PRESQUE ISLE – Nick Casavant scored 13 of his game-high 34 points in the third quarter Wednesday night to help pace top-seeded Presque Isle to a 68-61 victory over No. 9 Waterville in Eastern Maine Class A boys basketball second-round playoff game.

Casavant added nine rebounds for Presque Isle, which takes on No. 4 Oxford Hills of South Paris in Saturday’s 3:40 p.m. quarterfinal at the Bangor Auditorium.

Ryan Graves provided 20 points, five assists and five steals for the Wildcats.

Ryan Lockard scored 20 points to lead the Panthers. David Veilleux contributed 11.

Waterville (8-12) 61

Lockard 6-4-20, Veilleux 3-4-11, Pease 3-2-9, DeGuzman 4-0-8, Tormollan 2-2-6, Dwyer 2-0-5, Duffy 1-0-2, Madore, Spector

Presque Isle (16-3) 68

Casavant 11-10-34, Graves 7-5-20, James 3-0-6, Bird 1-1-3, Hall 1-0-2, Fortin 1-0-2, Saucier 0-1-1

3-pt. goals: Lockard 4, Veilleux, Pease, Dwyer; Casavant 2, Graves

Waterville 15 29 46 61

Presque Isle 10 27 47 68

Skowhegan 52, Brewer 47

At Skowhegan, Derek Holt scored 14 points to help lead No. 3 Skowhegan to the win.

B.J. Dunlap contributed 11 points for the Indians while R.J. Anzelc added nine points and 10 rebounds.

Matt Sargent led Brewer with 16 points while Jon Bell netted 15 for the No. 6 Witches.

Brewer (11-8) 47

Sargent 5-2-16, Bell 5-1-15, Drillen 3-0-6, Breindel 3-0-6, Gomm 2-0-4, Bouzan-Kaloustian

Skowhegan (15-4) 52

Hight 3-1-7, Brod 3-2-9, Holt 7-0-14, Dunlap 4-3-11, Anzelc 2-5-9, Susi 1-0-2, Malek

3-pt. goals: Sargent 4, Bell 4; Brod

Brewer 7 17 32 47

Skowhegan 10 18 36 52

Reporting games

Guidelines for coaches

During the busy high school season, the NEWS asks that managers and coaches for the home teams promptly report the games. Games can be reported starting at 5 p.m. on Monday through Friday and 3 p.m. on Sundays. Games can not be reported on Saturday.

Those seeking to report games from the Greater Bangor area may call at 990-8275. Those outside the Bangor area may call toll free at 1-800-310-8600. Game results will also be accepted through the fax machine. Its number is 990-8092.

Coaches and managers are urged to provide details for both teams when reporting games. First names of players on both teams as well as statistics are needed. Those not providing full details for both teams run the risk of the games not being published in the paper.

Those seeking more information may contact sports editor Joe McLaughlin at 990-8229.