EAST MACHIAS – Miranda Copeland scored a layup and Nicole Stauffer made a free throw in the final eight seconds to help the No. 11 Washington Academy girls basketball team hold off No. 14 George Stevens Academy 49-46 Saturday in first-round action from the Eastern Maine Class C tournament.

Copeland finished with 16 points and eight rebounds for the Raiders. Diana Bourdeau chipped in with 12 points and Miranda Fergerson added 10.

Michala Bunten poured in a game-high 24 points for the Eagles of Blue Hill, including 18 in the second half. Jamie Wood added 13 points.

George Stevens Academy (5-14) 46

Bunten 12-0-24, Wood 4-2-13, Allen 2-0-5, Keniston 1-0-2, Clapp 1-0-2, Roberts

Washington Academy (12-7) 49

Copeland 8-0-16, Bourdeau 4-3-12, Fergerson 4-2-10, Mawhinney 1-2-5, Dennison 0-1-1, N. Stauffer 1-1-3, Govoni 0-2-2, K. Stauffer

3-pt. goals: Wood 3, Allen; Bourdeau, Mawhinney

George Stevens 11 18 30 46

Washington Acad. 14 24 35 49

Searsport 56, Central 44

At Searsport, Andrea Blanchard put in 17 points to lead the No. 9 Vikings to the win.

Brittany Smith notched 10 for Searsport, while Erica Curtis added seven.

For the No. 16 Red Devils of Corinth, Katie Ahearn netted 17.

Central (2-17) 44

Ahearn 8-1-17, Allan 2-5-9, Parker 3-0-6, Lyford 1-0-2, Bell 3-0-8, Shaw 1-0-2, Giles, Rowe, Davis, Underhill

Searsport (16-3) 56

Blanchard 7-2-17, Smith 3-4-10, Curtis 1-4-7, Gracie 2-0-5, Wilson, Hall, Larabee 1-4-6, Shute, Vasiliauskas 1-0-2, Carroll 2-0-4, Plourde 2-0-4, Herrick, Seekins 0-1-1, Hancock

3-pt. goals: Bell 2; Blanchard, Curtis, Gracie

Central 12 23 34 44

Searsport 16 30 43 56

Limestone 49, PVHS 43

At Limestone, Ashley Brooker notched a game-high 16 points to help the No. 12 Eagles hold off No. 13 Penobscot Valley of Howland.

Nikki Michaud put in 13 for Limestone.

Alicia Drost paced the Howlers with 14 points.

Penobscot Valley (5-14) 43

Porter, S. Trafton 2-0-4, Drost 6-2-14, B. Colbath 3-0-6, Cyr 4-0-10, Lloyd 1-2-4, K. Trafton 2-1-5, McGinn, S. Colbath

Limestone (11-8) 49

Burgess, Stackhouse 4-0-8, St. Pierre 1-0-2, Brooker 6-2-16, Lee 5-0-10, Michaud 6-1-13

3-pt. goals: Cyr 2; Brooker 2

Penobscot Valley 10 23 29 43

Limestone 13 25 40 49

Class B

Ellsworth 52, Hermon 39

At Hermon, Katie Sirois scored nine of her game-high 19 points in the first quarter as the No. 13 Eagles knocked off the No. 12 Hawks.

Sirois finished with 19 points, including a 6-for-9 effort from 3-point range. Mallory Patten contributed 11 points.

Lindsay Duplisea led Hermon with 17 points.

Ellsworth (6-13) 52

Chan 3-0-6, Silsby 1-4-6, Patten 3-5-11, Pelletier, Sirois 6-1-19, Merchant 0-2-2, Glass, Page 1-0-2, Lutz 3-0-6

Hermon (4-15) 39

Wiggin 1-1-3, Hichborn, Duplisea 6-3-17, McDonald 2-1-5, Reynolds 0-1-1, Overlock 3-0-8, Buzzell 1-1-3, Jenkins 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Sirois 6; Duplisea 2, Overlock 2

Ellsworth 11 20 36 52

Hermon 8 18 25 39

Belfast 49, Bucksport 47

At Belfast, Morgan Crandall and Kelsey Bryant each hit a free-throw in the final 18 seconds to break a tie and lift the No. 11 Lions to the win.

Kate LaHaye powered Belfast with 19 points, including nine in the fourth quarter, and 15 rebounds. Bryant finished with nine points. The Lions finished with a season-high 15 assists.

Emily Woodward led the No. 14 Golden Bucks with nine points.

