MOUNT DESERT – Sara Lowe scored six of her 10 points to spark a 9-0 run to open the third quarter that helped Nokomis build a 10-point lead en route to a 41-34 schoolgirl basketball victory over the Mount Desert Island Trojans Thursday night.

The victory by the defending state Class A champs avenged their recent loss to MDI at Newport. MDI, the defending state Class B champ, suffered its first loss.

Michelle Murray scored a game-high 16 points for Nokomis of Newport, which trailed 13-2 early but battled its way back. Danielle Clark tossed in 13 points for the winners, who took advantage of good full-court pressure.

Bracey Barker led Mount Desert Island with nine points and Shelley Gott added seven.

Nokomis (7-1) 41

Murray 5-2-16, Clark 5-3-13, Lowe 5-0-10, Welch 0-2-2, Snow, Mackenzie, Paradis, Merrow, Perry

Mount Desert Island (11-1) 34

Barker 2-4-9, Gott 2-3-7, Horton 3-0-6, Kane 3-0-6, Joy 1-3-5, Joy 1-3-5, Gordius 0-1-1, Boisvert, Joseph, Willson, Norwood

3-pt. goals: Murray 4; Barker

Nokomis 4 17 30 41

MDI 13 16 24 34

JV: Nokomis 35-26

Belfast 56, Mount View 34

At Belfast, the Lions applied heavy full-court pressure to race out to a 20-3 lead after the first quarter, and 30-13 at halftime, as they eased to the win.

Ashley Bryant topped the Lions with 16 points.

Ashley Barnard sparked the Mustangs of Thorndike with 11 points. Megan Swanson tossed in 10.

Mount View (6-6) 34

Hunter, Miles, Barnard 4-0-11, Swanson 3-2-10, Whitcomb 0-2-2, Caler 1-1-4, York 0-2-2, Carter 2-1-5, Drummond

Belfast (7-5) 56

Crandall 1-0-2, Evans, A. Bryant 6-2-16, L. Bryant 1-1-3, Groening 1-0-2, Brown 2-0-4, Ross 3-0-8, Murphy 1-0-2, Ellis 1-0-2, Bailey 3-2-8, Mehuren 4-1-9, Marden

3-pt. goals: Barnard 3, Swanson 2, Caler; A. Bryant 2, Ross 2

Mount View 3 13 21 34

Belfast 20 30 41 56

JV: Belfast 43-28

Searsport 66, Sumner 30

At East Sullivan, Holly Gracie scored 14 points, Pauline Vasiliauskas’ 10 and Brittany Smith’s nine paced Searsport, which received points from 10 players.

Danielle Crowley’s 10 points led Sumner.

Searsport (7-3) 66

Gracie 6-2-14, Vasiliauskas 5-0-10, Smith 3-2-9, Wilson 1-0-2, Webster 0-1-1, Seekins 2-0-4, Plourde 4-0-8, Curtis 2-2-7, Shute 1-3-5, Carroll 3-0-6, Hall

Sumner (0-11) 30

Crowley 4-0-10, Boyd 0-1-1, Philio 2-2-6, Briscoe 1-0-2, Beattie 1-0-2, Ruhlin 0-1-1, Page 2-0-4, Klausmeyer 1-0-2, Dunbar 1-0-2, Alley

3-pt. goals: Smith, Curtis; Crowley 2

Searsport 19 34 52 66

Sumner 6 17 24 30

JV: Searsport 38-34

Forest Hills 49, Highview Chr. 41

At Bangor’s Eastern Maine Technical College, Ashley Krukowski scored a game-high 19 points to lead Forest Hills past Highview Christian of Charleston.

Jamie Keiper had 10 points for the winners and Crystal Levesque had eight.

Linda Pereira’s 11 points and 15 rebounds Nicole Long’s nine points paced Highview Christian.

Forest Hills (6-3) 49

Newman 2-0-4, Levesque 4-0-8, Van Camp, Krukowski 8-3-19, J. Turner, Forge 1-0-2, Turner 2-1-5, Leach 0-1-1, Keiper 4-2-10

Highview Christian (2-6) 41

Lewis 0-2-2, Plourde, Long 3-3-9, Pereira 5-1-11, Day, Scott 2-1-5, Carey 3-2-8, Crooker 2-2-6

3-pt. goals: none

Forest Hills 10 27 35 49

Highview Christian 7 20 29 41

JV: none

Hockey

Winslow 6, John Bapst 2

At Sawyer Arena in Bangor, Nick Buxton scored two goals and made two assists to lead the Black Raiders past the Crusaders.

