McLellan leads No.5 Warriors past Cony boys John Bapst next for Nokomis

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NEWPORT – Ryan McLellan scored 33 points to lead the No. 5 Nokomis Warriors to a 62-55 Class A prelim victory over the No. 13 Cony Rams Tuesday night in boys basketball action.

Nokomis advanced to 4:40 p.m. Friday quarterfinal at the Bangor Auditorium against No. 4 John Bapst of Bangor.

Luke Hayden scored 14 points and blocked three shots for the winners.

Jared Cushman led No. 13 Cony of Augusta with 12 points while Scott Hinds added 10. Ryan Beer scored eight points and had 10 rebounds.

Cony (9-11) 55

Gallagher 3-2-9, Cushman 6-0-12, Hinds 4-0-10, Bunker 1-2-2, Arbour 3-0-6, Conrad 1-0-2, Beer 4-0-8, Raber 3-0-6, Vallee, Nyada, Schlarger

Nokomis (14-5) 62

Henderson 0-3-3, McLellan 11-7-33, Estes 1-7-9, Burgess 1-2-2, Hayden 5-4-14, Butler 0-1-1, Peters, Veazie

3-pt. goals: Hinds 2, Gallagher; McLellan 4

Cony 10 32 40 55

Nokomis 14 34 45 62

Lawrence 65, Old Town 49

At Fairfield, Trafton Teague led Lawrence, scoring 36 points for the No. 7 Bulldogs.

Lawrence advanced to an 8:40 p.m. Saturday quarterfinal against No. 2 Skowhegan at the Bangor Auditorium.

Mark Bradford scored 12 points while Nick Freese added 10 for the winners. Todd MacArthur scored two points and had 13 assists.

Shawn Kenniston netted 26 for No. 15 Old Town while Jason Robbins chipped in with 11.

Old Town (8-12) 49

Kenniston 7-12-26, Robbins 5-1-11, Jackson 1-0-2, Mahaney 4-0-9, Tewhey 0-1-1, Tidwell, Levesque, Madden, Storman, Brown, Barnes

Lawrence (12-7) 65

Teague 15-3-36, Bradford 6-0-12, Freese 3-2-10, MacArthur 1-0-2, McLaughlin 2-1-5, Dorsey, Kemp, Foster, Pellerin, Denis, Pratt

3-pt. goals: Mahaney; Teague 3, Freese 2

Old Town 13 24 32 49

Lawrence 11 25 44 65

Girls basketball

Presque Isle 47, Mt. Blue 34

At Presque Isle, the Wildcats jumped out to an 18-4 lead after one period and rolled to the win over the two-time defending state champs.

Presque Isle advanced to a 9:40 a.m. Saturday quarterfinal at the Bangor Auditorium against Cony of Augusta.

Autumn Tuttle led a balanced attack with 10 points for No. 8 Presque Isle. Melissa Blackstone added eight while Miranda Condon grabbed eight rebounds.

Rachel Yates scored 10 points and pulled down eight rebounds for the No. 9 Cougars. Amber Alexander scored eight.

Mt. Blue (6-14) 34

Yates 4-0-10, Carleton 1-0-2, Powers 1-2-4, Carey 1-0-2, Blauvelt 3-0-6, Alexander 4-0-8, Hastings 1-0-2, Delaney, Harrell, Stevens

Presque Isle (9-10) 47

Watanuchit 2-3-7, Blackstone 4-1-9, Post 1-0-2, Condon 3-1-7, Demerchant 2-1-5, Blanchard 2-2-6, Tuttle 4-2-10, Putnam 0-1-1, Hamel

3-pt. goals: Yates 2;

Mt. Blue 4 19 25 34

Presque Isle 18 23 32 47

Messalonskee 49, Caribou 30

At Oakland, Alyssa LaBelle scored 17 points and Izzy Smith tossed in 16 more to help the No. 6 Eagles past the Vikings.

Messalonskee advanced to a 2:10 Saturday quarterfinal at the Bangor Auditorium against No. 3 Bangor.

Ashley Monahan netted 10 for No. 14 Caribou.

Caribou (5-15) 30

Bougie 1-1-3, Soucie 3-0-6, Hannigan, Schloeman, Cyr, Vincent, King, Drew 2-1-5, Monahan 4-2-10, Willey 3-0-6, Sund

Messalonskee (11-8) 49

LaBelle 6-4-17, Colby, I. Smith 7-2-16, Grenier, McCarthy 1-0-2, Pelletier 4-0-8, L. Smith Herrin, Marston, Pullen, McCoskrie, McMullin 3-0-6

3-pt. goals: LaBelle

Caribou 6 17 26 30

Messalonskee 10 20 37 49

Lawrence 50, Old Town 35

At Fairfield, Ericka Nickerson scored 18 points to pace the Bulldogs to the win.

Melissa Miller netted 12 and Renee Dubay had 10 for No. 7 Lawrence.

The Bulldogs will face No. 2 Nokomis in an Eastern Maine quarterfinal at 7:10 p.m. Saturday.

Kasey Spencer tallied 10 for the No. 10 Indians. Mallory Brown added nine.

Old Town (8-12) 35

Spencer 3-4-10, Greene 1-0-2, Thibodeau 2-3-7, Osborne, Cole, Maurais 1-0-2, Brown 4-0-9, Saucier, Mitchell 1-0-3, Metivier 1-0-2, Kennedy, Eastman

Lawrence (10-9) 50

Rigers, Miller 5-0-12, Boucher, Nadeau, Marshall 3-0-7, Noyes, Marshall, Gurney, Dubay 5-0-10, Morrell, Dostie 1-1-3, Nickerson 5-8-18

3-pt. goals: Brown, Mitchell; Miller 2, Marshall

Old Town 8 18 24 35

Lawrence 15 23 34 50