HOULTON – The Schenck Wolverines hit all nine of their free throws in the fourth quarter to pull away and upset the Houlton Shiretowners 69-59 in schoolboy basketball action Wednesday night.

Brian Graham and Tyler Thompson had 15 points apiece for the winners from East Millinocket. Thompson had eight free throws. Jordan Pelkey scored 11 and Nick Bishop chipped in with 10.

Leif O’Connell led all scorers with 24 points for the Shiretowners and Mark Socoby tossed in 22.

Schenck (6-9) 69

Graham 6-3-15, Thompson 3-8-15, Bishop 4-2-10, Hannington 4-0-8, Waite 2-2-6, Van Ess 2-0-4, Pelkey 3-4-11

Houlton (13-2) 59

O’Connell 12-0-24, Socoby 10-2-22, Bossie, B. Miles, Anderson, Hill 1-0-3, Bartlett 3-0-6, A. Miles 1-2-4, York

3-pt. goals: Pelkey, Thompson; Hill

Schenck 20 37 50 69

Houlton 17 25 49 59

JV: Schenck 50-42

Penquis 61, Stearns 43

At Milo, the Patriots stifled Derek DiFrederico after he scored 12 points in the first quarter, allowing him to only score seven the rest of the way and outscore the Minutemen 47-22 during the final three periods.

Stearns had led 21-14 after the first quarter.

Jordan Allen scored 13 of his game-high 24 points in the fourth quarter for Penquis, who outscored Stearns 21-8 in that period. Devin Perkins notched 18 and Nick Young tossed in 14.

DiFrederico finished with 19 for Stearns of Millinocket and Matt Legassey added 10.

Stearns (11-5) 43

DiFrederico 7-1-19, Legassey 3-6-10, Cyr 2-0-4, Jandreau, Barnett 2-1-6, McGreedy 1-0-2

Penquis (11-4) 61

Jo. Allen 7-6-24, Young 7-0-14, Perkins 7-3-18, Ju. Allen 2-1-5, Morrill, Zwicker, Andrews, Carey

3-pt. goals: DiFrederico 4, Barnett; Jo. Allen 4, Perkins

Stearns 21 27 35 43

Penquis 14 23 40 61

JV: Penquis 79-59

Hermon 68, Orono 58

At Hermon, the Hawks went on a 23-13 spurt in the final period to pull away from the pesky Riots.

Jesse Keith led all scorers with 24 for Hermon while Adam Duplisea had 17 points and 12 rebounds.

Lance Cowan’s 18-point effort led Orono and Alyasha Close notched 16.

Orono (3-12) 58

Cowan 7-2-18, Close 5-3-16, Chase 3-0-6, Thomas 3-2-9, Simon 1-0-2, Levesque 3-0-7, Wakeling, Keezer, Simon, Weatherbee

Hermon (12-4) 68

Keith 7-8-24, Duplisea 6-4-17, Cayford 1-0-2, Adams 3-0-6, McGown 0-4-4, Shorey 4-0-8, Gould 0-4-4, Harding 1-0-3, Tarr, Deabay, Danforth

3-pt. goals: Close 3, Cowan 2, Thomas, Levesque; Duplisea, Harding

Orono 21 29 45 58

Hermon 14 26 45 68

JV: Hermon 55-50

PVHS 69, Central 51

At Howland, the Penobscot Valley Howlers used a balanced scoring attack to beat the Red Devils of Corinth.

Joe Cyr scored 18 points for the winners, Andrew Hallett added 16 and Matt Cummings put in 15.

Mike Julian paced Central with 18 points and Nick Elliott netted 11.

Central (5-11) 51

Julian 7-4-18, Elliott 4-1-11, J. Kane 2-2-6, D. Kane 1-0-2, Underhill 1-1-3, Palmer 1-2-4, Nickerson 1-0-2, Strout

PVHS (3-11) 69

Cyr 7-3-18, Hallett 6-4-16, Cummings 6-0-15, Lavertu 2-3-7, Thompson 1-4-6, Hockridge 0-2-2, Ireland 1-0-2, Speed 0-2-2, Osborne 0-1-1, LaChance, Bowers

3-pt. goals: Elliott 2; Cyr, Cummings 3

Central 10 21 30 51

PVHS 17 33 44 69

JV: PVHS 49-43

WA 70, Narraguagus 65 (OT)

At East Machias, Jared Gray and Whitney Stevens each reached career milestones and Gray nailed four free throws in overtime to give the Washington Academy Raiders the win.

Jeremy Gray grabbed a loose ball to prevent a Narraguagus possession and helped send the game into the extra session where the Raiders managed to hold off the Knights.

Jared Gray and Stevens each scored their 1,000th career point in the contest as Gray finished with 27 points and Stevens put in 19. James Ramsdell grabbed 10 rebounds.

Jamie Bailey kept the Knights close in overtime when he scored nine of his 12 points. Jason Strout paced the Knights with 18 points and Zach Worcester added 10.

Hockey

Hampden 2, John Bapst 0

At the T.J. Ryan Center in Brewer, Steve Boutin knocked in a shorthanded goal to give the Broncos the only tally they needed.

Lance Ingerson added a goal and Kyle Weiland two assists for 8-6 Hampden. Rory Woods stopped all 10 shots he faced.

Dan Leighton rejected 30 out of 32 shots for the 5-9 Crusaders of Bangor.

Girls basketball

Woodland 38, Shead 30

At Eastport, Kaitlyn Leeman hit 11 free throws en route to 20 points and a win for the Dragons.

Michelle Ferry chipped in with 11 for Woodland.

Samantha Davis led the Tigerettes with 11 and Taunya Cook notched 10.

Woodland (13-2) 38

Leeman 4-11-20, Ferry 4-3-11, St. Pierre 3-0-6, Murphy 0-1-1, Brown, Gillespie, Graceffa

Shead (10-5) 30

Davis 4-2-11, Cook 4-2-10, Morrison 0-3-3, Ricker 1-1-3, Cummings 1-0-2, Pottle 0-1-1, McPhail, Constant

3-pt. goals: Leeman; Davis

Woodland 8 16 25 38

Shead 8 11 18 30

JV: Woodland 42-28