VAN BUREN – Brittney Bard converted a layup with 24 seconds remaining in regulation to lift the Van Buren Crusaders to a 39-38 girls basketball victory over Madawaska Monday night.

Van Buren trailed by seven points at the end of the third quarter, but outscored Madawaska 16-8 in the fourth.

Jennifer Ouellette led the Crusaders with 14 points.

Kallie Pelletier netted 18 points to pace Madawaska while Ashley Cyr added 11 for the Owls.

Madawaska (2-6) 38

B. Pelletier, Cyr 5-0-11, Nadeau 1-0-2, Gendreau 1-0-2, K. Pelletier 7-4-18, Dionne 2-1-5, Gagnon, Dugal

Van Buren (4-5) 39

LaPlante 1-0-2, Deschaines, Vaillancourt 4-1-9, Parent 4-0-8, Ouellette 6-1-14, Gereben 2-0-4, Bard 1-0-2, Ruest

3-pt. goals: Cyr; Ouellette

Madawaska 12 18 30 38

Van Buren 9 15 23 39

Katahdin 38, Fort Fairfield 23

At Fort Fairfield, the Cougars allowed only 12 points through three quarters while earning the victory.

Olivia McNally tossed in 13 points to pace Katahdin of Stacyville, while Kayla Stevens scored 12 points.

Whitney Clark led Fort Fairfield with five points.

Katahdin (4-4) 38

Majkowski 1-2-4, McNally 5-2-13, Moore 3-2-8, Heath 0-1-1, Stevens 6-0-12, Rush, Duffy, Hammond, Cyr, Smallwood, Lane

Fort Fairfield (4-4) 23

Shaw 1-1-3, Beaulieu 1-0-2, McLaughlin 2-0-4, Clark 2-0-5, Churchill 2-0-4, Blaisdell 1-1-3, Hebert 1-0-2, Wilson

3-pt. goals: McNally; Clark

Katahdin 2 12 21 38

Fort Fairfield 3 7 12 23

JV: Fort Fairfield 39-38

LCS/MSSM 49, Easton 17

At Easton, Melanie Allen registered 17 points and Kellie Pierce added 10 to lead Limestone Community School & Maine School of Science and Mathematics past Easton.

Brooke Hammond netted eight points to pace the Easton Bears.

LCS/MSSM 49

Allen 7-3-17, Pierce 4-2-10, K. Cote 1-0-2, Gray 2-0-4, Bernier 1-0-2, St. Pierre 2-3-7, Good 2-3-7, J. Cote, Leighton

Easton 17

Hammond 3-2-8, Boxwell 2-1-5, Cyr 0-1-1, Trask 1-1-3, Burtt, Lunney, Parlin, Nickerson, Munson, Romano

3-pt. goals: none

LCS/MSSM 12 20 37 49

Easton 4 13 17 17

Houlton 61, Schenck 27

At East Millinocket, the Shiretowners stepped up their press in the second half, forcing more turnovers, and pulled away from the Wolverines.

Rachel Foster led Houlton with 19 points and Desiree Dow and Vanessa Sanderson posted 10 each.

Kasey Kimball topped the Wolverines with 10 points.

Houlton (7-1) 61

Putnam 1-0-2, Bartlett 1-3-5, Dow 4-2-10, Foster 9-1-19, Sanderson 4-2-10, Herring 3-1-7, McPartland 2-4-8, Caron

Schenck (0-8) 27

Kimball 4-0-10, Bouchard 3-0-6, Lowell 3-0-6, MacLeod 1-0-2, Deloge 1-0-3, Michaud, Dicentes, Brown, Jamo

3-pt. goals: Kimball 2, Deloge

Houlton 7 24 42 61

Schenck 6 19 23 27

JV: Schenck 38-23

Washburn 36, Hodgdon 25

At Hodgdon, Kelsee McLaughlin, Erica McDougall and Rachelle Palmer posted four points each in the opening quarter as the Beavers took control early.

