RANGELEY — The Richmond High School boys basketball team was on the verge in its opening two games of scoring a win for first-year coach Jon Spear.
Game three was the magic one as the Bobcats jumped out to a 22-5 first-quarter lead and cruised to a 66-27 East- West Conference victory over Rangeley on Friday.
“We were able to put pressure on them, and I feel this win will get us over the hump and get things going,” said Spear, whose squad is 1-2 and hosts Seacoast Christian on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
Richmond led 35-12 at the half and 53-17 after three quarters.
Eddie Stewart led the balanced Bobcats attack with 11 points, followed by Randy Moody and Cameron Emmons with nine points each, and Marcus Blake and Xavier Trask with eight apiece. Richmond was nine of 10 from the foul line.
AJ Elmes and Michael Haley had nine points for 0-1 Rangeley, which finished seven of 16 from the charity stripe.
MT. ARARAT 67
ERSKINE ACAD. 65
Shyheim Ulrickson drained a pair of free throws with seven seconds left to lift Mt. Ararat to a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win at South China on Friday.
Mt. Ararat, 2-1 and slated to host Skowhegan on Tuesday, led 31-16 at the half and 47-32 after 24 minutes, but Erskine (0-3) battled back, scoring 33 points in the fourth quarter, including a tying 3-pointer by Devin Duncan, who led all scorers with 21 points.
But, Ulrickson was fouled and made both, and the Mt. Ararat defense didn’t allow Erskine another shot.
“We’re 2-1 and we’ve played well together as a group and have handled the fundamentals,” said Mt. Ararat coach Aaron Watson. “We have executed down the stretch in our two wins.”
Ulrickson paced Mt. Ararat with 19 points, with Alex Lapierre adding 17. Mt. Ararat was 26 of 42 from the foul line.
Erskine finished 15 of 24 from the charity stripe.
MED. VALLEY 49
MORSE 38
Brandon Soper, Ryan Ripley and John Murray each scored 14 points as undefeated Medomak Valley (3-0) slipped past determined Morse (1-2) on Friday in KVAC Class B play.
“I’m very happy with where we are heading,” said Morse coach Sam Hayes, whose squad visits Lincoln Academy on Tuesday at 7 p.m. “We ran our offense the best we have this year against a very good team.”
Medomak jumped out to an 18-8 first-quarter lead, led 27- 20 at the half and 36-26 after three quarters. The Shipbuilders managed to whittle the lead down to six in the fourth quarter, but the visitors finished seven of 13 from the line to hold on.
Morse was paced by Ethan Winglass with 10 points, while Chris Paulus led the Shipbuilders in rebounds with 10 and added eight points. Casey Watson had nine caroms, Kevin McKellar four assists and D’Vaughn Myers three steals.
Morse missed its only two free throws.
SEACOAST 25
HYDE 49
Ryan Cassidy had 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead Hyde School (4-0) to a win over Seacoast Christian in Western Class D play on Thursday at Bath.
Warsame Mohamed posted a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Phoenix, who led 12-9, 30- 17 and 39-23 at the quarter breaks.
Evander Lenardson contributed eight points and some strong play at both ends of the court. He finished with six rebounds and three steals.
Wilson MacMillan added 10 points off the bench.
Hyde held Seacoast to one field goal in the second half behind the pressure defense of Wondo Shaw, Talin Rowe and Kiefer Cundy.
Silas Thomson led Seacoast with seven points and Isaac Lacroix finished with six.
DIRIGO 79
LISBON 53
Dirigo raced out to a 13-3 first-quarter lead and never looked back in toppling the Greyhounds in a Mountain Valley Conference clash on Friday.
“Defensively, they really locked us down and we didn’t do a good job handling their pressure,” said Lisbon coach Jake Gentle, who Greyhounds are scheduled to visit Wiscasset tonight. If the game is postponed because of inclement weather, there will be a boy/girl doubleheader in Wiscasset on Tuesday with boys at 5:30 p.m. and girls to follow.
Riley Robinson tossed in 27 points for Dirigo (3-0), while TJ Frost added 14 and Robbie Babb 13.
In the Greyhounds’ effort, Tucker Brannon led the way with 18 points and Brad Groh added 16.
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