Nichols sparks Ponies Foxcroft notches eighth victory

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DOVER-FOXCROFT – Holli Nichols scored 17 second-half points as Foxcroft Academy outscored Ellsworth 27-14, including a 16-5 fourth-quarter margin, to post a 44-29 schoolgirl basketball win over the Ellsworth Eagles Tuesday night.

Nichols finished with a game-high 23 points; Leslie Glover scored 10 and Amy Kelley chipped in with eight points and eight rebounds. Dana Frasz also had eight boards.

Meghan Page’s 13 points led Ellsworth.

Ellsworth (4-8) 29

Chan, Silsby, Patten, Pelletier 1-0-2, Sirois 2-0-6, Merchant 3-0-6, Glass 1-0-2, Mason, Page 4-5-13

Foxcroft Academy (8-5) 44

Nichols 10-0-23, Frasz 1-0-2, LaBree, Merrill, Kelley 2-4-8, Champeon, Glover 4-2-10, Dow 0-1-1

3-pt. goals: Sirois 2; Nichols 3

Ellsworth 8 15 24 29

Foxcroft 5 17 28 44

JV: Ellsworth 56-32

Bangor Chr. 59, Greenville 20

At Greenville, Pam Reitsma scored 15 for Bangor Christian while Ashley Page had 14.

Katie-Ann Simmons added 12 while Jenna Seymour contributed with 10.

Tiffany Turner led Greenville with eight points.

Bangor Christian (12-1) 59

Reitsma 7-1-15, Miller 2-4-8, Simmons 5-2-12, Mead 3-0-6, Seymour 5-0-10, Page 4-6-14

Greenville (1-11) 20

Turner 4-0-8, Douglass 1-0-2, Hanson 1-0-2, Lavigne 1-0-2, Farrington 1-0-2, Folsom 1-2-4

3-pt. goals: none

Bangor Christian 14 26 37 59

Greenville 6 15 18 20

Lawrence 44, Mt. Blue 31

At Farmington, Ericka Nickerson poured in 24 points, including her 1,000th career point, to power the Bulldogs of Fairfield.

The Bulldogs opened with a 10-0 first quarter en route to the win.

Jolene Powers paced the Cougars with nine points.

Lawrence (5-5) 44

Nickerson 10-4-24, Dostie 2-0-4, Noyes 1-1-3, Boucher 1-0-3, Boone 0-2-2, A. Marshall 1-0-2, L. Marshall 0-2-2, Dubay 1-0-2, Gurney 0-1-1, Nedeau 0-1-1, Miller, Morrell, Rogers

Mt. Blue (3-7) 31

Powers 2-4-9, Drosdik 3-2-8, Harrell, Corey 2-2-6, Stevens 0-1-1, Delaney, Carleton, Blauvelt, Alexander

3-pt. goals: Boucher; Powers

Lawrence 10 29 35 44

Mt. Blue 0 11 17 31

JV: Lawrence 49-30

Oak Hill 44, Belfast 41

At Belfast, Angela Berube scored a game-high 21 points as the Oak Hill Raiders of Sabattus got off to a quick start and held the Lions off.

The Raiders took a 17-4 lead in the first quarter as Belfast was 2-for-11 from the field. Oak Hill also took advantage on the line, hitting 19 of 29 to Belfast’s seven made.

Kait Murphy led the Lions with 11 points.

Oak Hill (5-8) 44

An. Berube 7-5-21, Belanger 2-4-9, Nadeau 2-1-5, Palmer 0-5-5, Ferguson 0-2-2, Am. Berube 0-1-1, McDonald 0-1-1, Gurney, Waterman, Quinlan, Bureau

Belfast (4-9) 41

Murphy 5-1-11, A. Bryant 3-1-8, K. Bryant 2-1-5, Ross 2-2-6, Mehuren 2-0-4, LaHaye 2-2-7, Crandall, Brown, Lane, Billings, Marden

3-pt. goals: An. Berube 2, Belanger; A. Bryant

Oak Hill 17 20 30 44

Belfast 4 16 26 41

JV: Belfast 53-16

Orono 45, MDI 43

At Mount Desert, Sarah Marquez was fouled on a 3-point attempt with 2.2 seconds remaining and hit all three free throws to lift the Red Riots to the win.

MDI’s desperation shot at the buzzer from beyond half-court fell short.

Marquez finished with a game-high 22 points, including nine of her team’s 13 in the fourth quarter. Jessica Wagner added 12 points.

Shelley Gott topped the Trojans with 15 points, including four 3-pointers. Bracey Barker had nine.

