MADAWASKA – Rachel Foster scored 16 points to help the Houlton Shiretowners open the schoolgirl basketball season with a 60-30 victory over the Madawaska Owls Friday night.

Danielle Sewall tossed in 13 for the winners.

Kelly Chasse led host Madawaska with 10 points.

Houlton (1-0) 60

Foster 8-0-16, Sewal 5-2-13, Faulkingham 0-1-1, Millar 2-0-4, Rowe 2-3-7, Varney 2-0-4, Harbison 0-1-1, Fitzpatrick 1-2-4, Harvey 3-1-8, Wing 1-0-2, Richie

Madawaska (0-1) 30

Chasse 5-0-10, Pelletier 2-1-5, Phelan 2-0-4, Clavette 3-1-7, Plourde 0-4-4

3-pt. goals: Sewall, Harvey

Houlton 18 36 47 60

Madawaska 8 16 21 30

JV: Houlton 37-27

MDI 85, Searsport 22

At Searsport, six players scored 10 or more points to lead Mount Desert Island past the Vikings.

Stephanie Shuster paced the Trojans with 18 points, Amanda Young added 12 and Kelsey Stratton put in 11. Emma Stanley, Sara Banks and Susan Felt each chipped in with 10 points.

Kelly Rainey scored six points to lead Searsport.

MDI (1-0) 85

Stanley 3-4-10, Stratton 4-0-11, Record 3-0-6, Banks 3-4-10, Shuster 6-5-18, Hodgdon 3-0-7, Lewis 1-0-2, Felt 4-2-10, Amanda Young 4-2-12, Dow 1-2-4, A. Young, Staples

Searsport (0-1) 22

Francis-Mezger 1-2-4, Tripp 1-0-2, Brassbridge 1-1-3, Seekins 1-2-4, Rainey 2-1-6, Josephson 1-0-2, Nielson, Anderson, Kingsbury

3-pt. goals: Stratton 3, Shuster, Hodgdon, Young 2; Rainey

MDI 18 38 56 85

Searsport 2 6 14 22

Woodland 63, Machias 29

At Machias, Kayla Kochendoer scored 11 of her 17 points in the first quarter as the Dragons bolted out to a 29-4 lead and never looked back.

Rachel Torrey and Courtney Cochran, both freshmen, finished with 16 and 11 points respectively for Woodland.

Christiannah Holmes notched 14 points and 14 rebounds for the Bulldogs.

Woodland (1-0) 63

Clark 0-1-1, Gillespie 2-0-4, Ham, Torrey 8-0-16, Ferry 1-0-2, Sears 2-0-4, Cochran 4-3-11, Noyes 1-0-2, St. Pierre 1-0-2, Murphy 1-0-2, Kochendoer 7-3-17, Graceffa 1-0-2

Machias (0-1) 29

St. Pierre, Cherry 1-2-4, Whitman 1-0-2, Harrington, Kipton 2-1-5, Smith, Alley 1-0-2, Stevens, Holmes 6-2-14, Baker 0-2-2

3-pt. goals: none

Woodland 29 40 54 63

Machias 4 9 13 29

JV: Woodland 52-19

Boys basketball

Ashland 57, Wisdom 54

At Ashland, Trevor Tompkins scored 17 points as the Hornets held off the Pioneers.

John Pierce and Isaac Ward added eight apiece for Ashland.

Chris Pelletier sparked Wisdom of St. Agatha with 18 while brothers Randy and Tyler Thibeault added 16 each.

Wisdom (0-1) 54

R. Thibeault 5-5-16, T. Thibeault 6-4-16, C. Pelletier 8-2-18, Dyment 2-0-4, Thayer, A. Pelletier, Sirois, Michaud

Ashland (1-0) 57

Tompkins 7-3-17, Pierce 4-0-8, Ward 4-0-8, C. Belanger 3-1-7, Cote 2-0-5, Chamberlin 1-2-4, Levesque 1-1-3, Baker 2-1-5, Condon, B. Belanger, Mantlow

3-pt. goals: R. Thibeault; Cote

Wisdom 15 21 35 54

Ashland 17 28 46 57