WINSLOW – Jay O’Connell scored nine points to spark No. 9 Houlton’s 27-14 third-quarter scoring surge that carried the Shiretowners to a 75-52 Eastern Maine Class B preliminary second-round basketball victory over No. 8 Winslow Tuesday night.

O’Connell finished with 24 points for the winners. Peter Bates added 21 points and Joe Fitzpatrick put in 10.

Pat Dempsey paced the Black Raiders with 20 points and Mike Hughes put in 13.

Houlton (7-12) 75

Lenetine, Brown 0-2-2, J. O’Connell 9-2-24, Donahue, Drake 2-0-4, Fitzpatrick 5-0-10, Belyea 1-0-2, Bates 8-5-21, Lloyd, L. O’Connell 2-0-4, Skehan 4-0-8

Winslow (8-11) 52

T. Hapworth, Dempsey 6-3-20, Peters, LaBrie 1-0-2, Rancourt, S. Hapworth 1-0-2, Hughes 5-2-13, Krummel 1-0-2, Calvo 0-2-2, Grant 3-1-7, Boutin 1-0-2, Haskell 0-2-2

3-pt. goals: J. O’Connell 4; Dempsey 5

Houlton 17 31 58 75

Winslow 7 22 36 52

Class C

Sumner 61, Narraguagus 53

At East Sullivan, the Tigers managed to hold onto a small lead most of the way to edge the Knights.

Mike Hardy powered No. 6 Sumner with a game-high 28 poitns and eight rebounds. Jamey Polk scored 11.

Steven Knapp led a balanced effort for No. 11 Narraguagus of Harrington with 15 points. Jason Snider netted 13, Luke Shaw provided 12 and Brandon Emerson -added 11.

Narraguagus (7-10) 53

Snider 5-2-13, Shaw 5-1-12, Beal, Emerson 3-2-11, Alley, Fraser 1-0-2, Knapp 6-3-15, DiGioia

Sumner (11-8) 61

Malloy, Phinney 3-1-9, Polk 3-4-11, Hills, Cowperthwaite 1-1-3, Hardy 11-6-28, Winslow 4-0-8, Grammer 0-2-2

3-pt. goals: Snider, Shaw, Emerson 3; Phinney 2, Polk

Narraguagus 13 24 46 53

Sumner 16 29 49 61

Washington Acad. 80, PVHS 66

At East Machias, Bob Richardson scored 22 of his 38 points in the second half, helping to give No. 5 Washington Academy the edge they needed to defeat 12th-seeded Penobscot Valley of Howland.

Nick Reynolds scored 20 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for the Raiders.

Scott Bates led the Howlers with 18 points while Stu Morin added 16.

Penobscot Valley 66

Bates 9-0-18, Morin 8-0-16, McPike 3-2-8, Oakes 2-0-6, Cloukey 4-0-8, Harris 2-0-4, Slowikowski 2-0-6, Gifford, Doyon, Cummings

Washington Acad. 80

B. Richardson 15-8-35, Reynolds 6-8-20, Emery 2-2-6, Stevens 2-1-6, Berry 1-1-3, Gray 1-0-3, Bigson 0-2-2, Holmes 1-0-2, Fagonde, Ramsdell, Franz, G. Richardson, Reing, Mawhinney, Harmon

3-pt. goals: Oakes 2, Slowikowski 2; Stevens, Gray

Penobscot Valley 19 34 52 66

Washington Acad. 20 35 54 80

Dexter 72, Lee 51

At Lee, the No. 9 Tigers went on a 27-10 scoring surge in the fourth quarter to beat the No. 9 Pandas.

Travis Patterson poured in 28 points to pace the winners. Dustin Paige chipped in with 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.

Frank Severance scored 17 points for Lee, Matt Corbin added 13 and Brian Ripley netted 12. Ripley also had 15 rebounds.

Dexter (14-6) 72

Patterson 10-6-28, Paige 9-6-24, Cooley 2-1-5, Robichaud 1-2-4, Robinson 1-5-7, Foster 2-0-4, Clukey

Lee (8-12) 51

Severance 6-2-17, Corbin 2-7-13, Ripley 4-4-12, Pickering 2-0-4, J. Ham 2-0-4, Mallett 0-1-1, Rideout, Thurlow, McAlpine, A. Ham, Carpenter, Thompson, Emery, Dow

3-pt. goals: Patterson 2; Severance 3, Corbin 2

Dexter 15 29 45 72

Lee 15 30 41 51

GSA 76, Mattanawcook 65

At Blue Hill, Mark Clapp scored 12 fourth-quarter points to help seventh-seeded George Stevens squelch a Mattanawcook rally.

