AUGUSTA — Cody Laweryson scored 12 of his game-high 31 points in third quarter to help Valley High of Bingham pull away for a 60-45 Class D South boys basketball quarterfinal win over Greenville at the Augusta Civic Center.
No. 1 Valley (19-0) advances to play No. 3 Seacoast Christian (14-6) in Saturday’s 2:45 p.m. South regional title game.
Nathan Ames, Collin Miller and Austin Cates contributed eight points apiece for the Cavaliers.
Nick Foley led Greenville (14-6) with 14 points and Tim White provided 10 points.
Greenville 9 31 41 52
Valley 17 30 51 60
Seacoast Chr. 63, Islesboro 53
At the Augusta Civic Center, Skyler Archer’s 18 points set the tone for Seacoast Christian’s 63-53 quarterfinal victory over Islesboro.
Tim Yeaton tossed in 17 points and Caleb Lacroix scored 14 for the third-seeded winners (14-6).
Forrest Boucher connected for a game-best 22 points to pace No. 7 Islesboro (12-8). Jake Pelligrino scored 12 points, while Avery Grindle and John Runnion-Bareford added 10 and nine points, respectively.
Islesboro 8 24 38 53
Seacoast 14 30 47 63
Girls
Class A North
Messalonskee 55, Gardiner 47
At the Augusta Civic Center, Sophie Holmes poured in 24 points as the second-seeded Eagles ousted the No. 3 Tigers.
Mckenna Brodeur netted 13 points and Ally Turner tallied 10 for Messalonskee of Oakland (17-3), which faces top-ranked Lawrence (20-0) in Friday’s 1:05 p.m. regional title game.
Lauren Chadwick paced Gardiner (15-5) with 17 points and Mary Toman posted 14 points.
Gardiner 9 17 32 47
Messalonskee 19 29 47 55
Class D South
Temple Acad. 60, Highview Chr. 44
At the Augusta Civic Center, Kiara Carr connected for 20 of her game-high 28 points in the second half to carry the Bereans past the Knights.
Fourth-seeded Temple Academy of Waterville (13-6) moves into Saturday’s 9:05 a.m. regional championship game against top-ranked Rangeley.
Deleyni Carr scored 13 points and Selam Heinrich chipped in with 11 for the winners.
Kelsea McDonald led No. 5 Highview Christian Academy of Charleston (12-7) with 13 points. Megan McDonald netted 10 points, Cassidy Burns provided nine and Cassidy Lessner added eight.
Highview Chr. 12 23 31 44
Temple Acad. 11 23 41 60
Rangeley 76, GPCS 29
At the Augusta Civic Center, the Lakers raced to a 25-6 first-quarter lead en route to the lopsided semifinal win over Greater Portland Christian.
Sydney Royce sparked top-seeded Rangeley (18-1), which plays Temple Academy in Saturday’s title contest, with 22 points. Blayke Morin and Natasha Haley tossed in 15 and 14 points, respectively.
Clarissa Jones led the way for GPCS (6-13) with 14 points.
GPCS 6 8 18 29
Rangeley 25 48 64 76