WASHBURN – Alex Bird sank a free throw and then hit a short jumper in overtime to give Washburn the lead for good at 36-35 en route to a pointworthy 38-35 Class D girls basketball victory over Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics Wednesday.

Sara Davis’ layup provided some insurance.

Kelsee McLaughlin had 14 points for the Beavers and Erica McDougall sent the game into overtime by grabbing an offensive rebound and hitting a jumper with 25 seconds left.

Julie Peers had 12 points for the Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics. The Eagles only two losses have been to Washburn.

LCS/MSSM (8-2) 35

Cousins 1-0-2, J. Peers 4-4-12, K. Peers 2-1-6, Allen 3-0-6, Mulherin, Redmond 2-0-4, King 2-0-5

Washburn (6-5) 38

Berube, Davis 1-0-2, McLaughlin 6-2-14, Amb. Reed, Huston, McDougall 3-1-7, Amy Reed 1-0-2, Bird 3-1-7, Cochran 1-0-2, Palmer 2-0-4,

3-pt. goals: K. Peers, King

LCS/MSSM 7 15 26 31 35

Washburn 5 11 21 31 38

Greater Houlton 76, Ashland 45

At Ashland, Sarah Riopel tossed in 17 points as Greater Houlton Christian pulled away for the win over Ashland.

Megan Korhonen notched 14 points and Amanda Livezey 13 for the Eagles.

Mindy Chasse led the Hornets with 17 points and Whitney Flint added 14.

Greater Houlton Chr. (11-1) 76

Korhonen 4-5-14, Riopel 6-2-17, Livezey 5-3-13, Brewer 4-0-8, Jago 3-1-7, Socoby 1-0-2, Parker 1-0-2, Boutlier 2-0-4, Lord 3-1-9

Ashland (8-4) 45

Chasse 8-1-17, Flint 6-2-14, Poulin 3-2-9, D’Ozier 1-2-5, Pelkey, Jimmo, Collins, Cray, Baker, Donovan

3-pt. goals: Riopel 3, Lord 2, Korhonen; Poulin, D’Ozier

Greater Houlton 15 37 67 76

Ashland 13 19 34 45

Katahdin 59, Fort Fairfield 46

At Stacyville, Ronni Robinson tossed in a game-high 18 points to spark Katahdin’s victory over Fort Fairfield.

Chelsea Bates and Jasmine Cyr added 10 points apiece for the Cougars.

Kaitlin McLaughlin paced the Tigers with 11 points while Kerri Cunningham and Caitlyn Esancy contributed 10 apiece.

Fort Fairfield (5-5) 46

Cunningham 4-1-10, McLaughlin 5-1-11, Esancy 3-4-10, Shaw 0-4-4, Clark 3-1-7, Churchill 1-2-4, Wilson, Plaisdell, Chasse

Katahdin (4-6) 59

Cyr 4-2-10, Bates 5-0-10, R. Robinson 5-8-18, F. Robinson 1-0-2, Moore 1-1-3, Smallwood 3-3-9, Blum-Evitts 1-0-2, Stevens 2-1-5

3-pt. goals: Cunningham

Fort Fairfield 9 21 33 46

Katahdin 18 32 45 59

JV: Katahdin 48-30

GSA 58, DI-Stonington 19

At Deer Isle, Maddi Park scored 19 points to lead the George Stevens Academy Eagles of Blue Hill past Deer Isle-Stonington.

Stevie Theoharidis had 10 points for the Eagles.

Anika Powers led the Mariners with seven.

George Stevens 58

Park 8-0-19, Theoharidis 5-0-10, Clapp 1-0-2, Davis 2-1-5, E. Peake 1-0-2, A. Peake 3-0-6, Vandereb 0-1-1, Freedman 2-0-4, Farnsworth 2-0-4, Ahern 2-1-5, Astbury

DI-Stonington 19

Powers 1-5-7, Eaton 2-1-5, Haskell 0-1-1, Hutchins 1-0-2, Weeks 2-0-4, Robinson, Garcia, Allen, Siebert, Cousins, Gray

3-pt. goals: Park

George Stevens 21 35 47 58

DI-Stonington 8 13 17 19

Dexter 54, Penquis 29

At Dexter, Katie Poirier scored a game-high 26 points to lead the Dexter Tigers past Penquis of Milo.

Mallory Ames contributed 19 points to the Tigers.

Erica Lyford paced the Patriots with 12.

Penquis (0-11) 29

Lyford 4-4-12, Goodine 1-0-2, Fowler 1-0-2, Clark 1-0-2, Royal 3-0-6, Chambers 1-1-3, Benoit, Sherburne

Dexter (8-1) 54

Poirier 9-8-26, Ames 9-1-19, Chambers 1-0-2, Mitchell 1-0-2, Gove 2-0-4, Chapman 0-1-1, Wyman, Patterson, Burton, Richardson, Murray, Lawson

3-pt. goals: none

Penquis 4 12 17 29

Dexter 14 29 45 54

JV: Dexter 56-21

Boys basketball

LCS/MSSM 48, Van Buren 47

At Limestone, Chris Kirchner scored six of his 17 points in overtime, including a 4-for-4 showing from the foul line, as Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics won its eighth straight game.

It was Limestone’s third win in five days including two over Van Buren.

