Caleb Wheaton of the Wildcats drives in for layup past Caribou's Jacob Marker during a January 2019 varsity basketball game at Presque Isle. Credit: Terry Sandusky

The No. 8 Presque Isle boys narrowly edged out No. 9 Foxcroft Academy 52-49 in a Class B North preliminary basketball game Thursday night to advance to the quarterfinal round.

Presque Isle’s win improves the team record to 9-10. Foxcroft Academy ends its season with a 7-12 record.

Presque Isle moves on to the quarterfinals, where they will next face Hermon on Saturday, Feb. 16.

Presque Isle fell to Mount Desert Isle in the semifinals in 2018, 72-60. Foxcroft Academy did not earn a spot in last year’s tourney.

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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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