WASHBURN – Miranda Butler scored seven of her 12 points to spark Fort Fairfield’s pivotal 15-10 scoring surge in the fourth quarter as the Tigers beat the Washburn Beavers 42-36 in schoolgirl basketball action Thursday night.

Dani Searles paced the winners with 18 points.

Amber Blakney poured in 27 points for Washburn.

Fort Fairfield (6-6) 42

Enman, S. Butler 0-4-4, M. Butler 4-4-12, K. Searles, Churchill 2-0-4, McLaughlin 1-0-2, DeMerchant, Langworthy 1-0-2, D. Searles 7-4-18

Washburn (7-5) 36

C. McLaughlin 1-0-2, N. McLaughlin 2-0-5, Maynard 1-0-2, Blakney 9-6-27, Campbell, Morrow, McIntosh, Abar

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

Fort Fairfield 5 13 27 42

Washburn 8 15 26 36

JV: Fort Fairfield 38-23

Presque Isle 62, Fort Kent 42

At Fort Kent, the Wildcats took control early on en route to the win over the Warriors.

Billi Blanchard led Presque Isle with 14 points.

Amber Nadeau topped Fort Kent with 12.

Presque Isle (5-4) 62

Blanchard 6-1-14, Tuttle 3-1-8, Post 3-2-8, Delong 3-0-6, McKenna 2-2-6, Condon 2-0-4, Demerchant 3-0-6, McHatten 2-0-4, Bishop 0-2-2, Zettergeren 1-2-4, Henrikson, Wildenman, Dyer

Fort Kent (3-10) 42

Nadeau 5-1-12, Labbe 2-0-5, Minzy 1-2-4, Daigle 2-1-5, Morneault 0-1-1, Saucier 1-0-2, Boucher 1-5-7, Hartman 3-0-6, Cyr, Pelletier, Desjardins, Kelly

3-pt. goals: Blanchard, Tuttle; Labbe, Nadeau

Presque Isle 14 28 47 62

Fort Kent 7 15 27 42

JV: Fort Kent 58-57

Van Buren 64, Easton 30

At Easton, Michelle Parent poured in 28 points to spark the Crusaders to the easy win.

Michelle Parent connected for 11 for Van Buren.

Korrin Patterson paced the Bears with nine.

Van Buren (10-1) 64

Gagnon, Hews 2-0-4, Corbin 13-2-28, Caron 2-3-7, Beckwith, Parent 5-1-11, Doucette 3-0-6, Cyr 1-0-2, Gagnon 3-0-6

Easton (0-12) 30

O’Mara, Lovely 2-1-5, Patterson 3-1-9, Pitlak, Ferris 1-0-2 Alexander 3-0-6, Hickey

3-pt. goals: Patterson 2

Van Buren 24 37 60 64

Easton 7 21 24 30

So. Aroostook 58, East Grand 49

At Danforth, the Warriors used a balanced scoring attack to beat East Grand Tuesday.

Olivia McGary led the Warriors with 19 points, while Tiffany Hartin and Kristi Brooker contributed 14 and 11, respectively.

Amanda Godley poured in 29 points and pulled down 13 rebounds to East Grand while Marie Gilman added 13.

Southern Aroostook (11-2) 58

Hartin 6-2-14, Brooker 5-0-11, McGary 7-4-19, Lyons 3-3-9, Crandall 0-1-1, Hersey 2-0-4, Violette, Hardy

East Grand (2-9) 49

Godley 9-10-29, Gilman 5-0-13, Parker 2-0-4, T. Osnoe 1-0-2, Dodge 1-0-2, Zaneldin, P. Osnoe, Mortland

3-pt. goals: Brooker, McGary; Godley, Gilman 3

So. Aroostook 5 21 38 58

East Grand 7 22 35 49

JV: Southern Aroostook 38-29

Penquis 58, Foxcroft 31

At Dover-Foxcroft, Megan Russell’s 20 points sparked the Patriots of Milo to their 10th win.

Jean Hamlin contributed 10 for Penquis.

Megan Dow connected on 12 points and pulled down 12 rebounds for the Ponies.

