SAHS pulls off major upset
over Fort Fairfield Tigers
By Jon Gulliver
Staff writer
The preliminary round of the schoolgirl basketball playoffs was not particularly kind to local teams. Here’s a recap of the prelims:
Southern Aroostook 66, Fort Fairfield 65 — Most folks thought the Southern Aroostook Warriors, the 15th seed in the postseason, had no shot at winning their preliminary game on the road against the second ranked Fort Fairfield Tigers, but somebody forgot to tell Southern Aroostook. The Warriors came to play and scored a stunning upset in overtime over the Tigers, 66-65.
Jessica Tucker scored 31 points — including seven 3-pointers — to pace the Warriors. Sable Altvater had 12 points for 9-10 Southern Aroostook.
Fort Fairfield (14-5) was led by Amanda Hotham with 23 points followed by Jessica Goshorn with nine, Sydney Churchill with eight and Logan Bubar with seven points.
Shead 52, Easton 35 — At Eastport Feb. 14, Randi DeWitt’s 13-point, eight-rebound effort sparked the No. 5 Tigerettes into the quarterfinals.
Mariah Cyr led a balanced performance by No. 12 Easton (10-9) with 10 points and three steals. Carla Halvorson provided nine points and four rebounds and Kylee Carter added eight points, four assists and five steals.
Central Aroostook 75, Machias 27 — At Mars Hill Feb. 14, Central Aroostook’s Rachel Grew set a postseason record by draining seven three-pointers en route to 27 points as the third-seeded Panthers beat Machias (No. 14) by nearly 50 points.
“We came ready to play that night,” said first-year Central Aroostook coach Stori Shaw. “Rachel shot the ball really well and we boxed out and played well inside.”
Victoria McIntyre filled up the state sheet once again, scoring 17 points, with eight rebounds and five steals. Kayla Cushman had a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds and Sarah Grass chipped in with 10 points.
