GARDINER — After taking an eight-point lead the halftime, Skowhegan held on to beat Gardiner 50-48 in Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference boys basketball action Friday.
The River Hawks (1-0) led 27-19 at halftime before being outscored 29-23 in the second half. Ryan Donoghue scored a game-high 18 points and Adam Fitzgerald added 17.
Brayden Elliott scored 12 points and had seven steals for the Tigers (0-1) while Brady Atwater chipped in 11 points.
MT. BLUE 48, NOKOMIS 35: The Cougars overcame a slow start to notch a season-opening road win in Newport.
Nokomis held Mt. Blue to four points in the first quarter and took a 14-4 lead into the second. The Cougars scored 30 points combined in the next two quarters while limiting the Warriors to seven points.
Mt. Blue’s (1-0) Evans Sterling led all scorers with 19 points, and Noah Leso added 10 points.
Dawson Townsend scored 11 points to lead Nokomis (0-1).
FOREST HILLS 74, VINALHAVEN 29: Cooper Daigle had 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Tigers to the win on Vinalhaven.
Blaine Nadeau added 14 points and 10 rebounds for Forest Hills (1-0) while Braidan Welch chipped in with 12 points.
Vinalhaven (0-1) was led by Anthony Roberts with 11 points.
WINTHROP 51, BOOTHBAY 36: The Ramblers used a 27-14 second half to earn the win in Winthrop.
Chan Ring led Winthrop (1-0 with 19 points while Carter Rivers added 16 and Brayden Branagan 10.
Finn Harkins scored 18 points to lead Boothbay (0-1) while Luke Morley added 11.
MOUNT VIEW 77, WATERVILLE 45: Wyatt Bennett scored a game-high 17 points to lead the Mustangs to the win in Thorndike.
Wyatt Evansen added 15 points for Mount View (1-0) while Stuart Knowlton scored 13.
Waterville (0-1) was led by Chris Nawfel with 14 points and Derek Couture with 13.
MT. ABRAM 85, LISBON 35: Cam Grey scored 23 points for the Roadrunners in their season-opening win in Lisbon.
Payton Mitchell added 14 points for Mt. Abram, and Bryce Wilcox contributed 10 points.
Owen Booker had 10 points for Lisbon. Owen Hurd and Keeghan Morrissette each chipped in five.
SPRUCE MOUNTAIN 54, HALL-DALE 29: First-quarter 3-pointers got the Phoenix off to a strong start as they cruised to a win in Farmingdale.
Ian York drained two treys and Dylan Jewett and Jace Bessey each hit one in the opening period, after which Spruce Mountain led 17-6.
Bessey led all scorers with 23 points. York finished with 13 and Jewett scored seven. The Phoenix made seven 3-pointers.
Karter Eldridge was Hall-Dale’s top scorer with seven points.
GREENVILLE 54, RANGELEY 47: Liam Mason scored 41 points for Greenville, leading the Lakers to a win at Rangeley.
Ocean Turner added eight points and Landon Theriault tallied five.
For Rangeley, Brayden Thompson finished with 15 points and Sam Morrill contributed 14.
MADISON 42, MOUNTAIN VALLEY 39: Deacon Murray scored 14 points to lead the Bulldogs (1-0) to a win over the Falcons (0-1).
Nathan Cornforth added 12 points for Madison.
For Mountain Valley, Jake New tallied 15 points and Seneca Jones finished with nine points.
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FOREST HILLS 65, VINALHAVEN 37: Addison Chaisson had 12 points, five rebounds and four assists to pace the Tigers to the win on Vinalhaven.
Kylie You added 12 points for Forest Hills (1-0) while Allie Dunning chipped in 10.
Vinalhaven (0-1) was led by Adelle Wadsworth with a game-high 15 points.
MT. ABRAM 56, LISBON 6: Bailea Haines finished with 15 points to lead the Roadrunners to a win in the season opener in Salem Township.
Kharlie Turner added 10 points, Jany Pepin scored nine points and Jenna Osgood had six for Mt. Abram (1-0).
For Lisbon (0-1), Leah Barry, Kasie Booker and Riley Kuuetauskcis each chipped in two points.
ERSKINE 36, BELFAST 27: Kelsie Dunn scored 14 points to lead the Eagles to the season-opening win in South China.
Olivia Childs added 11 points for Erskine (1-0).
Madison Deans led Belfast (0-1) with eight points.
MARANACOOK 43, MONMOUTH ACADEMY 32: Celia Bergdahl scored 12 points for the Black Bears (1-0) to lead them in a win over the Mustangs (0-1).
Natalie Mohlar added 10 points for Maranacook.
For Monmouth, Kaitlyn Frosted tallied nine points and Rileigh Chase chipped in eight points.
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