ASHLAND – Ashlee Peters scored 16 points and Ashley Nemer had 15 more as the Ashland High School girls basketball team beat Van Buren 52-43 in a mutual season-opener Monday night.

Megan Lajoie netted 14 points for Van Buren. Darci St. Pierre scored 12 points and Andrea McLaughlin added 10.

Van Buren (0-1) 43

Peters 6-4-16, Nemer 4-6-15, Belskis 2-0-4, Long 0-1-1, Flint 3-2-8, Chasse 4-0-8, Chamberlin, Mayo

Ashland (1-0) 52

Levasseur 2-1-5, St. Pierre 5-2-12, Lajoie 6-2-14, Gerben 1-0-2, McLaughlin 4-2-10, LaPlante, Bouchard, Vallencourt, Beckwith

3-pt. goals: Nemer

Van Buren 16 23 37 43

Ashland 5 22 34 52

Fort Fairfield 73, Wisdom 25

At Fort Fairfield, Amanda Churchill had 22 points and nine rebounds to lead the Tigers to the season-opening victory.

Keegan O’Neal added 17 points and eight rebounds, while Heather Hathaway scored 12 points and Kerri Cunningham dished out eight assists.

Amber Voisine paced Wisdom of St. Agatha with 14 points.

Wisdom (0-1) 25

Page 2-0-5, Tardif, Haskins, St. Pierre 3-0-6, Voisine 7-0-14, Dubois, Desjardins, Daigle

Fort Fairfield (1-0) 73

Hathaway 5-0-12, Cunningham 1-0-2, W. Searles 2-0-4, Egan, Esancy 4-0-8, McLaughlin 2-0-5, O’Neal 7-3-17, K. Searles 0-1-1, Churchill 11-0-22, Harris, Blaisdell 1-0-2, Chasse

3-pt. goals: Page; Hathaway 2, McLaughlin

Wisdom 2 8 15 25

Fort Fairfield 16 32 60 73

Limestone 54, Easton 37

At Limestone, Julie Peers scored nine of her team-high 12 points in the second quarter as Limestone outscored Easton 23-6 to erase a two-point deficit.

Lindsey Beaulieu had nine points for the winners and Amanda Wheatherhead tossed in eight more.

Nina Alexander poured in a game-high 25 points for the Bears and Laura Hopkins had six.

Easton (0-1) 37

Alexander 12-0-25, Hickey, Ireland 1-0-2, Lovely 1-0-2, Osgood, Dayringer, Hopkins 2-2-6, White 1-0-2, Boxwell

Limestone (1-0) 54

Wheatherhead 4-0-8, Beaulieu 4-1-9, Cousins 0-3-3, King 1-0-3, O’Neal 0-4-4, Kelly 1-2-4, Dunn, Ahearn 2-0-4, Peers 4-4-12, Smith, Mulherin 1-1-3, Haller 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: Alexander

Easton 10 16 22 37

Limestone 8 31 42 54

Washington Acad. 57, Shead 50

At East Machias, Ashley Tilton scored 19 points and added 10 rebounds and 10 steals to spark Washington Academy to the win.

Mary Mawhinney had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Washington Academy.

Lauretta Ricker scored 16 points for Shead of Eastport. Skylar Richardson and Tanya Cook each scored 10 points.

Shead (1-1) 50

Pottle 1-0-2, Cummings 2-0-4, Morrison 1-0-2, Richardson 4-2-10, Ricker 6-1-16, Francis 1-0-2, Constant 2-0-4, Cook 5-0-10, Murphy

Washington Academy (1-0) 57

Tilton 7-5-19, Look 3-0-6, Gavoni 2-0-4, Livingstone 1-0-2, Mawhinney 6-3-15, Ashby 0-2-2, Wood 0-1-1, Huffman 1-1-3, Rushforth 2-1-5

3-pt. goals: Ricker 3

Shead 14 17 29 50

Wash. Acad. 14 25 44 57

Central 63, Searsport 21

At Searsport, Caitlin Elliott scored 17 points and Jenny Rollins added 16 to pace Central of Corinth.

Teresa Libby added 14 points for the Red Devils.

Nori Francis-Mezger led Searsport with six points.

Central (2-0) 63

D. Collins 2-0-4, Davis 1-0-2, Elliott 7-3-17, Brownell 1-0-2, Rollins 7-2-16, Daniel 1-0-2, Randall 0-2-2, Libby 6-2-14, Underhill 0-2-2, K. Collins, Voisine, Milton

Searsport (0-1) 21

Francis-Mezger 3-0-6, Tripp 1-0-2, Neilson 1-0-2, Brassbridge 2-1-5, Rainey 2-0-5, Josephson 0-1-1, Anderson, Kingsbury, Seekins

3-pt. goals: Rainey

Central 18 31 42 63

Searsport 2 14 19 21

JV: Central 43-39

Hockey

Presque Isle 2, Kents Hill 1

At Kent Hill, Eric St. Peter scored the game-winning goal off of assists from Brad Young and Brad Baker with 7:06 left to give Presque Isle the win.