Bucksport (3-16) 47

Woodward 3-3-9, Damon 3-2-8, Pelletier 2-3-8, Carter 3-1-7, Gordon 3-0-7, Taylor 1-0-3, Pollard 1-3-5, Richards

Belfast (7-12) 49

LaHaye 6-7-19, K. Bryant 3-1-9, Ross 4-0-8, Mehuren 3-0-6, Crandall 1-1-4, Lane 1-0-2, Billings 0-1-1, Murphy, A. Bryant, Brown, Marden

3-pt. goals: Pelletier, Gordon, Taylor; K. Bryant 2, Crandall

Bucksport 13 22 37 47

Belfast 11 30 36 49

Rockland 57, Fort Kent 51

At Fort Kent, Lindsey Grant poured in a game-high 20 points to go with 11 rebounds to help the No. 15 Tigers pull off the upset.

Jody Fournier chipped in with 14 points for the winners. Caitlin Grant notched eight assists for Rockland, which trailed 21-8 after the first and 40-26 at halftime. The defense held the Warriors to just 11 second-half points to pace the comeback.

Emily MacDonald paced No. 10 Fort Kent with 18 points while Danielle Harvey added 11.

Rockland (2-17) 57

Moore 3-3-9, Fournier 5-0-14, L. Grant 7-6-20, Clark 1-0-2, Marcotte 4-1-9, Hynes 1-0-2, C. Grant

Fort Kent (4-13) 51

Pelletier 1-0-2, MacDonald 6-6-18, Soucy 1-2-4, Harvey 3-2-11, Saucier 2-4-8, Boucher 2-1-6, Delisle 1-0-2, Nadeau, Minzy, Kelly

3-pt. goals: Fournier 4; Harvey 3, Boucher

Rockland 8 26 40 57

Fort Kent 21 40 46 51

Class D

Ft. Fairfield 54, DI-Stonington 43

At Fort Fairfield, Maranda Butler scored six of her eight points in the fourth quarter and the No. 9 Tigers went 9-for-13 from the free-throw line in the period for the win.

Ashlie Churchill led Fort Fairfield with 14 points. Dani Searles added 13 and Nikki Rogeski had 11.

Hollan Oliver paced No. 16 Deer Isle-Stonington with 16 points.

DI-Stonington (3-16) 43

Brewer 1-0-2, Steele, Wiberg 2-2-6, Bray, Murphy 0-2-2, Hutchinson, Eaton 3-0-7, Oliver 4-8-16, Dunham, McDonald 2-5-9, Thompson 0-1-1

Fort Fairfield (10-9) 54

Searles 5-3-13, Rogeski 3-5-11, Churchill 4-5-14, Butler 2-0-4, Gardner 1-0-2, Enman 0-2-2, Arato

3-pt. goals: Eaton; Churchill

DI-Stonington 7 18 32 43

Fort Fairfield 14 25 35 54

Houlton Chr. 48, Highview 28

At Houlton, Amy Wallace made both of her field-goal attempts and went 4-for-4 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter as No. 11 Houlton Christian held off No. 14 Highview Christian.

Wallace scored a game-high 14 points for the Eagles. Staci Bell added 11 points.

Amy Waite, Jen Drinkwater and Sarah Lewis scored six points apiece for Highview of Charleston.

Highview Christian (4-12) 28

Waite 3-0-6, Drinkwater 2-2-6, Lewis 3-0-6, Niles 2-0-5, Smith 1-3-5, Cary, Crooker, Plourde, Long, Periera

Houlton Christian (7-8) 48

A. Wallace 4-6-14, Bell 3-4-11, Nason 2-0-5, Jago 2-1-5, S. Wallace 2-3-7, Moakler 3-0-6, L. Lincoln, K. Lincoln, Kelly, Faulkner

3-pt. goals: Niles; Bell, Nason

Highview Christian 5 12 22 28

Houlton Christian 8 18 27 48

East Grand 31, Machias 17

At Danforth, the No. 7 Vikings and the No. 18 Bulldogs traded stalling tactics in the second half and East Grand held on for the win.

Marie Gilman led the Lakers with 10 points. Mesha Whitney and Lindsay Faulkner each added six points and Faulkner contributed six rebounds.

Sarah Irving scored eight points for Machias, which scored just two points in the second half.

Machias (1-18) 17

M. Phipps 2-2-6, Pritchard 1-0-2, Irving 4-0-8, Rudd 0-1-1, A. Phipps, Gardner, Whitney

East Grand (10-9) 31

Gilman 4-0-10, Whitney 3-0-6, Faulkner 2-2-6, Cropley 1-2-4, Godley 1-2-4, Osnoe 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: Gilman 2

Machias 7 15 15 17

East Grand 9 19 19 31

Class A

Bangor 67, Hampden 54

At Bangor, Alison Smith’s 25 points aided Bangor in a win over Hampden.

Jlynn Frazier tossed in 19 points for the Rams while Terra Curtis notched eight points and 10 rebounds.

Megan Magoon netted 19 points to pace the Broncos. Emmy Russell chipped in with 18 points.

