
Dakota Freeman dropped a game-high 25 points as the Morse High School boys basketball team picked up its first Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win of the season against Leavitt on Tuesday, 71-60.
Freeman made 9-of-10 free throws and hit two treys to the lead the Shipbuilders (1- 1). Parker Onorato tallied 17 points and went 6-of-11 from the stripe, while Tait Nygaard finished with 10 points. Damon Osmand split 14 points with Thomas Warren and hauled in a teamhigh 10 rebounds. Arius Eich hit a 3-pointer and Connor Upham made two free throws.
Leavitt’s (0-2) leading scorers were Nick Angelo (14 points, four treys), Jack Sylvester (13 points) and Cole Morin (13 points).
Morse will host Cape Elizabeth on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
| LISBON | 81 |
| CARRABEC | 77 |
Jonah Sautter scored 23 points to power the Greyhounds to a Mountain Valley Conference win at North Anson.
Lisbon improved to 1-1 and visits Oak Hill on Thursday at 7 p.m.
Carrabec fell to 1-1 despite 33 points from Dustin Crawford.
The Greyhounds led 14-6 after a quarter and held off several Cobra rallies from there, with Lisbon holding quarter leads of 37-32 and 60- 55.
Tyrese Joseph chipped in 20 points for Lisbon, while Evan Holzworth had 20 points for Carrabec.
| FREEPORT | 30 |
| WAYNFLETE | 55 |
The host Flyers received 15 points and six assists from Oscar Hussein for a Western Maine Conference win in Portland.
The Falcons fell to 0-2 and host Spruce Mountain on Thursday at 7 p.m.
Waynflete (2-0) held quarter leads of 13-9, 24-15 and 40- 23. Yai Deng chipped in 14 points in the win.
Matt Nielsen paced Freeport with six points, with Colby Wagner adding five.
| OOB | 53 |
| RICHMOND | 60 |
Old Orchard Beach (1-1) held a halftime lead, but the host Bobcats rallied in the third quarter in earning a non-conference win over the Seagulls.
Richmond improved to 3-0 and visits Buckfield on Friday (7 p.m.).
OOB led 18-17 after a quarter and 29-24 at the intermission. But, a 21-14 third-quarter advantage gave the host a 45-43 lead, and the Bobcats pulled away in the fourth quarter.
Cody Tribbet tossed in 17 points for Richmond, with Matt Rines chipping in 14. Ian Regan led the Seagulls with 19 points.
MONMOUTH 38 WISCASSET 49
The host Wolverines shook off a difficult first half, rallying in the second for an MVC win in their home opener.
Wiscasset improved to 2-0 and visits Carrabec on Thursday, while the Mustangs fell to 0-2.
Monmouth trailed 6-2 after a quarter, but pulled into a 16-14 halftime lead.
Wiscasset out-scored the Mustangs, 19-11 in the third quarter for a 33-25 lead as Ethan James scored 14 of his game-high 26 points in the quarter. The Wolverines pulled away in the fourth.
“We played well in spurts and down the stretch, and overall it was a good defensive effort,” said Wiscasset coach Dana Lawrence.
James added eight rebounds, while Kevin Lynch (seven points, five boards, two steals), Cody Roberts (six points, six rebounds, two assists, three steals, four blocked shots) and Nate Woodman (three steals, two assists) contributed.
Hunter Richardson paced Monmouth with 18 points.
At the foul line, the Mustangs were 6-of-10 and the Wolverines finished 1-of-3.
Girls
FREEPORT — Taylor Rinaldi scored a game-high 19 points as Freeport rebounded from its season opening loss with a narrow 55-53 WMC win over Waynflete.
Regan Lynch and Caroline Smith chipped in with 12 and 11 points, respectively, and Taylor Dostie finished with eight for the Falcons.
Lydia Giguere carried Waynflete with a game-high 30 points, while Emi Boedecker scored six and Izzy Burdick five.
Freeport’s (1-1) next game is at Spruce Mountain on Thursday, 6:30 p.m.
| LEAVITT | 36 |
| MORSE | 29 |
Marissa Parks hit six free throws and finished with a team-high 12 points, but the Shipbuilders (0-2) came up just short in their KVAC home opener at Bath Middle School.
Sierra Wallace chipped in with six points for Morse, while Mae Winglass and Noa Sreden split eight.
Leavitt (2-0) led 14-12 at the halftime break and got a game-high 14 points from Elizabeth Goulette. Rebecca Fogg led the game with nine steals and Sophia Gilbert pulled in nine rebounds.
Morse battles Cape Elizabeth on the road on Thursday at 7 p.m.
| CARRABEC | 18 |
| LISBON | 47 |
The Greyhounds dominated defensively and held Carrabec to fewer than seven points in all four quarters en route to their second MVC win of the season.
Kaylin and Jasmin Le led the way with 12 and nine points, respectively, while Giana Russo notched seven.
Lisbon led at the quarter breaks, 17-3, 27-7, and 39-11.
Melanie Clark hit Carrabec’s lone 3-pointer and scored half of her team’s points.
Lisbon hosts rival Oak Hill at 7 p.m. on Thursday.
| WISCASSET | 25 |
| MONMOUTH | 61 |
The Wolverines (0-2) had an off night from the floor, shooting just 38.5-percent and scoring 10 points in a quarter only once.
Monmouth Academy (2-0) led at the quarter breaks, 22- 5, 32-15 and 48-19.
Hayhlee Craig led Wiscasset with eight points and eight rebounds, while Maeve Blodgett scored a team-high nine points and Lindsey Gordon five.
Monmouth, led by Tia Day with 11 points. Audrey Fletcher, Emma Vierling and Abbey Allen split 18 points three ways and Maddie Amaro finished with eight.
Wiscasset is back in MVC action on Thursday when it hosts Carrabec at 7 p.m.
| OOB | 29 | |
| RICHMOND | 32 |
Sydney Tilton dominated the glass, pulling in a game-high 16 rebounds and scoring 11 points to move the Bobcats to 2-0 on the season in non-conference action.
McKenzie Abbott tallied nine points and six steals, while Caitlin Kendrick hit a pair of treys to finish with six points.
Maggie Strohm and Emily Greenlee split 12 points for Old Orchard Beach (1-1), while Tiffany Leclair notched five.
Richmond visits Hebron Academy on Thursday at 6 p.m.
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