Lajoie, Crusaders upset Tigers in overtime

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VAN BUREN – Megan Lajoie scored the game-winning free-throw with 16 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Van Buren Crusaders a 35-34 upset win over the Fort Fairfield Tigers in high school girls basketball action Friday night.

Lajoie scored a game-high 15 points to go along with 13 rebounds. Lisa Levasseur added 12 points and Andrea McLaughlin ripped down 12 rebounds for the Crusaders.

Van Buren held Fort Fairfield scoreless in the fourth quarter until Heather Hathaway’s 3-pointer with two seconds left sent the game into overtime.

Hathaway led the Tigers with 12 points on four 3-pointers.

Fort Fairfield (9-3) 34

Shaw, Hathaway 4-0-12, Cunningham, McLaughlin, C. Esancy, S. Esancy, O’Neal 3-0-6, Beckwith 1-0-2

Van Buren (5-9) 35

Laplante, Levasseur 5-2-12, M. Lajoie 4-5-15, Vaillancourt 1-0-2, Parent 1-0-2, Gereben 2-0-4, Bard, McLaughlin

3-pt. goals: Hathaway 4; M. Lajoie 2

Fort Fairfield 8 18 25 28 34

Van Buren 9 11 23 28 35

Katahdin 51, GHCA 42

At Stacyville, Roni Robinson scored a game-high 15 points and Kristen Watson added 13 as Katahdin upset Greater Houlton Christian Academy.

Megan Korhonen tossed in 14 points and Lacey Farrar chipped in with 12 for the Eagles.

Greater Houlton Christian (14-2) 42

Farrar 4-2-12, Korhonen 5-3-14, Livezey 1-1-3, Jago 1-0-2, Riopel 2-2-6, Boutilier 1-1-3, Lord

Katahdin (4-9) 51

R. Robinson 7-1-15, Watson 6-1-13, Gallagher 1-6-8, Bates 1-0-2, Smallwood 2-1-5, Green 1-0-2, F. Robinson, Albert

3-pt. goals: Farrar 2, Korhonen

GHCA 11 21 31 42

Katahdin 12 25 33 51

Rockland 59, Medomak 37

At Waldoboro, Caitlin Hines tossed in 24 points to lead Rockland to victory.

Allie Todd added 11 for the Tigers.

Jamie O’Jala paced the Panthers with seven.

Rockland (12-2) 59

Hynes 9-3-24, Todd 3-2-11, Clark 1-0-2, Hansen 1-2-4, Butler 0-1-1, Barnes 3-0-6, Boggs 3-1-7, Heal 1-0-2, Pickard 1-0-2, Felt, Ranquist

Medomak (3-11) 37

Ja. O’Jala 2-3-7, Ahlholm 1-2-4, Lee 2-0-4, Abbott 1-2-4, Lufkin, Birk, Neptune 1-2-4, Je. O’Jala 1-2-5, Bradstreet 1-0-2, Baum 0-2-2, Conary 1-0-3, Cornforth 1-0-2, Rose

3-pt. goals: Todd 3; Je. O’Jala, Conary

Rockland 17 29 42 59

Medomak 13 19 24 37

MDI 44, Bucksport 32

At Bar Harbor, the Trojans outscored the Golden Bucks 17-6 in the second quarter en route to their 11th win.

Amethyst Cousins tossed in 13 points for Mount Desert Island.

Katie Hurd paced Bucksport with 16 points and Bri Kone added 10.

Bucksport (6-7) 32

Hurd 7-1-16, Kone 3-4-10, Lalonde, Sullivan 0-2-2, Allen 0-2-2, Gordon, Wilbur, Sanborn 1-0-2

MDI (11-3) 44

Cousins 6-1-13, Young 1-1-3, Stratton 1-0-2, Records 2-0-6, Lewis 2-3-7, Vaux 0-5-5, Falt 4-0-8

3-pt. goals: Hurd; Records 2

Bucksport 7 13 20 32

MDI 6 23 34 44

JV: MDI 35-22

Woodland 61, Lee 53

At Baileyville, Michelle Ferry poured in a game-high 19 points to lead Woodland past Lee Academy.

Courtney Cochran tossed in 14 points to go along with 14 rebounds and Rachel Torrey chipped with with 13 points and eight steals for the Lady Dragons.

Aarika Ritchie netted 18 points and Amanda Gifford added 10 for the Pandas.

