Houlton pulls away for win Foster, Sanderson fuel Shires

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HOULTON – Rachel Foster and Vanessa Sanderson combined for 14 of Houlton’s 20 fourth-quarter points where they limited Fort Kent to nine in pulling away for a 51-39 girls basketball victory over the Warriors Tuesday night. The Shiretowners held Fort Kent to one three-point field…
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HOULTON – Rachel Foster and Vanessa Sanderson combined for 14 of Houlton’s 20 fourth-quarter points where they limited Fort Kent to nine in pulling away for a 51-39 girls basketball victory over the Warriors Tuesday night.

The Shiretowners held Fort Kent to one three-point field goal on the game.

Foster finished with a double-double (19 points, 12 rebounds) and Sanderson 12 points and six assists for the winners.

Marissa Albert paced the Warriors with 14 points while Taylor Boucher contributed 10.

Fort Kent (10-4) 39

Albert 5-3-14, Boulieu 4-2-10, Cyr 3-0-6, Rossignol 2-1-5, E. Pelletier 1-2-4, Bouchard, J. Pelletier

Houlton (15-1) 51

Foster 9-1-19, Sanderson 3-6-12, Dow 3-0-7, Putnam 2-0-4, Herring 2-0-4, McPartland 2-1-5, Lackey

3-pt. goals: Albert; Dow

Fort Kent 5 16 30 39

Houlton 14 22 31 51

JV: Fort Kent 35-15

Caribou 41, Presque Isle 37

At Presque Isle, Karyn King tossed in 20 points as Caribou held off Presque Isle.

Ali Richards contributed eight points for the Vikings.

Sarah Porter scored a game-high 21 points for the Wildcats.

Caribou (9-5) 41

King 6-8-20, Bossie, Collins 1-0-2, Scofield, Ouellette, Espling 3-0-6, Richards 2-4-8, Cyr 1-2-4, Selander 0-1-1

Presque Isle (5-10) 37

Bearden, Michaud 2-5-9, Porter 9-1-21, Buckley 0-1-1, Legassie 1-1-3, Chaney, Deane 1-0-3, Girardin, Ward

3-pt. goals: Porter 2, Deane

Caribou 5 16 26 41

Presque Isle 7 14 26 37

JV: Caribou 25-21

Bangor 63, Messalonskee 53

At Bangor, Brooke Hackett and Allie Clukey each tossed in 18 points as the Rams earned the win and avenged a loss from earlier this month.

Hackett scored 10 points in the fourth quarter and Clukey went 4-for-4 from the free-throw line in the period.

Bangor’s Meagan Doucette added 15 points and Amy Hackett had 10. Amy Hackett had a game-high eight rebounds and Clukey added seven.

The Rams had an eight-point halftime lead which the Eagles of Oakland whittled down to five points on a Hannah Dexter 3-pointer with 3:55 left in the third. But Bangor had a 10-4 advantage the rest of the quarter and went up by as much as 13 in the fourth.

Bangor went 24-for-45 (53.3 percent) from the floor.

Dexter led Messalonskee with 18 points. Kaitlyn Deering and Jessica Bridges added 13 and 10 points, respectively. The Eagles, who beat the Rams 45-44 on a 3-pointer with nine seconds left on Jan. 3, hit just three of their 14 attempts from behind the arc.

Lawrence 57, Hampden 43

At Hampden, Alexa Bernatchez led three Bulldogs in double figures with 17 points as they earned their 14th victory.

Brogan Liberty added 15 points and Carly Perry 12 for Lawrence of Fairfield.

Kayla Webb hit four 3-pointers for 12 points to pace Hampden Academy.

Lawrence (14-1) 57

Bernatchez 7-3-17, Liberty 5-5-15, Perry 5-2-12, Melcher, Gilbert, Savage, Murray 3-3-9, McGee, Curless-Clark 2-0-4, Chavis

Hampden Acad. (1-14) 43

Webb 4-0-12, Pond 1-0-3, Foster 1-0-2, Stephenson 1-3-5, Moore 2-0-4, Rawcliffe 0-5-5, Chambers 1-4-6, Snyder 2-2-6

3-pt. goals: Webb 4, Pond

Lawrence 15 26 36 57

Hampden Acad. 12 21 30 43

JV: Lawrence 28-25

Winslow 60, Rockland 31

At Rockland, Lindsay Richards spearheaded a balanced Black Raiders attack with 13 points as Winslow cruised.

