PRESQUE ISLE – Caribou jumped out to a 16-6 first-quarter advantage and battled to a 63-52 win over Big East rival Presque Isle here in a clash of tourney contenders Wednesday in boys basketball action.

Erik Salminen scored 21 to pace the Vikings, while Brent Doody had 13 and Chris Funk added 11.

Matt Casavant scored 13 points for the Wildcats. Tate McPherson had 11 points and 13 rebounds and Colin White netted 10.

Caribou (6-1) 63

Salminen 7-5-21, Doody 6-0-13, Funk 5-1-11, Newbegin 3-0-6, Clark 2-1-5, St. Peter 1-1-3, Phelps 2-0-4, Griffeth, Sargent, Walker, Smith Presque Isle (7-2) 52

Casavant 5-2-13, McPherson 5-1-11, White 4-0-10, McLellan 1-0-3, Plummer 2-1-5, Saucier 2-2-6, Keenan 1-0-2, Demerchant 1-0-2, Archer

3 pt. goals: Salminen 2, Doody; Casavant, White 2 Caribou 16 35 46 63 Presque Isle 6 27 36 52

Greenville 64, Forest Hills 58

At Jackman, the Lakers used a balanced scoring attack to hold off the Tigers.

Chad Owens scored 21 points for the winners, Scott Anderson put in 14, Jake Ward netted 11, and Brian Morrill added 10.

Tim Poulin paced the Tigers with 22 points, Lucas VanCamp added 18, and Nate VanCamp netted 10.

Greenville (6-4) 64

Owens 7-7-21, Anderson 4-4-14, Morrill 4-2-10, Ward 2-7-11, McEachern 4-0-8, Burgess 0-1-1, Meserve, Carter, Wilson, Libby Forest Hills (1-7) 58

T. Poulin 8-2-22, L. VanCamp 8-1-18, N. VanCamp 4-2-10, Turmel 2-0-4, Guay 0-2-2, Haggan, Ho, C. Poulin, Forgue

3-pt. goals: Anderson; T. Poulin 4, L. VanCamp Greenville 13 26 45 64 Forest Hills 10 19 37 58

MDI 81, Sumner 70

At East Sullivan, the Mount Desert Island Trojans outscored the Tigers 27-18 in the second quarter and went on to record their fifth win.

Mark Corliss scored 14 points for the winners while John Myers, Jason Asher, and Jared Polchies each chipped in with 13.

Linden Curtis poured in 28 points for Sumner, Dave Seward added 20, and Erik Ford netted 10.

MDI (5-5) 81

Daly 2-0-4, Gilbert 3-2-8, Meyers 6-1-13, Asher 4-4-13, Dunbar 1-0-2, Gray 4-0-8, Worcester 2-2-6, Corliss 5-4-14, Polchies 4-5-13 Sumner (4-5) 70

Ford 2-6-10, Sites, Seward 5-8-20, Parritt 1-0-2, Jordan 1-0-2, Curtis 12-3-28, Knowlton, Schwartz 4-0-8

3-pt. goals: Asher; Seward 2, Curtis MDI 14 41 63 81 Sumner 14 32 49 70

JV: MDI 80, Sumner 60

Foxcroft 82, Mattanawcook 54

At Dover-Foxcroft, the Ponies’ 6-foot-6 Duane Walton and 6-foot-5 Dana Lovell combined for 46 points, 25 rebounds and nine blocked shots to key the win.

Walton scored 34, had 13 rebounds and five blocked shots, while Lovell added 12 points, 12 boards and four blocks. Derek Grant tossed in 19 for the Ponies.

Spike Clemons scored 25 points for Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln.

