ELLSWORTH – Chad Gomm scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half, including eight in the third quarter, as Brewer posted a 43-41 schoolboy basketball win over Ellsworth Wednesday night.

Jon Bell tossed in 15 for Brewer.

Adam Smith scored 14 and Jake King had 10 points and eight rebounds for Ellsworth, which made two free throws with 17 seconds to play to cut the lead to two, then missed a potential game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer after forcing a turnover.

Brewer (10-3) 43

Bernier 0-2-2, Sargent 3-1-8, Bouzan-Kaloustian, Bell 4-5-15, Drillen, Breindel 2-0-4, King 1-0-2, Gomm 6-0-12

Ellsworth (7-10) 41

King 5-0-10, Mayo, DeWitt, Bradford 1-1-4, Smith 5-4-14, Wood 1-0-2, Joh. Morse 1-4-7, Joc. Morse, McMillan 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: Sargent, Bell 2; Bradford, Joh. Morse

Brewer 11 20 36 43

Ellsworth 15 25 33 41

JV: Brewer 56-54

Lee 78, Schenck 65

At Lee, Frank Severance led the way with 28 points and eight rebounds as the Pandas used solid free-throw shooting and 3-point shooting to upset the Wolverines.

Severance scored 19 of his points in the first half. Josh Thompson scored 11 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter. He also added four assists and four steals.

Frank Carpenter chipped in 15 points and Dustin Pickering grabbed 11 rebounds. The Pandas were 9-for-13 from the free-throw line down the stretch. They also buried 10 of 22 3-pointers.

Seth Johnson led the way for Schenck of East Millinocket with 20 points and six assists. Ryan Deschenes poured in 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Pat Jamo contributed 13 points.

Schenck (11-5) 65

Johnston 8-1-20, Deschenes 7-3-17, Jamo 5-1-13, Rossignol 3-0-6, Thompson 2-0-4, S. Graham 1-0-3, Vaness 1-0-2, Hanington

Lee (4-12) 78

Severance 11-2-28, Thompson 7-2-19, Carpenter 6-3-15, Pickering 1-1-3, Dow 3-0-9, Mallett 1-2-4, Rideout, Thurlow, Currie, Worster

3-pt. goals: Jonson 3, Jamo 2, S. Graham; Severance 4, Thompson 3, Dow 3

Schenck 19 26 41 65

Lee 24 41 49 78

JV: Schenck 60-57

John Bapst 66, Hampden 50

At Hampden, Bryan Snyder and Wes Day combined to score 44 points as the Crusaders of Bangor to the win.

Snyder scored 23 and Day had 21.

Nick Paoletti scored 16 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and added six blocks for the Broncos. Ben Keller tallied 12 points.

John Bapst 66

Jellison, Snyder 7-9-23, Means 1-0-2, Day 5-8-21, Rand, Connolle 0-2-2, Tremble 2-0-5, Myerowitz 1-3-5, Irish, Baldus 2-3-7, Bromley 0-1-1

Hampden 50

Woodard, Larson 1-0-3, DiFrederico 1-2-5, Shaw 0-2-2, Keller 4-2-12, Paoletti 7-2-16, Dalton 1-2-5, Bacon, Whinery 0-1-1, Thomas 1-0-2, Bennett 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: Day 3, Tremble; DiFrederico, Larson, Keller 2, Dalton

John Bapst 13 31 49 66

Hampden 11 24 33 50

JV: John Bapst 53-46

Bucksport 89, Nokomis 75

At Bucksport, Jason Harvey poured in 41 points – offsetting a 40-point performance by Nokomis star Ryan McLellan – as the Class B Golden Bucks earned a season sweep of the Class A powers from Newport.

Luke Hayden tallied 14 points for the Warriors. McLellan scored 16 of his 40 in the fourth quarter.

Nokomis (10-3) 75

R. McLellan 15-5-40, Estes 3-2-8, Ellis 0-2-2, Veazie 4-0-9, Buzanoski, Horr, Hayden 6-2-14, Martin, J. McLellan, Mullis 1-0-2

Bucksport (14-2) 89

Beeson, Sheehan 3-1-7, Mercer 2-3-9, Allard, Guilford 5-4-17, Harvey 13-12-41, Ogden, Dow 5-1-11, Wingate 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: McLellan 5, Veazie; Mercer 2, Guilford 3, Harvey 3

Nokomis 14 31 49 75

Bucksport 18 47 64 89

JV: Bucksport 54-45

Georges Valley 73, Madison 70

Magnusson scores 2,000th

At Thomaston, Travis Magnusson buried seven three-pointers, including one with 2:22 left in the game to give him his 2,000th career point, a feat accomplished by only four other high school boys in Maine. He poured in 38 total points, and the Buccaneers nipped Madison.

