Presque Isle 48, Hermon 45
At Hermon, Oliver Zubrick scored 16 points and Travis Dyer added 15 as Presque Isle held on for a season-opening Class B victory.
The Wildcats built a second-half lead of as many as eight points, but Hermon rallied to take a one-point lead at 45-44 before Presque Isle scored the final four points of the game.
Freshman guard Tyler Thayer led Hermon with 16 points, while junior Braddock Deabay and sophomore Fritz Marseille added 11 points each,
Presque Isle (1-0) 48
Escobar, York 1-1-4, Dyer 6-1-15, Tuttle 3-1-7, Bonville 1-0-2, Legassie, Gibson 2-0-4, Zubrick 6-4-16, Cash
Hermon (0-1) 45
Marseille 4-3-11, Dearborn, Fournier, Deabay 5-0-11, Thayer 6-2-16, Allen 0-2-2, Jellison 2-0-4, Martin 0-1-1
3-pt. goals: Dyer 2, York; Thayer 2, Deabay
Presque Isle 10 24 37 48
Hermon 10 24 31 45
Caribou 45, Bucksport 27
At Bucksport, Matt Till scored 10 of his game-high 17 points in the fourth quarter to spark Caribou by Bucksport.
Roland Thibodeau added 13 points for the Vikings.
Tyler French scored 11 points to pace the Golden Bucks.
Caribou (1-0) 45
Caverhill 2-0-4, Thibodeau 5-3-13, Berkoski, Sirois, Milliard, Till 7-0-17, St. Peter 3-1-7, Holdsworth 2-0-4, Richardson, Jordan
Bucksport (0-1) 27
Gray 1-0-2, Bailey 1-0-3, French 4-0-11, Burgess, Chaffee, Cummings, Young, Geagan, Goodin, Swazey 3-2-8, Eldridge 1-1-3
3-pt. goals: Till 3; Bailey, French 3
Caribou 15 21 28 45
Bucksport 7 22 24 27
Madawaska 85, Houlton 51
At Madawaska, D.J. Gendreau had 25 points and 14 rebounds, both game highs, to lead Madawaska past the visiting Shiretowners.
Matt Deschenes scored 20 and Jonathan Lee added 11 to go with six assists for the Owls.
Daniel Swallow and Micah Goetsch scored 11 and 10 points, respectively, for Houlton.
Houlton (0-1) 51
Thomas, Goetsch 4-2-10, Crockett 3-0-6, Anderson 2-0-4, Quint 2-0-4, Swallow 5-1-11, Flewelling 1-1-4, Harvey 1-0-2, Hanning, Dickinson 0-1-1, Woods, Cone, Guiod 4-1-9
Madawaska (2-0) 85
J. Lee 4-1-11, M. Deschenes 7-2-20, D.J. Gendreau 8-8-25, I. Lee 0-2-2, Nadeau 2-1-7, J. Gendreau 1-0-2, Desrosier 2-3-8, D. Pelletier 0-4-4, T. Pelletier 2-0-4, Michaud 1-0-2
3-pt. goals: Flewelling; Lee 2, M. Deschenes 4, D.J. Gendreau, Nadeau 2, Desrosier
Houlton 15 26 37 51
Madawaska 24 46 65 85
JV: Madawaska 58-44
GHCA 57, Van Buren 41
At University of Maine at Presque Isle, Micah Wiley scored 21 points as Greater Houlton Christian Academy defeated Van Buren.
Ethan Holmes added 15 points and 20 rebounds for the Eagles.
Van Buren was led by Eric LaPlante with 12 points.
Van Buren (0-1) 41
Edgecomb 3-1-7, Theriault 1-0-2, Cullinan 2-1-6, Banks 3-0-6, LaPlante 4-2-12, LaPierre 1-1-3, Chambers 0-1-1, Rog 1-0-2, Locket 1-0-2, Lajoie
GHCA (1-1) 57
Vargas 2-1-5, Socoby 1-0-2, Straubel 1-2-4, Wiley 8-2-21, A. Holmes 0-1-1, E. Holmes 5-5-15, Little 4-1-9, Long, Schenck
3-pt. goals: LaPlante 2, Cullinan; Wiley 3
Van Buren 8 16 25 41
GHCA 14 29 42 57
JV: Van Buren 48-29
MDI 42, Old Town 36
At Old Town, Mount Desert Island of Bar Harbor outscored Old Town 18-5 in the fourth quarter to rally to victory.