Mattanawcook (3-6) 54

House 1-4-6, Be. Greenlaw 1-0-2, R. Libby 1-0-2, Clemons 8-6-25, Br. Greenlaw 0-1-1, E. Libby 1-0-2, Knights 2-1-5, Paige 1-3-5, McGowan 1-2-4, Hanscom 1-0-2, McConnell, Gill Foxcroft Academy (3-9) 82

Nelson 1-0-3, D. Grant 8-3-19, C. Grant 1-0-2, Lovell 5-2-12, Bragan 2-0-4, Smith 3-0-6, Nutter 1-0-2, Walton 14-4-34, Blakely

3-pt. goals: Clemons 3; Nelson, Walton 2 Mattanawcook Academy 14 29 43 54 Foxcroft Academy 18 36 57 82

JV: Mattanawcook 61, Foxcroft 57

CAHS 66, Hodgdon 60

At Mars Hill on Tuesday night, Tim Brewer connected on five key foul shots down the stretch as Central Aroostook held off the Hawks.

Brewer scored 24 points for CAHS, while Matt Townsend contributed 18 points. Townsend grabbed 11 rebounds, and Brewer had eight rebounds.

Jered Stewart paced Hodgdon with 21 points, including four 3-pointers, and Sam Henderson pumped in 20.

Hodgdon (5-3) 63

Stewart 7-0-21, Henderson 8-4-20, White 2-3-7, Gricus 2-2-6, Karnes 2-0-4, Sjoberg 1-1-3, Cole 1-0-2, Bell

Central Aroostook (8-1) 66

Tim Brewer 7-8-24, Matt Townsend 7-2-18, Libby 3-1-7, Orser 2-2-7, Allen 2-1-5, Shaw 1-0-3, Karney 1-0-2

3 pt. goals: Brewer 2, Townshend 2, Orser, Shaw; Stewart 4 Hodgdon 17 33 47 63 CAHS 19 31 51 66

JV: Hodgdon 73, CAHS 47

MCI 65, Hermon 62

At Pittsfield on Tuesday night, Chuck Graham scored 20 points and hit both ends of a 1-and-1 with one second left to preserve the win for host Maine Central Institute Huskies over Hermon. SL: BOYLEAD

PAGE: 3 Andy Louder scored 17 points for the Huskies.

Steve Tweedie scored 19 points, Robbie Watson had 18, and Joe Crowell added 12 for the Hermon Hawks.

Hermon (1-8) 62

Tweedie 7-3-19, Watson 8-2-18, Johnson 0-3-3, Bartlett 1-0-2, Stuber 0-3-3, Patten 2-1-5, Crowell 4-3-12, Scripture, Moir MCI (3-6) 65

Louder 7-1-17, Graham 7-5-20, Lambert 0-2-2, Brown 1-0-3, Seaward 2-1-6, Love 1-2-4, Dejesus 1-1-3, Fitts 1-0-3, Weaver 1-1-3, Ross 2-0-4

3-pt. goals: Tweedie 2, Crowell; Louder 2, Graham, Fitts Hermon 14 36 53 62 MCI 11 31 50 65

JV: Hermon 53, MCI 45

Penquis 61, PVHS 49

At Howland on Tuesday night, Andy Hoyle scored 16 and Brian Heal added 15 as the Patriots of Milo posted the win over the host Howlers.

John Pokrywka netted 13 more for the winners.

Brad Durost was the big scorer for Penobscot Valley, as he threw in 25. Corey Fleming added 11 for the Howlers.

Penquis 61

Russell, Harmon, A. Hoyle 7-2-16, Parent, Lyford, J. Hoyle 1-0-2, Carey 2-0-4, T. Cowing 3-2-8, Heal 6-3-15, Pokrywka 5-2-13, C. Cowing 0-1-1, Harris Penobscot Valley 49

Jas. Leveille 2-0-4, Dunn 0-2-2, Jam. Leveille, Weymouth 0-1-1, Fleming 5-0-11, O’Brien, Cummings 3-0-6, Lane, Durost 12-0-25, Fogg, Spaulding, Pelletier

3-pt. goals: Pokrywka, Durost Penquis 17 35 53 61 Penobscot Valley 8 26 33 49