Madison (9-7) 70

Clark 3-0-6, Rich 7-3-20, Deck, Cannon 5-3-13, Fortin 4-3-11, Francoze 4-1-11, Berry 3-1-8

Georges Valley (14-3) 73

Wilgus 2-2-6, Benner 3-1-7, Magnusson 12-2-38, Schmonsees 5-2-12, Hiller 0-1-1, Staples 0-1-1, Carty, Hutchinson 3-2-8

3-pt. goals: Rich 3, Francoze 2, Berry; Magnusson 7

Madison 24 37 48 70

Georges Valley 18 31 49 73

Girls basketball

Lee Acad. 101, Schenck 45

At East Millinocket, Katie Harris hit six 3-pointers on her way to 26 points as the Pandas cruised.

Shelby Pickering tossed in 24 points and Deidra Ham netted 22 for Lee Academy. Kristen Bird added 10.

Liz Knight paced Schenck with nine points.

Lee Acad. (13-3) 101

Mallett 1-0-2, Bird 5-0-10, Hanscom, Harris 8-4-26, Linscott 3-0-6, D. Ham 9-3-22, Cole 2-0-4, K. Ham 0-1-1, Gifford 3-0-6, Pickering 11-2-24, Maxwell

Schenck (1-15) 45

Farrington 4-0-8, Bishop 3-0-6, Jamark 1-0-3, Duprey 1-2-4, Day 2-2-6, King, Carey 1-0-2, Hanington 1-0-2, Knight 4-0-9, Sprague, Chasse 2-0-5

3-pt. goals: Harris 6, D. Ham; Jarmark 1, Chasse

Lee Acad. 36 60 84 101

Schenck 10 20 32 45

JV: Schenck 49-48

Old Town 48, Orono 34

At Old Town, Kasey Spencer and Renee Thibodeau poured in 18 points each as the Indians knocked off Class B rival Orono.

After trailing by just four at the half, Orono never got closer than 10 points, as Old Town went on a 27-17 burst.

Jessica Wagner led the Red Riots with 11.

Orono (8-8) 34

Glencross, See 1-1-3, Nelson, Dupere 1-0-3, Reed, Alford, Shay 0-1-1, Gray 1-0-2, Wagner 5-1-11, Lint 3-0-6, Saucier 4-0-8

Old Town (8-5) 48

K. Spencer 8-0-18, Greene, Thibodeau 5-5-18, Marquis, D. Spencer, Maurais, Brown 1-4-7, L. Mitchell 0-2-2, Cole, K. Mitchell, Metiver 1-1-3, Kennedy

3-pt. goals: Dupere; Thibodeau 3, K. Spencer 2, Brown

Orono 9 17 26 34

Old Town 10 21 35 48

JV: Old Town 50-34

Penquis 68, Mattanawcook 59

At Milo, Lindsay Hamlin led the charge with 19 points as the Patriots earned the win.

April Allen tossed in 17 for Penquis and Megan Russell added 16.

Jen Harvey sparked the Lynx of Lincoln 13 points. Ali Keegan notched 12, and Courtney Gulesian tallied 11.

Mattanawcook (5-11) 59

Pietras, Harvey 6-0-13, Cousineau 0-1-1, Littlefield 4-1-9, Shorey, Gulesian 4-2-11, Reed, Woodman 1-0-2, Sochulk, Keegan 6-0-12, Head 4-1-9

Penquis (14-2) 68

Russell 6-4-16, L. Hamlin 6-5-19, Allen 5-7-17, B. Hamlin, Morrill 0-1-1, Gerrish, Madden 1-0-2, K. Hamlin 1-2-4, Cobb, J. Hamlin 2-5-9

3-pt. goals: Harvey, Gulesian; Hamlin, Allen

Mattanawcook 10 27 41 59

Penquis 14 27 45 68

JV: Mattanawcook 52-38

Hockey

Brewer 5, Lawrence 1

At Sukee Arena in Winslow, Josh Caldwell scored a goal and assisted on two others and Will Prescott added a goal and an assist as the Witches improved to 8-5.

Matt Grimes and A.J. Hayes scored a goal apiece for Brewer while Josh Kochis had an assist. Spencer Dunbar made 16 saves.

Roland Bullock converted a Nick Porto assist for the 5-8 Bulldogs of Fairfield. Jacob Mitchell made 25 stops.

Orono 4, Winslow 2

At Winslow, senior right winger Mike Merritt’s goal with 6:49 remaining broke a 2-2 tie and he added an empty-netter 5:31 later as Orono beat Winslow for the second time this season.

Merritt took a pass from Pat Skall, went in alone on goalie Tim Cloutier and converted. The third member of the line, Will Toner, also assisted. Skall and Toner also assisted on Merritt’s empty-netter.

Brano Srnka scored a pair of second-period goals 50 seconds apart for 14-1 Orono. They were sandwiched by goals from Winslow’s Gabe Joseph and Jason Carter. The four goals came in a span of 2:25.

Nick Dwyer and Mark Caggiano had assists for Orono and Casey Hale finished with 30 saves.

Chris Langlais had an assist for 11-5 Winslow and Cloutier made 24 stops.