Ben Walls led the Trojans with 11 points while Caleb MacDonald chipped in 10 points.
Senior Cole Haskell had 12 points and five blocked shots to pace Old Town. Garrett Libby tallied 11 points.
MDI (1-0) 42
Shaw 3-3-9, MacDonald 3-4-10, Walls 3-2-11, Chisholm 1-0-2, Lynde 1-3-5, Joy 2-1-5, Smith
Old Town (0-1) 36
Archer 1-0-2, Abbott 1-1-3, Haskell 6-0-12, Libby 5-0-11, Boyington 2-0-4, Loring 1-2-4, Melmed
3-pt. goals: Walls 3; Libby
MDI 10 13 24 42
Old Town 10 19 31 36
DI-Stonington 50, Shead 36
At Deer Isle, Dylan Brown scored eight of his 14 points in the second quarter as Deer Isle-Stonington defeated Shead of Eastport.
Sam Grindle had 12 points for the Mariners. Connor Morey totaled 10 points, five rebounds and three steals. Hayden Ciomei had nine rebounds.
Dave Medeiros led the Tigers with 23 points.
Shead (0-1) 36
Medeiros 5-11-23, Garnett 2-0-4, Nicholas 2-0-4, Follis 1-0-2, Demolet 0-2-2, Stanhope 0-1-1, Seeley, Stevens, Coles
Deer Isle-Stonington (1-0) 50
Brown 5-4-14, Grindle 5-0-12, Morey 3-3-10, Melanio 2-4-8, Ciomei 2-0-4, Cormier 1-0-2, Bartlett, Leighton, Lawson, Adams
3-pt. goals: Grindle 2, Morey; Medeiros 2
Shead 4 14 20 36
DI-Stonington 8 26 38 50
JV: Shead 49-40
Ellsworth 65, John Bapst 50
At Husson University’s Newman Gymnasium, Andrew Austin and Cote Card scored 15 and 14 points, respectively, to help the Eagles post a season-opening victory.
Nick Richie added 10 points for Ellsworth.
Chris Hammond hit five 3-pointers on his way to a game-high 19 points to pace John Bapst of Bangor. Pete Pfister scored 13 points and Lucas Philippon contributed 11.
Ellsworth (1-0) 65
Austin 6-2-15, Card 6-2-14, Richie 4-2-10, Haslam, Carter 2-2-7, Curtis, Holt 4-1-9, Sawyer 1-0-3, Palmer 3-1-7
John Bapst (0-1) 50
Hammond 7-0-19, Pfister 4-3-13, Philippon 4-2-11, Charpentier, O’Donnell, Andrews 1-1-3, Ortiz, Desmond 2-0-4
Ellsworth 14 33 50 65
John Bapst 17 27 41 50
Schenck 57, Piscataquis 41
At Guilford, Aaron Vienneau led four Wolverines in double figures with 15 points as Schenck of East Millinocket topped Piscataquis.
Zach McLaughlin scored 12 points for Schenck while Eric Theriault had 11 points and Brandon Theriault added 10 points.
Andrew Cartwright paced the Pirates with 15 points. Nick Schmiedlehner had 11 points.
Schenck (1-1) 57
Vienneau 6-0-15, McLaughlin 5-2-12, E. Theriault 4-2-11, B. Theriault 2-6-10, Cram 3-1-7, T. Tanous 1-0-2, D. Tanous, Dickey, Lyons, Smith, Beaumont, Turcotte
Piscataquis (0-1) 41
A. Cartwright 5-4-15, Schmiedlehner 4-0-11, Spaulding 1-2-4, Izbicki 2-3-7, W. Cartwright 2-0-4, Roberts, Duby, London, Cole
3-pt. goals: Vienneau 3, E. Theriault; Schmiedlehner 3, Cartwright
Schenck 22 32 50 57
Piscataquis 4 11 29 41
Foxcroft 55, WA Raiders 53
At East Machias, Kyle Gould scored 15 points as Foxcroft Academy held off Washington Academy.
