HOULTON – The Houlton boys basketball team parlayed offensive patience and a tenacious zone defense into their third victory of the season, a 45-34 high school decision over Presque Isle Wednesday.

Parker Brown paced Houlton offensively with 10 points, while Drew Farrar added nine for the Shiretowners, who host defending Class C state champion Calais on Friday night.

Adam Kingsbury led Presque Isle with 13 points, while Russ Mortland added 12.

Presque Isle (1-1) 34

Richards, York 1-0-3, Legassie, Gallant 2-0-6, D. Kingsbury, Cheney, Mortland 5-0-12, A. Kingsbury 5-2-13, Ireland, Braley

Houlton (3-0) 45

Brown 2-5-10, Austin, Farrar 3-2-9, Bates 3-0-6, Hill 1-1-3, Cleary 0-2-2, Beals 3-0-7, Carmichael 1-0-2, Haggerman 3-0-6, McGuire

3-pt. goals: Gallant 2, Mortland 2, A. Kingsbury, York; Brown, Farrar

Presque Isle 6 18 22 34

Houlton 9 25 34 45

Caribou 50, Fort Kent 45

At Fort Kent, Kyle Corrigan netted 17 points as Caribou held off Fort Kent.

Jeremiah Fitzherbert chipped in with 12 for the Vikings.

Sam Bard led all scorers with 21 points for the Warriors.

Caribou (2-0) 50

Corrigan 4-9-17, Fitzherbert 4-4-12, Anderson, J. Haynes 2-1-6, Rosser 3-1-7, Schuster 0-1-1, D. Haynes 1-5-7

Fort Kent (0-1) 45

Bard 8-5-21, Bonenfant, Voisine 3-0-7, Blier, Pelletier 2-0-4, Lesaldo 2-1-5, Harvey 2-0-5, Caron 1-1-3

3-pt. goals: J. Haynes; Voisine, Harvey

Caribou 12 22 35 50

Fort Kent 12 23 30 45

JV: Caribou 58-42

Washburn 52, So. Aroostook 30

At Washburn, Matt Connolly tossed in 15 points as Washburn downed Southern Aroostook.

Nick McIntosh added 11 points for the Beavers.

Colby Clark netted a game-high 22 points for the Warriors of Dyer Brook.

Southern Aroostook (0-2) 30

Clark 11-0-22, Robinson 1-0-2, Sholler 1-0-2, Toothaker 2-0-4, Beaulieu, Edwards, Sleeper, Grant, Casey, Flewelling

Washburn (2-0) 52

Connolly 7-1-15, A. McIntosh 1-2-4, N. McIntosh 4-2-11, Thompson 4-0-9, Pesut 4-1-9, Morrow 2-0-4, Silber, Campbell, Hollande, Goupille, Corey

3-pt. goals: N. McIntosh, Thompson

So. Aroostook 8 12 18 30

Washburn 11 30 47 52

JV: Washburn 38-31

Girls Basketball

Ashland 59, Central Aroostook 44

At Ashland, Mindy Chasse scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to post her third double-double in as many games to lead Ashland by Central Aroostook of Mars Hill.

Whitney Flint registered 19 points, 10 assists and seven steals while Suzzie Poulin added 10 points for the Hornets.

Alex Dame led Central Aroostook with 23 points.

Cent. Aroostook (0-2) 44

Dame 11-1-23, Long 4-1-9, Estabrook 2-0-4, Devoe 2-0-4, Bradley 2-0-4, Day

Ashland (2-1) 59

Chasse 11-6-28, Flint 6-2-19, Poulin 2-5-10, Cooke 1-0-2, Cray, Landry, Collins

3-pt. goals: Flint 5

Cent. Aroostook 12 22 34 44

Ashland 9 24 44 59

JV: Ashland 36-10

Madawaska 49, Wisdom 43

At Saint Agatha, Kallie Pelletier scored 18 points and Amanda Plourde added 13 as Madawaska earned the hard-fought victory.

Kayla Daigle led Wisdom with 24 points and 10 rebounds, whiel Nicole St. Pierre scored eight points for the Pioneers.

Madawaska (1-1) 49

Schliecher, Plourde 5-3-13, Hebert, A. Cyr 4-0-8, Nadeau 1-0-2, K. Cyr, Gendreau, Pelletier 8-2-18, Arnoldy 4-0-8.

Wisdom (0-2) 43

Guerrette 1-2-4, Michaud, Dubois 1-1-3, Morin, Labrie 2-0-4, St. Pierre 3-2-8, Haskins, Daigle 9-6-24

3-pt. goals: none

Madawaska 8 21 35 49

Wisdom 7 19 34 43