Madawaska girls, boys gain giant slalom titles

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NEWRY – The girls and boys teams from Madawaska both posted impressive victories after one day of competition in the boys and girls state Class C skiing championships at the Sunday River Ski Resort.

Both teams notched state titles in the giant slalom

On the girls’ side, a 1-2-5 finish from Rosa Londono (1:36.35), Danielle Daigle (1:42.91), and Kassie Levesque (1:49.15) keyed the Owls’ 22-point finish. Other top skiers include Sacopee Valley of South Hiram’s Barbara Wadsworth (1:43.32) and Jay’s Rachel Gagnon (1:45.94).

Freeport currently holds second with 44 points. Winthrop’s 81, Jay’s 82 and Livermore Falls’ 90 rounds out the top five.

On the boys side, the Owls’ Jeff Ayotte (1:33.10) beat out Alex Harold of Freeport (1:38.30), and Madawaska is currently leading the Falcons 24-25 in team competition. Carrabec of North Anson (39), Lee Academy (93), and Livermore Falls (107) round out the top five.

Boys basketball

Class A

Presque Isle 71, Nokomis 63

At the Newman Gym on the Husson College campus in Bangor, Ryan Graves scored all 18 of his points in the second half and Presque Isle erased a 12-point third-quarter deficit by outscoring Nokomis 36-16 over the game’s final 12-plus minutes.

Graves had eight third-quarter points and 10 in the final period.

Fred Bird finished with 20 points, Nick Casavant scored 17 and Matt Fortin had eight points.

Ryan McLellan’s game-high 28 points paced Nokomis. Lucas Hayden had 13, Trenton Estes scored 12 and Arnie Ellis contributed eight points.

Nokomis 63

McLellan 8-10-28, Estes 5-0-12, Ellis 3-2-8, Veazie 1-0-2, Hayden 6-1-13, Buzanoski

Presque Isle 71

Graves 7-4-18, James 1-0-2, Saucier 3-0-6, Casavant 6-2-17, Bird 8-4-20, Fortin 4-0-8

3-pt. goals: McLellan 2, Estes 2; Casavant 3

Nokomis 17 29 51 63

Presque Isle 14 23 47 71

Girls basketball

WM Class C

Dirigo 63, Carrabec 36

At the Augusta Civic Center, Lyndsay Clark poured in 20 points as the Cougars dashed out to a 14-3 first quarter lead en route to the semifinal win.

Carrabec (15-5) 36

Rudman, Carbone 2-0-6, Dacey 0-1-1, Knowles 2-0-5, Manzer 1-4-7, Stratmann 0-1-1, Lawrence, Williams 0-2-2, Merill, Mmanzer 5-3-13, Williams 0-1-1

Dirigo (20-0) 63

Crawford, Turbide 4-0-8, Stone 0-1-1, Clark 9-2-20, Law, S. Weston 3-2-10, Keene 3-0-6, Kaubris 6-0-12, B. Weston 1-0-3, Daley, A. Burns 1-1-3, Hebbert, D. Burns, Auerlu

3-pt. goals: Carbone 2, Knowles, Manzer; S. Weston 2, B. Weston

Carrabec 3 16 26 36

Dirigo 14 30 47 63

WM Class D

Waynflete 46, Valley 35

At the Augusta Civic Center, Khalilah Ummah tossed in 18 points as the Flyers of Portland upended Valley of Bingham.

Indira Gowell added 10 points for the winners.

Megan Melcher sparked the Cavaliers with 10.

Valley (18-2) 35

Melcher 2-6-10, Malloy 0-1-1, Robinson 0-5-5, Rollins, Belanger 2-2-7, J. Fitzmaurice 2-3-7, Vicneire 1-3-5, L. Fitzmaurice

Waynflete (17-1) 46

Hamblin 4-0-8, Wright, Taylor 1-0-2, Sibley 3-0-6, Leighton, Dubuque, Lester 1-0-2, Fournier, Kerr, Rummah 8-2-18, Gowell 5-0-10

3-pt. goals: Belanger

Valley 6 13 22 35

Waynflete 6 18 27 46

Class A

Hampden 47, Nokomis 46

At Husson College’s Newman Gym in Bangor, Megan Magoon hit a 10-foot base line jumper off an inbounds pass from Lena Caron with 1.2 seconds left in overtime to give Hampden Academy the Big East girls championship.

Magoon finished with a game-high 16 points including 10 in the fourth quarter. Emmy Russell chipped in 10 points, four steals and three blocked shots.

Danielle Clark and Gillian Snow had 13 points apiece for Nokomis and Michelle Murray had 11.

Hampden 47

Magoon 4-8-16, Russell 4-2-10, Bragg 1-0-2, Campbell, Hessert, Shaw, Spaulding, Caron 1-0-2, Ireland 0-1-1, Littlefield 1-0-2, Martin 1-0-2, McBee 1-2-4, Robinson 1-2-4, Webb 1-0-2, Wilson 1-0-2

Nokomis 46

Murray 3-2-11, Snow 4-2-13, Clark 3-7-13, Paradis 1-0-2, Merrow 1-0-2, Perry 0-3-3, Lowe 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Murray 3, Snow 3

Hampden 6 16 24 39 47

Nokomis 6 13 26 39 46