MILLINOCKET – Bill Newman scored 15 points to pace the Bangor Rams to an easy 69-48 schoolboy basketball victory over the host Stearns High Minutemen Friday night at Wentworth Gym.

Bangor turned a 17-10 first-period lead into a 38-19 halftime gap by outscoring Stearns 21-9 in the second period.

Mark Reed chipped in with 11 points for the Rams, now 12-4.

Aaron Vinson led 2-15 Stearns with 22 points.

Bangor (69)

B. Newman 7, Reed 5(1), Tennett 2(4), Clark 2(4), Bradford 3, Heistand 2, Subjoc 1(3), Pickering 2, M. Newman 1, Brown (2), Parke (1), Keeling, Jarvis Stearns (48)

Vinson 9, DeWitt 3(1), Bernier 2, Montgomery 2, Wildman 1, Pineau 1, Dubois (2), O’Connor 1, Portwine 1, Seamans, Legassey

3-pt. goals: B. Newman, Bradford, Heistand 2, Vinson 4, Wildman Bangor 17 38 51 69 Stearns 10 19 34 48

JV: Bangor 62, Stearns 47