Penquis (10-2) 58

Russell 6-5-20, L. Hamlin 4-0-8, Dolley 1-0-2, Allen 3-0-6, R. Hamlin, E. Morrill 1-0-2, Gerrish, Madden, K. Hamlin 3-0-6, Comeau, Cobb 1-2-4, J. Hamlin 3-4-10, Hussey, K. Morrill

Foxcroft (2-10) 31

Snow 2-1-5, Haskell 0-1-1, Cartwright, Stone, Hall 1-0-3, Curry 3-0-6, Jackins, Dow 5-2-12, Ryder 2-0-4, Goggin

3-pt. goals: Russell 3; Hall

Penquis 19 31 45 58

Foxcroft 6 10 21 31

Belfast 56, Mount View 34

At Belfast, the Lions applied heavy full-court pressure to race out to a 20-3 lead after the first quarter, and 30-13 at halftime, as they eased to the win.

Ashley Bryant topped the Lions with 16 points.

Ashley Barnard sparked the Mustangs of Thorndike with 11 points. Megan Swanson tossed in 10.

Mount View (6-6) 34

Hunter, Miles, Barnard 4-0-11, Swanson 3-2-10, Whitcomb 0-2-2, Caler 1-1-4, York 0-2-2, Carter 2-1-5, Drummond

Belfast (7-5) 56

Crandall 1-0-2, Evans, A. Bryant 6-2-16, L. Bryant 1-1-3, Groening 1-0-2, Brown 2-0-4, Ross 3-0-8, Murphy 1-0-2, Ellis 1-0-2, Bailey 3-2-8, Mehuren 4-1-9, Marden

3-pt. goals: Barnard 3, Swanson 2, Caler; A. Bryant 2, Ross 2

Mount View 3 13 21 34

Belfast 20 30 41 56

JV: Belfast 43-28

Nokomis 41, MDI 34

At Mount Desert, Sara Lowe scored six of her 10 points to spark a 9-0 run to open the third quarter that helped the Warriors build a 10-point lead and avenge an earlier loss to the Trojans.

Michelle Murray scored a game-high 16 points for Nokomis of Newport, which trailed 13-2 early but battled its way back. Danielle Clark tossed in 13 points for the winners, who took advantage of good full-court pressure.

Bracey Barker led Mount Desert Island with nine points and Shelley Gott added seven.

Nokomis (7-1) 41

Murray 5-2-16, Clark 5-3-13, Lowe 5-0-10, Welch 0-2-2, Snow, Mackenzie, Paradis, Merrow, Perry

Mount Desert Island (11-1) 34

Barker 2-4-9, Gott 2-3-7, Horton 3-0-6, Kane 3-0-6, Joy 1-3-5, Joy 1-3-5, Gordius 0-1-1, Boisvert, Joseph, Willson, Norwood

3-pt. goals: Murray 4; Barker

Nokomis 4 17 30 41

MDI 13 16 24 34

JV: Nokomis 35-26

Boys basketball

Putnam scores 1,000th point; Hodgdon 74, So. Aroostook 42

At Hodgdon, 6-foot-4 senior forward Tyler Putnam poured in 33 points, including his 1,000th career point, to power the Hawks past Southern Aroostook.

Putnam scored 23 points in the first half as Hodgdon surged to a 37-20 lead. Matt Day chipped in with 14 points and 15 rebounds.

Corey Shields paced the Warriors of Dyer Brook with 14 points.

Southern Aroostook (6-7) 42

Hardy 1-0-2, Edkins 2-0-5, Austin, Caswell, Bryant, L. Nadeau 3-0-7, Philbert 2-1-5, J. Nadeau, McCluskey 2-1-5, Shields 7-0-14, Hartin 2-0-4, Boutilier

Hodgdon (13-0) 74

Putnam 16-1-33, Day 6-0-14, Potter 1-0-3, Hogan 1-1-3, Blanchette 3-2-8, Williams 1-0-2, Hovey, Condon, Sanford 1-0-2, Griffin 4-0-9, Lilley, Prescott

3-pt. goals: Edkins, L. Nadeau; Day 2, Griffin

Southern Aroostook 8 20 24 42

Hodgdon 12 37 51 74

JV: Hodgdon 61-43

Limestone 65, Easton 40

At Limestone, three different players tossed in 10 points as the Eagles flew over the Bears.