Lee (9-3) 53

Gifford 4-1-10, Moors 2-0-4, Bird, Ritchie 7-2-18, K. Harris 3-0-6, Houghton 3-0-6, B. Harris

Woodland (10-1) 61

Clark 2-0-4, Gillespie 2-1-5, Torrie 5-2-13, Ferry 6-5-19, Cochran 5-4-14, Bergin 0-2-2, Murphy 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: Ritchie 2, Gifford, Bird; Ferry 2, Torrie

Lee 17 31 39 53

Woodland 16 35 49 61

JV: Woodland 46-39

Bangor Chr. 61, Searsport 37

At Bangor, Morgan Chasse led three players in double figures with 17 points as the Patriots rolled to the win.

Hope Johnson tallied 14 points and Jen Hutchins 11 for the winners.

Monica Josephson led the Vikings with 10.

Searsport (2-9) 37

Nelson 3-2-9, Josephson 5-0-10, Seekins 2-0-4, Cherry 4-0-8, Pole 3-0-6, Anderson, Vasiliaskas, Lane, Canus

Bangor Christian (7-3) 61

Chasse 7-3-17, Johnson 6-2-14, Hutchins 4-3-11, French, Dearborn, Hall 1-0-2, Ricci 0-2-2, Robinson 2-0-4, Hale 1-1-3, Pelletier 1-2-4

3-pt. goals: Nelson

Searsport 11 17 29 37

Bangor Chr. 13 25 47 61

JV: Bangor Christian 47-17

Sumner 82, Jonesport-Beals 38

At Jonesport, Katrina Beal hit two of her four 3-pointers in the third quarter and Kylie Bragdon scored eight points as the Tigers of East Sullivan pulled away for the win.

Seaira Robinson topped Sumner with 18 points, and Beal and Bragdon each had 16.

Kristi Smith led the Royalettes with 17 points, and Jasmine Bruno added nine.

Sumner 82

S. Robinson 6-4-18, Bragdon 7-2-16, Beal 4-4-16, Chandler 3-0-6, Page 2-2-6, Stanwood 2-2-6, Bridges 3-0-6, A. Robinson 1-1-3, Norton 1-0-2, Higgins 1-0-3

Jonesport-Beals 38

K. Smith 8-1-17, Bruno 4-1-9, Church 2-0-6, S. Smith 2-0-4, T. Beal 1-0-2, V. Maclean, B. Beal, Libby, Alley, M. Maclean, Carver, E. Smith

3-pt. goals: K. Beal 4, S. Robinson 2, Higgins; Church 2

Sumner 11 29 54 82

Jonesport-Beals 9 19 32 38

Hockey

Kents Hill 7, Presque Isle 6

At Presque Isle, Nick Kolb scored his fourth goal of the game with 1:11 left to lift Kents Hill to victory.

Will McNamara chipped in with two goals for the Huskies and Ben DeHaben added one along with two assists, including one on Kolb’s winning goal. Collin Fyler contributed two assists, Andrew Noyles had one and Will Reyes made 14 saves.

Erik St. Peter scored three goals and recorded an assist to lead the Wildcats and Brad Young added two goals and an assist. Brandon Daigle chipped in with a goal and two assists and Robert Gartley had an assist. Brendon Esquibel had 18 saves.

Boys basketball

Katahdin 85, GHCA 72

Farrar scores 1,000th point

At Stacyville, Jared Anderson tossed in a game-high 26 points and Alex McAvoy netted 18 to lead Katahdin past Greater Houlton Christian Academy.

Patrick Willett scored 15 points and Owen McCarthy added 12 for the Cougars.

Drew Farrar poured in 24 points, including the 1,000th of his career to lead the Eagles. Silas Kelly tallied 20 points and Emery Licoln chipped in with 14.

Greater Houlton Christian (11-4) 72

Lincoln 6-2-14, Farrar 9-3-24, Kelly 10-0-20, Korhonen 3-0-8, Giggey 2-2-6, Bell

Katahdin (10-2) 85

Willett 6-0-15, Jar. Anderson 12-1-26, McAvoy 8-0-18, McCarthy 6-0-12, Bryal 1-0-2, Jor. Anderson 3-0-6, Gould 3-0-6, K. Anderson. Harris

3-pt. goals: Farrar 3, Korhonen; Willett 3, McAvoy 2, Anderson

GHCA 19 29 52 72

Katahdin 20 45 66 85

CAHS 84, SAHS 36

At Dyer Brook, Andrew York buried five 3-pointers on his way to 24 points and brother Cameron tossed in 11 points as the Panthers of Mars Hill rolled to their 13th straight win.

Sam Clockedile tossed in 17 points and Tim Carlson 12 for Central Aroostook of Mars Hill.

Zach Stubbs paced the Warriors with 11 points and Robert Toothaker added 10 more.

