ORONO – Jade Keezer scored 10 of her game-high 12 points in the first half as Orono built a 12-point halftime lead en route to a 41-27 schoolgirl basketball win over the Dexter Tigers Monday night.

Sarah Thibeault and Ally Sherman had nine points apiece and Elizabeth Fox had eight for the Tigers.

Raven Patterson (seven), Miranda Gove (six) and Crissy Mountain (six) combined for 19 Dexter points.

Dexter 27

Patterson 3-0-7, Gove 2-2-6, Cr. Mountain 3-0-6, Murray 0-2-2, Atwater 1-0-2, Lancaster 0-1-1, Theodore 1-0-2, Ca. Mountain

Orono 41

Keezer 2-8-12, Thibeault 4-1-9, Sherman 4-1-9, Fox 3-2-8, Wagner 1-1-3, Berry, Saucier, Triandafillou

3-pt. goals: Patterson

Dexter 7 10 20 27

Orono 13 22 30 41

JV: Dexter 33-10

Penobscot Valley 48, Lee 38

At Howland, Casey McCloskey tossed in 17 points as the Howlers won their season opener.

Kirstie Dawson scored nine points and grabbed 15 rebounds for Penobscot Valley.

Camisha Doten’s eight points led Lee Academy.

Lee Academy (0-2) 38

Doten 2-4-8, Hersom, Thornton 1-1-3, Mallett 0-2-2, Grass 1-5-7, Cowan, Dow 3-0-6, Rideout, Sappier 2-3-7, Hamilton 1-1-3

Penobscot Valley (1-0) 48

McCloskey 6-4-17, Dawson 4-1-9, Hallett 2-0-4, Leveille 3-0-6, King 1-0-2, Vanadestine, Rancourt 2-0-4, Keene, Leonard, Theriault 2-2-6

3-pt. goals: McCloskey

Lee 3 13 21 38

Penobscot Valley 9 22 37 48

JV: Lee 46-30

Mattanawcook 44, Central 29

At Lincoln, Renee Libbey netted 12 points as Mattanawcook Academy triumphed.

Rianne Gardiner hauled down 14 rebounds to go with eight points for the Lynx.

Roberta Trafton recorded 10 points for Central of Corinth.

Central (0-1) 29

Ro. Trafton 3-4-10, Cote, Day, Ra. Trafton 1-0-2, Pray 2-1-5, Blanchard 4-0-9, Campbell 1-0-3

Mattanawcook (1-1) 44

R. Libbey 3-4-10, Gardner 3-2-8, DeRaps 2-1-5, Paul 1-0-2, B. Libbey, Hanscom 2-0-4, T. Hawkins 2-0-4, Fortin, Gulesian 1-0-2, J. Hawkins, O’Hara, Trask

3-pt. goals: Blanchard, Campbell; B. Libbey 2

Central 8 19 23 29

Mattanawcook 18 26 33 44

JV: Mattanawcook 51-22

Stearns 48, Penquis 39

At Millinocket, Adriana Eurich tossed in 11 points, and Kirsten Marter and Sam Lyons each added 10 to pace the Minutemen.

Lyons also had 20 rebounds.

Erica Lyford had a game high 15 points to lead the Pats.

Penquis (0-1) 39

Lyford 7-1-15, Bess 3-1-7, Weston 2-1-5, Royal 2-0-4, Fowles 2-0-4, Zambrano 1-0-2, Chapman 0-1-1, Ottman 0-1-1

Stearns (1-0) 48

Eurich 3-3-11, Marter 4-2-10, Lyons 4-2-10, Mills 3-2-9, Leavitt 0-4-4, Legassey 1-2-4, Deabay, Osborne, Johnson

3-pt. goals: Eurich 2, Mills

Penquis 9 22 30 39

Stearns 14 20 35 48

JV: Stearns 56-12

Boys basketball

Machias 71, Calvary Chapel 37

At Machias, Ty Richards scored a game-high 15 points and Matt Little had 13 points and 18 rebounds as Machias triumphed.

Richards had eight points in the second quarter as Machias outscored Calvary Chapel of Orrington 25-8.

T.J. Spencer had 11 points and Noah Prescott chipped in 10 more for the winners.

Luke Martin’s 10 points and Zac Austin’s eight paced Calvary Chapel.

Calvary Chapel (0-1) 37

Warman 2-0-4, Martin 3-4-10, Lawrence, Madden 3-0-7, Downes 1-0-2, Austin 4-0-8, Toth, Monroe 2-0-4

Machias (1-1) 71

Scoville, Little 5-3-13, Prescott 3-4-10, Stevens 3-1-7, Dahl 3-0-7, Getchell, Morse, Jenkins 2-3-8, Richards 5-5-15, Spencer 4-3-11

3-pt. goals: Madden; Dahl, Jenkins

Calvary Chapel 6 14 28 37

Machias 11 36 60 71