Clapp finished with 21 points for the winners. Ryan Hutchins had 19 and Brian Smith registered 12 points and 14 rebounds. Duane Ledien and Nick Henry combined for 18 more points.

Delany Wilkes had 21 points for 15th-seeded Mattanawcook. Jonathan Carney had 18 and Andrew Weatherbee and Fred Pete collaborated for 19 points.

Mattanawcook (6-14) 65

Weatherbee 3-3-10, Towle, LaPlante 1-0-2, Pete 4-0-9, Cousineau 1-0-3, Wilkes 10-0-21, Libbey 1-0-2, Carney 8-2-18

George Stevens Academy (13-7) 76

Black 3-0-6, Astbury, Smith 3-6-12, Ledien 3-0-9, Henry 3-3-9, Clapp 8-3-21, Lowell, Hutchins 9-1-19

3-pt. goals: Wilkes, Cousineau, Pete, Weatherbee; Ledien 3, Clapp 2

Mattanawcook 13 28 45 65

George Stevens 18 35 51 76

Class D

Bangor Christian 74, Easton 67

At Easton, freshman Josh Madden scored a game-high 27 points, including four three-pointers, and 11th-seeded Bangor Christian led virtually the entire way en route to the upset win over sixth seed Easton.

David Chrisos had 17 points for the winners and Pat McCleary chipped in 13 more.

Ryan Lamoreau led four Bears in double figures with 18 points. Jeff Blackstone, Andrew Perry and Matt Osgood had 16, 15 and 13 respectively and Osgood also had 12 rebounds.

Marcel Chalou dished out six assists.

Bangor Christian (8-12) 74

Madden 10-3-27, Chrisos 7-1-17, McCleary 6-1-13, Bradford 1-4-6, Tyree 0-2-2, Sobey 1-0-2, Doten

Easton (16-4) 67

Lamoreau 8-2-18, Blackstone 5-5-16, Perry 5-2-15, Osgood 4-4-13, Chalou 1-2-4, Carlow 0-1-1, Carbone, Harris

3-pt. goals: Madden 4, Chrisos 2; Perry 3, Blackstone

Bangor Christian 17 36 49 74

Easton 10 28 42 67

Lee 64, Limestone 55

At Lee Monday night, the Pandas went on a 14-0 scoring run in the last four minutes of the first quarter after trailing 7-0 to set the tone for the game’s remainder.

Matt Corbin paced the winners with 19 points and Frank Severance added 14. Dustin Pickering and Brian Ripley each added 10 points and Ripley grabbed 15 rebounds.

Lucien Longlais scored 12 points for the Eagles, Adam McPherson netted 11 and Daniel Buckley put in 10.

Limestone (4-15) 55

Longlais 2-6-12, McPherson 5-0-11, Buckley 5-0-10, Luna 3-0-6, Verdecchia 3-0-6, Hardwick 2-2-6, Stackhouse 1-1-3, Trosper 0-1-1, Cote, O’Neal

Lee (8-11) 64

Corbin 8-2-19, Severance 5-3-14, Pickering 5-0-10, Ripley 3-2-10, A. Ham 0-2-2, J. Ham 2-0-4, Carpenter 1-0-2, Mallett 1-0-2, McAlpine 0-1-1, Thurlow, Thompson, Emery, Dow, Austin

3-pt. goals: Longlais 2, McPherson; Ripley 2, Corbin, Severance

Limestone 7 20 32 55

Lee 14 29 46 64

Calais 67, Jonesport-Beals 57

At Jonesport-Beals, J.J. Frost scored 18 points for Calais, leading the Blue Devils to the win and the title of Downeast Athletic Conference champions.

Joe Footer contributed with 14 points.

For Jonesport-Beals, Jamie Alley scored 16 points while D.R. Alley had 15. Alvin Beal chipped in with 10 points.

Calais 67

Pelletier 3-2-8, Adams 4-0-8, J.J. Frost 6-4-18, Lynch 1-0-3, A. Frost 4-1-9, J. MacDonald 3-1-7, Footer 7-0-14, Morrell, MacMannis, S. MacDonald, LaPointe

Jonesport-Beals 57

D.R. Alley 7-0-15, Alvin Beal 2-6-10, Robinson 1-0-2, J. Alley 8-0-16, S. Alley 1-0-2, Bryant 1-0-3, Mitchell 0-1-1, Abraham Beal 1-1-4, Merchant 2-0-4, J. Beal, Kelley

3-pt. goals: J.J. Frost 4, Lynch; D.R. Alley, Bryant, Abraham Beal

Calais 21 31 51 67

Jonesport-Beals 17 31 42 57

Class A

Presque Isle 72, Caribou 43

At Presque Isle, Nick Casavant scored 20 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and notched seven assists to power the Wildcats.

