LEE – The fourth-ranked Lee Academy Pandas went on a 23-5 run to end the first half to erase a seven-point deficit and pull away for a 74-51 Class D preliminary boys basketball win over No. 13 Shead of Eastport Thursday.

Tom Bird paced Lee Academy with a game-high 22 points. Peter Pickering and Sydney Surratt tossed in 14 apiece and Jon Connick 11. Devan Parker hauled down 12 rebounds.

Dana Mitchell led the Tigers with 19 points while Wayne Clossey scored 12.

Shead (8-11) 51

D. Mitchell 7-5-19, Clossey 5-2-12, Lewey 2-0-6, Hastings 2-0-6, Sullivan 3-1-8, Ricker, Vinson, Pottle, Patterson, T. Mitchell

Lee (12-7) 74

Bird 8-5-22, Pickering 7-0-14, Surratt 6-0-14, Connick 4-1-11, Parker 3-1-7, Coulombe 1-0-2, MacDonald 2-0-4, Guido, Doty, Beers

3-pt. goals: Lewey 2, Hastings 2, Sullivan; Bird

Shead 15 26 41 51

Lee Acad. 14 37 51 74

Schenck 85, So. Aroostook 44

At East Millinocket, Chris Byron poured in 25 points and hauled down seven rebounds as top-ranked Schenck thumped No. 16 Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook.

Kerry Thompson netted 19 points for the Wolverines while Mike Lowell tossed in 10 points and dished out six assists.

Robert Toothaker’s 14 points paced the Warriors. Colby Clark added 12 points and Dakota Sleeper 10.

Southern Aroostook (4-15) 44

Toothaker 5-4-14, Sleeper 4-2-10, Clark 6-0-12, Robinson 1-1-3, Grant 1-1-3, Flewelling 0-2-2, Wilson, Edwards, Boulier

Schenck (17-2) 85

Byron 9-6-25, L. Thompson 6-6-19, Lowell 4-1-10, Hutchins 2-0-5, Levasseur 1-0-2, McLaughlin 0-1-1, Brown 1-0-2, Graham 1-0-2, Waite 2-2-6, McCafferty 2-0-4, L. Thompson 3-0-6, Lewis 1-1-3, Deveau

3-pt. goals: K. Thompson, Lowell, Hutchins

So. Aroostook 10 28 27 44

Schenck 19 36 63 85

Class C

Dexter 57, Narraguagus 37

At Dexter, Steve Robinson tallied 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to spark No. 7 Dexter past No. 10 Narraguagus of Harrington.

Aaron Woodman netted 12 points and posted eight assists while Dan Beatham added 12 points for the Tigers.

Blake Chase scored 11 points to pace Narraguagus.

Narraguagus (8-11) 37

Chase 4-0-11, Kennedy 3-2-8, Greene 3-2-8, Beal 1-0-3, Meserve 1-0-3, Dorr 0-2-2, Smith 1-0-2, Parsons, Baker, Ramsay, Hinkle, Gidney, Strout, Polley

Dexter (13-6) 57

Robinson 10-1-21, A. Woodman 4-3-12, Beatham 5-0-12, Cote 3-2-8, Leal 0-2-2, Eastman 1-0-2, Spizuoco, Peirce, E. Woodman, Mountain, Clark

3-pt. goals: Chase 3, Beal, Meserve; A. Woodman, Beatham 2

Narraguagus 13 19 25 37

Dexter 18 24 41 57

Class A

Cony 37, Brewer 26

At Augusta, Chris Thurston scored 17 points and hauled down eight rebounds as No. 4 Cony topped No. 13 Brewer.

Andrew Pullen tossed in 14 points and grabbed six rebounds for the Rams.

Brewer was led by Ryan Babin, who tallied 10 points.

Brewer (8-11) 26

Babin 4-1-10, Libby 1-1-4, Adams 1-0-3, Bissell 0-2-2, Valley 2-3-7, Bessette, Hutchins

Cony (14-5) 37

Thurston 7-3-17, Pullen 6-2-14, Lui 1-0-2, Carville 1-0-2, Turner 1-0-2, O’Neill, O’Brien

3-pt. goals: Babin, Libby, Adams

Brewer 7 10 13 26

Cony 12 19 23 37