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| Photo courtesy Stephen Leighton Limestone’s Stephanie Leighton looks to make a move against Natasha Bourgoin of Van Buren. Amanda Allen (25) stands behind the three-point arc looking for a possible pass. Van Buren won the game, 50-37. |
It’s been a busy first few days of the high school basketball season and already two of the stronger teams in Class D girls, Washburn and Fort Fairfield, have squared off.
The Presque Isle Wildcats opened up at home with a win and a premier player in the state has twice played a Central Aroostook area team and put up some impressive numbers.
Here’s a recap of games played through Monday, Dec. 12:
Washburn 61, Fort Fairfield 44 — On Monday in Fort Fairfield the Tigers hosted the defending state champion Washburn Beavers in front of a big and vocal crowd. The two teams played a close contest for most of the night, but Washburn pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 61-44 win.
Washburn freshman Mackenzie Worcester had a big game, scoring 25 points. Carmen Bragg added 11. The Beavers start the season with a win.
For the 1-1 Tigers Amanda Hotham scored 25 points and Danielle Tracy chipped in with nine.
Central Aroostook 49, Southern Aroostook 29 — Central Aroostook opened up their season on the road in Dyer Brook taking on the Southern Aroostook Warriors and the Panthers gave first-year coach Stori Shaw a victory, 49-29.
Rachael Grew and Sarah Grass each scored 11 points for the Panthers.
Olivia Raymond scored nine points to lead 0-2 Southern Aroostook while Sable Altavater and Kaitlyn Sommers each added six.
Ashland 43, East Grand 36 — At Danforth Monday, Ashland overcame a four-point deficit at the end of the third quarter and outscored East Grand 19-8 to record the win in a close contest.
Kayla Cote paced 1-0 Ashland with 15 points and Britney Harris added nine.
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| Aroostook Republican photo/Jon Gulliver Joan Overman of Washburn goes up for a layup against the Fort Fairfield Tigers. After playing a relatively close game for the first three quarters the Beavers pulled away in the fourth and posted a 61-44 win. |
Shaunna Beaudoin scored 13 points to lead East Grand and Shelby Lindsey chipped in with nine.
Van Buren 63, Easton 49 — In Easton Monday night, sophomore Parise Rossignol went 14 for 15 from the free throw line en route to 31 points to lead Van Buren past Easton.
Easton, now 1-1, was paced by Hannah Ferris with 14 points and eight rebounds. Carla Halvorson added 14 points and Ariana Babineau had eight points and 11 rebounds.
Van Buren is now 2-0.
Presque Isle 64, Hermon 32 — The Presque Isle Wildcats opened up their season at home on Saturday taking on the Hermon Hawks.
Presque Isle used a big third quarter, outscoring Hermon 26-13, to gain the win.
Megan Ireland scored 12 of her 15 points in the third quarter for the 1-0 Wildcats. Chandler Guerrette finished with a game-high 18 points.
Raychel Alley paced 0-1 Hermon with 12 points while Jenna Crouse chipped in with nine.
Fort Fairfield 71, Katahdin 35 — At Stacyville Saturday, Amanda Hotham scored 15 points as Fort Fairfield rolled past Katahdin.
Danielle Tracy posted 12 points for the Tigers while Sydney Churchill added 10.
Megan Merry paced the Cougars with a game-high 16 points.
Easton, 43, East Grand 18 — At Danforth Saturday, Carla Halvorson had 16 points to lead Easton by East Grand.
Ariana Babineau chipped in with 10 points for the 1-0 Bears.
Shaunna Beaudoin scored eight points for the 0-1 Vikings.
John Bapst 42, Caribou 36 — The Caribou Vikings opened up the 2011-12 basketball season by traveling down to the campus of the University of Maine Saturday to take on the John Bapst Crusaders at “The Pit.”
Caribou coach Ryan Deprey said it was a great game for three quarters, but the Vikings only scored five points in the last 10 minutes of the contest and lost 42-36.
“That was just not getting it done,” he said. “We have to close out games better. We have a deep bench and I need to do a better job utilizing that to keep the kids fresher for better results late in the game.”
Rebecca McDougal led Caribou in scoring with 13 and Alexa Massey chipped in with seven.
Emily Tilton netted 12 points and collected 13 rebounds to lead John Bapst.
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| Aroostook Republican photo/Jon Gulliver Fort Fairfield’s Amanda Hotham tries to get a shot up in the lane against two Washburn defenders. The Beavers won the game over the Tigers, 61-44. Hotham did net 25 points. |
Van Buren 50, Limestone/MSSM 37 —At Van Buren Friday, Parise Rossignol scored 27 points, grabbed seven rebounds and recorded four assists to lead the Crusaders by the Eagles in the mutual opener.
Felisha Bouchard chipped in with 11 points for the Crusaders and Ashlie Wilson added eight points and eight rebounds.
Danielle Pelkey, Stephanie Leighton and Mallory Patten each scored 10 points for Limestone.