Aly Nolan and Kelsey Sirois led Rockland with six points each.

Winslow (10-4) 60

Vigue 1-0-2, Theriault 2-0-6, Richards 4-5-13, Clark 4-0-8, McLaughlin 2-0-5, Sylvester 1-2-4, Bouchard 3-0-8, Gordon 4-0-8, Herman 3-0-6, Stuart, Paquette

Rockland (6-9) 31

Kinney 1-2-4, Burns 1-0-3, Ranquist 0-5-5, Clark 0-1-1, Plourde 0-2-2, Nolan 2-0-6, Sirois 3-0-6, Heal 0-1-1, Dennis 1-0-2, Picard 0-1-1, Joyce, Felt

3-pt. goals: Theriault 2, McLaughlin, Bouchard 2; Kinney, Nolan 2

Winslow 11 26 43 60

Rockland 6 10 17 31

Boys basketball

Katahdin 43, Hodgdon 40

At Hodgdon, Marshall Davis scored all seven of his points in the fourth quarter to lead Katahdin of Stacyville past Hodgdon.

Tom Anderson had 15 points and 13 rebounds for the Cougars.

Robert Crane led Hodgdon with 12 points.

Katahdin (6-9) 43

Qualey 1-0-2, Anderson 6-3-15, Davis 3-1-7, McCarthy 3-0-6, Craig 2-1-5, Guiggey 4-0-8, Curtis, Rodgerson

Hodgdon (4-10) 40

A. McGillicuddy 3-1-7, Williams 3-0-7, Quint 3-0-6, D. McGillicuddy 3-0-6, A. Harris 1-0-2, Crane 5-2-12, C. Harris

3-pt. goals: Williams

Katahdin 7 25 36 43

Hodgdon 12 26 36 40

Fort Kent 63, Madawaska 37

At Fort Kent, Jason Lesaldo scored a game-high 14 points and also pulled down 10 rebounds to power Fort Kent past Madawaska.

Matt Harvey had 13 points for the winners and Adam Bouchard contributed nine points and eight rebounds. Thomas Levesque dished out seven assists to go with six points.

Bouchard and Harvey had nine points apiece in the first half as Fort Kent built a 32-19 halftime lead.

Adam Desrosier’s 12 points and Jamie Cyr’s eight points led Madawaska.

Madawaska (6-8) 37

Cannan 1-0-2, Desrosier 4-3-12, Beaulieu, Marquis, Je. Cyr, Albert 2-0-4, Thibeault, Sirois 2-0-4, Bosse 1-0-3, Ja. Cyr 4-0-8, Gendreau 2-0-4

Fort Kent (8-7) 63

Voisine 5-3-13, Ja. Soucy, Rioux, Levesque 2-2-6, Potvin 2-0-4, Cyr, A. Bouchard 4-1-9, Harvey 5-2-13, Charette, Jo. Soucy 2-0-4, Lesaldo 7-0-14, S. Bouchard

3-pt. goals: Desrosier, Bosse; Harvey

Madawaska 9 19 28 37

Fort Kent 16 32 53 63

JV: Madawaska 43-42

Fort Fairfield 75, Washburn 41

At Washburn, Doug Sharpe scored 19 points to help lead Fort Fairfield to victory over Washburn.

Austin Dufour had 10 points for the Tigers.

Junior Nick McIntosh had all but one of Washburn’s 13 field goals. He led all scorers with 34 points.

Fort Fairfield (8-6) 75

Edgecomb 3-0-6, T. Noyes 3-1-7, Closson 1-2-4, Thibeau 1-2-4, Forsman 1-0-2, Churchill 2-0-4, Cresenzo 4-0-8, Booth 2-0-5, Dufour 5-0-10, R. Noyes 2-0-4, Sharpe 7-2-19, McNamee 1-0-2, Ramos, Everett

Washburn (2-12) 41

Sperrey 1-0-3, Se. Viola 0-1-1, Conley 0-3-3, McIntosh 12-8-34, Huston, Howe, Campbell, Sa. Viola

3-pt. goals: Sharpe 3, Booth; McIntosh 2, Sperrey

Fort Fairfield 22 43 56 75

Washburn 6 18 29 41

JV: Fort Fairfield 57-18


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