VAN BUREN – Leif O’Connell scored 10 of his game-high 20 points in the fourth quarter to rally the Hodgdon boys past Van Buren 50-42 in basketball action Wednesday.

Van Buren had rallied from a 16-3 first quarter deficit to take a 34-32 lead into the fourth quarter but the Hawks outscored the Crusaders 18-8 over the final eight minutes.

Kirby Sanford had 18 points for the winners.

Tyler Lapierre and Dom Rossignol had 10 points each for Van Buren.

Hodgdon (5-1) 50

O’Connell 5-8-20, Sanford 6-6-18, Carter 3-0-6, Bartley 1-0-2, Guy 1-1-3, Armstrong 0-1-1, Quint, Ledger, Cleary

Van Buren (2-3) 42

Lapierre 4-2-10, Rossignol 3-1-10, B. Doucette 3-0-6, Martin 1-3-5, J. Doucette 0-1-1, Hews 3-0-6, Conley 2-0-4, Gagnon

3-pt. goals: O’Connell 2; Rossignol 3

Hodgdon 16 25 32 50

Van Buren 3 19 34 42

Madawaska 94, Wisdom 33

At Madawaska, Josh Pelletier scored 21 points and Alan Campbell added 19 as the Owls topped Wisdom on St. Agatha.

Matt Beaulieu added 14 points for Madawaska.

Chris Pelletier scored 19 points for Wisdom.

Wisdom (0-6) 33

Dyment, Sirois 3-0-7, T. Thibeault 1-0-2, A. Pelletier, C. Pelletier 8-3-19, Thayer, R. Thibeault 1-2-5

Madawaska (4-2) 94

A. Roy 4-0-9, P. Roy 1-2-4, J. Pelletier 7-7-21, Guerrette 1-1-3, Morin 2-0-5, M. Sirois 2-2-6, Campbell 9-0-19, Morneault 2-3-8, K. Sirois 3-0-6, Beaulieu 6-1-14

3-pt. goals: Sirois, R. Thibeault; Morin, Campbell, Morneault, Beaulieu

Wisdom 7 11 21 33

Madawaska 23 45 70 94

GHCA 58, East Grand 36

At Presque Isle, Steve Kilcollins led Greater Houlton Christian Academy to victory, scoring 20 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Emery Lincoln scored 12 points and Drew Farrar added 10.

Marcus Cooper scored 13 points for East Grand and Brent Byers netted eight.

East Grand (2-4) 36

Crocker 4-4-13, Byers 3-1-8, M. Hanington 1-0-2, A. Hanington 1-0-2, Scott 0-2-2, Crone 1-0-3, Rogers 1-0-3, Dicker 0-1-1, Morse 1-0-3, Armstrong, Barnes, Beaudoin, Preston;

Greater Houlton Christian Acad. (5-2) 58

Kilcollins 9-2-20, Lincoln 6-0-12, Farrar 3-2-10, Kelly 4-0-9, Korhonen 2-0-4, Bell 1-1-3, Bentley, Nevers, Elmore, Guiggey, Huggard

3-pt. goals: Crocker, Byers, Crone, Morse; Farrar 2, Kelly;

East Grand 7 17 20 36

Greater Houlton Chr. 15 30 45 58

C. Aroostook 96, Easton 49

At Mars Hill, Andrew York scored 17 points and Brock Burtt added 14 to lead the Central Aroostook Panthers past Easton.

Tim Carlson scored 12 for the Panthers.

Steve Hopkins scored 18, Brandon Carlow had 11, and Mitchell Blodgett added 10 for the Bears.

Easton (1-4) 49

Hopkins 5-8-18, Carlow 4-0-11, Blodgett 4-0-10, Bradley 1-2-4, Beaulieu 2-0-4, White, Sanders, Brock, Crockett, Flewelling

C. Aroostook (5-0) 96

A. York 7-3-17, Burtt 7-0-14, Carlson 5-1-12, C. York 0-4-4, McLaughlin 2-2-7, Clockedile 1-6-9, Martinez 2-0-6, Woodworth 3-3-9, Shaw, 3-3-9, McCarthy 3-0-6

3-pt. goals: Carlow 3; Carlson, McLaughlin, Clockedile, Martinez 2

Easton 18 27 38 49

C. Aroostook 19 41 67 96

JV: CAHS 58-25

Central 55, Houlton 41

At Houlton, Joey Kane scored 21 points to help lead Central of Corinth to the victory.

