Paul key as Lynx cruise past Hawks

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LINCOLN – Michelle Paul poured in 20 points, including 10 from the foul line, as Mattanawcook Academy raced out to a 16-point halftime lead and cruised past Hermon 66-51 in schoolgirl basketball action Wednesday night.

Kristy Burleigh scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds while Brianna Hanscom added eight points and seven rebounds for the Lynx.

Katie Durgin led the Hawks with 17 points while Ashley Kelley put in 15.

Hermon (13-3) 51

Durgin 6-2-17, A. Kelley 5-5-15, Veilleux 0-1-1, Woodard 1-4-6, Keith 3-3-9, Ross 0-1-1, Barry, Arnold 1-0-2, M. Kelley

Mattanawcook (12-2) 66

Piche 1-0-3, Gardner, Paul 4-10-20, Bri. Hanscom 4-0-8, Bro. Hanscom 2-0-5, Nicastro, Libbey 2-0-6, DeRaps 2-4-9, Anderson, Hawkins, Burleigh 2-6-10, Nesin 2-1-5

3-pt. goals: Durgin 3; Piche, Bro. Hanscom, Libbey 2, DeRaps, Paul 2

Hermon 12 22 33 51

Mattanawcook 22 38 49 66

JV: Mattanawcook 45-37

Nokomis 55, Mount Ararat 45

At Newport, Kelley Paradis connected on 11 free throws in scoring 18 points as Nokomis downed Mount Ararat of Topsham.

Danielle White added 14 points and Kara Batchelder 13 for the Warriors.

Bri Young scored 13 points, Hannah Fenwick 12 and Tesan Talbot 11 for the Eagles.

Mount Ararat (6-9) 45

Talbot 3-4-11, Fenwick 4-4-12, Young 5-1-13, Bowley 0-1-1, Lamb 4-0-8, Ledue, Martin

Nokomis (6-8) 55

Paradis 3-11-18, White 7-0-14, Batchelder 6-0-13, Lieberman 3-1-8, A. Wyman 1-0-2, H. Wyman, Eastler

3-pt. goals: Young 2, Talbot; Lieberman, Batchelder, Paradis

Mount Ararat 6 22 31 45

Nokomis 19 28 36 55

Foxcroft 41, Bucksport 22

At Dover-Foxcroft, Vanessa Lougee netted 18 points as the Foxcroft Academy Ponies handled Bucksport.

Keely Sullivan led the Golden Bucks with 11.

Bucksport (1-14) 22

Sullivan 3-4-11, Lanpher 1-0-2, Harvey 0-3-3, Beeson 1-0-2, Sanborn 2-0-4, Robinson, Lalonde

Foxcroft Acad. (7-8) 41

V. Lougee 9-0-18, Sherrill 2-0-4, Champeon 0-1-1, Brown 1-0-2, Boss 1-0-2, Keene 4-0-8, T. Lougee 2-2-6, Seavey, Withee, Chase, Flanders, Perry

3-pt. goals: Sullivan

Bucksport 3 8 12 22

Foxcroft 6 13 29 41

JV: Foxcroft 35-32

Stearns 56, Penquis 29

At Millinocket Tuesday, Samantha Lyons tallied 16 points while Becca Leavitt added eight to lead the Stearns Minutemen past Penquis of Milo.

Morgan Royal scored 13 for the visiting Patriots.

Penquis (4-11) 29

Royal 6-1-13, Ottman, Fowler 1-0-2, Lyford 3-0-7, Carey 1-0-3, Zambrano, McLaughlin 1-0-2, Bess, Westin

Stearns (13-2) 56

Lyons 7-2-16, Osborne, Davis 1-4-6, Levesque 2-2-6, Marter 3-1-7, Eurich, Mills 3-0-6, Leavitt 3-2-8, LeGassey 1-1-3, Beaulieu 1-0-2, Lynch 1-0-2, Sheridan

3-pt. goals: Lyford, Carey

Penquis 6 9 17 29

Stearns 8 32 43 56

JV: Stearns 65-11

Boys basketball

Schenck 63, Katahdin 46

At Stacyville, Mike Lowell scored 12 of his 19 points in the second half to lead Schenck of East Millinocket past Katahdin.

Aaron Hutchins scored 16 points for the Wolverines and Nate Lewis added 10 points.

Evan McCarthy scored 20 points to lead Katahdin.

Schenck (13-2) 63

Hutchins 7-2-16, Levasseur 1-0-2, McLaughlin 3-2-8, Lowell 8-0-19, Waite 1-0-2, Thompson 0-6-6, Lewis 5-0-10, Brown, McCafferty

Katahdin (6-11) 46

Anderson 2-1-5, Davis 4-0-8, Craig 3-1-8, Qualey 2-0-5, McCarthy 8-0-20, Robinson, Guiggey, Rodgerson

3-pt. goals: Lowell 3; McCarthy 4, Craig, Qualey

Schenck 18 24 46 63

Katahdin 13 25 33 46

JV: Schenck 41-32

Dexter 53, Piscataquis 49

At Guilford, Ethan Woodman and Rick Stewart combined for 13 points in the fourth quarter to help lead Dexter past Piscataquis.

