Doucette fuels overtime rally for Van Buren

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ASHLAND – Ben Doucette hit a game-tying 3-pointer as time expired to force overtime and had seven points in the extra session as Van Buren rallied for a 89-83 Class D boys basketball win over Ashland Wednesday night.

Doucette’s tying 3-pointer came after a lane violation negated a free throw that would have given Ashland a four-point lead with six seconds left.

Doucette finished with 41 points. Riley Lizotte tossed in 24 and Alex Martin had 16 more.

Curtis Belanger had a game-high 42 points for Ashland and he also pulled down 11 rebounds. Jeremy Tarr had 18 points.

Van Buren (12-3) 89

Doucette 14-10-41, Lizotte 7-4-24, A. Martin 4-8-16, Parent 1-2-4, O’Hare 1-0-2, Boulware 1-0-2, Rossignol

Ashland (7-9) 83

Belanger 18-6-42, Tarr 5-7-18, Condon 2-0-5, Cote 1-0-2, Levesque 1-2-4, Nemer 1-1-3, J. Martin, Ward 1-2-4, L. Belanger 2-0-4, Baker 0-1-1

3-pt. goals: Lizotte 6, Doucette 3; Tarr, Condon

Van Buren 7 28 59 79 89

Ashland 19 38 57 79 83

Presque Isle 40, Caribou 33

At Presque Isle, Russ Mortland tossed in 13 points to pace Presque Isle to the win.

Adam Kingsbury netted 10 more for the Wildcats.

Kyle Corrigan’s 10 points led Caribou.

Presque Isle (8-7) 40

Mortland 6-0-13, Kingsbury 3-4-10, York 2-2-6, Gallant 0-1-1, Cheney 3-1-7, Cassidy 1-0-3, Legassie, Ireland

Caribou (9-7) 33

Corrigan 4-2-10, Fitzherbert 3-2-8, Rosser 4-0-9, Rossignol 2-2-6, Brown, D. Haines, J. Haines

3-pt. goals: Mortland, Cassidy; Rosser

Presque Isle 4 18 26 40

Caribou 4 12 18 33

JV: Presque Isle 50-41

Schenck 67, Katahdin 46

At East Millinocket, Chris Byron scored 22 points to lift Schenck over Katahdin of Stacyville.

Lanny Thompson had 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Wolverines and Mike Lowell added 11 points and eight boards.

Tom Anderson led the Cougars with 12 points.

Katahdin (6-9) 46

T. Anderson 6-0-12, Craig 1-0-2, J. Anderson 2-0-5, E. Qualey 2-0-4, Gould 2-4-9, McCarthy 1-2-5, Guiggey 1-2-4, Curtis 2-1-5, Osnoe

Schenck (14-2) 67

Byron 9-4-22, L. Thompson 5-3-13, Lowell 4-1-11, LeVasseur 1-0-2, McLaughlin 2-2-6, K. Thompson 1-3-5, Waite 1-2-4, Lewis 2-0-4, Graham, Deveau, Hutchins

3-pt. goals: J. Anderson, Gould, McCarthy; Lowell 2

Katahdin 8 19 32 46

Schenck 16 26 42 67

JV: Schenck 53-48

Girls basketball

CAHS 55, Fort Fairfield 34

At Fort Fairfield, Sarah Long scored 26 points to lead Central Aroostook of Mars Hill to the win over Fort Fairfield.

Amber Bradley and Alexandria Dome scored 13 points apiece for the Panthers.

Kerri Cunningham paced the Tigers with 17 points.

Central Aroostook (12-4) 55

Devoe 0-1-1, Bradley 4-4-13, Graham 0-2-2, Dome 6-1-13, Long 10-6-26, McLay, Estabrook, Day, Bouris

Fort Fairfield (7-7) 34

Shaw 0-1-1, Hathaway 3-0-8, Cunningham 7-1-17, McLaughlin 2-0-4, Esancy 2-0-4, Wilson, Churchill, Blaisdell, Chasse

3-pt. goals: Bradley; Hathaway 2, Cunningham 2

Cen. Aroostook 13 19 38 55

Fort Fairfield 7 9 17 34

JV: Fort Fairfield 47-21

LCS/MSSM 44, So. Aroostook 28

At Dyer Brook, Julie Peers scored 20 points to lift Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics over Southern Aroostook.

Lauren Redmond chipped in 10 points for the Eagles.

Shana Martin led the Warriors with 14 points.

LCS/MSSM (11-3) 44

J. Peers 7-6-20, Redmond 3-2-10, K. Peers 2-0-5, Cousins 1-0-2, King 2-0-5, Allen 1-0-2, Mulherin

Southern Aroostook (8-8) 28

Martin 7-0-14, A. Charette 3-0-7, Collier 1-0-2, Desmond 1-0-2, Caswell 0-3-3, Goodall, Bustard, B. Charette, McGary

3-pt. goals: Redmond 2, K. Peers, King; A. Charette

LCS/MSSM 13 25 34 44

So. Aroostook 10 14 21 28

JV: LCS/MSSM 35-32

Machias 62, Lubec 54

At Machias, Meredith Cherry scored 11 of her 23 points in the fourth quarter to lead Machias past Lubec.

Sam Moody had 12 points for the Bulldogs and Danielle Wormell added 11 points.

Kayla Corey paced the Hornets with 22 points and Krista Wright added 14 points.

Lubec (6-5) 54

Corey 8-5-22, Wright 4-4-14, Huntley 3-3-9, Woodbridge 1-1-3, Stanley 1-0-2, Denbow

Machias (5-10) 62

Cherry 10-2-23, Moody 5-2-12, Wormell 4-3-11, Whitman 3-0-6, Corbett 3-0-6, Lipton 1-0-2, Elliot 0-1-1, Libbey

3-pt. goals: Wright 2, Corey; Cherry

Lubec 11 23 41 54

Machias 14 31 41 62

Narraguagus 44, Woodland 31

At Woodland, Seaira Robinson scored nine of her 11 points in the third quarter to push Narraguagus of Harrington past Woodland.

Courtney Foss led all scorers with 16 points for the Knights.

Ariel Knights paced the Dragons with 11 points.

Narraguagus 44

Robinson 4-0-11, C. Foss 7-2-16, Greene 3-0-6, Albee 4-1-9, Ostberg 1-0-2, Cirone, N. Foss, Burke

Woodland 31

Laking 1-2-4, Knights 5-0-11, Ham 1-0-2, Nicholas 3-1-7, Bergin 2-1-5, Murphy 2-0-4, Mitchell

3-pt. goals: Robinson 3; Knights

Narraguagus 10 16 27 44

Woodland 8 18 22 33

JV: Narraguagus 53-51

Calais 50, Shead 19

At Eastport, Tessa Clark led three players in double figures with 11 points as Calais triumphed.

Kelly Cross and Lindsey Mingo tossed in 10 points apiece for the Blue Devils.

Whitney Vinson paced host Shead with six points.

Calais (10-6) 50

Clark 4-3-11, Cross 4-2-10, Mingo 4-2-10, Allen 2-0-5, Hill 2-1-5, Beaton 1-1-3, Brown 1-0-2, Osborne 1-0-2, McVicar 1-0-2, Marshall

Shead (1-13) 19

Vinson 2-1-6, Sapiel 1-3-5, Smith 2-0-4, Pottle 1-0-2, Doten 1-0-2, Comeau, Stuart, Beal

3-pt. goals: Allen; Vinson

Calais 19 37 46 50

Shead 5 11 15 19