RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL’S Jamie Plummer (15), here going up for two points past the reach of Valley’s Dalayne Davis (21) on Dec. 31, scored her 1,000th career point in the Bobcats’ 48-9 East-West Conference victory over Buckfield on Tuesday in Richmond. Plummer led the way with 21 points in the win, and her squad hosts Vinalhaven in a pair of weekend games beginning Friday.
In front of a big home crowd, Plummer made quick work of her goal, getting the 1,000th point off an assist from Noell Acord with 39 seconds remaining in the first quarter as Richmond rolled to a 48-9 victory.
“We stopped the game and presented her with the game ball,” said Richmond coach Molly Bishop, whose Bobcats improved to 6-2 and hosts Vinalhaven for two weekend games beginning on Friday. “It’s remarkable to get to 1,000. All the things that can go wrong can keep a player from getting to that mark.
“All the players that have been around her helped Jamie to get to this point. We’ve been fortunate to get deep into the playoffs, giving us an extra seven or eight games during Jamie’s career. She’s handled all that stuff so well and is just a classy young lady.
“She would give back every point for a state championship. She wanted to get the game going again.”
Plummer led Richmond with 21 points, 11 rebounds and seven steals, with Ciarra Lancaster adding eight points. Acord finished with five assists.
Buckfield (2-6), which trailed 16-2, 28-2 and 42-6 at the quarter breaks, received five points from Arrabine Dunn.
Richmond was seven of eight at the foul line, while the Bucks finished three of four.
Mt. Ararat High School jumped out to a 22-3 firstquarter lead en route to a 60- 30 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference girls basketball win on Tuesday.
Mallory Nelson erupted for 26 points and 10 rebounds to lead the 9-0 Eagles, who are scheduled to host Brewer on Friday.
Caitlin LaFountain chipped in with 15 points and seven rebounds, and Kristi Willey 15 points and seven boards.
Mt. Ararat led 22-3, 37-13 and 50-20 at the breaks. The visitors shot 19 of 48 from the field and 16 of 19 from the line, while the 0-9 Broncos were eight of 45 from the field and 10 of 15 from the line.
Laura Marquis scored 10 points in the loss and Erin Murphy added seven points.
The Morse girls fell to 3-6 in KVAC Class B action on Tuesday. The Shipbuilders are scheduled to visit Waterville on Friday.
Jacelyn McNeill had seven points and four rebounds, and Sadia Crosby chipped in with six points and 10 caroms.
“We had a hard time generating offense,” said Morse coach Beck Roak, who was missing standout Megan Hixon. “We turned the ball over 30 times, and had to go to the bench with serious foul trouble.”
Oceanside’s Kennadi Grover had 17 points, while teammate Hannah Plourde chipped in with nine.
Hyde improved to 7-0 with quarterly leads of 12-0, 26-7 and 36-13.
Chloe Blaylock led the way with 12 points, six rebounds and three assists, while Carolyn Moore added six points and seven rebounds. Kara Fischer contributed eight points and five steals.
The Phoenix, who travel to Islesboro on Thursday, raced out to a 12-0 lead and never looked back on the way to victory.
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