George Tamburello scored 10 and pulled down 11 rebounds for the winners. Lucien Longlais popped in 10, as did Steven Hardwick.

James Desmond paced Easton with 12 points.

Easton (2-12) 40

Carlow 2-0-4, D. Warren 2-1-5, Osgood 2-0-5, P. Warren 0-5-5, Desmond 5-2-12, McMann 3-0-7, Perry 1-0-2, Bradley, Fuller, Marquis, Tompkins

Limestone (6-5) 65

Tamburello 4-2-10, Poisson 2-2-6, Longlais 4-2-10, Hardwick 5-0-10, Knoll 2-3-7, Begin 0-1-1, Pelletier 1-0-2, Cote 3-1-7, Beck 3-0-6, Patten 0-2-2, Stackhouse 2-0-4, O’Neal, Castonguay, Patterson, DeLong

3-pt. goals: Osgood, McMann

Easton 11 19 30 40

Limestone 17 28 51 65

JV: Limestone 62-40

Fort Fairfield 53, Madawaska 47

At Madawaska, Ryan Helstrom scored nine of his 12 points in the fourth quarter and Aaron Kenneson contributed eight of his 22 as Fort Fairfield rallied for the win.

James McLaughlin chipped in with nine points.

Marc Garcia’s game-high 25 points, including five three-pointers, paced Madawaska and Keith Cyr registered eight points and five rebounds.

Fort Fairfield (9-4) 53

Cunningham, Bernaiche, LeVasseur 2-0-4, Kenneson 8-6-22, Helstrom 4-3-12, Esancy 1-0-2, Dorsey 2-0-4, McLaughlin 3-0-9

Madawaska (3-9) 47

Guerrette, Morin, Cyr 4-0-8, Levesque 3-1-7, Paradis, Morneault 3-1-7, Garcia 9-2-25, Pennington

3-pt. goals: McLaughlin 3, Helstrom; Garcia 5

Fort Fairfield 12 20 31 53

Madawaska 6 15 32 47

JV: Fort Fairfield 49-26

Calais 71, Shead 53

At Calais, Andy Frost poured in a game-high 23 points and Joe Footer popped in 20 more as Calais collected its fifth straight win.

Mike Demolet had six of his nine points in the second quarter and Footer had five as Calais broke the game open by outscoring Shead 26-9.

Russell McLean added 10 points for Calais while Shead was led by Ben Toney’s 14 points and Jason Bones’ 10.

Shead (5-7) 53

Maloney 3-0-6, Altvater 1-0-2, Ricker, Curtis 1-4-6, Marshall, Bones 5-0-10, Ellington 2-2-7, Constant 0-1-1, Demmons 3-1-7, Toney 5-4-14

Calais (12-1) 71

Morrell 1-1-3, Provencher, Lloyd, Demolet 3-0-9, McLean 4-1-10, Smith, Frost 7-7-23, McPhee 0-1-1, Woodside 2-1-5, Footer 9-2-20, LaPointe

3-pt. goals: Ellington; Demolet 3, Frost 2

Shead 16 25 38 53

Calais 17 43 55 71

JV: Calais 57-41

Foxcroft 70, Penquis 35

At Dover-Foxcroft, Danny White poured in 24 points and dished out five assists as the Ponies galloped past the Patriots.

Josh Withee also handed out five assists for the winners. E.J. Imbert connected for 12 points and ripped down 13 rebounds. Lincoln Robinson contributed 10 points and seven rebounds.

Chet Gillis and Dustin Perkins sparked Penquis of Milo with six each.

Penquis (5-8) 35

Jo. Allen 0-3-3, Hamlin 0-1-1, Chase 2-0-5, Joyce 1-0-2, Ju. Allen 1-0-2, Wooten 0-1-1, Gillis 3-0-6, Grindle 0-3-3, Perkins 2-1-6, McKenzie 1-3-5

Foxcroft (5-7) 70

White 7-6-24, Imbert 5-2-12, L. Robinson 3-4-10, Withee 1-1-4, Lazotte 3-1-7, Kennedy 1-3-5, Carey 1-2-4, Perry 1-0-2, Hall 0-2-2, Croan, B. Robinson

3-pt. goals: Chase, Perkins; Withee

Penquis 10 16 25 35

Foxcroft 18 33 54 70