Danny Hayes had 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Eagles and Steve Giangiordano had eight more.

Ben Doucette’s 21 points and Riley Lizotte’s 17 paced Van Buren.

Van Buren (8-3) 47

Doucette 7-4-21, Lizotte 7-0-17, Martin 3-0-7, O’Hare 0-2-2, Parent, Rossignol, J. Giangiordano

LCS/MSSM (9-3) 48

Kirchner 5-4-17, Hayes 6-4-16, S. Giangiordano 2-4-8, Enman 3-0-6, Beaulieu 1-0-2, Clayton

3-pt. goals: Doucette 3, Lizotte 3, Martin; Kirchner 3

Van Buren 13 23 28 38 47

LCS/MSSM 3 15 25 38 48

Lee Academy 85, Katahdin 59

At Lee, Tom Bird scored 11 of his game-high 32 points in the third quarter as Lee Academy went on a 9-2 run to close out the quarter with a 54-45 lead and then the Pandas pulled away in the fourth quarter.

Bird also grabbed 10 rebounds while Peter Pickering contributed 16 points and six assists. Devan Parker and Jesus Torres combined for 17 more.

Brett Gould had 20 points for Katahdin of Stacyville while brothers Jared and Thomas Anderson had 14 apiece.

Katahdin (5-6) 59

Gould 7-3-20, J. Anderson 7-0-14, T. Anderson 7-0-14, Guiggey 2-0-4, B. Curtis 1-0-2, Osnoe 1-0-2, McCarthy 1-0-3, S. Curtis, Qualey, Craig

Lee Academy (6-4) 85

Bird 10-11-32, Pickering 6-4-16, Parker 4-1-9, Torres 4-0-8, Surratt 2-2-7, MacDonald 2-0-4, Connick 1-0-3, Guido 1-0-2, Doty 1-0-2, Beers 1-0-2, Coulombe

3-pt. goals: Gould 3, McCarthy; Bird, Surratt, Connick

Katahdin 18 29 45 59

Lee Academy 23 34 54 85

JV: Lee 55-36

Presque Isle 51, Fort Kent 22

At Presque Isle, Adam Kingsbury tossed in 17 points to lead Presque Isle past Fort Kent.

Logan York, Luke Ireland and Bennett Cassidy netted seven points apiece for the Wildcats and Gabe Cheney added five assists.

Corey Voisine paced the Warriors with six points.

Fort Kent (4-6) 22

Voisine 2-1-6, Blier 1-0-3, Lesaldo 1-1-3, Harvey 1-0-3, Caron 1-0-2, Bard 2-1-5, Bonenfant, Pelletier, Potvin, Bouchard, Soucy

Presque Isle (6-6) 51

A. Kingsbury 8-1-17, York 3-0-7, Hersey 1-0-2, D. Kingsbury 1-0-2, Cheney 2-0-5, Mortland 2-0-4, Ireland 1-5-7, Cassidy 3-0-7, Richards, Ackerson, Legassie, Burleigh, Gallant

3-pt. goals: Voisine; York, Cheney, Cassidy

Fort Kent 7 15 17 22

Presque Isle 13 20 34 51

JV: Presque Isle 56-33

Ashland 78, Greater Houlton 38

At Ashland, the host Hornets outscored the Eagles 45-11 in the second half to pull away for the victory.

Curtis Belanger led all scorers with 25 points for Ashland. Tyler Cote tossed in 19 and Jeremy Tarr recorded 10.

Zach Straubel paced Greater Houlton Christian with 16 points. Chad Duff added 11 and David Guiggey 10.

Greater Houlton Christian (2-9) 38

Duff 5-0-11, Straubel 7-0-16, Guiggey 5-0-10, Burns 0-1-1, Kelly, Morin, Sjoberg, Holmes, Gray, Bowers

Ashland (6-6) 78

C. Belanger 11-3-25, Cote 9-0-19, Tarr 4-2-10, Condon 0-1-1, Levesque 3-1-7, Gimble, Nemer 1-0-2, Martin 0-1-1, Ward 2-3-7, L. Belanger 2-0-4, Baker 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Straubel 2, Duff; Cote

Greater Houlton 21 27 37 38

Ashland 17 33 51 78

MDI 69, Foxcroft 35

At Dover-Foxcroft, Sean Parady connected for 18 points to lead Mount Desert Island past Foxcroft Academy.

Brett Mitchell tossed in 12 points and Andrew Veilleux 10 for the Trojans.

Shane Adkins’ 12 points led the Ponies while Ian Imbert added 10 .

Mount Desert Island (9-2) 69

Parady 7-1-18, Mitchell 5-0-12, Veilleux 3-4-10, Strout 2-0-4, Leiser 1-0-3, Hall 1-0-2, Walton 1-0-2, Ferm 0-1-1, Chipman 4-0-8, Dunn, Sattler, Young

Foxcroft (1-11) 35

Adkins 5-2-12, Imbert 4-2-10, Richard 1-0-2, Gourley 1-2-4, J. Nason 1-0-3, Gould 1-0-2, Witham 1-0-2, Worthing, Provost, T. Nason, Champeon, McNeil

3-pt. goals: J. Nason; Parady 3, Mitchell 2, Leiser

MDI 20 41 59 69

Foxcroft 8 17 29 35

JV: MDI 63-22