Jefferson girls, Nobleboro Boys Busline League Division II Runner-Ups

Hope 40 – Nobleboro 39Ben Welt scored a 3-pointer with a few seconds to go to lift Hope to a one point victory over Nobleboro in the Busline League Division II small school championship on Dec. 18 in Lincolnville. Nobleboro led 5-4, 19-14 and 33-29 at the quarter break in a game that was nip and tuck throughout the 32 minutes of play.

Scoring for the Lions were Dustin Prior 10, Jacob Robinson 8, Brady Leeman 7, Brett Cowan 6, Colton Spear 6 and Aaron McCullagh 2. Scoring for Hope were Welt 14 (8 in 4th quarter) Trevor Fowles 10, Sam Berry 8, Julian Starbird 6 and Nathan Soule 2.Nobleboro 54 – Jefferson 40Nobleboro led by one point at the half, 29-28, before buckling down on defense in the 2nd half to hold Jefferson to 12 points. The Lions took advantage of transitional hoops off steals to win 54-40 in the Southern Division championships in Nobleboro on Nov. 17.

Scoring for the Lions were Jacob Robinson 10, Colton Spear 9, Aaron McCullagh 9, Brady Leeman, Brett Cowan 7, Dustin Prior 6, Kobe Lincoln 3 and Ben Andrews 2. Scoring for Jefferson were Sawyer Pinkham 16, Devin Scherer 12, Wally Morris 8, Robbie Clark 2, and Logan Allen 2.Lincolnville 39 – Jefferson 38Lincolnville captured the Busline League Division II small school division championship with a 39-38 overtime win over Jefferson on Dec. 18 in Lincolnville. “Lincolnville really put up a fight, they were good. It was a nail biter. It was the weirdest game I’ve ever seen. We came in second place, but we got a trophy for the trophy case and the girls are happy,” coach Jessica Peaslee said.

The game saw 40 fouls called, with four Jefferson players fouling out, and two from Lincolnville, plus two had four fouls. Jefferson was tagged with 24 fouls and Lincolnville 16 in the emotional game that saw fans ejected early in the 1st quarter after a Jefferson player was called for three fouls in the opening minutes of the 1st period.

Lincolnville led 11-4 at the quarter, 19-14 at the half, and 28-19 at the end of three, before Jefferson mounted their comeback in the 4th quarter, out scoring Lincolnville 15-6 to tie the score and force overtime. “Everyone came through in the last quarter,” Peaslee said.

Marissa White and Jordan Moore scored for the Chargers in overtime, but four other shots did not fall. Lincolnville’s Hanna Bobe, Marissa Libby and Carrie Milner scored 2 points each in OT to lead the Lynx to victory.

Scoring for Jefferson were White 12, Abbie Farrin 10, Avery Bond 7, Jordan Moore 4, Morgan Achorn 2, Megan Peabody 2 and Miranda Achorn 1. Scoring for Lincolnville were Annie Young 12, Libby 12, Jacklyn Gillison 6, Milner 4, Bobe 2 and Zoie Magri 1.Jefferson 34 – GSB 26Jefferson took an 8-4 lead at the end of the 1st quarter and slowly built on it in their 34-26 win over the Cougars in the Busline League Southern Division finals. The Chargers led 17-10 at the half, and 24-17 at the end of three. Scoring for Jefferson were White 12, Farrin 6, Bond 5, Taylor Johnston 4, Moore 3 and Morgan Achorn 2. Scoring for the Cougars were Danielle Pinkham 11, Leslie Sandefur 7, Taylor Oliver 4 and Olivia York 3.