FORT FAIRFIELD – Alex Bird drained a foul line jumper with just over 30 seconds remaining to lift the Washburn Beavers to a key early-season road victory, 43-42 over the Fort Fairfield Tigers Monday.

Bird finished with six points while Kelsee McLaughlin led all scorers with 15 for the Beavers, including nine free throws. Erica McDougall chipped in with 11.

Kerri Cunningham paced the Fort Fairfield Tigers with 14 points.

Washburn (2-2) 43

McLaughlin 3-9-15, McDougall 5-1-11, Berube 0-3-3, Houston 1-0-2, Bird 2-2-6, Palmer 2-2-6, Davis, Cochran

Fort Fairfield (3-1) 42

Cunningham 5-2-14, Shaw 2-0-5, Forsman 4-0-8, McLaughlin 2-0-4, Esancy 2-2-6, Clark 2-0-5, Churchill

3-pt. goals: Cunningham 2, Shaw, Clark

Washburn 11 23 33 43

Fort Fairfield 11 26 36 42

JV: Fort Fairfield 41-18

Van Buren 43, Wisdom 35

At Van Buren, the Crusaders’ box-and-one defensive alignment held Wisdom of St. Agatha’s Nicole St. Pierre to two points in the fourth quarter as Van Buren used a 12-5 run to pull away for its first win.

Megan Lajoie powered the winners with 18 points and 10 rebounds while Kristen Violette added 10 points.

St. Pierre finished with 24 points for the Pioneers.

Wisdom (0-3) 35

Guerrette, Michaud 1-0-2, Dubois, LaBrie 2-0-4, St. Pierre 10-0-24, Haskins, Daigle 3-1-7

Van Buren (1-3) 43

Lajoie 6-5-18, Vaillancourt 4-2-10, Laplante 1-0-2, Ouellette, Deschaines, Parent 3-0-6, Gereben 3-0-6, Bard 0-1-1

3-pt. goals: St. Pierre 2; Lajoie

Wisdom 16 20 30 35

Van Buren 12 21 31 43

Gr. Houlton Chr. 61, Ashland 34

At Presque Isle, Sarah Riopel tossed in 17 points to lead host Greater Houlton Christian past Ashland.

Megan Korhonen notched 15 points for the Eagles.

Mindy Chasse led the Hornets with 13.

Ashland 34

Chasse 5-3-13, Flint 4-0-9, Poulin 3-1-8, Cook 1-0-2, Landry 1-0-2, Cray, Collins, Donovan, D’Ozier, Good, Baker, Pelkey, Jimmo, Tilley

Greater Houlton Christian 61

Riopel 8-1-17, Korhonen 7-0-15, Boutlier 3-2-8, Lord 2-2-6, Jago 2-0-4, Brewer 3-2-8, Livezey 1-1-3, Socoby, Parker

3-pt. goals: Poulin, Flint; Korhonen

Ashland 4 17 28 34

Greater Houlton 19 36 51 61

CAHS 35, SAHS 23

At Dyer Brook, Central Aroostook of Mars Hill held Southern Aroostook without a field goal in the fourth quarter as it pulled away for the victory.

Sarah Long netted a game-high 15 points to lead the Panthers.

Erin Caswell, Brittany Charette, Lauren McGary and Liz Bergan scored four points apiece for the Warriors.

Central Aroostook (1-2) 35

Long 6-3-15, Esterbrook 1-0-2, Deboe1-0-2, Bradley 3-1-7, Day 1-0-2, Dane 3-1-7, BowersSouthern Aroostook (1-3) 23

Caswell 2-0-4, B. Charette 2-0-4, McGary 2-0-4, Bergan 1-2-4, Collier, King, Desmond 1-1-3, Bustard 0-1-1, Ryan, A. Charette 1-1-3

3-pt. goals: none

Cen. Aroostook 10 17 27 35

So. Aroostook 6 15 21 23

JV: Southern Aroostook 48-14

Hodgdon 43, Katahdin 40

At Hodgdon, Brianne McGary led all scorers with 17 points as Hodgdon held on for the win.

Jennie Hare added 10 points for the Hawks.

Chelsie Bates netted 16 points for the Cougars of Stacyville.

Katahdin (2-1) 40

Bates 7-0-16, Cyr 1-0-2, F. Robinson, Moore 2-0-4, Pipes, Smallwood 3-0-6, R. Robinson 2-0-4, Blum-Evets 1-0-2, Stevens 2-2-6

Hodgdon (3-2) 43

McGary 7-2-17, Hare 3-4-10, Martin 0-1-1, Sloat 2-2-7, Levesque, Carpenter, London 1-1-3, T. Quint, Estabrook 2-0-4, M. Quint

3-pt. goals: Bates 2; McGary, Sloat

Hodgdon 12 21 29 43

Katahdin 0 12 27 40

JV: Hodgdon 50-33

Boys basketball

Ashland 82, Gr. Houlton Chr. 36

At Presque Isle, Lucas Belanger led five players in double figures with 17 points as Ashland rolled over host Greater Houlton Christian.

Isaac Ward and Curtis Belanger tossed in 12 points apiece for the Hornets while Jeremy Tarr and Carl Nemer each added 10.

David Guiggey netted 16 points and Chad Duff 13 for the Eagles.

Ashland 82

L. Belanger 8-0-17, Ward 5-1-12, Nemer 4-1-10, Tarr 4-2-10, C. Belanger 5-2-12, Condon 2-0-6, Cote 2-0-4, Levesque 4-0-8, Kimball 1-0-2, Aker 0-1-1

Greater Houlton Chr. 36

Guiggey 7-1-16, Duff 5-0-13, Kelly 1-0-2, Sjoberg 0-1-1, Holmes 0-2-2, Gray 1-0-2, Burns, Morin, Straubel, Bowers

3-pt. goals: L. Belanger, Ward, Nemer, Condon 2; Duff 3, Guiggey

Ashland 30 49 66 82

Greater Houlton 2 10 24 36

Fort Kent 59, LCS/MSSM 50

At Limestone, Sam Bard poured in 28 points, including four key free throws in the fourth quarter, to lead Fort Kent by the Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics.

Jason Lesaldo chipped in with 13 points for the winners.

Danny Hayes paced the Eagles with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Chris Kirchner and Matt Enman each added 10 points.

Fort Kent (2-1) 59

Bard 12-3-28, Lesaldo 5-3-13, Voisine 1-4-7, Pelletier 1-2-4, Soucy 1-0-3, Blier 1-0-3, Caron 0-1-1, Bonenfant, Potvin, Harvey, Bouchard

LCS/MSSM (1-2) 50

Hayes 7-6-20, Kirchner 4-2-10, Enman 4-0-10, Giangiordano 3-1-7, Clayton 1-0-3, Parent, Rossignol, Hopkins

3-pt. goals: Bard, Voisine, Soucy, Blier; Enman, Clayton

Fort Kent 15 29 46 59

LCS/MSSM 11 24 41 50

JV: Fort Kent 38-36