Girls basketball- Orono 52 Dexter 41

Jillian Woodward put in 15 points and pulled down 13 rebounds to help Orono get a 52-41 victory over  Dexter on Wednesday evening.  Photo by Terry Robichaud/Moments n life photography

Dexter---  Jillian Woodward recorded 15 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks to lead the Orono Red Riots girls basketball team to a 52-41 victory over the Dexter Tigers on Wednesday evening.

The Red Riots had a significant height advantage and they wanted to get the ball inside to Woodward. Coach Jessica Witham's Red Riots did just that early on. Woodward scored the first six points as Orono jumped out to a 10-4 lead after the first quarter.

The tallest player for Dexter is 5'8'. The Red Riots have three players taller than 5'8' including Woodward at 6'0'. Getting the ball inside and taking care of the ball against the scrappy Tigers was what Witham was looking for.

"The game plan was to take care of the ball. We knew they (Dexter) were a very scrappy defensive team. Also to get it inside. Their tallest player is 5'8' I think," Witham said. "We knew we had the height advantage We also wanted to take what they were giving us. They tend to sag a lot into the post because they know that is what we are looking for. Our outside shooters were free to take the shot as well."

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Pelletier sparks Lady Eagles come back over Brewer

 By Skip Hawkes/Maine Sports Report

Brewer – Megan Pelletier scored 13 fourth quarter points to spark a seven point third quarter come from behind victory on Tuesday night as the Messalonskee Eagles pulled out a 50-47 win over the Brewer Witches at Brewer High School.

Messalonskee's Megan Pelletier (left) puts up a shot over Brewer's 

Morgan Small (22) during the first quarter of a Class A game at 

Brewer High School Tuesday night. Messalonskee won the game 50-47. 

Photo by Skip Hawkes

Brewer took a 39-32 lead into the final period, but the Eagles scored seven unanswered points inside the first 57 seconds of the fourth quarter to tie the game and with 6:30 still remaining they stretched that run into 10 unanswered points to take a 42-39 lead. Messalonskee took full advantage of the height difference, going inside to Pelletier on a regular basis resulting in Pelletier scoring 13 points as the Eagles out scored the Witches 18-8 in the period for the win.

The two teams exchanged leads six times in the fourth quarter. Brewer took it’s final lead of the game on two free throws by Lindsay Houp with 1:04 left to play. Messalonskee responded with a basket for a 48-47 lead with 19.5 seconds to play, and put the game away when Pelletier knocked down two foul shots for a 50-47 Eagles lead with 2.4 seconds remaining on the clock.

Pelletier scored a game high 27 points to pace Messalonskee, and Mary Badeen added nine points. Kelsey Mayo scored seven points, Kassandra Michaud had five points, and Mikayla Turner scored two points.
The Eagles had two 3-point baskets, one each by Badeen and Michaud, and they went 4-for-9 (44%) from the free throw line.


Houp scored 20 points and Maddy Bailey added 14 points to lead Brewer in scoring. Alexa Grindle scored nine points, while Morgan Small and Deaven Smith each chipped in with two points.
The Witches had five 3-pointers, three by Houp and one each by Bailey and Grindle, and they went 8-for-14 (57%) from the charity stripe.


MESSALONSKEE (11-4) 13 10 9 18 — 50
BREWER (7-8) 13 18 8 8 — 47

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JV Game: Messalonnskee 34, Brewer 31
MESSALONSKEE 7 11 9 7 -- 34
BREWER 4 5 9 13 -- 31
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Boys basketball- Washington Academy 54 Foxcroft 51

Dover-Foxcroft--- Jacob Schoppee hit a go ahead three pointer late in the fourth quarter to lift the Washington Academy Raiders boys basketball team to a 54-51 victory over the Foxcroft Ponies on Tuesday evening.

The Raiders jumped out to a 9-0 lead. Washington Academy big man, Christos Iliopoulos-Ontoemelam went to the bench with his second foul and the Ponies took advantage. Foxcroft went on a 14-5 run to even things up early in the second quarter.

Washington Academy held a 28-25 halftime lead. The Ponies were able to stay close despite being over matched on the boards. The Raiders outrebounded Foxcroft 20-9 in the first half and 35-22 for the game.

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