Viking boys keep rolling, girls suffer first loss of year

The Caribou boys used a stifling defense to pull out a 41-25 victory over Foxcroft Academy Saturday in Dover-Foxcroft.
Dayne Savage scored 20 points as the Vikings avenged their loss to the Ponies in last year’s quarterfinal round of the Eastern Maine Class B tournament.
Caribou is now 2-0 and has home games lined up against Fort Kent (tonight) and Old Town (Saturday).    The Viking girls also were 2-0 following last Tuesday’s 57-46 home win over Fort Kent, but were thoroughly beaten by Foxcroft Saturday as Ponies’ transfer Brianna Skolfield put together a brilliant individual effort with 36 points and 27 rebounds in the 74-44 thrashing.
Caribou held one of the league’s top scorers in Mackenzie Coiley to four points, but had no answer for Skolfield.
Bria Judd tossed in 20 points for the Vikings.
In last Tuesday’s victory, Caribou used a 23-point second quarter to turn around a six-point deficit at the end of the first and hold off the Warriors.
Judd notched 16 points, Delaney Williams totaled 14 points and Shyanne Barnes netted nine for the winners.
The Vikings’ next game is Saturday at home against Old Town.
In Class D action involving local teams, the Limestone-MSSM girls improved to 3-0 after topping Central Aroostook Friday in Mars Hill, 64-38.
Sophomore point guard Chelsey Pelkey registered a statistical double-double with 14 points and 10 assists to lead the way. Alexis Bell was also in double figures in scoring with 10.
Washburn saw its 35-game winning streak snapped Friday in a 66-63 loss at Van Buren.
The Beavers trailed by 12 points at halftime and made a late comeback that fell short. The team’s last loss came on Jan. 13, 2012, also in Van Buren.
Carmen Bragg, Washburn’s senior guard, hit a three-pointer in the fourth quarter to allow her to reach the 1,000-point mark for her career. She led the offense with 25 points.
Parise Rossignol, the University of Maine-bound senior guard for the Crusaders, tallied 38 points and also had 10 rebounds and eight assists to lead the winners.
In other girls’ action Friday, Fort Fairfield outscored Southern Aroostook, 27-12, over the second and third quarters, but had to hold off a late charge in a 44-42 triumph.
The Tigers moved to 2-1 on the season behind Whitney McNamee’s 15 points and 14 rebounds.
In boys’ action, the Fort Fairfield Tigers dropped a pair of games to quality opponents in Hodgdon and Easton and fell to 2-2 overall. FF lost to Hodgdon Thursday, 59-47, and to Easton Monday, 46-36.
Washburn won a pair over St. John Valley squads Van Buren (83-63 Friday) and Madawaska (59-43 Monday) to move to 2-1.
The Limestone-MSSM Eagles are now 0-3 following Friday’s 63-29 loss to defending EM champion Central Aroostook.