Ryan Graves and Jonas Bard each added 14 points for the winners. Fred Bird chipped in with 11 points and Bard had nine rebounds.

Joel Griffith paced Caribou with 14 points and James Sam netted 11.

Caribou (10-6) 43

Griffith 5-3-14, Sam 4-3-11, Giles 4-0-8, Nason 0-2-2, B. Cyr 1-0-2, Nadeau 1-0-2, J. Cyr 1-0-2, Paytas, Noyes, Laraia, Susee, St. Peter, Beaulieu

Presque Isle (9-7) 72

Casavant 8-4-20, Graves 4-6-14, Bard 5-2-14, Bird 4-1-11, James 1-1-3, Griffin 0-2-2, Nadeau 1-0-2, Robertson 3-0-6, Saucier, Hall

3-pt. goals: Bird 2

Caribou 15 24 37 43

Presque Isle 16 34 46 72

JV: Presque Isle 64-55

Girls basketball

Class D

East Grand 67, Washburn 46

At Danforth, Marie Gilman led East Grand with 18 points while Tara Cropley added 17.

Mesha Whitney contributed 12 for the seventh-seeded Vikings.

For No. 10 Washburn, Liz Howard scored 19 points while Angela Flanagin had 12.

Washburn 46

Flanagin 4-2-12, Howard 8-0-19, C. McLaughlin 0-1-1, Maynard 3-1-7, Blakney 2-0-4, Jordan 0-2-2, Campbell 0-1-1, N. McLaughlin, Morrow

East Grand 67

Cropley 6-3-17, Whitney 4-0-12, Faulkner 3-3-9, Godley 2-4-8, Gillman 6-3-18, Parker 0-3-3, Osnoe, Harrington, Page

3-pt. goals: Howard 3, Flanagin 2; Whitney 4, Gillman 3, Cropley 2

Washburn 14 25 38 46

East Grand 17 37 49 67

Shead 49, Houlton Christian 35

At Eastport, Sara Ricker scored nine of her team-high 17 points in the second quarter as sixth seed Shead outscored No. 11 Houlton Christian 16-6 to build a 13-point halftime bulge.

Ricker also grabbed eight rebounds.

Natalie Smith had 15 points and eight rebounds for the winners and Jamie Green hauled down 12 rebounds.

Darcy Nason’s game-high 18 points paced Houlton Christian.

Houlton Christian (7-10) 35

Nason 7-1-18, Bell 1-3-5, A. Wallace 2-0-4, Jago 0-2-2, S. Wallace 1-0-2, J. Lincoln 1-0-2, Kelly 1-0-2, Moakler, K. Lincoln

Shead (14-6) 49

Ricker 7-3-17, Smith 6-3-15, Davis 3-1-8, Green 2-1-5, Stubbs 1-0-2, Beaulieu 1-0-2, Bowen, McPhail, Warren, Mitchell, Bouchard, Lingley

3-pt. goals: Nason 3; Davis

Houlton Christian 9 15 22 35

Shead 12 28 38 49

Class A

Hampden 63, Old Town 54

At Hampden, the Broncos used a balanced scoring attack for the victory.

Megan Magoon and Megan Robinson each scored 14 points for the winners. Emmy Russell chipped in with 13 points and Jamie Wells netted 12.

Jessica Maurais scored 14 points for Old Town and Kasey Spencer and Sarah Metivier each put in 10.

Old Town (6-10) 54

Maurais 6-1-14, Spencer 3-4-10, Greene 0-3-3, Thibodeau 1-1-3, Osborne 3-0-6, Brown 1-4-6, Kennedy 1-0-2, Metivier 5-0-10

Hampden (10-6) 63

Magoon 5-1-14, Robinson 4-6-14, Russell 6-1-13, Wells 6-0-12, Bragg 1-0-2, Butler 1-0-2, Caron 1-0-2, Shaw 2-0-4, Campbell, Hessert, Ireland, Martin, Wilson

3-pt. goals: Maurais; Magoon 3

Old Town 11 27 37 54

Hampden 15 34 52 63

JV: Hampden 67-25