Woodman totaled 19 points for the Tigers and Stewart had 11 points. Gavin Cote scored 10 points.

Brandon London led Piscataquis with 18 points. Bryan Russell scored 11 points and Corbin Shufelt had 10 points.

Dexter (11-4) 53

Woodman 7-0-19, Stewart 4-3-11, Cote 4-2-10, Peirce 2-0-5, Eastman 2-4-8, Lary

Piscataquis (8-8) 49

London 7-2-18, Russell 4-0-11, Shufelt 5-0-10, Emeron 2-0-4, Bridge 1-0-2, Lovell 1-2-4, T. Cleaves, Morin

3-pt. goals: Woodman 5, Peirce; Russell 3, London 2

Dexter 10 19 32 53

Piscataquis 6 15 34 49

JV: Piscataquis 36-30

Ellsworth 61, Central 38

At Ellsworth, Sam Coombs totaled 16 points and 18 rebounds to lift Ellsworth over Central of Corinth.

Brad Folmer scored 14 points for the Eagles, and James Doe added 10.

Matt St. Peter scored 13 points for the Red Devils, and Tyler Pineo had 11.

Central (1-15) 38

St. Peter 6-0-13, LaFlamme 3-0-8, Pineo 5-0-11, Brown 2-0-4, Hurdle 1-0-2, Bean, J. Speed, B. Speed, T. Speed, LePage, Dorr

Ellsworth (5-10) 61

Doe 3-4-10, Folmer 5-0-14, Austin 2-0-5, Kelley 2-0-4, Dugas 1-0-2, Petros 3-0-6, Vachon 0-2-2, Coombs 8-0-16, Berry 1-0-2, Danico, Haass

3-pt. goals: LaFlamme 2, St. Peter, Pineo; Folmer 4, Austin

Central 14 22 25 38

Ellsworth 14 26 43 61

JV: Ellsworth 56-42

Orono 55, Searsport 35

At Searsport, Seth Dwyer had 15 points to help lead Orono to defeat Searsport.

Joel Riemersma scored 12 points for the Red Riots.

Rocky Faunce paced Searsport with nine points. Cory Parks had eight points and nine rebounds, and Nate Adams chipped in five assists.

Orono (11-4) 55

Coleman 2-1-6, Garcia 0-2-2, Riemersma 4-1-12, Bates 0-2-2, Nason 1-2-4, Patterson 0-1-1, Dwyer 4-4-15, Talty 1-0-2, Levasseur 1-2-5, Hecker 2-0-4, Leek 1-0-2, Spencer, Haamid

Searsport (0-15) 35

Faunce 4-0-9, Adams 3-0-6, Parks 3-2-8, Smith 1-0-2, Gillo 1-0-2, Bagley 1-1-3, Cameron 1-0-3, Connor 0-2-2, Ashey, McHatten, Pedrick, Peach

3-pt. goals: Riemersma 3, Dwyer 3, Coleman, Levasseur; Faunce, Cameron

Orono 15 24 38 55

Searsport 2 12 23 35

JV: Orono 71-46

Penob. Valley 64, Bangor Chr. 52

At Howland Tuesday, Chad Trapier scored eight of his 15 points in the fourth quarter as Penobscot Valley avenged a 58-49 setback on Jan. 8.

Joe Gilley had 16 points for the Howlers, Adam Callender 13 and Aaron Awalt 12.

Brett Bradford had a game-high 22 points for Bangor Christian. Tyler Alexander had 12 and Brandon Wilcox nine.

Bangor Christian (6-9) 52

Bradford 6-5-22, Alexander 4-3-12, Wilcox 2-5-9, Theriault 3-0-6, Caldwell 2-0-4, Washburn

Penobscot Valley (7-9) 64

Gilley 5-3-16, Trapier 6-2-15, Callender 6-1-13, Awalt 6-0-12, Babineau 2-2-6, Thompson 0-2-2, Jones, Hallett

3-pt. goals: Bradford 5, Alexander; Gilley 3, Trapier

Bangor Christian 8 19 40 52

Penobscot Valley 14 28 44 64

JV: Penobscot Valley 61-51

Ashland 70, Van Buren 68

At Van Buren, Jeremy Tarr’s bucket in the paint with about five seconds left in the fourth quarter broke a 68-68 tie and gave Ashland the victory over Van Buren.

Lucas Belanger led the Hornets with 18 points and Tarr added 15. Justin Belanger scored 12 points and Tyler Cote chipped in 10.

Ben Doucette led the Crusaders with 27 points, Alex Martin scored 16 and Derrick Rossignol had 13.

Ashland (12-4) 70

Tarr 6-3-15, L. Belanger 8-2-18, Cote 4-0-10, Nemer 4-0-8, J. Belanger 6-0-12, Levesque 3-1-7, Paradis

Van Buren (8-6) 68

Doucette 11-4-27, Rossignol 6-1-13, Dumond 3-0-6, Martin 6-3-16, Giagiordano 3-0-6, Allen

3-pt. goals: Cote 2; Doucette, Martin

Ashland 16 32 49 70

Van Buren 15 27 49 68

JV: Ashland 58-43