Hampden nips ‘Dogs, to play in quarterfinal Presque Isle, Messalonskee, Oxford Hills win

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The No. 7 Hampden Academy Broncos edged the No. 10 Lawrence Bulldogs of Fairfield 42-40 in an Eastern Maine Class A girls basketball prelim Tuesday night.

With the win, the Broncos advanced to Saturday’s 9:35 a.m. quarterfinal round at the Bangor Auditorium against the No. 2 Nokomis Warriors of Newport.

The No. 4 Presque Isle Wildcats also advanced to a quarterfinal showdown with the No. 5 Mount Ararat Eagles of Topsham after both teams notched prelim wins.

The Wildcats tamed the No. 13 Mt. Blue Cougars of Farmington 62-28 and the Eagles eliminated the No. 12 Bangor Rams 66-41.

Presque Isle will now battle Mount Ararat at 7:05 p.m. Saturday at the Bangor Auditorium.

In other prelim action, No. 8 Messalonskee of Oakland defeated No. 9 Old Town 73-58 and No. 11 Oxford Hills of South Paris upset No. 6 Gardiner 71-68 in overtime.

Messalonskee advanced to a 2:05 p.m. quarterfinal against No. 1 Cony of Augusta.

Oxford Hills advanced to Friday’s quarterfinal round against No. 3 Skowhegan at 3:35 p.m. at the Bangor Auditorium.

Presque Isle 62, Mt. Blue 28

At Presque Isle, the Wildcats outscored the Cougars 25-9 in the second half en route to an EM Class A preliminary win.

Billi Blanchard scored her 1,000th career point in a 22-point effort for Presque Isle. She also had 10 rebounds. Melissa DeMerchant notched 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Kylan Smith added 10 points.

Kim Drosik led Mt. Blue of Farmington with 11.

No. 13 Mt. Blue (5-14) 28

Drosdik 3-2-11, Groder 1-0-2, Laney 0-2-2, Baxter 2-0-5, Stevens 3-2-8, Mawhinney, Robbins, Carlson, Merchant, Kelly, Keane, Buchheit, Mansir, Weeks

No. 4 Presque Isle (17-2) 62

Blanchard 6-9-22, Smith 4-1-10, DeMerchant 5-2-12, Deschenes 1-2-5, A. DeLong 1-0-2, Post 1-0-2, K. DeLong 2-3-7, Windeman 0-1-1, Nichols 0-1-1, McKenna, Henrickson, Morris

3-pt. goals: Drosdik 3, Baxter; Blanchard, Smith

Mt. Blue 8 19 21 28

Presque Isle 8 27 39 62

Messalonskee 73, Old Town 58

At Oakland, Hannah Pelletier racked up 33 points, 13 rebounds and five steals to lead the Eagles past the Indians.

Danielle McCarthy tossed in 16 points for the winners, and Betsy French scored 12 points and dished out eight assists.

Kristi Mitchell’s 19 points led Old Town. Renee Thibodeau chipped in with 11, and Leona Mitchell 10.

No. 9 Old Town (11-8) 58

Thibodeau 4-0-11, K. Mitchell 6-7-19, L. Mitchell 4-2-10, Bergeron 2-1-7, Marquis 0-2-2, Marius 2-0-6, E. Kennedy 1-0-3, St. Peter, Spencer, Cote, Randall, Trendergast, S. Kennedy

No. 8 Messalonskee (13-6) 73

French 4-1-12, McCarthy 7-2-16, Pelletier 12-9-33, McCoskrie 2-0-4, Lettenberger 4-0-8, McDougall, Currier, Davis

3-pt. goals: Thibodeau 3, Bergeron 2, Marius 2, E. Kennedy; French 3

Old Town 10 25 43 58

Messalonskee 10 33 52 73

Mount Ararat 66, Bangor 41

At Topsham, Erin Johnson poured in 30 points as the Eagles rolled.

Erike Stupinski tossed in 20 points for Mount Ararat.

Caroline Weymouth led the Rams attack with 13 points.

No. 12 Bangor (6-13) 41

Ogden 2-2-6, Angst 1-0-3, Porter 1-0-3, Clarke 2-0-5, Wright, McAllian, McCrum 1-0-2, Russell, Curtis, Weymouth 6-0-13, Webb 3-0-9

No. 5 Mount Ararat (15-4) 66

Emerson 1-0-3, Eiahe, Ahlers, Stupinski 7-6-20, Johnson 11-8-30, Sirois 0-1-1, Charlotte, Jen. Mayo 0-1-1, Jes. Mayo 0-1-1, Nesbit 2-0-4, Gilbride, Rogers 3-0-6, Woolford

3-pt. goals: Webb 3, Angst, Porter, Weymouth; Stupinski 3, Emerson

Bangor 12 21 29 41

Mount Ararat 18 39 49 66

Hampden 42, Lawrence 40

At Hampden, Emmy Russell tossed in 14 points as the Broncos held off Lawrence of Fairfield.

Erin Campbell chipped in with 10 for the winners.

Allie Marshall led the Bulldogs with 14 points, including nine free throws, and Stephanie Noyes notched 10.

No. 10 Lawrence (11-8) 40

Marshall 2-9-14, S. Noyes 4-2-10, H. Noyes 2-2-6, Miller 2-1-5, McGee, Lawe, Englehart, Wright 2-1-5

No. 7 Hampden (13-6) 42

Russell 6-2-14, Campbell 3-4-10, Stephenson 3-0-6, Morris 1-0-2, Peters, Thompson, Workman, Beal 3-0-6, Ireland

3-pt. goals: Marshall

Lawrence 7 15 22 40

Hampden 10 21 32 42

Boys basketball

Class A prelims tonight

The Class A boys will play their prelim games tonight when No. 12 Leavitt of Turner will visit the No. 5 Witches in Brewer.

In other prelim battles, No. 9 Presque Isle is at No. 8 Mt. Blue of Farmington (5:30 p.m.), No. 13 Waterville is at No. 4 Oxford Hills in South Paris, No. 11 Morse of Bath is at No. 6 Nokomis in Newport (7 p.m.), and No. 10 Skowhegan is at No. 7 Lawrence in Fairfield.