BRUNSWICK — Evie Clement scored two goals as the Falmouth High School girls hockey team came away with a 5-0 victory over Brunswick on Wednesday at Bowdoin’s Sidney J. Watson Arena.
“The girls never gave up and battled hard to the end,” said Brunswick coach Bill Bodwell after his Dragons fell to 1-7 host Greely on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Brunswick goaltender Claire Mendes was busy, turning aside 38 shots as the Dragons were outshot 43-3.
“Claire’s play in the first period was as good as any goalie I have ever seen,” said Bodwell of his senior netminder. “She made great save after great save, stopping 21 shots. She really had Falmouth (1-2) frustrated.”
Clement, assisted by Alyse Bazinet and Camden Carrier, scored the lone goal in the opening frame.
In the second, Clement (assisted by Sarah Hutcheon) scored at 7:26 and Lucy Meyer (Devon Sarazin, Carolin Proctor) made it a 3- 0 Yachtsmen lead. Carrier (Sarazin, Meyer) and Hutcheon (Clement) completed the scoring in the third period.
Falmouth goaltender Ally Hurtman had three saves in the win.
| CHEVERUS | GIRLS | 5 |
| BRUNSWICK | 2 |
Jill Hannigan scored four goals as the visiting Stags skated off with a win at Watson Arena on Monday.
Hannigan had two goals in the first period as Cheverus (2-3-1) claimed a 2- 0 lead. Hannigan completed the hat trick at 7:22 of the second period, and Caroline Ray tallied four minutes later to give the Stags a 4-0 advantage after two periods.
Hannigan scored again at 8:45 of the third.
Brunswick’s Adele Wise tallied her first varsity goal off an assist from Jordan VanSavage to get the Dragons on the board, and Grace Rabinowitz completed the scoring, with Tessa Cassidy and Caitlyn Olson picking up an assist each.
Mendes had 41 saves.
Basketball
Richmond scored 30 second quarter points to coast away for a 56-29 victory over Pine Tree Academy in a Class D boys contest at Freeport on Wednesday.
Leading 8-4 after a quarter, the 3-2 Bobcats outscored Pine Tree 30-6 in the second frame for a 38-10 halftime lead. Richmond led 46-17 after 24 minutes.
Sean Bernier and Mike Stewart led the way for Richmond with 15 and 14 points, respectively. Stewart had a double-double with 12 rebounds and added five steals.
JP Tashamala led Pine Tree (2-2) with 14 points, while Chris Wilday added seven.
Richmond is slated to host Valley on Friday.
| GARDINER | BOYS | 43 |
| MORSE | 44 |
The Shipbuilders trailed throughout, but came from behind in the fourth quarter for a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win at Bath Middle School on Wednesday.
Gardiner (2-2) led 15-12, 27- 22 and 36-32 at the quarter breaks, but Morse, which improved to 5-0 and visits Waterville on Dec. 27, outscored the Tigers 12-7 in the fourth to pull out the one-point win.
Jacob Freeman, Liam McDonough and Ethan Winglass each had 11 points for the Shipbuilders.
Seth McFarland had a game-high 14 points for Gardiner, with Joe Harnett adding 11 points.
| MORSE | GIRLS | 38 |
| GARDINER | 49 |
The host Tigers outscored the Shipbuilders 29-12 in the second half for a come-frombehind KVAC Class B win on Wednesday.
Morse, which dropped to 1-3 and visits Medomak Valley tonight in make-up action, led 14-13 after a quarter and 26-20 at the half. But, Gardiner pulled into a 32-30 lead through three quarters as Morse suffered foul trouble.
“We had foul trouble and weren’t able to refocus and pull through it,” said Morse coach Becky Roak.
Lauren Chadwick paced Gardiner (3-1) with 11 points, while Ally Day added nine.
For Morse, Signe Ostergaard led the way with 10 points, while Emma Harrington picked up eight points and nine rebounds.
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