Girls’ squads stay busy on hardwood

By Joseph Cyr
Staff Writer
There was no rest for schoolgirl basketball squads this holiday season. Unlike past years when high school basketball teams enjoyed a break during the Christmas season, there was relatively little downtime for teams as the regular season resumed Dec. 26.    As of Monday morning, the Houlton girls (3-2, 3.1790 tournament index points) were the No. 8 seed in Eastern Class C, according to the Maine Principals Association Heal Points standings. Dexter (5-2, 8.6728) was the top seed in the region.
In Eastern Class D, Southern Aroostook (4-2, 4.1667) was 10th, while East Grand (2-2, 3.7963) was 11th; Greater Houlton Christian Academy (4-2, 3.5802) was 12th; Katahdin (2-3, 2.0988) was 13th; and Hodgdon (0-7, no points) was tied for last.
The following is a recap of local girls hoop action for games played through Saturday, Dec. 28.
GHCA 48, Hodgdon 17 — At Hodgdon Saturday, the Eagles rolled to the victory. Individual game results were not available by presstime.
Houlton 55, Madawaska 23 — At Madawaska Saturday afternoon, Katie Condon poured in 17 points to spark the Shires past Madawaska. Brianna Longstaff added 10 in the victory. Houlton led 15-8, 36-12 and 44-17 at the quarter breaks.
Alexis Levesque led Madawaska (1-5) with nine points.
Katahdin 42, East Grand 27 — At Danforth Saturday, the visiting Cougars received a 12-point effort from Courtney Stevens, while Morgan Livezey and Georgia Landry each added six to beat East Grand. Katahdin led 16-6, 24-15 and 33-17 at the quarter breaks.
For East Grand, Sarah Stoddard led the way with 11 points, while Allie McEwen added five and Kim Stoddard had four.
Easton 50, GHCA 24 — At the University of Maine-Presque Isle Dec. 26, the Bears broke open a tight game with a solid third-quarter run to defeat Greater Houlton Christian Academy. Easton (4-2) was led by Kalie Ward with 13 points, while Mariah Cyr added 11.
For the Eagles (3-2), Colby Walker netted 10 points, while Rylee Warman added eight.
GHCA led 10-4 in the first quarter, but trailed 21-18 at halftime and 33-24 after three periods.
Limestone-MSSM 68, Hodgdon 18 — At Hodgdon Dec. 23, Chelsea Pelkey drained 18 points to spark Limestone-MSSM to victory over the Hawks. Jackie Peers and Jordyn Hopkins each had nine points and Melissa Cantafio added eight.
Limestone-MSSM led 18-6, 32-10 and 46-15 at the quarter breaks.
For the Hawks, Summer Stoddard scored 11 of the team’s 18 points.