Newell pours in 31 as Dragons cruise

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BAILEYVILLE – Senior point guard Stephen Newell scored a career-high 31 points to lead the host Woodland Dragons to a 65-45 Downeast Athletic Conference high school boys basketball win over the Shead Tigers Wednesday.

Newell also had nine rebounds and four steals. Freshman Ben Sears added 11 points, 10 rebounds and five steals for the Dragons, while Todd Diadone had 10 points and 14 reb ounds.

Aaron Sullivan paced Shead of Eastport with 15 points, while Dana Mitchell scored nine.

Shead (1-6) 45

B. Lewey, Patterson 2-1-5, Stanhope, Reed 1-0-2, Pottle, Clossey, Hastings 3-0-8, Cyr 2-0-4, Sullivan 5-4-15, J. Lewey 1-0-2, Mitchell 3-3-9

Woodland (4-3) 65

Smith 0-2-2, Newell 10-9-31, Moody 0-2-2, Diadone 3-4-10, Kesel 2-2-6, Sears 4-3-11, Allen, James 1-0-3, Carlow, Sappier

3-pt. goals: Hastings 2, Sullivan; Newell 2, James

Shead 11 23 38 45

Woodland 14 29 45 65

JV: Woodland 60-29

Limestone/MSSM 53, Easton 46

At Limestone, junior center Danny Hayes scored 17 of his 19 points after intermission as Limestone/Maine School of Science and Mathematics picked up its fourth straight victory.

Hayes also grabbed 12 rebounds for the Eagles, while teammate Dustin Morgan made three 3-point goals and scored 11 points.

Jeremy Brock paced Easton with 19 points.

Easton (2-8) 46

Brock 7-5-19, Blodgett 4-1-9, Trask 4-1-9, Flewelling 3-1-7, Sanders 1-0-2, Beaulieu, Bacon

Limestone/MSSM (6-2) 53

Hayes 9-1-19, Morgan 4-0-11, Summers 2-4-8, C. Kirschner 3-0-6, Peers 3-0-6, Enman 1-0-3, Patterson, A. Kirschner, Giangiordano, Beaulieu, Rossignol

3-pt. goals: Trask; Morgan 3, Enman

Easton 8 26 40 46

Limestone/MSSM 10 24 39 53

JV: Caribou 60, Limestone/MSSM 50

Presque Isle 68, Fort Kent 28

At Presque Isle, Greg Whitaker scored 23 points to help keep Presque Isle undefeated.

Chris Coffin had nine points for the Wildcats and Matt McGlinn added eight assists and four steals.

Kelly Thibodeau led Fort Kent with nine points.

Fort Kent (1-9) 28

Thibodeau 4-1-9, Levesque 1-0-2, M. Pelletier 0-2-2, Harvey 0-1-1, Caron 1-0-2, Soucy 1-0-3, Freeman 1-2-4, Desjardins 2-1-5, Lesaldo, Whisler, S. Pelletier, Potvin, Devaney

Presque Isle (10-0) 68

Whitaker 11-1-23, York 1-2-4, Brooker 2-2-8, Gallant 2-2-6, Cheney 1-0-2, McGlinn 2-0-4, Kingsbury 1-0-2, Ireland 1-0-2, Doyen 4-0-8, Coffin 3-1-9, Belanger, Ward

3-pt. goals: Soucy; Whitaker 2, Brooker 2, Coffin 2

Fort Kent 7 13 23 28

Presque Isle 23 41 60 68

JV: Presque Isle 62-50

Girls basketball

GSA 56, Sumner 43

At Blue Hill, Hannah Gray had 16 points and 12 rebounds to lead the George Stevens Academy Eagles past Sumner of East Sullivan.

Sadie Beardsworth had 15 points, Christy Moon had 10, and Brandi Winters dished out eight assists.

Chelsea Norton scored 17 for the Tigers.

Sumner (5-3) 43

Gray 7-2-16, Beardsworth 5-2-15, Moon 5-0-10, Park 2-0-5, Van der Eb 0-2-2, Eaton 1-1-3, Winters 1-3-5

George Stevens (7-4) 56

Norton 7-3-17, Beal 1-0-2, Robinson 2-2-6, Chandler 1-0-2, Page, Stanwood, Bridges 4-0-8, Bragdon 4-0-8, Traxler

3-pt. goals: Bearsworth3, Park

Sumner 6 23 35 43

George Stevens 11 19 39 56

JV: Sumner 45-32

Hermon 49, Bucksport 43

At Bucksport, Ashley Kelly netted 18 points as the Hawks rallied past the Golden Bucks.