Cen. Aroostook (13-1) 84

A. York 5-9-24, Clockedile 5-4-17, Carlson 3-3-12, C. York 3-4-11, McLaughlin 0-6-6, Martinez 2-1-6, B. McCarthy 2-0-4, L. McCarthy 0-2-2, Williams 1-0-2

So. Aroostook (3-11) 36

Z. Stubbs 5-1-11, Toothaker 2-6-10, Clark 2-1-5, Anderson 2-0-4, D. Stubbs 1-0-2, Grant 1-0-2, Boulier, Carey, Branscombe

3-pt. goals: A. York 5, Clockedile 3, Carlson 3, C. York, Martinez

Cen. Aroostook 24 39 74 84

So. Aroostook 12 23 27 36

JV: Central Aroostook 52-39

Fort Kent 50, Houlton 45

At Houlton, Corey Voisine chalked up 13 points to lead Fort Kent past Houlton.

Kelly Thibodeau chipped in with 10 points for the Warriors.

Josh Beals’ nine points led the Shiretowners.

Fort Kent (3-11) 50

Voisine 4-3-13, Thibodeau 5-0-10, M. Pelletier 2-2-6, Bard 3-0-8, Freeman 3-0-6, Desjardins 3-1-7, S. Pelletier, Lesaldo, Harvey, Caron

Houlton (3-11) 45

Beals 3-3-9, Brown 2-2-6, Stewart 3-2-8, Hill 3-0-6, Cleary 1-0-2, Lewis 2-0-4, Hagerman 1-0-2, Anderson 4-0-8, Bates, Austin

3-pt. goals: Voisine 3, Bard 2

Fort Kent 10 19 40 50

Houlton 9 21 34 45

JV: Fort Kent 49-42

Washburn 73, Easton 38

At Washburn, Adam Thompson poured in 22 points and Zach Bird 20 as Washburn rolled past Easton.

Mitchell Blodgett paced the Easton Bears with 22 points.

Easton (3-11) 38

Blodgett 8-5-22, Brock 1-3-5, Sanders 1-0-2, Trask 2-2-7, Bacon 1-0-2, Daniels, Beaulieu, White, Fuller

Washburn (9-5) 73

A. Thompson 11-0-22, Bird 9-0-20, Wilcox 1-0-2, A. McIntosh 2-0-4, N. McIntosh 1-2-4, M. Connolly 1-0-2, Willette 1-1-3, Campbell 1-0-2, J. Connolly 1-0-2, J. Thompson 2-0-4, Pesut 2-0-4, Morrow 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Trask; Bird 2

Easton 7 19 32 38

Washburn 14 26 51 73

Madawaska 73, Hodgdon 53

At Hodgdon, Mark Sirois tossed in a game-high 25 points to lead the Owls past the Hawks.

Alan Campbell notched 20 points and Matt Beaulieu 13 for Madawaska. Dom Rossignol had six points and 15 assists.

Travis Bartley had 14 points and 10 rebounds to pace Hodgdon. Kirby Sanford tallied 14 points and Jordan Guy 12 points and eight assists.

Madawaska (10-4) 73

Sirois 10-5-25, Campbell 8-2-20, Beaulieu 5-0-13, Rossignol 2-2-6, Morin 2-0-6, Pelletier 1-0-2, Cyr 0-1-1, Desrosier, Bosse, Michaud

Hodgdon (3-11) 53

Sanford 6-1-14, Bartley 6-2-14, Guy 4-0-12, Ruffin 2-0-4, Crane 1-0-2, Lane 2-0-5, Dorr 1-0-2, Hall, Mazzacco, Nesbit, Harris, Quint

3-pt. goals: Beaulieu 3, Morin 2, Campbell 2; Guy 4, Lane, Sanford

Madawaska 15 39 55 73

Hodgdon 9 19 34 53

Limestone/MSSM 70, Ashland 54

At Ashland, Chris Kirchner tallied 24 points to lead Limestone-Maine School of Science and Mathematics to victory.

Jeremy Summers contributed 22 points while Danny Hayes had 10 points for the Eagles.

Curtis Belanger netted a game-high 27 points to lead the Hornets.

Limestone/MSSM (10-5) 70

C. Circhner 8-7-24, A. Kirchner 2-5-9, Enman 1-1-4, Summers 10-2-22, Hayes 5-0-10, Peers, Patterson 0-1-1, Morgan

Ashland (5-9) 54

Condon, Belanger 11-5-27, Cody 2-0-6, Cusack, Carr 2-2-7, Levesque 2-4-8, Nemer 1-0-2, Martin, Tompkins 2-0-4, Baker

3-pt. goals: C. Kirchner, Enman; Cody 2, Carr

Limestone/MSSM 21 32 56 70

Ashland 14 30 44 54

JV: Ashland 45-39