Orono (9-4) 45

Dupere 1-0-2, Marquez 8-4-22, Nichols 1-1-3, Wagner 6-0-12, Lint 3-0-6, Reed, See, Breton

MDI (11-2) 43

Chernosky 4-0-8, Osier 1-0-3, S. Gott 5-1-15, Barker 2-4-9, M. Gott 3-2-8, Kane, Baldwin, Horton, M. Stanley

3-pt. goals: Marquez 2; S. Gott 4, Osier, Barker

Orono 11 23 32 45

MDI 11 23 34 43

Highview Chr. 63, Baxter 25

At Bangor’s Eastern Maine Technical College, Ami Waite scored a game-high 24 points and pulled down 15 rebounds to pace Highview Christian of Charleston past the Baxter School from Portland.

Heather Niles had 18 points and Sara Smith contributed eight points and 10 rebounds.

Jenny Sheedy’s 18 points and Sheena Foote’s seven represented all of Baxter’s points.

Baxter School (0-9) 25

Sheedy 8-0-18, Foote 3-1-7, Sargent, Davis, Danforth, Whitmore, Coffey

Highview Christian (3-9) 63

Waite 11-2-24, Niles 8-2-18, Smith 4-0-8, Drinkwater 1-0-2, Long 1-0-2, Cary 1-0-2, Plourde 1-1-3, Pereira 2-0-4, Crooker

3-pt. goals: Sheedy 2

Baxter School 4 10 23 25

Highview Christian 18 33 46 63

Boys basketball

John Bapst 60, Nokomis 55

At the Bangor Auditorium, Charlie Owen had 19 points and 10 rebounds despite missing the final 21/2 minutes after taking an elbow to his head.

The Crusaders got off to a quick start, but shot 6-for-14 from the line in the fourth quarter before holding off the Warriors.

Zev Myerowitz chipped in with 16 points and seven boards while Bryan Snyder cracked double digits in scoring for the first time with 10 points. Doug Russell finished with 10 rebounds and four blocks.

Nokomis (8-2) 55

McLellan 6-5-18, Estes 4-3-12, Hayden 5-6-16, Peters 2-3-9, Henderson, Burgess, Veazie, Butler

John Bapst (8-2) 60

Owen 9-1-19, Myerowitz 7-2-16, Snyder 4-1-10, Payne 2-0-4, Day 2-0-5, Russell 1-2-6, Jellison, Lyon, Tremble, Baldus

3-pt. goals: McLellan, Estes, Peters 2; Snyder 1, Day, Russell 2-2-6, Jellison, Lyon, Tremble, Baldus

Nokomis 6 17 32 55

John Bapst 16 29 44 60

JV: Nokomis 55-48

Katahdin 75, Schenck 66

At East Millinocket, Brandon McCarthy led Katahdin with 36 points while Dan Cullen chipped in with 17.

Ryan Deschenes was top scorer for the Wolverines with 28 points while Mike Hamlin had 13 and Ben Jamo added 10.

Katahdin (13-2) 75

Perry 0-2-2, McCarthy 11-12-36, Atkinson 2-1-6, T. Rodgerson 1-0-3, Cullen 6-5-17, Kelley 2-0-5, D. Rodgerson 3-0-6, McNally, Heath

Schenck (7-9) 66

Jamo 3-2-10, Deschenes 10-8-28, Graham 1-4-6, Hamlin 5-1-13, Johnston 1-4-6, Thompson 1-0-3, Rossignol

3-pt. goals: McCarthy 2; Jamo 2, Hamlin 2, Thompson

Katahdin 14 34 56 75

Schenck 12 29 52 66

JV: Katahdin 63-62

PCHS 71, Dexter 55

At Guilford, Scott DeCastro had nine of his team-high 15 points in the fourth quarter as unbeaten Piscataquis Community High School pulled away from stubborn Dexter for its 15th win.

Ben Smith had 14 points for PCHS while Buddy Leavitt and Keith Dawson contributed 12 each. Leavitt had six in the fourth quarter.

Randy Burgess contributed 10 rebounds and eight points.

Travis Patterson’s 16 points, Matt Foster’s 12 and Ben Robinson’s 10 led Dexter.

