Forest Hills beats Central Aroostook to win first Class D title.

Forest Hills (19-2) will face Central Aroostook (17-5) at 2:45 p.m. Saturday at the Bangor Auditorium. This is the second straight Class D final appearance for Forest Hills, while Central Aroostook has won four state championships in the last eight seasons, most recently in 2011.

Derick Ouellette is not as big as you may think he is. The way he plays the low post, the Forest Hills High School senior doesn’t have to be 6-foot-5. He doesn’t even have to be his listed height of 6-1.

AUGUSTA — Forest Hills and Valley might be the friendliest boys basketball rivalry in the state. You’ll find more animosity at a chilli cook off than you will between the Tigers and the Cavaliers.

AUGUSTA — In his first season as Lawrence High School’s boys basketball coach, Mike McGee coached the Bulldogs to one of the biggest upsets of his career, beating Waterville in the Eastern Class A final. On Friday night, McGee almost did it again. It took a buzzer-beating 30 foot 3-pointer by Hampden Academy freshman Nick Gilpin to beat Lawrence and give the Broncos a 40-39 win in the Eastern A final.

AUGUSTA — This is what Carrington Miller and Josh West have been waiting for, or perhaps, there’s a better way to put it. Miller and West have been building up to this.

It’s been a long time since a team dominated Eastern Class A like Hampden Academy has dominated the region this season. Standing between the 20-0 Broncos and a second consecutive regional title is Lawrence (16-4).

As the final seconds ticked away in Lawrence’s Eastern Class A semifinal game against Edward Little of Auburn, Lawrence coach Mike McGee raised his arms in victory, knowing that with his team’s 49-41 win, he’d have at least one more game.

On Saturday morning at the Bangor Auditorium, Presque Isle did what no team has managed in more than a month. The Wildcats slowed Waterville down, and in the process took a 47-45 win in the Eastern Class B quarterfinals.