HOULTON – James Bates scored 17 points as the Houlton Shiretowners jumped out to a 17-8 first-quarter lead and held on for a 56-49 schoolboy basketball win over Madawaska Saturday.

Porter Gervais added 10 points for Houlton, while Patrick Longstaff added eight points and 10 rebounds.

Adam Desrosier led Madawaska with a game-high 22 points, while D.J. Gendreau added nine.

Madawaska (0-1) 49

Desrosier 7-8-22, Albert 2-0-5, Sirois 1-0-2, Deschenes 1-0-3, Bosse 2-0-4, Cyr 2-0-4, Gendreau 2-5-9

Houlton (1-1) 56

Goetsch 1-0-2, Bragan 2-1-7, Longstaff 4-0-8, Bates 8-0-17, Flewelling 2-0-4, Codrey 2-4-8, Gervais 5-0-10

3-pt. goals: Albert, Deschenes; Bragan 2, Bates

Madawaska 8 23 39 49

Houlton 17 26 42 56

JV: Houlton 63-54

Caribou 55, Bucksport 42

At Bucksport, Cameron Anderson scored 24 points to power Caribou to victory over Bucksport.

Jon Goodin paced Bucksport with 13 points. Dylan Dedmon and Dom Kone each chipped in with 10 points.

Caribou (1-0) 55

Caverhill 1-0-2, Sager, Holdsworth 1-0-2, Robertson 3-0-6, Nadeau, S. St. Peter 1-0-2, Anderson 10-2-24, Brown 3-0-6, T. St. Peter 3-3-9, Walker 2-0-4

Bucksport (0-1) 42

French, Farrell, McGeechan 1-0-2, Wentworth 1-0-2, Goodin 5-2-13, Leighton 0-1-1, Dedmon 5-0-10, Redman, Kone 5-0-10, Albarado 1-0-2, Flegel 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Anderson 2; Goodin

Caribou 17 28 36 55

Bucksport 8 22 35 42

PI Wildcats 48, Old Town 43 (OT)

At Old Town, Nate Ackerson scored all five of his points in overtime to help lift Presque Isle past Old Town.

Russ Mortland tallied 16 points while Ethan Braley scored 15 to power the Wildcats.

Luke Bartlett scored a game-high 19 points while Josh Boucher had 11 points and 12 rebounds for Old Town.

Presque Isle (1-0) 48

Mortland 6-0-16, Braley 7-1-15, Richards 2-0-4, Ackerson 2-1-5, Kingsbury 2-0-6, Zubrick 1-0-2, Dyer, Johnson, Eaton

Old Town (0-1) 43

Bartlett 7-2-19, Boucher 3-4-11, Merry 4-0-9, Clark, Kochis, Abbott 1-0-2, Smart 1-0-2, St. Peter

3-pt. goals: Mortland 4, Kingsbury 2; Bartlett 3, Boucher, Merry

Presque Isle 8 12 27 39 48

Old Town 9 19 30 39 43

JV: PI 56-42

Girls basketball

Katahdin 47, Bangor Chr. 38

At Stacyville, Olivia McNally scored 17 of her 26 points in the second half to lead Katahdin past Bangor Christian.

Meredith Bean paced Bangor Christian with 17 points. Kelly Robinson added 13 points.

Bangor Chr. (0-1) 38

Ramirez 2-0-4, Holmes 0-4-4, Robinson 5-3-13, Bean 8-1-17, Johnson, Dorman

Katahdin (1-0) 47

Majkowski 1-0-2, Duffy 2-0-4, Fogarty 0-2-2, McNally 8-8-26, Cyr 2-1-5, Moore 3-2-8, Rush, Lane

3-pt. goals: McNally 2

Bangor Chr. 4 17 30 38

Katahdin 8 15 34 47

So. Aroostook 63, Washburn 39

At Dyer Brook, Lauren McGary posted 23 points, including 12 in the first quarter, and had 10 rebounds to lead Southern Aroostook by Washburn.

Elizabeth Goodall scored 11 points while Elizabeth Bergan chipped in with 10 for the Warriors.

Rebecca Campbell scored 20 points to pace Washburn while Meghan Saucier added 10.

Washburn (0-1) 39

Chandler, Hernandez 1-0-2, Sjoberg, Spooner, Reed, Scott, Sperry, Campbell 5-9-20, Saucier 4-2-10, Churchill, Cochran, Palmer 3-1-7

So. Aroostook (1-0) 63

McGary 11-1-23, Pratt, Ev. Goodall 2-1-6, Nadeau 2-1-5, Bergan 4-2-10, Garcelon, Jan. Rockwell 1-0-2, El. Goodall 5-1-11, Cummings, Jas. Rockwell 1-0-2, Charette 1-0-2, Bishop, Bubar, Ryan 1-0-2, Hartin 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Campbell; Ev. Goodall

Washburn 10 15 26 39

So. Aroostook 20 36 43 63

JV: So. Aroostook 22-19

Caribou 42, Bucksport 27

At Bucksport, Amanda Cyr scored 11 points and Jenna Selander contributed 10 to pace the Vikings.

Kristen Espling added eight points for Caribou.

Morgan Sanborn led the Golden Bucks with a game-high 15 points.

Caribou (1-0) 42

Bossie, Collins 2-2-6, Doucette, Nedeau, Ouellette 2-1-5, Espling 3-0-8, Selander 3-4-10, 4-2-11, Grier, Violette 1-0-2, Bell, Doak

Bucksport (0-1) 27

Beeson 1-0-2, Sanborn 7-1-15, Lenor 1-0-2, Stewart, Gray 1-0-2, Wilson, Wight 1-4-6, Lanpher, Greenlaw, Churchill, Denning

3-pt. goals: Espling 2, Cyr

Caribou 6 14 24 42

Bucksport 7 11 17 27

JV: Bucksport 61-26

Hockey

Bangor 4, Houlton-Hodgdon 1

At Houlton, Johnny Warren netted two goals in the third period to help spark Bangor by Houlton-Hodgdon.

Phil Frost tallied a goal in the third period while Nic Cota scored one in the first for Bangor. Adam King, Chad Kelley, Cameron Taylor and Frost each had an assist. Zack Hamilton stopped 12 of 13 shots for the 1-0 Rams.

Logan Holmes tied the game 1-1 for Houlton-Hodgdon with a goal in the second. Malik Abouleish made 27 saves on 31 shots.

JV: Houlton-Hodgdon 6-4

John Bapst 4, Presque Isle 2

At Sawyer Arena, Bangor, senior Casey Hull had a hat trick as John Bapst defeated Presque Isle.

Joey Pate added a goal for the 1-0 Crusaders. Mike Lalime and Ethan Sale had two assists apiece while Andrew Casey, Tyler Fadrigon and Chase Huckestein recorded assists. Derek Duff turned away 20 of 22 shots.

Mark Carvell and Isaac Lajoie scored for 0-1 Presque Isle. Jason Martin, Mitch Davis and Brennen Shaw had assists. Joshua MacFarline made 16 saves off 20 shots.