WALES

Richmond High School seniors boys basketball player Zach Small scored his 1,000th career point as the Bobcats earned an 80-56 Mountain Valley Conference victory over Oak Hill on Wednesday.

Small, needing eight points to reach 1,000, had a game-high 39 points as Richmond improved to 3-0. The Bobcats host 3-0 Spruce Mountain on Friday at 7 p.m.

Richmond led 20-16, 36-30 and 67-44 at the quarter breaks.

Matt Rines chipped in 22 points in the win, while Nate Kendrick added six points. Dan Stewart pulled down nine rebounds, while Rines and Small each dished out five assists. Small added five steals.

Darryn Bailey was one of three Raiders (0-3) in double figures, scoring 13 points. Cohen Donnell had 12 and DJ Pushard 11.

Boys hockey

BRUNSWICK — A three-goal third period allowed Brunswick to pick up its first win, a 4-1 victory over Cony/Hall-Dale/Monmouth at Sidney J. Watson Arena.

The Dragons are 1-1 and face rival Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/ Morse Friday at 7 p.m. at Watson Arena.

The Rams opened the scoring in the opening frame, but Michael Eno, off an assist from Jacob Doring tied the game for Brunswick to send the teams to the locker room in a stalemate.

After a scoreless second frame, Doring gave the Dragons the lead for good with an unassisted goal.

With the Rams on a power play, Jared Hummer took a pass from Doring and scored shorthanded for a 3-1 Brunswick lead.

Moments later, Jack St. Pierre tallied another shorthanded goal for the hosts, this one off an assist from Michael Deveaux.

Riley Kirk had 16 saves in the win.

EAGLES	2
HORNETS	8

After a pair of games were postponed due to snow, the Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/ Morse squad finally opened its season, falling 8-2 to Poland/Gray-New Gloucester/ Oak Hill/Leavitt at Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn.

“We had a 10-day layoff, with only a Monday practice, so we came out a bit rusty,” said Eagles (0-1) coach AJ Kavanaugh.

Down 1-0, Noah Austin tied the game for the Eagles. However, the Hornets grabbed a 3-1 first-period lead and extended out to a 5- 1 edge after two frames.

Sam Alexander scored Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse’s second goal, with Austin earning an assist.

Cade Charron had 17 saves in the loss, while Dakota Soucy stopped 21 shots in the win.

Brandon Michaud (two goals, three assists) and Austin Tyler (three goals, two assists) both had five points for the Hornets.

Girls hockey

BIDDEFORD — Rilaing Keely had a hat trick as Biddeford/ Thornton Academy/ Wells (4-2) skated to a 4-2 victory over Brunswick at Biddeford Ice Arena.

Trinity Atwater had 18 saves in the win.

Keely opened the scoring 1:54 into the game, but Brunswick (1-5) struck back when Beth Labbe slipped a shot past Atwater.

In the period, Keely made it a 2-1 game before Dragons again found the equalizer, again from Labbe.

However, Keely scored with 1:32 remaining in the middle frame, and Jillian Lewis added a goal for the hosts with 2:36 left in the third.

Brunswick keeper Nadia Leiner stopped 26 of 30 shots, while the defense of Madeline Berry, Colleen McKearney and Shea Sullivan played well.

The Dragons host Mt. Ararat/Morse on Friday at 5:15 p.m. inside Watson Arena.

Girls basketball

SOUTH BERWICK — Pine Tree Academy opened its season with a pair of games against Seacoast Christian.

On the road on Wednesday, the Breakers (0-2) fell, 28-23.

The Guardians (2-1) held quarter leads of 8-6, 18-10 and 23-16, led by eight points each from Courtney Williams and Abby Wirling.

Pine Tree Academy, which visits Forest Hills today at 4 p.m., received six points from Natalie Marden and Agnes Miongo.

In the opener on Saturday, the Guardians rolled to a 48- 25 victory at Freeport.

Seacoast Christian jumped out to an 11-6 first-quarter lead, led 23-16 at the half and 38-19 after three.

Katie Pilkington had a game-high 18 points in the win, with Williams adding 10.

Emily Schlisner and Adriana DePalma each had 10 points in the setback. Miongo added five.