On a night before a blizzard, it rained three-pointers in Wiscasset.

The Boothbay Region High School girls varsity basketball team was able to use the perimeter to their advantage and sunk the Wiscasset High School Wolverines, 70-33 on Monday, Jan. 26.

The Seahawks (15-1) netted eight first-half three-pointers, including five by Morgan Crocker, who scored a game-high 27 points, and three from Sara Durgan, who scored 11 points.

Despite the lopsided final score, the two teams were competitive throughout, and the first quarter featured two longstanding rivals trading big shots and blows.

Boothbay Region was able to strike via the three-pointer early in the first quarter, but Wiscasset's Kayla Gordon scored six points to cut the lead to 15-8 after one quarter. Alecia Faulkingham (team-high 14 points) found seams in the Seahawk defense to score 10 first-half points and to help Wiscasset remain in the game with a halftime score of 39-20 in favor of Boothbay Region.

In the second half the Seahawks were able to muscle Wiscasset to pull out the victory.

Gordon finished with 12 points for Wiscasset (4-11), who will travel to Auburn on Friday, Jan. 30 to play St. Dom's.

Boothbay breaks away with win

Although the rematch of the Wiscasset Wolverines and Boothbay Region Seahawks boys varsity basketball teams was more competitive than the first go-round, the result was the same.

Boothbay (13-1) was able to upend Wiscasset (4-11) on Monday, Jan. 26 by a score of 86-46 in front of a packed-house in Wiscasset. The Seahawks had defeated Wiscasset by a score of 84-27 when the two teams met in Boothbay in December.

The two teams played a physical game, and Wiscasset came out hot early, although Boothbay was able to take a 20-11 lead after the first quarter.

Boothbay's defense was especially aggressive, as the Seahawks were able to force turnovers that lead to fast break points in the second and third quarters to put the game away. In the middle two quarters of play, Boothbay scored 55 points, large thanks to a stifling defense that was able to bottle-up a Wiscasset attack to the tune of 24 points over the same stretch.

John Hepburn led the way for the Seahawks with a game-high 19 points. Julian Aponte did damage beyond the arc to the tune of 14 points on three three-pointers, while Abel Bryer scored all 12 of his points in the fast-break third quarter.

For Wiscasset, Brandon Sprague was again the high scorer, as the junior forward netted 15 points. Cody Roberts, Zach Reed, Daren Wood and Kevin Lynch all scored five points apiece for Wiscasset.