Cassie White added 11 more for Hermon.

Katie Hurd led all scorers with 23 for Bucksport.

Hermon (6-4) 49

White 3-5-11, Kelly 8-2-18, Keith 2-2-6, Berglund, Armstrong 2-4-8, Berry 1-0-2, Helms 1-0-2, Davenport 1-0-2

Bucksport (4-5) 43

Hurd 8-3-23, Lalonde, Gourley 2-0-4, Sullivan 0-2-2, Allen, Gordon 3-2-8, Kone 3-0-6, Wilbur, Sanborn

3-pt. goals: Hurd 3

Hermon 6 18 40 49

Bucksport 9 24 32 43

Ashland 69, Easton 33

At Ashland, sophomore Mindy Chasse scored a career-high 23 points to help lead Ashland to victory.

Whitney Flint scored 11 points for the Hornets and Angela Belskis added 10 points.

Kassie Loveley paced Easton with 20 points.

Easton (2-10) 33

Lovely 8-2-20, Conroy 1-0-2, Hopkins 1-0-2, White 2-1-5, Ireland 2-0-4, Osgood, Boswell, Dayringer

Ashland (5-3) 69

Chasse 11-1-23, Belskis 4-2-10, Flint 5-1-11, Nemer 3-3-9, Poulin 2-0-5, Cray 0-2-2, Landry 1-0-2, M. Long 0-1-1, D. Long 2-0-4, Donovan 1-0-2, Cook, Dozier

3-pt. goals: Lovely 2; Poulin

Easton 4 11 16 33

Ashland 21 33 49 69

Fort Fairfield 52, Hodgdon 39

At Fort Fairfield, Heather Hathaway tallied 18 points and 10 rebounds as Fort Fairfield held off a late Hodgdon rally in the fourth quarter.

Kaitlin Esancy notched 16 points and 10 boards for the winners.

Casey Nightingale paced Hodgdon with 10.

Hodgdon (3-6) 39

Nightingale 2-4-10, Martin, Sloat 1-0-2, McGary 2-2-6, Scott, Fleming 2-0-5, Quint, Dwyer 3-2-8, London 1-0-2, Hare 3-0-6

Fort Fairfield (6-1) 52

Hathaway 7-0-18, K. Esancy 7-2-16, Shaw 1-0-2, Cunningham 1-1-3, McLaughlin 1-0-2, S. Esancy 2-3-7, O’Neal 1-0-2, Beckwith 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Nightingale 2, Fleming; Hathaway 4

Hodgdon 4 13 27 39

Fort Fairfield 21 24 44 52

JV: Hodgdon 33-29

Houlton 44, Caribou 27

At Houlton, Danielle Sewell scored 10 of her 12 points in the second half to help lead Houlton to the win.

Rachel Foster also had 12 points for the Shiretowners and Keegan Hovey added nine points.

Amanda Cyr led Caribou with six points.

Caribou (2-8) 27

Cyr 3-0-6, Kinney 2-0-4, Gahagan 1-1-3, Richards 2-0-4, Espling 1-0-2, St. Schofield 2-0-4, King 2-0-4, Cousins, Corriveau, Ellis

Houlton (6-4) 44

Sewell 5-2-12, Foster 6-0-12, Hovey 4-1-9, Rowe 3-1-7, Bartlett 2-0-4, Faulkingham, Bither, Harbison, Dow, Herring, Ritchie, Butler

3-pt. goals: none

Caribou 6 13 17 27

Houlton 10 22 33 44

JV: Caribou 34-33 (OT)

CAHS 54, Madawaska 36

At Mars Hill, Sara Long had 21 points and 12 rebounds to help lead Central Aroostook past Madawaska.

Kayla Day scored 13 points and had 11 rebounds for the Panthers and Samantha Brewer added 10 points.

Amanda Plourde paced the Owls with 10 points.

Madawaska (0-8) 36

Daigle 0-1-1, Plourde 5-0-10, Cyr 4-0-8, S. Nadeau 1-0-2, Lugdon 4-0-8, Pelletier 3-0-7, Schlicher, J. Nadeau, Herbert

Central Aroostook (4-4) 54

Brewer 5-0-10, Lundeen 0-1-1, Bradley 2-1-5, Graham 1-0-2, Dame 1-0-2, Long 10-1-21, Day 6-1-13, Devoe

3-pt. goals: Pelletier

Madawaska 10 23 29 36

Cen. Aroostook 18 30 46 54

JV: Cen. Aroostook 54-24