Hampden (9-6) 54

Magoon 5-8-19, Russell 9-0-18, Caron 1-2-4, Wells 1-2-4, Hessert 1-1-3, Robinson 2-1-5, Wilson, Bragg, Martin

Bangor (13-2) 67

Smith 8-9-25, Frazier 4-9-19, Achorn 0-4-4, Miller 1-1-3, Curtis 2-3-8, Magee 1-0-2, Warner 2-2-6, Prudente, Tower, McLeod, Capehart, Michaud, Woodcock, Clark, Hayden

3-pt. goals: Magoon, Wells; Frazier 2, Curtis

Hampden 7 25 39 54

Bangor 18 33 46 67

JV: Hampden 54-53

Nokomis 69, Old Town 25

At Newport, Danielle Clark paced the undefeated Warriors with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

Nokomis outscored Old Town 21-2 in the third quarter. Lindsay Welch chipped in with 13 points. Laura Pelkey and Gillian Snow each had four steals for Nokomis and Sara Lowe grabbed eight rebounds.

Stephanie Kennedy scored seven points for the Indians.

Old Town (6-9) 25

Spencer 2-2-6, Green, Thibodeau, Osborne, Cole 0-2-2, Maurais 0-2-2, Brown 0-2-2, Saucier 0-1-1, Metivier 2-0-4, Kennedy 3-1-7, Eastman 0-1-1

Nokomis (15-0) 69

Welch 3-4-13, Preble, Pelkey 3-0-8, Murray 4-0-11, Palmer, Snow 2-2-6, Burnette 1-0-2, Paradis 1-0-2, Stewart 2-0-4, Merrow, Lowe 2-0-4, Clark 6-3-15

3-pt. goals: Welch 3, Murray 3, Pelkey 2

Old Town 6 10 12 25

Nokomis 11 30 51 69

JV: Nokomis 55-40

Mt. Blue 35, Messalonskee 30

At Farmington, Rachel Yates, who has been plagued all season long with tendinitis in her quad, scored a game-high 11 points to lead her Cougars to victory.

Kim Drosdik put eight in for the defending state champs. Laura Smith led the Eagles of Oakland with eight.

Messalonskee (10-6) 30

LaBelle 1-1-4, Colby 1-2-4, Grenier, McCarthy, Pelletier 2-4-8, Smith 3-2-8, Manston, Pullen 1-0-2, McMullin 1-2-5

Mt. Blue (5-9) 35

Yates 3-4-11, Delong, Coslton, Harrell 2-2-6, Drosslik 4-0-8, Corey 2-2-6, Stevens, Alexander 2-0-4, Hastings

3-pt. goals: McMullin; Yates

Messalonskee 7 13 21 30

Mt. Blue 10 19 29 35

JV: Messalonskee 51-41

Boys basketball

Class B

MDI 58, Rockland 52

At Mount Desert, James Hopkins led the way with 19 points to lead the No. 11 Trojans to victory.

Jesse Dyer popped in 14 for Mount Desert Island.

Jacob LaBree led the No. 14 Tigers with 13 points while Todd Curtis added 11.

Rockland (5-14) 52

LaBree 4-5-13, T. Curtis 4-3-11, Harjula 4-0-10, Baker 2-4-9, Kenniston 4-1-9, M. Curtis, Boody, Widde, Raye

MDI (8-11) 58

Hopkins 6-4-19, Dyer 6-1-14, Jones 3-1-8, B. Colbeth 4-0-8, Carr 3-0-7, Fellis 1-0-2, Jospeh, R. Colbeth, Steeves

3-pt. goals: Hartula 2, Baker; Hopkins 3, Dyer, Carr

Rockland 6 23 39 52

MDI 14 25 48 58

Class C

PVHS 52, Madawaska 49

At Howland Friday night, Stu Morin scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half and grabbed 13 rebounds as the No. 12 Howlers outlasted the No. 13 Owls.

Morin stepped up his offense after Madawaska’s defense slowed Scott Bates, who scored 12 of his 15 points in the first half. Noah McPike finished with 10 points for the Howlers, including two free throws in the closing seconds to help secure the win.

Guy Michaud tossed in a game-high 23 points for Madawaska, which had a chance to go ahead in the last 30 seconds but missed the shot. Keith Cyr and B.J. Dufour added eight points each.

Madawaska (7-12) 49

G. Michaud 10-1-23, Cyr 4-0-8, Dufour 4-0-8, Hansen 2-0-5, Garcia 1-0-3, J. Michaud 1-0-2, Paradis

Penobscot Valley (10-9) 52

Morin 6-2-15, Bates 6-3-15, McPike 4-2-10, Harris 3-0-6, Cloukey 2-0-4, Oakes 1-0-2

3-pt. goals: G. Michaud 2, Hansen, Garcia; Morin

Madawaska 7 21 33 49

Penobscot Valley 11 21 38 52

Class D

Washburn 85, Van Buren 58

At Washburn, Ben Umphrey poured in 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to power the No. 12 Beavers to the win.

