Central Aroostook guard Stetson Nicholas keeps a close eye on the ball as a Stearns player looks to pass during the Class C North boys basketball quarterfinal at the Cross Insurance Center on Feb. 18, 2020. Credit: Natalie Williams / BDN

BOYS BASKETBALL

Cen. Aroostook 72, Presque Isle 67 (OT)

At Presque Isle

Central Aroostook: Josh Thomas, 6-6-18, Cody McCrum 2-3-10, Stetson Nicholas 7-5-22, Josh Dahl 0-0-0, Lucas Haines 2-5-12, Zaylan Johnston 2-0-4, Malachi Fitzherbert 3-0-6, Coby Burlock 0-0-0

Presque Isle: Jude Mosher 0-0-0, Brady Castonguay 0-0-0, Dawson Beaulieu 1-0-2, Noah Yarema 3-1-13, Jacob Devine 2-0-4, Jackson Maynard 0-0-6, Malachi Cummings 8-4-29, Connor Rideout 1-0-2, Jack Buck 0-0-0,

Xavier McAtee 4-3-11, Jack Hallett 0-0-0, Jenson Sargent 0-0-0

CAHS 14-26-45-61-72

PI 19-34-47-61-67

3-pt. goals: McCrum, Nicholas, Haines; Yarema 2, Maynard 2, Cummings 3

JV: PI 62-28

Dexter 59, Penquis 53

At Milo

Dexter (10-2): Paker Ponte 2-2-8, Avery Gagnon 1-0-2, Seth Robbins, Jacob Campbell, Bryce Connor, Will Kusnierz 8-6-22, Brett Kusnierz 4-0-11, Robbie Dorman 6-4-16

Penquis (5-6): Zak Mills 5-0-14, Mikal Sickler 4-0-10, Will Waterhouse 6-0-12, Corbin Cyr 5-0-10, LJ Shaw 3-0-6, Nate Lovejoy, Alvin Robshaw 0-1-1, Trevor Saunders

Dexter 15-25-46-59

Penquis 14-24-37-53

3-pt. goals: B. Kusnierz 3, Ponte 2; Mills 4, Sickler 2

JV: Dexter 49-41

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Caribou 62, Fort Kent 32

At Caribou

Fort Kent (1-4): Larissa Daigle 4-2-13, Shaylee Jandreau 1-0-2, Allee Morgan, Genevieve Naranja 1-0-2, Kassidy O’Leary 0-2-2, Emma Caron, Madeline Philbrook, Hannah Lovley, Vivian Drolet, Caitlyn Overlook 2-0-5, Julia Cyr 3-1-8; Totals 11-5-32

Caribou (1-9): Selena Savage 4-2-13, Saffayia Durepo, Mia Theriault 1-0-2, Gabrielle Sutherland 3-2-9, Ashlyn Bouchard 7-0-20, Jillian Zeigler, Sage Dubay 1-0-2, Emma Butler 1-0-2, Emily Collins 6-2-14; Totals 23-6-62

Fort Kent 7-15-26-32

Caribou 13-26-51-62

3-pt. goals: Daigle 3, Overlook, Cyr; Savage 3, Sutherland, Bouchard 6

Central 39, Piscataquis 26

At Corinth

Central (9-2): Grace Campbell, Sydney Gray, Erica Noonan 2-2-6, Hannah Crocker 0-2-2, Abby Young 2-0-4, Izzy Allen 6-2-14, Rylee Speed 3-2-9, Alexyss Curtis, Hannah Rogers, Alexis Whitty, Gabby Poulin 1-0-2, Chloe Daigle 1-0-2, Britni Grant.

Piscataquis Community (5-6): Sydney Hutchins 3-0-6, Martina Hill, Meagan Lemieux 2-1-5, Hailee Hartford 1-0-2,, Abbey Ricker, Brylee Ricker 2-0-4, Elizabeth Kendall 4-0-9.

Central 11-17-31-39

PCHS 11-13-17-26

3-pt. goals: Speed; Kendall

Hampden 45, Nokomis 43

At Newport

Hampden Academy top scorers: Taylor Gardiner 15, Taya Archer 8 (2 free throws with 2.1 seconds left)

Nokomis top scorers: Cammy King 22, Brianna Townsend 9 (7 rebounds)

Pete Warner

Pete graduated from Bangor High School in 1980 and earned a B.S. in Journalism (Advertising) from the University of Maine in 1986. He grew up fishing at his family's camp on Sebago Lake but didn't take...