HOULTON – Dustin Edwards scored 13 of his 20 points in the first quarter Wednesday night to help the Shiretowners jump out to a 22-10 lead en route to a 78-59 boys basketball victory over Presque Isle.

Mark Socoby chipped in with 17 points and 10 rebounds for the winners and Leif O’Connell put in 16 points. Danny Bartlett contributed nine assists and Brett Miles had four steals.

Kyle Rideout paced the Wildcats with 21 points, Chris Carlin netted 17 and Greg Whitaker added 10.

Presque Isle (1-3) 59

Carlin 5-4-17, Swanson, Belanger 1-0-3, Greaves, Cray 2-0-6, Lavway, McGlinn 1-0-2, Rideout 9-3-21, Wildemann, Coffin, Whitaker 4-2-10, Fowler

Houlton (4-0) 78

Bossie 1-0-3, Edwards 6-4-20, O’Connell 7-2-16, B. Miles 3-0-6, Anderson, Hill 3-2-8, Bartlett 1-0-2, Socoby 7-1-17, Duff 1-0-2, A. Miles 1-0-2, Lloyd, York 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Carlin 3, Belanger, Cray 2; Bossie, Edwards 4, Socoby 2

Presque Isle 10 31 41 59

Houlton 22 42 58 78

JV: Presque Isle 52-49

Fort Kent 50, Caribou 36

At Fort Kent, the Warriors outscored the Vikings 20-2 in the fourth quarter by virtue of a balanced scoring attack led by Seth Rivera’s 10 points, giving first-year coach Tim Farrar his first win.

Andy Ouellette and Thomas Bard chipped in with nine points apiece for Fort Kent.

Brad Campbell led all scorers with 25 points, 20 of which came in the first half, for Caribou. He hit five 3-pointers.

Caribou (0-4) 36

Campbell 8-4-25, Wakana 1-0-3, Rosser, Ala, Fitzherbert 1-0-2, Gagnon, Wambald 1-0-2, Pelletier 2-0-4

Fort Kent (1-4) 50

Rivera 4-2-10, Ouellette 3-3-9, Bard 3-2-9, Hartman 2-0-4, P. Caron, Rossignol, Jandreau 1-0-2, T. Caron 1-2-4, Plourde 3-1-7, M. Ouellette

3-pt. goals: Campbell 5, Wakana; Bard

Caribou 14 26 34 36

Fort Kent 7 16 30 50

JV: Fort Kent 73-28

Washburn 60, So. Aroostook 48

At Dyer Brook, the Beavers outscord the Warriors 23-12 in the third quarter to take the upper hand.

Zach Bird led Washburn with 18 points and Chris Pesut scored 17. Jason Thompson contributed 15 more.

Tim Hartin netted a game-high 20 points for Southern Aroostook. Travis Brooker added 10.

Washburn (3-2) 60

Bigbee 1-0-2, Pesut 7-3-17, Goupille 3-2-8, J. Thompson 7-1-15, Nelson, Bird 8-0-18, Hunt, A. Thompson

Southern Aroostook (0-4) 48

Hardy 3-0-6, Austin 1-0-2, Crotta, Brooker 3-4-10, Toothaker, Philibert 1-0-2, Hartin 7-6-20, Hersey 3-0-6, Anderson 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Bird 2

Washburn 7 16 39 60

So. Aroostook 10 19 31 48

JV: Southern Aroostook 59-27

Easton 60, Limestone 55

At Easton, Danny Warren chalked up 22 points to carry the Bears to their third victory.

Mike Osgood tossed in 12 for Easton and James Desmond added 10.

Andrew Pelletier led the Eagles with 22 points and Franklin McCullough scored 13.

Limestone 55

Pelletier 8-3-22, F. McCullough 5-3-13, Frazier 1-0-3, Tamburello 4-0-9, E. McCullough 4-1-9, Leighton, Demers

Easton 60

Warren 7-6-22, Desmond 5-0-10, Osgood 6-0-12, Bradley 0-3-3, Carlo 3-1-9, Blodgett 2-0-4, Kierstead

3-pt. goals: Pelletier 3, Frazier, Tamburello; Warren 2, Carlo 2

Limestone 13 26 38 55

Easton 11 24 44 60

JV: Limestone 50-41

Girls basketball

Fort Fairfield 55, Van Buren 32

At Van Buren, the Tigers outscored the Crusaders 19-8 in the second quarter to gain the upper hand.

Keegan O’Neil paced Fort Fairfield with 15 points and Dani Searles scored 12.

Casie Caron led Van Buren with 14 points. Megan Lajoie contributed 11.