Chris Johnson added nine points for the Ponies.
Jacob Schoppee scored 13 points for the Raiders. Romayn Richards had 11 points and Drew Sansing scored 10 points.
Foxcroft Academy (1-0) 55
Briggs 2-3-7, Gould 5-1-15, Merrill 3-2-8, Clark 1-0-2, Coiley 1-4-6, Johnson 2-5-9, Rebar 2-3-8, Davis, Sharrow
Washington Academy (0-1) 53
Richards 4-3-11, Sansing 4-0-10, Huffman 2-0-4, Porter 2-1-5, Varney 4-0-8, Schoppee 5-0-13, Sawyer 1-0-2, Pineo, Currier, Francis
3-pt. goals: Gould 4, Rebar; Schoppee 3, Sansing 2
Foxcroft 12 26 39 55
Washington Acad. 12 27 36 53
Easton 90, East Grand 9
At Easton, Reid Clark scored 22 points in leading Easton past East Grand of Danforth.
Jared Hafford had 12 points for the Bears while Garrett Gray scored 11 points and Jonah Bacon added 10 points.
Dustin Morse scored six points for East Grand.
East Grand (0-1) 9
D. Morse 3-0-6, Schurman 1-0-3, Crane, Noble, A. Brittain, N. Morse, Knights, Holmes, Cousins, Bartlett, J. Brittain, Kenyon, Crockett, Hagerty
Easton (2-0) 90
Z. Clark 2-0-4, Ho. Turner 3-3-9, Gray 5-1-11, Hafford 5-0-12, Mullen 2-0-4, Jo. Bacon 5-0-10, Hu. Turner 4-0-8, Tompkins 4-0-8, R. Clark 10-2-22, Condon 1-0-2, Ja. Bacon
3-pt. goals: Schurman; Hafford 2
East Grand 4 4 6 9
Easton 27 49 70 90
JV: Easton 47-9
Stearns 72, Searsport 45
At Millinocket, Brandon McLaughlin scored a game-high 35 points and powered the Stearns Minutemen past Searsport.
Ethan Michaud scored 11 points for the Minutemen.
Milton Jones led the Vikings with 16. Shane Seekins and Rocky Faunce each scored 10.
Searsport (0-1) 45
Seekins 4-0-10, Jones 8-0-16, Faunce 4-2-10, Connor 1-0-3, Ellis 2-2-6, Beaudy, Bean, B. Bucklin
Stearns (1-0) 72
McLaughlin 14-4-35, Michaud 3-4-11, Herring, Bri. Bouchard 2-0-4, Bra. Bouchard 3-2-9, Eurich 2-4-8, Bolduc 1-0-2, McLeary 1-1-3, MacKenzie, Wallace, Waller
3-pt. goals: Seekins 2, Connor; McLaughlin 3, Michaud, Bra. Bouchard
Searsport 10 17 29 45
Stearns 24 41 57 72
Postgrads
MCI PG’s 100, South Kent 72
At Pittsfield, Omari Greer scored a game-high 29 points to pace the Maine Central Institute Postgrads team past South Kent of Kent, Conn., Sunday.
Rafael Maya had 25 points and 19 rebounds for 9-3 MCI. Khristian Smith scored 19 and Daishon Knight added 14.
Maurice Harkless scored 23 for South Kent and Nemenja Djurisic added 21.
South Kent 72
Harkless 8-6-23, Djurisic 9-0-21, Ledo 4-2-12, Crowley, Randall, Jernigan 2-1-5, Williams 3-3-9, Gjikondi 1-0-2
MCI 100
Knight 5-4-14, Thoseby 1-0-3, Greer 10-2-29, Filipan 1-0-2, Vilmont, Smith 8-2-19, Beshears 4-0-8, Maya 9-7-25
3-pt. goals: Harkless, Djurisic 3, Ledo 2; Thoseby, Greer 7, Smith
Halftime: MCI 52-40