Jaxson Desjardins scored 36 points and grabbed nine rebounds to pace the Forest Hills boys basketball team to 77-55 win over Temple Academy in a Class S South quarterfinal Wednesday at the Augusta Civic Center.

“Feels great,” said Desjardins. “We just got to keep the momentum going and hopefully get past the next round.”

The third-seeded Tigers (13-6) established separation on the scoreboard early on, leading the sixth-seeded Bereans 20-7 after the first quarter and taking a 39-23 lead into halftime.

Forest Hills had two others players score in double-figures, as Maddox Cuddy and Aaden Nadeau finished with 17 and 15 points, respectively. Cuddy and Desjardins, two players who have the “green light” to shoot from distance according to Forest Hills coach Anthony Amero, combined for nine 3-pointers.

Nadeau also had 10 rebounds.

“(Cuddy and Desjardins are) very good shooters, so it’s one of those deals that they look forward to shooting (3-pointers) here because they know they shoot well here,” Amero said.

Temple (5-14) was led by Timeo Lepaix with 16 points, Sam Frank with 15 and Cody Connell with 12.

VALLEY 70, GREENVILLE 16: Harry Louis scored 11 of his team-high 19 points in the first quarter of the Cavaliers’ Class S South quarterfinal win over the Lakers.

In their third meeting of the season, No. 1 Valley (17-2) squelched No. 8 Greenville’s chances from the jump, holding the Lakers to just two points in the first half. Fisher Tewksbury helped pace the Cavaliers’ efforts with 12 points.

Landon Theriault, who did his best to spark the Lakers’ offense late, finished with a team-best eight points.

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FOREST HILLS 56, GREENVILLE 33: Janessa Moffitt tallied 25 points for the second-seeded Tigers (15-4) in their Class S South quarterfinal victory over the seventh-seeded Lakers (4-15) at the Augusta Civic Center.

Forest Hills held a one-point lead through the first quarter, but the Tigers then outscored the Lakers 17-4 in the second.

Morgan Daigle was Forest Hills’ only other double-figure scorer with 11 points. Greenville’s highest scorer, Katie Hanson, tallied nine points.

VALLEY 82, RANGELY 13: Kirsten Bigelow’s buzzer-beater to end the first quarter was just one of many highlights for the Cavaliers (18-1) in their Class S South quarterfinal win over the Lakers (2-16) at the Augusta Civic Center.

Eighth-seeded Rangeley was limited to one point in the opening period and four in the first half. Top-seeded Valley, on the other hand, had scored nearly 60 points by the end of the second quarter.

Bigelow put up a game-high 29 points and Liana Hartwell added 13 for the Cavaliers. Addison Quimby was the Lakers’ leading scorer with six points.