Dexter (10-6) 55

Patterson 6-3-16, Cooley 2-3-7, Robichaud 0-1-1, Robinson 4-2-10, Clukey 2-0-4, Foster 6-0-12, Paige 2-1-5

PCHS (15-0) 71

Hoffman 0-2-2, White 1-0-2, Pulkkinen 2-2-6, DeCastro 5-5-15, Dawson 5-0-12, Smith 7-0-14, Martell, Leavitt 4-3-12, Burgess 3-2-8, Watson, St. Louis, Tracy, Carson

3-pt. goals: Patterson; Dawson 2, Leavitt

Dexter 19 26 41 55

PCHS 18 32 44 71

JV: Dexter 63-55

Sumner 80, Searsport 36

At East Sullivan, Mike Hardy scored 24 and grabbed 10 rebounds for Sumner. Jamey Polk contributed with 14 points.

Ben Relyea had 13 points for Searsport.

Searsport (0-14) 36

Relyea, 5-2-13, Grove 1-2-4, Vasiliauskas 1-0-2, Moran 1-0-2, Lockhart 1-0-2, Ward 2-0-4, Quisenberg 3-0-6, Robertson 1-0-2, McFarlin, Mercier, Manner

Sumner (8-6) 80

Malloy 1-2-5, Phinney 2-0-5, Dunbar 2-0-4, polk 6-2-14, Hills 1-3-5, Cowperthwaite 3-1-7, Hardy 11-2-24, Jordan 3-0-6, Winslow 1-0-2, Grammer 2-0-2, Duke 3-0-6

3-pt. goals: Relyea; Malloy, Phinney

Searsport 8 13 25 36

Sumner 11 35 54 80

JV: Sumner 60-42

Lawrence 55, Mt. Blue 50

At Fairfield, Trafton Teague scored 12 of his game-high 28 points in the fourth quarter, including an 8-for-8 performance from the foul line, as Lawrence avenged a previous loss to the Cougars.

Teague also had 10 rebounds and five steals while Mark Bradford contributed 17 points and Travis Dorsey grabbed six rebounds.

Justin Almy’s 17 points and Matt Wasco’s 10 sparked Mt. Blue.

Mt. Blue (7-4) 50

Almy 6-3-17, Wasco 4-2-10, Nile 3-0-7, Simpson 1-2-5, French 1-1-3, Oakley 1-0-2, Russo 2-2-6, Adams, Fournier

Lawrence (6-5) 55

Teague 9-9-28, Bradford 6-5-17, Freese 2-0-6, MacArthur 0-1-1, McLaughlin 0-1-1, Dorsey 1-0-2, Kent, Foster, Pellerin, Pratt

3-pt. goals: Almy, Nile, Simpson; Freese 2, Teague

Mt. Blue 10 21 33 50

Lawrence 12 22 35 55

JV: Mt. Blue 55-44

Bangor Chr. 67, Greenville 49

At Greenville, Pat McCleary poured in 24 points to lead the Bangor Christian Patriots.

David Chrisos added 18 points for the winners and Josh Madden netted 16.

Tyler Muzzy paced the winners with 23 points and Derek Boucher put in 12.

Bangor Christian (6-7)

McCleary 12-0-24, Chrisos 7-0-18, Madden 5-2-16, Conley 2-0-4, Bradford 2-1-5, Sobey, Tyree, C. Patterson, G. Patterson

Greenville (8-5) 49

Muzzy 11-1-23, Knowlton 3-0-6, Boucher 5-0-12, B. Campbell 2-0-4, D. Campbell 1-0-2, Belmont, Aucoin, R. Douglass, J. Douglass, Fowle, Bretton, Laroche

3-pt. goals: Chrisos 4, Madden 4; Boucher 2

Bangor Christian 23 38 48 67

Greenville 4 14 26 49

Baxter 58, Highview Christian 44

At Bangor’s Eastern Maine Technical College, Kyle Curtis scored 15 second-half points as the Baxter School of Falmouth outscored Highview Christian 35-20 to erase a one-point halftime deficit.

Brian Cloutier had a game-high 22 points for the winners, Curtis finished with 21 and Brad Odegard had 14 more points.

Ben Allen’s 15 points and Dean Philbrick’s 14 led Highview Christian of Charleston.

Baxter School (2-7) 58

Cloutier 9-4-22, Curtis 9-2-21, Odegard 5-0-14, Dyniuk 0-1-1, Hood, Lawrence, Turcotte

Highview Christian (0-12) 44

Allen 6-3-15, Philbrick 5-2-14, Andrews 3-0-6, Day 1-2-4, Lovell 0-1-1, Kneeland 2-0-4, Bishop, Webber, Cooper, Waite

3-pt. goals: Odegard 4, Curtis; Philbrick 2

Baxter School 11 23 39 58

Highview Christian 11 24 33 44

JV: Odegard 4, Curtis; Philbrick 2