Thornton Academy defeated Noble in a AA South quarterfinal matchup Wednesday. Credit: Thornton Academy | Facebook Live

Top-seed Thornton Academy maintained an early lead against No. 8 Noble to emerge victorious in Wednesday’s AA South quarterfinal matchup with a final score of 66-29.

Thornton Academy improves to 15-4 on the season. Noble ends its season at 3-16.


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Thornton Academy will advance to the semifinals, where they will face the winner of tonight’s contest between No. 5 Scarborough (10-8) at No. 4 Gorham (11-7) on Tuesday, Feb. 19.

Thornton Academy was ousted from last year’s tourney in the semifinal round, falling to South Portland 51-36.

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Lindsay Putnam is a senior editor covering Greater Bangor news and sports for the Bangor Daily News, where she has worked since 2018. Lindsay previously worked as an editor and reporter at the New York...

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