The Wiscasset Middle High School Wolverine girls were held to just 16 points as Carrabec High School cruised to a win Friday night, Dec. 7 in North Anson in the Mountain Valley Conference basketball season opener.

The Wolverines couldn’t seem to get their offense in gear until late in the game. The Cobras led 27-3 after the first quarter and 41-6 at the half en route to a 70-16 win.

With that said, Coach Tom Philbrick and the Wolverines have something positive to build on. After being held scoreless in the third period they rallied back and outscored their hosts 10-9 in the final eight minutes of play.

Zoey Waltz and Kateleen Trask led the Wolverine offense each scoring six points and Brianna Orr made a three-point basket. Sydnie Thayer had one point and three steals.

The Wolverines will need to work at improving their rebounding. They managed to grab just four rebounds in the entire game. They shot just over 50 percent from the free throw line making four of nine foul shots.

WMHS will host its MVC rival Hall-Dale at 6:30 Tuesday, Dec. 11 at Stover Gymnasium. On Monday, Dec. 17 the team will be away vs. Mountain Valley High School returning home to host Oak Hill,
 Dec. 19. 


Philbrick honored

Philbrick who took over as Wiscasset’s head coach this season, was recently inducted into the Orono High School Sports Hall of Fame. He was the school’s first basketball player to score 1,000 career points. He later played basketball at Husson College in Bangor, where he helped his team compile a four-year record of 98-12, and win three conference championships and two NAIA District 5 titles.

He ended his career at Husson with 1,316 points and 826 career rebounds, and was inducted as part of the 1976 men’s basketball team into the Husson Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012.