Theo Pow scored 23 points and surpassed the 1,000-point mark for his career as Kennebunk ended its boys basketball regular season Friday with a 48-38 win over Marshwood in South Berwick.
Cole Perkins added 18 points for the Rams (12-6), who were in control after building a 15-5 lead in the first quarter.
Marshwood (8-10) was paced by Liam Tiernan with 19 points and Ronan Garrett with 10.
THORNTON ACADEMY 65, BIDDEFORD 54: Wyatt Benoit poured in 32 points, including the 1,000th of his career, Dominic Hussey added 24 points, and the Golden Trojans (16-2) beat the Tigers (9-9) in Saco.
Travis Edgerton led Biddeford with 23 points. Owen Sylvain chipped in with 12.
POLAND 78, CAPE ELIZABETH 71: Lucas Verrill scored 22 points to pace the Knights (13-5) over the Capers (6-12) in Poland.
Jacob Jamo added 18 points, Damon Martin chipped in 17 and Nick Jamo had nine.
Cape Elizabeth’s Eli Smith hit eight 3-pointers and finished with 27 points.
BONNY EAGLE 57, NOBLE 24: Brody Taylor led a balanced offense with 12 points, and the Scots (7-11) clinched a home game in the first round of the Class AA South playoffs by defeating the short-handed Knights (16-2) in Standish.
Logan Kumar made three 3-pointers and scored 11 points for Noble, which rested several of its top players. The Knights are ranked No. 1 in this week’s Varsity Maine poll.
Bonny Eagle jumped from seventh to fourth place in the Heal point standings, setting up a quarterfinal against Sanford or Deering.
SOUTH PORTLAND 74, GORHAM 61: Manny Hidalgo scored 22 points, Gabe Jackson added 14, and the Red Riots (13-5) closed their regular season with a win over the Rams (6-12) in South Portland.
Preston Brown and Griffin Gammon each had 14 points and Colton Jewett scored 13 for Gorham, which will return to South Portland for a regional quarterfinal next week.
WINDHAM 68, DEERING 56: Five Windham players scored in double figures, led by Creighty Dickson with 14 points, as the Eagles (14-4) defeated the Rams (8-10) in Windham.
Windham, ranked No. 8 in the Varsity Maine top 10, also got 13 points from Colin Janvrin, 11 apiece from Braycen Freese and Tyrie James, and 10 from AJ Moody. James, in his first game back after a four-game absence, also had seven assists and six steals.
Tayshaun Cleveland scored 18 points for Deering.
YARMOUTH 51, WELLS 49: The Clippers (10-8) went 6 for 8 from the free-throw line in overtime to beat the Warriors (4-14) in Wells.
Robert Wolf scored 16 points and Evan Oranellas added 13 for Yarmouth.
Jeremy Therrien paced Wells with 13 points. Kevin Bolduc and Nolan Brown each had 10.
SANFORD 75, MASSABESIC 34: Brady Adams scored 11 of his 19 points in the first quarter as the Spartans (6-12) raced to a 25-3 lead on their way to a win over the Mustangs (1-17) in Sanford.
Josh Callahan and Chase Cousens also reached double figures with 10 points apiece.
Cameron Bradbury and Caden Nielsen each scored eight points for Massabesic.
OXFORD HILLS 81, WESTBROOK 79: Gabe Damon made a fallaway jumper off an inbounds play with .8 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Vikings (8-10) over the Blue Blazes (3-15) in Westbrook.
Westbrook forced overtime when Moses Semuhoza beat the regulation buzzer with a putback off his own intentionally missed free throw. But the Blue Blazes wound up with their eighth loss this season by three points or less.
Carter Holbrook led Oxford Hills with 23 points, including five 3-pointers. Brayden Murch scored 20 points and Cameron Pulkkinen had 13.
The Blue Blazes got 19 points from Semuhoza, 13 each from Sebastian Michaud and Paddy Walsh, and 12 from Gio Staples.
FALMOUTH 79, SCARBOROUGH 44: Davis Mann finished with 36 points to lead the Navigators (15-3) over the Red Storm (8-10) at Falmouth.
Billy Birks added 13 points and Jaxon Cameron had 11.
Carter Blanche paced Scarborough with 14 points.
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SCARBOROUGH 59, FALMOUTH 30: Helena Bukarac sank five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points, leading the Red Storm (8-10) past the Navigators (1-17) in Scarborough.
Ellie Rumelhart added 14 points and Eva Alvarez and Isabel Freedman each chipped in with nine.
Helena Nelson dropped in four 3-pointers on the way to 14 points for Falmouth.
WINDHAM 48, DEERING 38: Mackenzie Delewski paced the Eagles (11-7) with 17 points in a win over the Rams (2-16) at Portland.
Stella Jarvais also reached double figures with 13 points.
Deering’s Angelina Keo and Julia Krush each scored 12 points. Krush made four 3-pointers, and Payton Legassey finished with nine points on three 3-pointers.
ST. DOMINIC 45, WAYNFLETE 27: Piper Croteau’s nine-point first quarter jump-started the Saints (13-5) to a victory over the Flyers (6-12) in the regular-season finale for both teams in Auburn.
St. Dom’s freshman JuJu Farrington led all scores with 20 points, including three 3-pointers. Croteau finished with 11 points, and Charli Apodaca had eight.
Lauren McNutt-Girouard led Waynflete with nine points.
POLAND 41, CAPE ELIZABETH 24: Phoebe Paradis led the Knights (12-6) with 11 points and Lise Poublan added nine in a win over the Capers (0-18) at Cape Elizabeth.
Finley DiGiovanni scored nine points for Cape Elizabeth.
KENNEBUNK 45, MARSHWOOD 36: Kendall Therrien scored 18 points, Cenzie Cunningham chipped in with 12, and the Rams (12-6) upset the Hawks (16-2) in Kennebunk.
Sarah Theriault finished with 15 points for Marshwood, which had a 10-game winning streak snapped.
MT. ARARAT 56, BRUNSWICK 37: Julianna Allen had 16 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and three blocks to lift the Eagles (16-2) past the Dragons (9-9) in Topsham.
Kayleigh Wagg added 11 points.
Julianna Morin scored 15 points for Brunswick.
OXFORD HILLS 70, WESTBROOK 54: Ella Pelletier poured in 35 points, and the Vikings (16-2) capped the regular season with a victory over the Blue Blazes (8-10) in Paris.
Oxford Hills takes a 10-game winning streak into the Class AA North tournament and will have a bye into the semifinals as the No. 1 seed.
Gabbie Tibbetts, another Oxford Hills senior, added 15 points.
Lyla Dunphe led Westbrook with 16 points. Kylie Young contributed 10 and Emma Boulette had nine, all in the fourth quarter.
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