MADAWASKA – Nicholas Thibodeau buried a buzzer-beating 15-footer from the left corner of the foul line to lift Fort Kent to a 53-52 schoolboy basketball win over Madawaska on Thursday night.

Thibodeau finished with 14 points, Anthony Lamarr added 14 and Dustin Nadeau scored 13 for the Warriors.

For Madawaska, Marc Garcia poured in 30 points, including five 3-pointers. Keith Cyr chipped in with 13.

Fort Kent (2-4) 53

Pelletier 1-0-2, Nadeau 5-0-13, Wood 1-0-3, Lamarr 7-0-14, Thibodeau 6-1-14, Bourgoin 2-3-7, Rossignol, Bouchard

Madawaska (0-5) 52

Morin 2-0-4, Cyr 6-0-13, Levesque 0-1-1, Garcia 10-5-30, Pennington 2-0-4, Morneault, Nadeau, Paradis

3-pt. goals: Nadeau 3, Wood, Thibodeau; Garcia 5, Cyr

Fort Kent 7 19 35 53

Madawaska 18 22 37 52

JV: Fort Kent 71-48

Ashland 39, Van Buren 37

At Ashland, senior forward Eric Ham scored six of his eight points in the fourth quarter as Ashland erased a two-point deficit to notch the victory.

Buck Pineau scored 12 points to pace Ashland. David Smith and Ham contributed eight apiece.

Jeremy Chasse’s game-high 14 points and Tyler Hews’ 12 led Van Buren.

Van Buren (1-4) 37

Chasse 5-2-14, Hews 4-4-12, Ayotte 2-2-6, Lapierre 1-1-3, Gagnon 1-0-2, Cyr, Martin, Ouellette, Violette, Corbin

Ashland (2-3) 39

Pineau 5-2-12, Ham 4-0-8, Smith 2-4-8, Eastman 2-0-5, Hitchcock 1-0-2, Bessey 2-0-4, Junkins, Lovewell, Oakes

3-pt. goals: Chasse 2; Eastman

Van Buren 10 16 21 37

Ashland 7 21 29 39

Belfast 75, Rockland 69

At Belfast, Belfast outscored Rockland 22-11 in the fourth quarter to pull away for the victory. Six Lions scored during the period, led by Ben Cowan with eight points and Jesse Robbins with six.

Casey Kenniston recorded 28 points and Justin Widdecombe logged 12 for the Tigers.

Rockland (3-1) 69

Kenniston 12-4-28, Widdecombe 5-2-12, Oliver 1-2-4, Wooster 1-0-3, Curtis 2-2-6, LaBree 3-1-7, Baker 0-1-1, Brown 1-2-4, Ross 1-2-4, Creamer

Belfast (2-3) 75

Cowan 10-0-26, Duval 4-5-14, Horne 6-0-13, Robbins 1-6-8, Arthers, Gregory, Welch 0-2-2, Aldus 1-0-2, Button 3-2-8, Reynolds 0-2-2, Hesseltine, Thompson

3-pt. goals: Wooster; Cowan 6, Duval, Horne

Rockland 20 46 58 69

Belfast 21 37 53 75

JV: Belfast 75-60

Girls basketball

So. Aroostook 47, Katahdin 46

At Sherman Station, Nicki Lyons’ jumper with two seconds left propelled the unbeaten Warriors of Dyer Brook past Katahdin.

Lyons totaled 10 points. Tiffany Harton and Kristi Brooker had 14 each.

Angela Qualey led the Cougars with 14.

Southern Aroostook (5-0) 47

Harton 7-0-14, Brooker 5-4-14, Lyons 4-0-10, Toothaker 3-0-6, McGary 1-1-3, Hersey, Violette

Katahdin (2-3) 46

Violette 3-2-8, Duffy-Stanley 2-0-4, McMoarn 2-2-6, Libby, McAvoy 2-1-5, McCarthy 3-2-9, Qualey 5-0-14

3-pt. goals: Lyons 2; Qualey 4, McCarthy

Southern Aroostook 16 29 38 47

Katahdin 15 28 38 46

JV: Southern Aroostook 35-30

Cen. Aroostook 37, Washburn 35

At Mars Hill, Lindsay Michaud scored 11 points, Jenna Robinson contributed eight and Central Aroostook survived a 3-pointer barrage in the fourth quarter to triumph.

Liza Maynard hit three 3-pointers and Nicole McLaughlin nailed another as Washburn clawed away at an 11-point deficit.

Maynard finished with 12 points and Kate Morrow had six.

Washburn (3-2) 35

Maynard 4-1-12, C. McLaughlin 2-0-4, N. McLaughlin 1-2-5, Blakney 2-1-5, Campbell 1-1-3, Morrow 3-0-6

Central Aroostook (4-2) 37

Michaud 5-1-11, Caron, Smith 2-0-4, Barton, Collins, Robinson 4-0-8, McCrum 1-3-5, Fletcher 2-2-6, Carvell 1-1-3, Gosselin

3-pt. goals: Maynard 3, N. McLaughlin

Washburn 8 10 17 35

Central Aroostook 12 22 28 37

JV: Washburn 27-23

Houlton 55, Fort Kent 44

At Fort Kent, Hannah Socoby netted 19 points and Sarah Beasley tossed in 13 to lead Houlton.

Katherine Cole contributed 12 for the winners.

Ashley Desjardins paced the Fort Kent offense with 12 points and McKenzie Boucher added eight points and 10 rebounds.

Houlton (3-2) 55

Guy, Beasley 4-5-13, Cleary 3-0-7, Goodrich 0-1-1, Thompson, Brown, Cole 5-2-12, Lenentine 1-1-3, Socoby 7-5-19, Bettings

Fort Kent (1-4) 44

Labbe, Nadeau, Cyr 3-0-6, Pelletier 1-0-3, Minzy 1-5-7, Desjardins 3-6-12, Daigle, Morneault 2-0-5, Kelly, Saucier 0-3-3, Boucher 3-1-8, Hartman

3-pt. goals: Cleary; Pelletier, Morneault, Boucher

Houlton 22 32 49 55

Fort Kent 13 26 34 44

Narraguagus 58, Shead 37

At Harrington, cousins Linny and Missy Barbee each scored 14 points as the Knights topped the Tigerettes of Eastport.

Sarah Snider threw in 12 for the winners, and Shelby Howe pulled down 10 rebounds.

Kristin Beaulieu sparked Shead with 16 points and Samantha Davis added 10.

Shead (2-4) 37

Beaulieu 7-2-16, Davis 4-0-10, Stubbs 2-0-5, Mitchell 1-0-2, Preston 1-0-2, McPhail 1-0-2, Bowen, N. Bouchard, V. Bouchard, Lingley

Narraguagus (4-1) 58

M. Barbee 6-0-14, L. Barbee 7-0-14, Snider 5-2-12, Sawyer 3-0-6, Woodsum 2-0-4, Bagley 2-0-4, Pounder 2-0-4, Strout, Penney, Tenan, Grant, Torrey, Howe

3-pt. goals: Davis 2, Stubbs; M. Barbee 2

Shead 4 19 27 37

Narraguagus 12 32 40 58

JV: Narraguagus 45-33