McLaughlin finished with 12 points, McDougall registered 11 and Palmer added eight.

Sam Carpenter led the Hawks with 11 points.

Washburn (8-1) 36

Goupille 0-1-1, McLaughlin 4-4-12, McDougall 3-5-11, Campbell 0-1-1, Cochran 1-1-3, Palmer 3-2-8, Chandler, Koch, Reed, Sjoberg, Saucier

Hodgdon (3-6) 25

Martin 1-0-2, Sloat 1-0-2, Carpenter 4-0-11, Hovey 1-0-3, T. Quint 0-1-1, Estabrook 2-0-4, M. Quint 0-2-2, Duff. H. Quint, London, Ellis, Hare

3-pt. goals: Carpenter 3, Hovey

Washburn 14 18 27 36

Hodgdon 4 7 14 25

JV: Washburn 37-33

Boys basketball

Ashland 70, Washburn 51

At Washburn, Jeremy Tarr scored a game-high 21 points and led four double-digit scorers for the Ashland Hornets.

Lucas Belanger scored 16 points, Tyler Cote had 13, and Justin Belanger added 12 for the Hornets.

Nick McIntosh had 16 points and Conner Fitzpatrick scored 10 for the Beavers.

Ashland (7-2) 70

Tarr 6-9-21, Belanger 6-4-16, Cote 5-0-13, Belanger 5-2-12, Belanger 5-2-12, Nemer 0-2-2, Paradis, Gimbel, Baker, Levesque 3-0-6

Washburn (0-6) 51

McIntosh 5-5-16, Fitzpatrick 5-0-10, Sperrey 4-0-9, Frank 3-0-8, Conley 2-0-4, Campbell 1-0-2, Viola 0-2-2, J. Howe, M. Howe

3-pt. goals: Cote 3; McIntosh, Sperrey, Frank 2

Ashland 22 34 48 70

Washburn 8 18 33 51

JV: Ashland 65-39

Easton 61, LCS/MSSM 54

At Easton, Jeremy Brock scored 21 points and Brad Trask 15 as Easton triumphed.

Nate Sanders added 11 points for the Bears.

Matt Enman paced Limestone/Maine School of Science and Math with 14 points while Chris Parent and Brandon Hopkins each had 10.

LCS/MSSM (1-7) 54

Enman 5-1-14, Parent 4-0-10, Hopkins 5-0-10, Forsman 3-0-6, Foster 1-0-3, Beaulieu 4-1-9, Allen 1-0-2, Rossignol

Easton (8-1) 61

Trask 6-3-15, Sanders 4-3-11, Brock 7-7-21, Bacon 1-4-6, Fuller, Flewelling 3-0-6, White 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Enman 3, Parent 2, Foster

LCS/MSSM 9 25 33 54

Easton 11 28 43 61

JV: LCS/MSSM 31-28 ( OT)

Woodland 85, Lubec 35

At Woodland, Ben Sears poured in 20 points while Chad James added 15 as the Dragons thumped Lubec.

Woodland went on a decisive 30-10 second-quarter run to put the game away by halftime.

Aaron St. Pierre contributed 13 points for Woodland.

Tim Gross led Lubec with 17 points.

Lubec (1-8) 35

Gross 8-0-17, Fitzsimmons 2-0-5, Grant, Jones, McPherson 1-0-2, Robbins 0-1-1, Rice 1-0-2, Farmer 4-0-8

Woodland (7-2) 85

Sears 7-6-20, James 5-3-15, St. Pierre 5-2-13, Wormell 1-2-4, Curtis 3-3-9, Boomer 3-0-6, Pike 1-2-5, Townson 1-0-2, Perry 1-1-3, Brown 3-0-6, Flaherty 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Fitzsimmons, Gross; James 2, Pike

Lubec 12 22 30 35

Woodland 10 40 75 85