WESTBROOK — Mackenzie Holmes scored 24 points for Gorham, the defending Class AA girls’ basketball state champion that opened its season Friday night with a 64-26 victory against Westbrook.

Friday was the opening night for high school basketball in Maine.

Jacqui Hamilton and Emily Esposito each added 10 points for Gorham, which led 14-6 after the first quarter, 31-13 at halftime and continued to pull away.

Julia Symbol led Westbrook with 12 points, all on 3-pointers. Logan Tibbetts scored nine points and Mikayla Van Zandt grabbed eight rebounds.

OLD ORCHARD BEACH 36, NORTH YARMOUTH ACADEMY 26: Brianna Plante finished with 10 points for the Seagulls, who opened with a 10-0 run at Yarmouth.

Maggie Strohm added six points for Old Orchard, which led 19-10 at halftime.

Katherine Larson led the Panthers with 10 points.

SOUTH PORTLAND 58, MAINE GIRLS’ ACADEMY 29: Meghan Graff scored 20 points to lead the Red Riots at South Portland.

Graff scored 16 of her 20 points in the first half. South Portland led 14-1 after the first quarter and 32-12 at halftime.

Sarah Boles added seven points with the only 3-pointer for the Red Riots.

Jill Joyce led the Lions with 10 points.

LINCOLN ACADEMY 58, MARANACOOK 18: Gabrielle Wajer had 10 points, six assists and five steals for the Eagles at Damariscotta.

Brianna Genthner added six points for Lincoln, to go with seven rebounds and a pair of steals.

Grace Despres led Maranacook with eight points.

HIGHVIEW CHRISTIAN 48, GREATER PORTLAND CHRISTIAN 28: Cassidy Lessner scored 26 points to lead the Knights at Bangor.

Megan MacDonald added 14 points.

Grace Mears had eight points to lead Greater Portland Christian.

LAKE REGION 32, WELLS 29: Kristen Huntress scored all of her 11 points in the second half, including six in the fourth quarter as the Lakers rallied at Naples.

Lauren Jakobs added eight points for Lake Region, which trailed 16-11 at halftime and 23-20 through three quarters.

Halee Ramsdell had 12 points for Wells. Taryn Lambert added nine.

DEERING 52, PORTLAND 31: Tasia Titherington scored 22 points, knocking down six 3-pointers to lead the visiting Rams at Portland.

Amanda Brett added 18 points for Deering, which led 25-10 at halftime.

Shayla Eubanks scored 10 points to lead Portland.

BRUNSWICK 65, MORSE 30: Sabrina Armstrong scored 30 points to go with 10 rebounds and four assists for the Dragons at Brunswick.

Madeline Suhr added 15 points, 10 rebounds and eight steals for Brunswick, which led 22-3 after the first quarter.

Sierra Wallace scored 10 points for Morse.

FRYEBURG ACADEMY 32, YORK 31: Zoe Bodwell scored all five of her points in the fourth quarter, including a 3-pointer with five seconds remaining to give the Raiders their only lead of the second half in a victory at Fryeburg.

After a 12-12 halftime tie, York, the defending Class A champion, opened the third quarter with a 9-0 run, but Fryeburg chipped away.

Kaylin Delaney led the Raiders with seven points, Mackenzie Buzzell added six and Nicole Bennett tossed in five.

Martha McCaddin led the Wildcats with six points.

GARDINER 68, MEDOMAK VALLEY 30: Lauren Chadwick scored 17 points as the Tigers won at Waldoboro.

Leslie Stevens added 13 points, and Mary Toman had 10 points and nine rebounds for Gardiner, which outscored Medomak 24-6 in the third quarter to open a 54-24 lead.

Chelsea Ripley scored 14 points to lead the Panthers.

GRAY-NEW GLOUCESTER 46, YARMOUTH 35: Brianna Jordan scored 16 points as the Patriots pulled away at Yarmouth.

Alicia Dumont added 10 points for Gray-New Gloucester, which hit nine free throws in the fourth quarter.

Cory Langenbach scored 16 points, and Allison Clark added eight points and 11 rebounds for Yarmouth.

GREELY 78, CAPE ELIZABETH 45: Anna DeWolfe had 31 points, eight assists and five rebounds as the Rangers won at Cumberland.

Brooke Obar added 15 points, four rebounds and four assists for Greely, which led 41-24 at halftime.

Erin O’Rourke scored 20 points to lead Cape Elizabeth.

WATERVILLE 46, CAMDEN HILLS 44: Jordan Jabar scored 21 points to lead the Purple Panthers at Rockport.

Mackenzie St. Pierre added 13 points for Waterville.

Charlotte Messer paced Camden Hills with 17.

KENNEBUNK 41, FALMOUTH 34: The Rams held Falmouth to three points in the third quarter after trailing 21-18 at halftime, taking the lead for good and winning at Kennebunk.

Gabby Fogg scored 15 points for Kennebunk. Maran Oakman tossed in eight points, and Sierra Tartre had five points, eight rebounds, five assists and four steals.

Adelaide Cooke led Falmouth with 13 points. Grace Soucy chipped in with 10.

POLAND 40, FREEPORT 20: Nathalie Theriault scored 21 points as the Knights breezed at Freeport.

Jessica Seely added 13 points for Poland.

Caroline Smith had seven points for Freeport.

LEAVITT 53, MT. ARARAT 40: Sophia Gilbert scored 21 points as the Hornets held on at Turner.

Elizabeth Goulet added 10 points for Leavitt, which took a 20-7 lead after the first quarter.

Nikki Bradstreet and Taylor Wienckoski each scored nine points to lead Mt. Ararat.

CHEVERUS 53, NOBLE 38: Abby Cavallaro scored 17 points to lead the Stags at North Berwick.

Cavallaro hit two 3-pointers in the first quarter, and eight Stags scored in the first half on the way to a 31-14 lead.

Amy Fleming led the Knights with eight points, including two 3-pointers.

LISBON 56, HALL-DALE 28: Elana Russell scored 21 points, including three 3-pointers, as the Greyhounds won at Farmingdale.

Kalin Le added 18 points for Lisbon.

Sabrina Freeman had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Hall-Dale.

VALLEY 49, BUCKFIELD 18: Haven Mayhew scored 17 points and Hallie Miller added 10 as the Cavaliers prevailed at Buckfield.

Kendra Sweet scored nine points for Valley. Emily Swartz led the Bucks with five points.

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