Stephenson keys Wildcat victory
Boys and girls roll past John Bapst Crusaders
Jonah Stephenson had a game to remember Thursday against the John Bapst Crusaders.
SHOOTING STAR 
— Wildcat senior guard Jonah Stephenson drops one of his six three-pointers against the John Bapst Crusaders Thursday. Teammate Tyler Brooks gets ready to head in for an offensive rebound. Presque Isle was a 79-42 winner.
The senior point guard for the Presque Isle Wildcats made six of his nine attempts from beyond the three-point line and finished with 24 points, six assists and three steals in a 79-42 romp in a game played at PIHS.
PI led 25-5 after the quarter break, gave up eight consecutive points to begin the second quarter but regrouped and led by 27 points at intermission.
Tyler Brooks scored 13 points and Bradley Shields added 10. Corey Willette pulled down a team-best five rebounds.
Riley Tapley was 0-4 Bapst’s lone double-digit scorer with 12 points.
Also on Thursday, the Wildcat girls used a stingy defense, holding the Crusaders to four first-half points, and won their fifth consecutive game to begin the season by a 63-19 final.
SCORING CHANCE — Presque Isle’s Hannah Graham 
drives to the hoop against John Bapst defender Tessa Lilley in the third period of Thursday’s game at PIHS. The Wildcats prevailed, 63-19.
Chandler Guerrette scored a game-high 16 points to lead the charge. Megan Ireland netted 13 points and Hannah Graham chipped in with 10 to lead PI.
Hannah Philippon and Megan True tallied six points each for the Crusaders, who fell to 1-3 with the loss.
In Class D action last week, Fort Fairfield needed overtime, but was able to get past the Katahdin Cougars in a boys’ game Thursday, 56-49.
Andrew Lewis hit a shot with 18 seconds left for FF to send the game into overtime. He ended up with 26 points, while Andrew Tuck netted 11 more for the 4-2 Tigers.
Colton Bivighouse scored 20 for the Cougars.
The only other boys’ game played through Thursday saw Washburn race past Wisdom Thursday, 77-27.
The Washburn girls proved too much for Easton in a home game played last Tuesday. The Beavers’ Mackenzie Worcester had 22 points to go along with six assists and five steals in a 67-24 triumph.
Carsyn Koch had 14 points and Grace Braley 10 off the bench for the winners, who also defeated Wisdom Thursday, 68-22, and are now 5-0 on the campaign.
Cassandra Buck tossed in nine points as Easton’s leading scorer.
