BANGOR, Maine- Hermon built a sizable first half lead on Saturday afternoon, and then cruised to a 58-30 win over Presque Isle in a Maine Principals’ Association Class B quarterfinal boys game at the Cross Insurance Center.
Hermon (19-0) scored the first 10 points of the game, and didn’t allow Presque Isle to get on the board until Trace Cyr hit a free throw with 10 seconds left in the opening stanza. More of the same in the second led by six points from Cody Hawes. The Hawks took their biggest lead to that point when Kent Johnson hit a three pointer with less than 10 seconds left, and then after a steal on the inbounds pass Hawes also drained a three at the halftime buzzer to make it 26-7.
Presque Isle (9-11) held Hermon to just five third quarter points and it was 31-15 headed to the final eight minutes. The Hawks exploded in the fourth with 27 points, including an eight point quarter from Joel Bergeron which was exclamated with a fast break dunk, and also six from Garrett Trask as Hermon raced to their 40th consecutive win.
Hawes led the way with 15 points for Hermon. Trask had 13. Johnson added 11 points, while Bergeron had nine points and five rebounds. Jonah Hudson had 10 points for Presque Isle. Jacob Sjoberg also chipped in eight points.
Hermon advances to a Wednesday 3:35 p.m. semifinal to face MCI.
Isaac Varney goes up for a dunk during the fourth quarter of Hermons Class B boys quarterfinal win on Saturday, February 16, 2019 in Bangor. Photo courtesy of Lisa Prescott (click to enlarge)
PIH 1 6 8 15- 30
HER 10 16 5 27- 58
Rebounds- PI 16 Hermon 28
Free throws- PI 7-19 Hermon 9-14
Turnovers- PI 20 Hermon 8
