On Tuesday night, the #5 seed PVHS Lady Howlers defeated #12 seed Fort Kent Lady Warriors 55-33 in a Class C girls basketball preliminary round game played at Howland.
This was the first game back for senior Lexi Ireland, after suffering an ankle injury a few weeks ago. Ireland and the Lady Howlers were clicking on all cylinders. They started the game on a 28-0 run and held a 30-3 half time lead.
Ireland lead PVHS with 18 points, 10 rebounds, and six steals in just 20 minutes of play. Leine McKechnie’s hot shooting gave her 12 points on 4 three pointers, and five steals. Freshman Holly Loring added 11. Fort Kent was lead by the senior duo of Desiree Hafford who had 10 and Madison Saucier who had 8.
PVHS 23 30 43 55
FK 0 3 8 33
