PRESQUE ISLE – The Old Town High cheerleaders put together the top routine of the preliminary round, then backed it up in the second round en route to the Big East cheering championship on Saturday.

Coach Kate Loveless’ Old Town squad scored 84 points in the first round and duplicated that mark in the second round. Houlton scored 80 points in the second round after a 78.5-point effort in the preliminaries and finished second.The members of Old Town’s team: Kailee Bradstreet, Miranda Parsons, Cassie Madden, Whitney Randall, Kim Hamel, Rachel Clukey, Cherri MacDonald, Stacey Goodspeed, Angela Madden, Amanda Shields, Jeni Cunningham, Meghann Foster, Ashley Hogan, Avril Williams, Heather Lonko, Val Dionne, Sasha Cook-Coghill, Jessie Ford.

“I think they performed very well, basically [the same way] they’ve been performing in practice,” Loveless said. “I knew what they were capable of, and they definitely met my expectations for this competition.”

Loveless said teams generally look to improve in the second round, but said her team set a high standard in the first round.

“They performed [the routine] better the first time in terms of steadiness and stunts,” Loveless said. “The perfection of the stunting was better, but they were less nervous the second time, so that equaled off.”

Rounding out the top seven teams in the 13-team competition: 3. Brewer, 78 points in the second round; 4. Bangor, 72.5; 5. Ellsworth, 68.5; 6. Caribou, 67.5; 7. John Bapst, 62.5.

The teams that didn’t qualify for the second round, and their first-round scores: Hampden, 63.5; Presque Isle, 61; Nokomis of Newport and Hermon, 56.5; Bucksport, 54.5; and Mount Desert Island, 41.

The area’s cheering squads return to action Saturday in the Penobscot Valley Conference championship at Hermon High School. The competition begins at 4 p.m.

Boys basketball

Nokomis 57, John Bapst 48

At the Bangor Auditorium, Luke Hayden scored 23 points as the Warriors downed the Crusaders.

Trenton Estes had 16 points and Ryan McLellan tossed in 13 for Nokomis of Newport.

Zev Myerowitz topped John Bapst with 14 and Bryan Snyder added 12 points.

Nokomis (5-2) 57

McLellan 4-4-13, Estes 3-10-16, Horr 0-1-1, Hayden 7-9-23, Mullis 2-0-4, Bradstreet, Ellis, Veazie, Buzaraski, Martin

John Bapst (3-7) 48

Jellison 3-1-7, Snyder 5-2-12, Day 2-0-4, D. Myerowitz 1-3-5, Z. Myerowitz 7-0-14, Irish 1-0-3, Baldlus 1-1-3, Means, Rand, Connole, Tremble, Bromley

3-pt. goals: McLellan; Irish

Nokomis 16 26 46 57

John Bapst 11 23 36 48

JV: Nokomis 59-54

Dexter 50, Foxcroft 44

At Dexter, Travis Patterson scored seven of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and Erik Cooley went 5-for-6 from the free-throw line in the period to help the Tigers rally for the win.

Cooley finished with 10 points and Patterson pulled down 10 rebounds for Dexter.

Matt Carey led the Ponies with 12 points and Ty Kennedy chipped in with 11.

Foxcroft (4-7) 44

L. Robinson 0-1-1, Withee 1-1-4, White 1-3-5, Lizotte 4-0-8, Imbert 0-2-2, Kennedy 5-1-11, Carey 6-0-12, B. Robinson 0-1-1

Dexter (7-2) 50

Patterson 7-7-24, Towle 2-0-6, Cooley 1-7-10, Hersey 0-2-2, Mountain 0-1-1, Paige 0-6-6, Roach 0-1-1

3-pt. goals: Withee; Towle 2, Cooley

Foxcroft 9 20 34 44

Dexter 8 14 31 50

JV: Dexter 54-52

Bucksport 69, Orono 63

At Orono, 18 of the Golden Bucks’ 28 points in the second quarter came from the paint as they erased a 16-7 deficit at the end of one period.

Jason Harvey scored 22 points and Corey Guilford added 20 for the Bucks. Chris Dow notched 12.

Mike Socoby and Derek Sinclair scored 13 points each to pace Orono. Jeff Miller and Nick Heitmann tallied 10 apiece.

Bucksport (11-1) 69

McHale 1-0-2, Cain 1-0-2, Beeson, Sheehan 1-0-2, Allard 1-0-2, Nason, Guilford 8-1-20, Harvey 7-7-22, Ogden 2-0-4, Dow 6-0-12 Sullivan, Wingate 1-1-3

Orono (5-6) 63

J. Miller 4-0-10, B. Miller, Heitmann 4-0-10, Perron 1-1-3, Sinclair 6-1-13, Socoby 5-0-13, White 3-0-6, Saucier 2-2-6, Levesque 1-0-2, Gavett

3-pt. goals: Guilford 3, Harvey; Miller 2, Heitmann 2, Socoby 3

Bucksport 7 35 50 69

Orono 16 26 41 63

JV: Bucksport 54-52

DI-Stonington 71, Searsport 59

At Deer Isle, Bennett Gray scored 29 points to lead the Mariners to the win.

