BANGOR- The Southern Aroostook Warriors put eight players in the scorebook on Wednesday night led by a 20 point effort by Maddy Russell, and rolled to a 55-26 Maine Principals’ Association Class D girls semifinal win over the Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners at the Cross Insurance Center.
A slow start by top seeded Southern Aroostook saw Deer Isle-Stonington take a pair of early one point leads. The Warriors took control after that with an 8-0 run on a three-pointer by Ally Shields, a Maddy Russell three point play, and a steal and layup by Cami Shields and wouldn’t trail again. They would lead 20-11 after one quarter. After Macey Brown scored a basket to start things in the second for the Mariners, SACHS would respond with a 6-0 run to extend the advantage to 13. Six points by Cami Shields and Maddy Russell in the period pushed it out to a 39-17 lead at halftime. A 7-0 spurt by the Warriors to start the third quarter put them up 29, and the lead eventually went to 31 as they cruised to another regional final appearance. Southern Aroostook (17-3) will meet undefeated Wisdom (20-0) in that regional final on Saturday at 9 a.m.
Madison Russell added six rebounds and four steals to her team-high in points in the win. Cami Shields added 16 points. Also scoring on the night for Southern Aroostook was Emmalee Landry with seven points, Ally Shields and Madison Shields with three a piece, and Callie Russell, Olivia Ellingwood, and Hannah McGary with two points each. Macey Brown had 22 of the 26 points in the loss for Deer Isle-Stonington, a game-high and also chipped in five rebounds. Rylee Dorr and Megan Wendell also had two points each. The #4 seeded Mariners end their season at 14-6.
Recap by Chris Lessner/Photos by Marc Calnan/Videos by Gabe Nason and Marc Calnan
