Balanced Tigers defeat Wisdom for 8th victory

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ST. AGATHA – The Fort Fairfield Tigers used a balanced scoring attack to beat the Wisdom Pioneers 72-52 in schoolboy basketball action Wednesday night.

Brandon LeVasseur paced the Tigers with 17 points and Aaron Wasson added 15. Ryan Clark and Keith Edgecomb each chipped in with 12 points and Ben DeMerchant had 10.

Chris Pelletier scored 15 points for the Pioneers and Tyler Thibeault had 11.

Fort Fairfield (8-6) 72

LeVasseur 7-3-17, Wasson 5-3-15, Clark 4-2-12, Edgecomb 5-2-12, DeMerchant 5-0-10, Bernaiche 1-0-2, Turner 0-2-2, King 1-0-2, Rockford, McLaughlin, Everett, Clovey

Wisdom (2-11) 52

Chasse 2-0-6, Daigle 3-0-6, Lugdon 1-0-2, Paradis 1-0-2, T. Thibeault 4-1-11, Derosier 0-1-1, Pelletier 7-1-15, R. Thibodeault 3-2-9, Michaud, Dyment

3-pt. goals: Wasson 2, Clark 2; Chasse 2, T. Thibeault 2, R. Thibeault

Fort Fairfield 20 41 64 72

Wisdom 10 26 40 52

Katahdin 71, Schenck 59

At East Millinocket, Brian Sullivan scored seven of his 18 points in the third quarter to help Katahdin of Stacyville pull away with the win.

Owen McCarthy netted 20 points for the Cougars and Sam Cyr added 16.

Mark Hanington scored 16 points for Schenck. Brian Graham netted 14 points and Tyler Thompson had 12.

Katahdin (10-3) 71

Cyr 3-7-16, Sullivan 6-6-18, McCarthy 8-3-20, Grass 1-0-3, Willett 2-4-8, Davis 3-0-6, Rush

Schenck (4-8) 59

Hanington 4-8-16, Thompson 3-4-12, Graham 6-2-14, J. Pelkey 2-2-6, VanEss 2-0-4, Waite 3-0-7, Bishop, K. Pelkey, Jamo

3-pt. goals: Cyr 3, McCarthy, Grass; Thompson 2, Waite

Katahdin 13 32 50 71

Schenck 17 33 43 59

Greater Houlton 74, Ashland 45

At Ashland, Matt Hathaway scored 18 of his 23 points in the first half to lead Greater Houlton Christian to its seventh win.

Emery Lincoln added 18 points for the winners.

Curtis Belanger paced Ashland with 16 points.

Greater Houlton (7-7) 74

Hathaway 9-0-23, Lincoln 8-2-18, Sjoberg 2-0-4, Thompson 1-0-2, Farrar 3-0-8, Kilcollins 3-0-6, Kelly 2-2-6, Bell 1-0-2, Korhonen 1-0-2, Kennedy 1-1-3

Ashland (0-14) 45

Belanger 7-2-16, Baker 2-0-4, Chamberlin 1-1-3, O’Clair 3-0-6, Lewin 1-2-5, Perry 3-0-6, Ward 1-2-5, Jandreau, Pierce, Hunter

3-pt. goals: Lewin, Ward; Hathaway 5, Farrar 2

Greater Houlton 20 50 59 74

Ashland 6 20 34 45

Van Buren 78, Limestone 45

At Van Buren, Jeremy Chasse scored 25 points to help push Van Buren past Limestone.

Tyler Lapierre added 20 points for the Crusaders. Andrew Martin had 15 points and Matt Gagnon put in 12.

George Tamburello scored 18 points for the Eagles and Andrew Pelletier had 12.