Allen Milton chipped in with 20 points and seven assists. Frank Plucker added 13 points and nine rebounds for Washburn.

Mike Corbin paced the No. 13 Crusaders with 11 points and Eric Ayotte scored nine.

Van Buren (6-12) 58

Corbin 2-7-11, S. Ayotte 2-3-7, Chasse 1-0-3, E. Ayotte 3-3-9, Hews 2-0-4, Cote 3-0-6, Smith 3-2-8, Parent 1-0-3, Gagnon 1-0-2, Masemola 2-1-5, Ouellette, O’Hare, Violette

Washburn (9-10) 85

Umphrey 11-3-25, Milton 9-2-20, Plucker 6-0-13, Tupper 5-0-11, T. Bragg 2-0-6, Pesut 1-0-2, Maynard 1-3-5, Thomas 1-1-3, Worsley, S. Bragg, Willard

3-pt. goals: Parent, Chasse; T. Bragg 2, Plucker, Tupper

Van Buren 9 25 36 58

Washburn 13 37 55 85

Bangor Christian 71, Shead 60

At Husson College in Bangor, David Chrisos poured in 14 of his game-high 30 points in the fourth quarter as the No. 11 Patriots held on for the win.

Chrisos hit 6 of his 9 3-point attempts, went 8-for-12 from the free-throw line, and tallied five assists. Pat McCleary contributed 18 points and 12 rebounds for Bangor Christian.

Ben Toney led the No. 14 Tigers of Eastport with 16 points. Darrin Constant scored 14, Ben Maloney added 13 and Cliff Urquhart finished with 12.

Shead (6-13) 60

Bowen 2-1-5, Urquhart 2-5-10, Toney 7-2-16, Cox 1-0-2, Constant 5-0-14, Maloney 4-4-13, Bones, Ingersoll, Ricker

Bangor Christian (7-12) 71

Chrisos 8-8-30, McCleary 8-2-18, Tyree 0-1-1, Conley 3-1-8, G. Patterson 2-0-6, Sobey 2-1-5, Madden 1-0-3, Putnam, Doten, Bradford, Ossinger

3-pt. goals: Constant 4, Urquhart, Maloney; Chrisos 6, G. Patterson 2, Conley, Madden

Shead 14 30 44 60

Bangor Christian 10 34 46 71

Class A

Nokomis 97, Old Town 59

At Old Town, Ryan McLellan paced Nokomis over Old Town with 37 points.

Luke Hayden and Shawn Henderson each tossed in 15 points for the Warriors of Newport.

Shawn Kenniston paced the Indian attack with 20 points while Adam Mahoney put in 12.

Nokomis (11-4) 97

McLellan 13-8-37, Hayden 7-1-15, Henderson 6-0-15, Butler 4-0-8, Estes 3-0-7, Peters 1-1-3, Veazie 2-0-4, Graves 1-0-3, Martin 0-2-2, Buzaniski 0-1-1, Toulouse 0-2-2, Burgess, Horr

Old Town (6-9) 59

Kenniston 7-5-20, Mahoney 5-2-12, Madden 1-1-3, Stormann 2-2-6, Socoby 1-1-4, Tewhey 3-0-6, Robbins 2-0-4, Brown 1-0-2, Barnes 1-0-2, Jackson, Tidwell, Levesque

3-pt. goals: McLellan 3, Henderson 3, Estes, Graves; Socoby

Nokomis 26 52 79 97

Old Town 14 21 40 59

JV: Nokomis 60-46

Bangor 65, Hampden 58

At Hampden, Joe Campbell tossed in 15 points to aid the Rams in a win over the Broncos.

Chris Bombardier added 11 points for Bangor while Derek Shaw chipped in with nine.

Justin DiFrederico led the Hampden attack with 17 points and Owen Caron put in 11.

Bangor (14-1) 65

Campbell 7-1-15, Bombardier 1-9-11, Shaw 4-1-9, Vanidestine 2-0-4, Ray 2-1-6, Anderson 0-2-2, Hughes 0-2-2, Johnson 3-1-7, Bouchard 1-2-4, Bell 2-1-5, Flynn

Hampden (5-10) 58

DiFrederico 6-4-17, B. Keller 5-0-10, Caron 5-1-11, Quimby 4-0-10, Paine 1-0-2, S. Keller 0-2-2, Russell 3-0-6, Shaw, Paoletti, Dionne, Bryant

3-pt. goals: Ray; Quimby 2

Bangor 17 30 42 65

Hampden 9 19 32 58

JV: Hampden 35-31