Nora McCourt, right, offers a fist bump to Rowan Barry as she crosses the finish line. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Nora McCourt of Mt. Blue successfully defended her Class A classical title and Beckett Cote of Messalonskee won the Class A boys race Tuesday on the opening day of the Nordic skiing state championships at Black Mountain in Rumford.

McCourt completed the 5-kilometer course in 16 minutes, 34.7 seconds, more than a minute ahead of her teammate, runner-up Maya Kellett (17:39.4). Edward Little’s Nora Condit was another two minutes back in third place (19:47.3), followed by Falmouth’s Zora DeSilva (20:33.9), Portland’s Heloise Bampton (20:39.8) and Emma Price (20:39.8), Anica Hickey of Cheverus (20:41.0) and Eli Tardiff of Falmouth (20:43.6).

Cote posted a time of 14:49.6, beating defending champion Henri McCourt of Mt. Blue (15:05.2). Mt. Blue, though, is well-positioned to repeat as the Nordic boys team champion going into Wednesday’s freestyle pursuit after placing five skiers in the top 13, including third-place Elias Bartlett (16:10.2) and sixth-place Grayson Hoeft (16:34.2).

Deering’s Zeke Zelonish (16:19.7) and Asa Tussing (16:26.1) finished fourth and fifth.

Greely’s Tait Harvey (14:58.9) and Rowan Barry (17:32.0) swept the Class B individual titles, both winning by more than a minute.

The Yarmouth boys had five skiers in the top 10, led by runner-up Alexander Gordon (16:20.9). He was followed by Leavitt’s Jacob Dening (16:31.2), Freeport’s Owen Dawson (16:53.8), Yarmouth’s Leif Hellstedt (17:01.1), Greely’s Keenan Barry (17:12.7) and Yarmouth’s Eli Chalmers (17:13.8).

Ida Waterman (19:10.1) was the Class B girls runner-up. Freeport’s Lucy Huggett (19:12.4) and Reed Proscia (19:16.0), and Greely’s Evelyn Lacasse (19:19.3) rounded out the top five, and Leavitt’s Haley Marston (19:45.7) and Heather Mousseau (19:52.5) placed sixth and seventh.

In Class C, Alden Reardon (15:42.2) of Fort Kent and Clara White (16:48.2) of Orono repeated as classical champions.

Reardon will start Wednesday’s pursuit race with a big lead over Samuel Geissinger (16:46.6) of Spruce Mountain. Fletcher Marquis (16:58.1) of Fort Kent, Ben Chartier (17:39.9) of Fort Fairfield and Quinn Michaud (18:28.9) of Fort Kent placed third through fifth.

White’s winning time was more than two minutes faster than Rowan Tanguay (19:08.9) of Fort Kent. The rest of the top five was Leah Kramer (19:23.0) of Waynflete, Soren Stark-Chessa (19:28.4) of Maine Coast Waldorf and Addison Chasse (21:37.5) of Fort Kent.

BOYS HOCKEY

LEAVITT 6, GREELY 0: Tyler Mates and Breck Langevin each tallied two goals and two assists, leading Leavitt/GNG/Poland/Oak Hill (9-7) to a win over Greely (3-13-1) at Falmouth’s Family Ice Center.

Isaac Ormberg and Koen Fairbanks also scored, and Brody Emond and Mason Aldrich each set up a pair of goals.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

CALAIS 36, MOUNT VIEW 30: The fifth-seeded Blue Devils (15-5) ended the game with a 17-3 run as they rallied past the No. 4 Mustangs (16-4) in a Class C North quarterfinal at Bangor’s Cross Insurance Center.

Mount View led 27-19 after a basket by Savannah Lorenz with 3:47 remaining, but Calais scored the next 14 points, starting with a 3-pointer by Olivia Turner.

Kayleigh Scott led Calais with 14 points, five assists and five steals.

Arianna Bradeen scored 14 points for Mount View.

BOYS BASKETBALL

MATTANAWCOOK ACADEMY 51, MOUNT VIEW 46: Kooper McCarthy scored 17 points to lead the top-seeded Lynx (19-0) to a comeback win over the ninth-seeded Mustangs (11-9) in a Class C North quarterfinal at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.

Mount View, the defending regional champion, led 20-15 at halftime and 32-29 after three quarters. But Mattanawcook took the lead for good when James Trott broke a 37-37 tie with a 3-pointer.

Andrew Oliver joined McCarthy in double figures for the Lynx, finishing with 10 points.

Wyatt Bennett scored 13 points and Brady Bryant added 12 for the Mustangs.