Limestone (4-7) 45

Tamburello 5-7-18, Pelletier 5-0-12, Frazier 3-0-6, Fontaine 0-2-2, Bretzke 1-0-2, F. McCullough 1-0-2, Leighton, Poisson, Demers, Cook, E. McCullough, Parent

Van Buren (7-6) 78

Chasee 10-1-25, Lapierre 10-0-20, Martin 6-0-15, Gagnon 5-1-12, Vick 1-0-2, Corbin 1-0-2, Rossignol, Violette, Doucette, Conley, Hews

3-pt. goals: Pelletier 2, Tamburello; Martin 3, Chasse 2, Gagnon

Limestone 5 25 38 45

Van Buren 20 35 57 78

JV: Van Buren 43-36

Stearns 54, Penquis 51

At Millinocket, Matt LeGassey scored 15 of his 27 points in the second quarter when Stearns outscored Penquis of Milo 21-10 to pull away for the victory.

Penquis (9-3) 51

Jo. Allen 5-5-16, Hamlin 2-0-4, Ju. Allen 5-1-14, Perkins 5-2-12, Zwicker 1-2-5, Carey, Andrews, Morrill, Young

Stearns (10-3) 54

Cyr 2-0-4, DiFrederico 8-1-17, Jandreau 1-0-2, Barnett 2-0-4, LeGassey 13-1-27, McInnis, McGreevey

3-pt. goals: Jo. Allen, Ju. Allen 3, Zwicker

Penquis 14 24 34 51

Stearns 10 31 43 54

JV: Penquis 66-54

Girls basketball

Katahdin 48, Schenck 30

At East Millinocket, Jayme Green scored 14 points to lead Katahdin of Stacyville to its seventh win.

Brandi Violette added 11 points for the Cougars.

Megan Carey scored nine points to lead Schenck.

Katahdin (7-6) 48

Ja. Green 6-2-14, Violette 5-0-11, Duffy-Stanley 1-2-4, McMoarn 2-0-5, Hill 3-0-6, Gallagher 0-1-1, Robinson 2-2-6, Blum-Evits 0-1-1, Martin, Je. Green, Albert, Smallwood, Bates

Schenck (1-12) 30

Carey 2-5-9, Hanington 3-1-7, Nicholson 1-0-2, Bishop 0-3-3, Gleason 1-0-2, Peabody 0-1-1, Larlee 2-0-4, Osborne 1-0-2, MacLeod, Jamo, Sprague

3-pt. goals: Violette, McMoarn

Katahdin 6 19 40 48

Schenck 5 12 21 30

Ashland 37, Gr. Houlton Chr. 27

At Ashland, Ashley Nemer scored 15 points while shooting six for six at the foul line to help lead Ashland to the win.

Amber Smith added 12 points for the Hornets.

Amanda Jago scored 11 points to lead Greater Houlton Christian.

Greater Houlton Christian (8-7) 27

Farrar 2-2-6, Jago 5-1-11, Korhonen 0-4-4, Sjoberg 3-0-6, Livezey, Vargas, Hartin

Ashland (10-2) 37

Smith 6-0-12, Chamberlin 2-0-5, Peters 0-1-1, Nemer 4-6-15, Belskis 2-0-4, Spooner, Sherman, Long, Hafford

3-pt. goals: Chamberlin, Nemer

Gr. Houlton Chr. 4 4 15 27

Ashland 9 15 24 37

Presque Isle 81, Fort Kent 44

At Fort Kent, Michelle Post nailed five three-pointers for 15 points to help lead Presque Isle past Fort Kent.

Natasha Deschene added 12 points for the Wildcats.

Kristin Violette paced Fort Kent with 19 points.

Presque Isle (14-0) 81

Deschene 5-0-12, A. Delong 1-1-3, Pinette 1-0-2, Post 5-0-15, K. Delong 3-2-8, Demerchant 4-0-8, Smith 1-0-3, Watananuchit 2-3-7, Morris 2-3-7, Moody 2-1-5, Norsworthy 2-4-8, Richards 0-6-6

Fort Kent (3-9) 44

Hafford 2-3-7, Desjardins 2-0-4, Violette 6-7-19, Michaud 1-0-2, Hartman 2-1-5, Babin 3-1-7, Labbe, Caron, Daigle, M. Morneault, A. Morneault, Hartt

3-pt. goals: Post 5, Deschene 2, Smith

Presque Isle 23 44 64 81

Fort Kent 4 18 26 44

JV: Presque Isle 53-44