Fort Fairfield (4-0) 55

Hathaway 1-1-3, Cunningham 1-0-2, Esancy 0-2-2, Gardner 0-3-3, McLaughlin 2-0-4, O’Neil 7-1-15, K. Searles 2-1-5, D. Searles 5-2-12, Beckwith 1-0-2, DeMerchant 2-1-5, Langworthy 1-0-2

Van Buren (0-3) 32

St. Pierre 1-0-2, LeVasseur 1-2-4, Bouchard 0-1-1, Hews, Lajoie 4-2-11, Caron 3-7-14, Morrow, Beckwith, McLaughlin

3-pt. goals: Lajoie, Caron

Fort Fairfield 9 28 41 55

Van Buren 11 19 24 32

Madawaska 52, Wisdom 37

At Madawaska, Martine Daigle and Michelle Lavertu each had an 11-point effort for the victorious Owls.

Angel Sirois added 10 for the winners.

Amber Voisine sparked the Pioneers of St. Agatha with 13 and Nicole St. Pierre scored 10.

Wisdom (0-5) 37

St. Pierre 5-0-10, Voisine 6-1-13, Lizotte 3-0-6, Tardiff 1-0-2, Anderson 0-4-4, Dymat 0-2-2, Desjardins, Hobert

Madawaska (1-2) 52

Sirois 5-0-10, M. Daigle 5-1-11, Lavertu 4-3-11, Gerard 1-1-4, Clavette 1-0-2, R. Daigle 2-0-4, Chasse 3-2-8, Phelan 1-0-2, Cannan

3-pt. goals: Gerard

Wisdom 6 21 25 37

Madawaska 19 27 44 52

JV: Wisdom 36-31

Narraguagus 66, Machias 34

At Harrington, Missy Barbee tossed in 22 points as the Knights earned their first victory of the season.

Amanda Kennedy and Ashley Johnson scored 11 and 10 points, respectively, for Narraguagus of Harrington.

Christi Holmes paced Machias with seven points and 17 rebounds.

Machias (0-4) 34

Holmes 2-3-7, St. Pierre 1-3-5, Whitman 0-2-2, Lipton 3-0-7, Alley 2-1-6, Stevens 1-2-4, Baker 1-0-3, Whitney, Harrington, Cherry

Narraguagus (1-2) 66

Barbee 10-2-22, Kennedy 3-5-11, Johnson 5-0-10, Sprague 2-0-4, Farren 1-3-5, Tenney 2-2-6, Grant 2-0-4, L. Torrey 2-0-4, H. Torrey, Tenan, Hatt

3-pt. goals: Lipton, Alley, Baker

Machias 7 14 22 34

Narraguagus 16 36 50 66

JV: Narraguagus 53-51

Washington Acad. 62, Lubec 51

At Lubec, Sara Livingston poured in 20 points to lead the Raiders of East Machias to their second win.

Mary Mawhinney notched 12 points for the winners and Ashley Tilton chipped in 10.

LeAnn Pike’s 18 topped the Hornets’ scorers. Kristina Scoville put in 16 while Kara Scoville added 11.

Washington Acad. (2-1) 62

Livingston 8-0-20, Mawhinney 6-0-12, Tilton 4-6-10, E. Govoni 3-0-6, Huffman 2-0-4, Look 1-2-4, L. Govoni 1-2-5, Hall, Ashby

Lubec (1-1) 51

Pike 6-6-18, Ka. Scoville 5-0-11, Kr. Scoville 6-1-16, Hall 1-0-2, Corey 1-0-2, Wright, Flynn

3-pt. goals: Livingston 4, L. Govoni

Washington Acad. 20 38 51 62

Lubec 13 32 40 51

Calais 63, Shead 50

At Calais, Danielle Feck scored 15 points while Emily Smith had nine points, eight rebounds and five steals to help pace the Blue Devils.

Danielle O’Brien had 12 points and nine rebounds and Tracie Eagan scored 12 for Calais. Sarah Mahan had 10 rebounds.

Skyler Richardson scored 11 to lead the Shead Tigers of Eastport.

Shead (1-2) 50

Richardson 4-3-11, Pottle 1-0-2, McPhail 1-2-4, Morrison 2-0-5, Ricker 2-0-5, Cumming 1-0-2, Davis 2-2-8, Constant 1-0-2, Cox 1-0-2, Cook 2-3-7, Martinez 1-0-2

Calais (4-1) 63

Eagan 5-0-12, O’Brien 3-4-10, Feck 6-2-15, Smith 4-1-9, Lloyd 0-2-2, Thomas 1-0-2, Mahan 1-5-7, Taylor 0-1-1, Stevens 1-0-2, Gillespie 1-0-3, Applebee, Brown

3-pt. goals: Morrison, Ricker, Davis 2; Eagan 2, Feck, Gillespie

Shead 9 18 30 50

Calais 15 27 48 63

JV: Calais 49-32