 54, Sumner 42

At East Sullivan, Miranda Copeland tossed in 21 points to help the Raiders beat the Tigers.

Emily Mawhinney scored 14 points for Washington Academy of East Machias.

Elizabeth Young popped in a game-high 22 points for Sumner.

Washington Acad. (7-2) 54

Mawhinney 6-0-14, Copeland 9-3-21, Fergerson 2-4-8, N. Stauffer 1-0-2, Bourdeau 4-0-8, K. Stauffer 0-1-1, L. Govoni, A. Govoni, Fiugas, Albee

Sumner (0-12) 42

Young 9-1-22, Ruhlin 1-1-3, Savoy 1-1-3, Crowley 2-1-6, Philio 3-0-6, Briscoe 1-0-2, Beattie, Robinson

3-pt. goals: Mawhinney 2; Young 3, Crowley

Washington Acad. 21 33 42 54

Sumner 8 13 27 42

JV: Sumner 31-29 (OT)

Lee 68, Katahdin 42

At Lee Wednesday, Katie Harris scored 17 points to help lead the Lee Academy Pandas past Katahdin of Sherman Station.

Brittany Mallett had 10 points and Deidra Ham added 11 for the Pandas.

Krystle McMoarn led the Cougars with 13 points.

Katahdin (6-4) 42

McMoran 5-3-13, Perrin 1-0-2, Violette, L. Duffy-Stanley 4-1-9, Ky. McAvoy, Willigar, K. Duffy-Stanley 1-0-2, Kr. McAvoy, Duffy 1-0-2, S. McAvoy, McCarthy 2-0-6, Qualey 2-0-4, Willett 2-0-4

Lee (8-3) 68

Mallett 5-0-10, Harris 5-2-17, Ham 4-3-11, Bird 3-3-9, Linscott 3-0-7, Cole 2-0-4, Nute 3-0-6, Gifford 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: Harris 5, Linscott

Katahdin 6 15 30 42

Lee 24 36 52 68

JV: Lee 47-35

Forest Hills 54, Greenville 31

At Jackman, Jess Brady poured in 23 points as the Tigers cruised past the Lakers.

Michele Achey added 13 points and pulled down 11 rebounds. Her sister, Tia Achey, had 12 rebounds for Forest Hills.

Tiffany Turner paced Greenville with 11 points.

Greenville (0-9) 31

Hanson 1-0-2, Turner 5-1-11, J. Lavigne 3-0-6, Folsom 2-0-4, Douglas, Bartley 2-0-4, Craft, Farrington 1-0-2, Bowley 1-0-2, Dallam, Bolan, Ryder, Rolf, A. Lavigne

Forest Hills (6-4) 54

Levesque 1-0-2, Forge, Van Camp 1-0-2, L. Keiper, Brady 6-9-23, J. Turner 1-1-3, S. Turner 0-1-1, M. Achey 6-1-13, Decker 0-2-2, T. Achey 1-0-2, J. Keiper 3-0-6

3-pt. goals: Brady 2

Greenville 0 10 12 31

Forest Hills 15 21 43 54