Josh Bolton contributed 17 points for the Mariners.

Jared Weaver scored 18 points for Searsport while Josh McFarlin added 15 and Drew Mercer chipped in with 13.

Searsport 59

Weaver 7-3-18, McFarlin 5-3-15, Mercer 3-7-13, Grove 2-0-4, Manner 1-3-5, Lockhart 2-0-4, Quisenberry, Gartor

Deer Isle-Stonington 71

B. Gray 8-9-29, Bolton 6-5-17, Wallace 1-1-3, Hardy 3-1-7, Gross 1-0-2, C. Gray 3-2-8, Gielarowski 2-1-5, Smith, Trundy

3-pt. goals: McFarlin 2, Weaver; Gray 4

Searsport 13 22 41 59

DI-Stonington 13 33 50 71

JV: DI-Stonington 64-34

Ellsworth 55, Hermon 48

At Ellsworth, John Morse put in eight of his 11 free-throw attempts in the fourth quarter to seal the win for the Eagles.

Morse finished with a game-high 25 points and added seven rebounds. Jake King contributed 10 points and eight rebounds.

Joey Schacht scored 16 points for the Hawks. Adam Porter had 10.

Hermon (3-6) 48

Cayford, Schacht 5-4-16, Frye, Robinson, McLeod 2-0-4, Ouellette 3-0-7, Watson, Shaw 2-2-7, Porter 4-2-10, King 2-0-4, Keith

Ellsworth (6-6) 55

King 3-4-10, Mayo 0-2-2, Dewitt 1-4-6, Bradford 0-2-2, Smith 2-2-8, Wood 1-0-2, Sawyer, Joh. Morse 7-8-25, Joc. Morse, McMillan

3-pt. goals: Schacht 2, Ouellette, Shaw; Joh. Morse 3, Smith 2

Hermon 14 20 38 48

Ellsworth 15 23 40 55

JV: Ellsworth 80-72

Stearns 74, Houlton 71

At Houlton, Derek DiFrederico’s conventional three-point play with 10 seconds left provided the Minutemen with the margin of victory.

DiFrederico poured in 34 points to pace Stearns of Millinocket, while Kevin McLaughlin connected for 14 and Matt Leino added 12.

James Skehan led Houlton with 27 points and 13 rebounds. Lars O’Connell contributed 16 points and Jason Frenette chipped in with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Stearns (4-7) 74

Leino 4-2-12, Arsenault, Fitzpatrick, DiFrederico 11-10-34, Johnson 0-2-2, McLaughlin 6-2-14, Hartwell 2-3-7, Mat. Legassey 2-1-5, Mar. Legassey

Houlton (6-7) 71

Frenette 6-0-12, Drake 1-2-5, Brown, McCann, E. O’Connell 2-0-4, Lloyd 1-4-7, La. O’Connell 5-2-16, Skehan 10-7-27

3-pt. goals: Leino 2, DiFrederico 2; Drake, Lloyd, La. O’Connell 4, Skehan 10-7-27

Stearns 14 29 50 74

Houlton 12 31 45 71

JV: Houlton 67-45

Mattanawcook 70, Schenck 53

At Lincoln, Fred Pete led the Lynx with 14 points.

Jon Carney scored 11 for Mattanawcook while Matt Malone added 10.

Brian Graham led Schenck of East Millinocket with 17 points while Ryan Deschenes scored 16 and Tyler Thompson had 11.

Schenck (7-3) 53

Johnson 2-0-4, Thompson 4-1-11, Deschenes 8-0-16, Graham 6-2-17, Jamo 1-0-3, Bardette 1-0-2, Hanington, Waite, Vaness, S. Graham

Mattanawcook (7-4) 70

Kyes 2-0-4, LaPlante 2-5-9, Kites 1-2-4, Pete 5-4-14, Cousineau 3-1-8, Greenlaw 2-1-5, Berry 0-1-1, Malone 3-2-10, Libbey 2-0-4, Carney 4-3-11, Hanscom, Gardner, Whitney

3-pt. goals: B. Graham 3, Thompson 2, Jamo; Malone 2, Cousineau

Schenck 11 14 29 53

Mattanawcook 12 33 55 70

JV: Mattanawcook 68-57

Bangor Chr. 76, Lee Acad. 47

At Bangor, David Chrisos led Bangor Christian with 16 points.

Matt Conley had 15 for the Patriots while Josh Madden added 11.