David O’Brien scored 1-0 Presque Isle’s first goal with an assist from Ryan Cyr. Sean Daigle made 19 saves on 20 shots.

Ben St. Germain scored on a Ben Dehaven assist at 10:01 into the first period 0-1 Kents Hill. Anthony Barbato stopped 23 of 25 shots.

Boys basketball

Easton 41, Fort Fairfield 37

At Easton, Stephen Hopkins’ game-high 11 points and Mitchell Blodgett’s 10 helped Easton hold off Fort Fairfield.

Brandon Carlow and Tyler Bradley combined for 17 Easton points.

Coty Closson’s 10 points and Keith Edgecomb’s eight led Fort Fairfield.

Fort Fairfield (0-1) 37

O. Edgecomb, Closson 4-0-10, Rochford 2-0-4, Wassen 1-1-3, Dubay 3-0-6, Cloney 1-0-2, K. Edgecomb 2-3-8, Foster 2-0-4

Easton (1-0) 41

Blodgett 4-2-10, Bradley 3-1-8, Carlow 2-3-9, Hopkins 2-7-11, Steele, Kierstead 0-2-2, Brock 0-1-1, Sanders

3-pt. goals: Closson 2, K. Edgecomb; Carlow 2, Bradley

Fort Fairfield 6 14 23 37

Easton 9 25 34 41

Madawaska 76, Limestone 38

At Madawaska, Matt Beaulieu scored 17 points and Alan Campbell added 15 to lead the Owls by the Eagles in the mutual opener.

Myles Morneault chipped in with 12 points for the Owls.

Jeremy Summers paced Limestone with 12 points and Chad Peers added eight.

Limestone (0-1) 38

King, Enman 1-0-3, Morgan 1-2-4, Summers 6-0-12, Poisson 1-1-3, Demers 1-2-4, Patterson 1-0-2, Entwisle, Freedman 1-1-3, Peers 4-0-8

Madawaska (1-0) 76

A. Roy 1-0-2, P. Roy 1-0-2, Pelletier 2-1-5, Morin 1-0-2, M. Sirois 3-0-6, Campbell 6-2-15, Michaud 2-0-5, Morneault 5-1-12, K. Sirois 3-4-10, Beaulieu 6-3-17

3-pt. goals: Enman; Campbell, Michaud, Morneault, Beaulieu 2

Limestone 6 16 22 38

Madawaska 16 35 58 76

JV: Madawaska 57-23

Houlton 50, Fort Kent 49

At Fort Kent, Houlton crept out to a four-point lead after the first quarter and held off the Warriors for the victory.

Jordan Hill paced Houlton with 18 points and Justin Stewart added 13.

Mitch Ouellet’s 20 points led Fort Kent.

Houlton (1-0) 50

Myers, Stewart 2-9-13, Miles 1-2-5, Anderson 1-0-2, Hill 7-4-18, Cummings, Lewis, Campbell 2-0-4, Lloyd 4-0-8

Fort Kent (0-1) 49

Hartman, Caron 2-0-4, Rossignol 1-0-3, Jandreau 1-0-3, Kinney, Desjardins, Perreault, Thibodeau, S. Bard 1-0-3, T. Bard 4-0-9, Ouellet 9-2-20, Rivera 3-0-6

3-pt. goals: Miles; Rossignol, Jandreau, S. Bard, T. Bard

Houlton 15 29 35 50

Fort Kent 11 25 34 49

JV: Fort Kent 68-59

Hodgdon 59, So. Aroostook 48

At Hodgdon, Leif O’Connell scored 24 points and had 10 rebounds to help lead Hodgdon to the victory.

Evan Carter had 17 points and nine blocks for Hodgdon and Kirby Sanford added 12 points.

Wade Hersey scored 17 points for Southern Aroostook and Tim Hartin netted 16 points.

Southern Aroostook (0-1) 48

Hersey 6-5-17, Hartin 6-2-16, Brooker 3-0-8, Stubbs 1-1-3, Austin 1-1-3, Anderson 0-1-1, Clark, Toothaker, Frazier

Hodgdon (2-0) 59

O’Connell 10-3-24, Carter 8-1-17, Sanford 6-0-12, Guy 1-0-2, Quint 1-0-2, Cleary 1-0-2, Bartley, Ledger

3-pt. goals: Hartin 2, Brooker 2; O’Connell

So. Aroostook 14 21 35 48

Hodgdon 12 22 40 59

JV: So. Aroostook 61-34