Players from Stearns High School (from left), Mt. Blue and Waterville in some of the best photographs from the quarterfinals of the 2019 Maine high school basketball tournament. Credit: Joseph Cyr (2); Josh O'Donnell

The 2019 Maine high school basketball tournament quarterfinals are now complete, and teams fought their way through some stiff competition to make it to the semifinals. There were upsets, buzzer-beating shots, blowouts and even one team with its first playoff victory ever.

[Follow all of our 2019 tourney coverage here]

Take a moment to look back through some of the best photographs from the first round of the tourney, thanks to BDN photographers and reporters Joseph Cyr, Josh O’Donnell, Gabor Degre and Pete Warner.

Class AA Boys

Credit: Gabor Degre

Class AA Girls

Credit: Pete Warner

Class A Boys

Credit: Josh O'Donnell
Credit: Josh O'Donnell (2)

Class A Girls

Credit: Josh O'Donnell
Credit: Josh O'Donnell

Class B Boys

Credit: Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times
Credit: Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times
Credit: Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times
Credit: Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times

Class B Girls

Credit: Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times
Credit: Joseph Cyr (2) | Houlton Pioneer Times
Credit: Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times
Credit: Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times

Class C Boys

Credit: Gabor Degre
Credit: Gabor Degre (2)
Credit: Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times
Credit: Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times

Class C Girls

Credit: Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times
Credit: Pete Warner
Credit: Pete Warner

Class D Boys

Credit: Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times
Credit: Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times
Credit: Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times

Class D Girls

Credit: Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times
Credit: Joseph Cyr (2) | Houlton Pioneer Times
Credit: Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times

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