Frank Severance was Lee Academy’s top scorer with 13 points.

Lee Academy (2-8) 47

Severance 5-3-13, Mallett 3-2-8, Worster 3-1-7, Carpenter 3-0-6, Dow 2-0-5, Thompson 1-1-3, Pickering 1-0-2, J. Ham 1-0-2, A. Ham 0-1-1, House, Rideout

Bangor Christian (11-2) 76

Chrisos 7-1-16, Conley 6-1-15, Madden 4-2-11, Carey 3-0-6, Bradford 2-1-5, P. McCleary 2-0-4, Doten 2-0-4, Putnam 1-0-2, Wilson 1-0-2, Ossinger 1-0-2, Patterson 1-0-2, Sobey 1-0-2, Cole 1-0-2, D.J. McCleary 1-0-2, Pinkham 0-1-1

3-pt. goals: Dow; Conley 2, Chrisos, Madden

Lee Academy 7 15 28 47

Bangor Christian 22 45 60 76

Girls basketball

Averill 48, Highview Christian 25

At Eastern Maine Technical College in Bangor, Sally Jenkins scored 14 points and Tonya Hans added 12 more to pace Averill of Hinckley.

Sarah Lewis tallied 15 for Highview Christian of Charleston. Dani Day grabbed nine rebounds.

Averill (7-3) 48

Day, Rowher 3-0-6, Gowen, Norris, Bailey, Alley 3-1-7, Beme, Hill, Hunter, Jenkins 7-0-14, Hans 6-0-12, Seavey, Hayes 1-7-9

Highview Christian (1-5) 25

Lewis 7-1-15, Plourde, Long 2-0-4, Perera 1-0-2, Scott 1-0-2, Day, Crooker, Cary 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: none

Averill 12 22 35 48

Highview Christian 2 8 16 25

Nokomis 61, John Bapst 19

At the Bangor Auditorium, Michelle Murray scored 12 points to help give Nokomis the win.

Lindsey Welch and Ashley MacKenzie each had 11 for the Warriors.

Nicole Yeo was top scorer for John Bapst with six points.

Nokomis (6-1) 61

Welch 4-0-11, J. Gould 1-1-3, Murray 5-0-12, MacKenzie 4-1-11, Paradis 1-4-5, Merrow 2-0-4, Perry 0-1-1, Lowe 1-2-4, Clark 3-3-9, K. Gould, Snow

John Bapst (1-8) 19

Sturgeon 1-0-2, Crotty 1-0-2, Sekera 1-0-3, Yeo 3-0-6, Mitchell-Storer 0-2-2, Hunter 1-0-2, Picard 1-0-2, Miller, Andrle, Zitaner, Ryder, Ginn

3-pt. goals: Welch 3, Murray 2, MacKenzie 2

Nokomis 18 34 46 61

John Bapst 9 11 15 19

JV: John Bapst 26-23

Belfast 53, Rockland 42

At Rockland, Ashley Bryant scored 16 points to help give Belfast the win.

Kate Ross contributed with 11 points for the Lions.

Lindsey Grant led Rockland with 10 points.

Belfast 53

Crandall 2-0-5, A. Bryant 2-3-7, L. Bryant 2-3-7, Ross 4-0-11, Murphy 2-4-8, Bailey 2-0-4, Mehuren 1-0-2, Cassidy-Groening, Brown, Ellis, Marden, Evan

Rockland 42

L. Grant 4-2-10, C. Grant 0-3-3, Marcotte 2-3-7, Gushee 1-1-4, Hurley 0-1-1, Felt 3-2-8, Pennell 2-4-8, Manning, Clark

3-pt. goals: Ross 3, Bryant 2, Crandall; Gushee

Belfast 14 23 41 53

Rockland 7 20 31 42

Hockey

Winslow 4, Presque Isle 3

At Sukee, Winslow, Chris Langlais scored two goals to help lead Winslow to the win.

Evan Smith and Derek Dempsey each added goals while Pat Finley had two assists. Dan Roll recorded an assist while Tim Cloutier stopped 23 of 26 shots.

Trevor Graves had two goals for Presque Isle while Sam Shaw scored one. Travis Shaw faced 22 shots and stopped 18 for the 5-4 Wildcats.

Stearns 6, Foxcroft 4

At Sawyer Arena in Bangor, Rick Michaud led Stearns of Millinocket with three goals and two assists.

Drew Somers scored two goals and had an assist while Devon Pelkey added a goal. Matt Huston and Sean Jamieson each recorded assists while Nick Simon made 25 saves on 29 shots.

Derek Smith and Seth Gabarro each had a goal and an assist for 1-7 Foxcroft while Hunter Wilbur and Corey Beaulieu each scored goals. Dan Speed and Josh Sands one assist each while Dan Perkins faced 21 shots and stopped 18.