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AUGUSTA — Logan Gray scored 12 of his 15 points in the first quarter as the third-seeded Brunswick boys basketball team rolled to a 66-37 victory over No. 6 Mt. Blue in a Class A North quarterfinal game Saturday afternoon.

It was the Dragons’ first playoff win in 10 years.

Rylan Ley, Jonny Porter and Brendan Shaw added 10 points apiece for Brunswick (15-4), which led 23-7 after one quarter and 33-16 at halftime. The Dragons went on a 14-0 run over the third and fourth quarters to put the game away.

Evan Drake scored 13 points for sixth-seeded Mt. Blue (10-9) despite playing much of the game with three fouls.

Brunswick, which defeated Mt. Blue 57-45 in their lone regular-season meeting Jan. 30, faces No. 2 Edward Little in the semifinals on Wednesday.

EDWARD LITTLE 60, HAMPDEN ACADEMY 48: Akol Maiwen scored 26 points and Cedric Makelele added 18 as the second-seeded Red Eddies (15-4) pulled away in the fourth quarter for a Class A North quarterfinal win at the Augusta Civic Center.

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Up 48-45 a minute into the fourth quarter, Edward Little went on an 11-3 run to put the game away. Christian Rodriguez scored all five of his points during the surge, and Carson Veillieux pulled down four rebounds to keep seventh-seeded Hampden (9-10) at bay.

The Eddies led 29-13 midway through the second quarter before the a 10-0 Hampden run, capped by a 3-pointer from Mason Studley, who finished with a team-high 17 points.

Edward Little led 48-38 late in the third, only for the Broncos to score seven straight points to close the gap to 48-45.

Maiwen, confronted by Hampden’s in-your-face defense throughout the game, drained five his team’s eight 3-pointers.

Sawyer Worcester and Miles Shain scored 13 points apiece for Hampden.

BANGOR 54, LEWISTON 43: Senior Nate Grunkemeyer’s 17 points helped the fourth-seeded Rams (11-8) pull away late and secure a win over the fifth-seeded Blue Devils (10-9) in a Class A North quarterfinal.

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Bangor took a double-digit lead into halftime but was outscored 18-5 in the third quarter and fell behind 35-32.

Thanks to Grunkemeyer’s efforts, the Rams responded with a 22-8 surge over the final eight minutes.

Grayson Bernard, a junior, led Lewiston with 14 points.

CAMDEN HILLS 69, SKOWHEGAN 44: A 27-point third quarter paved the way for the top-seeded Windjammers (18-1) to advance to the Class A North semifinals.

Eighth-seeded Skowhegan (8-11) gave Camden Hills trouble in the first half, only trailing by two points after the first quarter and by eight at halftime. But Nolan Ames (26 points) sparked a big third quarter by the No. 2 team in the Varsity Maine poll.

Kiefer Healey (16 points) and Tucker Whitley (15 points) were the other double-figure scorers for Camden Hills.

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Jack Fitzpatrick led Skowhegan with 14 points.

CLASS D SOUTH BOYS

MONMOUTH 54, TELSTAR 40: The second-seeded Monmouth Academy boys basketball team made its free throws down the stretch and held off No. 7 Telstar on Saturday morning.

Telstar (6-13) pulled within 42-39 midway through the fourth quarter, but Jacob Harmon made five free throws in the fourth quarter and Levi Laverdiere hit four to help Monmouth (14-5) secure the victory.

Monmouth sank with 21 free throws, while Telstar had six.

Laverdiere led the Mustangs with 19 points. Harmon finished with 12 points and 15 rebounds.

Alex Dougherty scored nine of his 13 points for Telstar in the third quarter. Connor Deprey also tallied 13 points for the Rebels, who trailed 36-32 after three quarters.

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MADISON 68, BUCKFIELD 53: A balanced scoring attack lifted the third-seeded Bulldogs (13-6) past the sixth-seeded Bucks (8-11).

Finn Haynie led Madison with 19 points, while Brayden Furbush scored 15. Davyn Nichols added 14 points, and Jacob Linkletter chipped in with 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds.

The Bulldogs built a 37-23 halftime lead, but Buckfield pulled within 44-36 when Trenton Haskell scored six of his 18 points early in the third quarter.

Nate Thompson recorded a double-double for Buckfield with 12 points and 12 rebounds.

Madison advances to play No. 2 Monmouth in the semifinals Wednesday morning.

CARRABEC 61, WISCASSET 51: Colton Scheve recorded 32 points and eight steals, leading the fourth-seeded Cobras (12-7) past the fifth-seeded Wolverines (12-6).

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Many of Scheve’s points came in transition.

“I think I had like 32 or something like that, and all of them were off fast break, so that’s where my game is,” Scheve said. “Coach (Dave Pepin) helped me learn that. He’s been helping us develop really well.”

Pete Vicneire dropped in two key 3-pointers for the Cobras and finished with 11 points.

Wiscasset got within two in the third quarter, but Carrabec finished the quarter on an 8-0 run to take a 45-34 lead into the fourth.

Julien Kin led the Wolverines with 16 points. Spencer Pinkham scored 12.

MT. ABRAM 85, OLD ORCHARD BEACH 53: Brennan Mitchell had 27 points and 14 rebounds as the top-seeded Roadrunners (15-4) dominated.

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Mitchell was 11 for 12 from the free-throw line. Mt. Abram made 20 for 26 free throws.

Killian Pillsbury scored 17 points for the Roadrunners, including a pair of 3-pointers to open the game as they built a 10-0 lead in the first two minutes.

Chase Ross added 12 points.

Mitchell scored Mt. Abram’s first eight points of the third quarter as the lead grew to 50-26.

Trot Moody had 25 points and five steals for eighth-seeded Old Orchard Beach (6-13), while Jackson Stanton added eight points. Caleb Dupree scored seven points, including a half-court 3-pointer to end the third quarter.

Mt. Abram, which won the Class C state title last season, will face No. 4 Carrabec in the semifinals Wednesday.

Nathan Fournier has been a sports reporter for the Sun Journal the past eight years. He enjoys hanging out with family and friends, watching sports when he's not working. He's a 2010 graduate of the New...

David Bailey is a Maine native who joined the Central Maine Newspapers sports staff in August 2022 after three years on the news desk (where he continues to contribute). From 2003-19, David was the sports...

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