BANGOR – Ned Payne came off a screen on an inbounds play and hit a 3-pointer from the baseline at the buzzer and lift John Bapst to a 65-63 schoolboy basketball win over Old Town Wednesday night.

Payne finished with 18 points for John Bapst, which had trailed the entire game. Zev Myerowitz scored 12 of his 14 points in the Crusaders’ 28-point fourth quarter, helping them erase an 11-point deficit .

Jesse McCree scored 16 points for John Bapst.

Shawn Kenniston poured in a game-high 25 points for Old Town. Brian Tewhey netted 16.

Old Town (6-8) 63

Kenniston 8-3-25, Tewhey 8-0-16, Robbins 2-4-8, Stormann 3-1-8, Jackson 1-4-6, Madden, Mahaney, Barnes

John Bapst (12-2) 65

Payne 7-1-18, McCree 5-2-16, B. Snyder 1-0-2, Jellison, Day 2-0-6, Tremble, Z. Myerowitz 5-4-14, Russell, Baldus, Owen 4-1-9

3-pt. goals: Kenniston 6, Robbins 2, Stormann; Payne 3, McCree 4, Day 2

Old Town 11 23 48 63

John Bapst 12 22 37 65

Nokomis 82, Hampden 72

At Newport, Ryan McLellan’s 23-point effort helped the Warriors beat the Broncos.

Trenton Estes tossed in 22 points for Nokomis, while Luke Hayden provided 19 points and 10 rebounds.

Owen Caron led Hampden with 17 points and nine rebounds, Adam Russell contributed 13 points and five blocked shots, and Ben Keller added 10 points. Justin DiFrederico chipped in with five steals.

Hampden Acad. (5-9) 72

Woodard 1-0-3, DiFrederico 3-0-6, Shaw 1-2-4, B. Keller 5-0-10, Burke 2-1-5, Dionne 1-0-2, Caron 6-5-17, S. Keller 2-0-4, Russell 6-1-13, Quimby 3-0-8

Nokomis (10-4) 82

Henderson, McLellan 9-2-23, Estes 6-8-22, Burgess, Peters 2-4-9, Veazie 1-2-5, Hayden 5-9-19, Butler 1-2-4

3-pt. goals: Woodard, Quimby; McLellan 3, Estes 2, Peters, Veazie

Hampden 19 34 47 72

Nokomis 17 41 61 82

JV: Nokomis 62-43

Girls basketball

Old Town 49, John Bapst 43

At the Bangor Auditorium, Kasey Spencer poured in a game-high 21 points to lead the Indians to the overtime victory.

Renee Thibodeau had nine for the winners. Old Town trailed the Crusaders 8-0 to start the game, then went into a 2-3 zone, and shut them out for the rest of the period, holding them to 20 percent shooting from the floor in the game (16-60).

The Indians hit a pair of free throws with six seconds remaining before Nikki Novak broke the Indian press and sent it to overtime. Old Town went 10 for 10 from the line in the fourth and overtime combined to put Bapst away.

Stephanie Sockbeson led the way for the Crusaders with 16 points while Christina Rich added 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Old Town (6-8) 49

Spencer 7-6-21, Greene 0-1-1, Thibodeau 4-0-9, Osborne 1-1-3, Maurais 2-4-8, Brown 2-1-5, Metivier 1-0-2

John Bapst (5-9) 43

Rich 4-2-10, Crotty 3-0-9, Sekera 1-0-3, Yeo, Novak 2-1-5, Wakeling, Cluff, Sockbeson 6-3-16

3-pt. goals: Spencer and Thibodeau; Crotty 3, Sekel, Sockbeson

Old Town 9 17 31 39 49

John Bapst 8 14 22 39 43

JV: John Bapst 42-25

Mt. Blue 58, Gardiner 36

At Farmington, Amber Alexander popped in 12 points to lead the defending state champions to the win.

Margaret Bleauvelt notched 10 for the Cougars. Rachel Yates, who has been battling tendinitis in her quad all season long, had just four points.

Ashley Gosline paced the Tigers with 11 points.

Gardiner (1-12) 38

Gosline 4-2-11, Leathers 1-4-6, Knight 1-3-5, Hathaway 0-4-4, Daniel 1-1-3, Boynton 1-1-3, Swift 1-0-2, Brown 1-0-2, Hickley, Donnell, Berlan

Mt. Blue (4-9) 58

Alexander 4-3-12, Bleauvelt 5-0-10, Drostik 2-2-7, Yates 1-2-4, Delaney 2-0-4, Carleton 1-2-4, James 2-1-5, Corey 1-3-5, Stevens 1-2-4, Harrell 1-0-3, Hastings

3-pt. goals: Gosline; Drostik and Alexander

Gardiner 6 20 27 36

Mt. Blue 16 28 45 58

JV: Mt. Blue 52-46

Nokomis 43, Hampden 34

At Hampden, the visiting Nokomis Warriors of Newport used an 11-0 run to close out the second quarter, take the lead for good, and remain undefeated.

Danielle Clark had 12 points and eight rebounds while Lindsey Welch also scored 12 for the 14-0 Warriors. Laura Pelkey scored 10.

Emmy Russell led the Broncos with 10 points.

Nokomis (14-0) 43

Welch 5-1-12, Clark 4-4-12, Pelkey 1-7-10, Murray 1-0-2, Palmer 0-1-1, Snow 0-2-2, Lowe 2-0-4, Burnett

Hampden Academy (9-5) 34

Russell 2-6-10, Bragg 1-0-2, Caron 3-0-7, Hessert 2-1-5, Magoon 2-4-9, Robinson 0-1-1, Martin, Shaw, Wells, Wilson

3-pt. goals: Welch, Pelkey; Caron, Magoon

Nokomis 9 21 32 43

Hampden 12 19 27 34

JV: Hampden 42-34

Hockey

Presque Isle 4, Stearns 0

At Millar Arena in Houlton, Darren Carlisle and Andy Beaulieu tallied two goals and an assist apiece for the Wildcats.

Joe Grenier made 20 saves on 20 shots for the 11-6 Wildcats.

Nick Simon made 23 saves on 27 shots for 4-10 Stearns of Millinocket.

John Bapst 2, Brewer 1 (OT)

At H.O. Bouchard Arena in Brewer, Jon Rudnicki’s unassisted goal in overtime gave the Crusaders an upset win.

Rudnicki also assisted on Kyle Maynard’s goal for 4-10-1 John Bapst. Chris Todd added an assist while Dominic Dinardo made 27 saves on 28 shots.

Jimmy Morin scored off assists from Robbie Hayes and Ryan Largay for 10-7 Brewer. Rob Elliott made 20 saves on 22 shots.

Old Town 2, Messalonskee 1

At Alfond Arena in Orono, Garett Hayman snapped a 1-1 tie with a goal 12:52 into the second period and the Indians made that score hold up by holding the Eagles the rest of the way.

Andy Pease scored the other goal for the 3-15 Indians while Josh Buzzell and Brandon Welch added assists. Jason Karam made 24 saves on 25 shots.

Matt Bolduc scored off assists from Jeff Hogue and Trapper Tinker for 7-9 Messalonskee of Oakland. Mitch McPartlin made 18 saves on 20 shots.