Chris Langlais and Robbie Picard each chipped in with two goals for the 10-3 winners and Evan Smith added two assists. Derrick Dempsey, Dan Roy and Brent Poulin each notched an assist and Tim Cloutier made 22 saves on 24 shots.

Zach Means scored two goals for 7-4 John Bapst and John Motta, Colby Theriault and Taylor Lynn each recorded an assist. Dan Leighton made 38 saves on 44 shots.

Boys basketball

Piscataquis 66, Mattanawcook 52

At Guilford, four different players scored in double figures as the Pirates overcame an early 19-11 deficit by outscoring Mattanawcook 35-18 through the middle periods, and stayed unbeaten.

Kyle Pulkkinen led the way for the defending EM champs with 16 points. Josh Watson chipped in with 12. Keith Dawson and Dustin Carson tossed in 11 each, and Ben Smith hauled down eight rebounds.

Nathan Cousineau paced the Lynx of Lincoln with 14 points. Dan LaPlante scored 13, and Tyler Libbey added 10.

Mattanawcook (7-5) 52

Cousineau 5-2-14, LaPlante 6-0-13, Libbey 4-2-10, Kites 1-5-7, Malone 2-1-6, Carney 1-0-2, Pete, Greenlaw

Piscataquis (9-0) 66

Pulkkinen 5-6-16, Watson 5-2-12, Dawson 4-3-11, Carson 2-7-11, Hoffman 0-2-2, White 1-0-2, Smith 1-2-4, Tracy 3-0-6, Garrett-Young 0-1-1, Prescott, Davis

3-pt. goals: Cousineau 2, LaPlante, Malone; Pulkkinen 3, Dawson

Mattanawcook 19 26 37 52

Piscataquis 11 31 46 66

JV: Mattanawcook 66-61

Mount View 69, Belfast 51

At Thorndike, Marc McCorrison led the way with 17 points as the Mustangs raced past the Lions.

R.J. Kruger tossed in 15 for Mount View. Roy Goodale connected for 12, and Anthony Greenlaw notched 10.

Colby Horne paced Belfast with 13 points and Chris Duval put in 10.

Belfast (4-8) 51

Robbins 2-5-9, Duval 3-4-10, Cowan 2-2-8, Gregory 1-0-2, Welch, Horne 6-0-13, Aldus 0-2-2, Button 2-1-5, Reynolds, Hesseltine 0-2-2

Mount View (8-3) 69

Kruger 5-4-15, Miles 1-0-2, Carman 3-1-7, Crichton, R. Goodale 5-2-12, McCorrison 5-5-17, Flewelling 1-2-4, Greenlaw 5-0-10, C. Goodale 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Cowan 2, Horne; McCorrison 2, Kruger

Belfast 8 23 35 51

Mount View 17 30 43 69

Forest Hills 73, Highview Chr. 49

At Bangor’s Eastern Maine Technical College, Jason Nadeau scored six of his 17 points in the first quarter as Forest Hills jumped out to a 22-9 lead en route to the victory.

Phil Achey scored 15 points and Bob Mannix added 11.

Devan Philbrick’s game-high 20 points and Adam Cooper’s nine led Highview Christian of Charleston.

Forest Hills (9-3) 73

Rankin 1-0-2, Nadeau 7-3-17, Forge, P. Achey 6-0-15, Kipp 3-0-7, M. Achey, Paradise 3-0-6, Tapley 1-0-2, Crowley, Turner, Mannix 4-3-11

Highview Christian (1-6) 49

Frost, Cooper 4-1-9, Waite 4-0-8, Kneeland 2-0-4, Bishop, Philbrick 7-2-20, Richards 4-0-8, Starostian, Trask

3-pt. goals: P. Achey 3, Kipp; Philbrick 4

Forest Hills 22 43 52 73

Highview Christian 9 27 40 49

Foxcroft 70, Penquis 35

At Dover-Foxcroft, Danny White poured in 24 points and dished out five assists as the Ponies galloped past the Patriots.

Josh Withee also handed out five assists for the winners. E.J. Imbert connected for 12 points and ripped down 13 rebounds. Lincoln Robinson contributed 10 points and seven rebounds.