Mike Julian totaled 10 points for Central.

Brett Miles scored 11 points for Houlton.

Central (3-3) 55

J. Kane 9-2-21, Julian 5-0-10, R. Nickerson 4-1-9, D. Kane 4-0-8, Underhill 1-0-2, Elliott 2-1-5, Palmer, Smith, Pineo, Parker, Wiers, L. Nickerson, Laflamme

Houlton (2-4) 41

Miles 5-0-11, Stewart 4-0-9, R. Anderson 1-0-3, Hill 1-3-5, Cummings 2-0-4, Campbell 2-0-4, Lloyd 2-0-5, Myers, Cleary, Larkins, Lewis, M. Anderson

3-pt. goals: J. Kane; Miles, Stewart, R. Anderson, Lloyd

Central 15 28 42 55

Houlton 6 20 35 41

JV: Houlton 52-32

George Stevens 54, Bucksport 41

At Blue Hill, the Eagles outscored the Golden Bucks 17-10 in the second quarter to rally for the win.

Collin Henry powered George Stevens with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Five other players scored at least six points, while Caleb Owen had nine rebounds to go with eight points and Phineas Peake notched five assists.

Joey Carmichael scored 16 points for Bucksport.

Bucksport (0-5) 41

Maguire, Rump 3-0-7, Gray 2-2-6, Freeman 2-2-8, Remick 1-2-4, Grindle, Gifford, Carmichael 5-5-16, Babson

George Stevens (4-1) 54

Owen 3-2-8, Ensworth 2-3-7, Wessel 1-3-6, Carter 2-4-8, Peake, Gray 3-0-6, Henry 8-1-17, Smith, Bridges 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Freeman 2, Rump, Carmichael; Wessel

Bucksport 17 27 37 41

George Stevens 12 29 44 54

JV: George Stevens 45-43

Girls basketball

GHCA 40, East Grand 22

At Presque Isle, Greater Houlton Christian Academy broke the game open in the second half, led by with Lacey Farrar, who finished with 14 points. Colleen Sjoberg chipped in eight rebounds while Amanda Jago had seven boards.

Alexandra McKay led East Grand of Danforth with 11 points.

East Grand 22

McKay 3-5-11, Zaneldin 2-0-4, Crone 1-0-2, Langill 1-0-2, Kendall;

Greater Houlton Christian Academy 40

Farrar 5-4-14, Korhonen 4-0-8, Lord 3-0-6, Sjoberg 1-2-4, Vargas 2-0-4, A. Jago 2-0-4, Boutilier, Livezey, Hartin, J. Jago, Lee, Bentley;

East Grand 5 13 18 22

Greater Houlton Chr. 10 16 28 40

Machias 40, Jonesport-Beals 35

At Machias, Christiannah Holmes scored 12 points and had 14 rebounds to lead Machias past Jonesport-Beals.

Beryl Lipton had eight points, nine rebounds, and four steals for Machias.

Kristi Smith scored nine points for Jonesport-Beals.

Jonesport-Beals (2-3) 35

Church 1-2-4, W. Beal 2-0-4, Smith 3-3-9, S. Beal 2-1-6, T. Beal 1-4-6, Parker 2-0-4, Crowley 1-0-2, Hunkler

Machias (4-1) 40

St. Pierre 3-1-7, Cherry 2-1-5, Whitman 3-0-6, Lipton 3-2-8, Alley 1-0-2, Holmes 4-4-12

3-pt. goals: S. Beal

Jonesport-Beals 6 13 20 35

Machias 10 20 29 40

JV: Jonesport-Beals 36-34

Hockey

Orono 3, Foxcroft 1

At Alfond Arena in Orono, Jacob Roeder had a hattrick with all three goals to lead Orono to the win.

Tony Raymond had two assists for 4-1-1 Orono as Dan Ohno and Sean Babin each had an assist. Jared Bussell stopped 12 of 13 shots.

Derek Smith scored on a Dustin Colbry assist at 8:34 into the second period for 2-2 Foxcroft Academy. Jon Catell made 33 saves on 36 shots.