The Ellsworth Eagles took the long bus ride to Calais on Monday, December 16th and the bus ride felt a little longer after falling to the Calais Lady Blue Devils 60-56 in a very competitive game.

Ellsworth led 17-16 after the 1st Quarter on the strength of Hailee Langley's 8 points. Ellsworth felt they had something to prove, after the disputed ending to Saturday's game, and the girls fought hard for every ball, and employed a 2-2-1 trap. Madison McVicar led Calais in the 1st Quarter with 6 points, going a perfect 4-4 from the 3-point line.

Calais took a 35-30 lead at the half, as they hit 4 3-pointers, all seemingly from the same right side on the court. McVicar had 2 of the 3's, while Kaylee Johnson and Olivia Smith each sank a 3 pointer.

Ellsworth fought back from the 5 point deficit in the 3rd Quarter, to tie the game 48-48. Morgan Card had 8 points in the quarter including a 3-pointer, while McVicar and Paige Gillespie each had 4 points for Calais.

In the 4th Quarter, Ellsworth lost Emily Berry and Morgan Card to fouls, and Calais went 7-12 from the free throw line in the 4th Quarter to come away with the 4 point win.

For the game, Ellsworth was led by Hailee Langley with 14 points, while Caitlin Bean had 13 points and Morgan Card 12 points. Card had 2 3-pointers while Sydni Palmer had 1 3-pointer. Ellsworth was 5-9 from the free throw line.

Calias was led by Madison McVicar who had a game high 22 points including 2 3-pointers. Kaylee Johnson had 12 points including 2 3-pointers and Gillespie had 10 points. Olivia Smith also had a 3-pointer for Calais. Calais ended up 14-29 from the free throw line.

Ellsworth is now 1-3 on the season, and will host Old Town 0-4 on Wednesday December 18th at Katsiaficas Gymnasium starting at 7 PM. Calais is now 2-0 and plays at Woodland 0-2, Wednesday December 18th at 6:30 PM

Box Score

 

1

2

3

4

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Ellsworth Girls

17

13

18

8

56

Calais Girls

16

19

13

12

60

Ellsworth

#NameGFGM2PM3PMFTMFTAPFPTS
1Courtney Wasson10000000
3Emily Berry12200054
4Caitlin Bean155034113
5Olivia Mora10000000
10Hailee Langley177000314
11Olivis Mora10000000
15Sydni Palmer11010003
20Sammy Mason13301227
21Kaiti Kinney11100002
23Morgan Card142213511
25Maddie Dow11100002
33Hannah Buzzell10000020
TOTALS124213591856

Calais

#NameGFGM2PM3PMFTMFTAPFPTS
2Jordan Hatch10000000
4Madison McVicar1642813122
10Katie Cavanaugh10000000
14Malorie Black10000000
20Kaylee Johnson141313112
22Olivia Smith13210217
24Kate Cundiff12203637
25Felicia Molholland10000000
30Jasmine Ross10000000
32Carson Hold10000000
34Taylorae Carter11100002
44Paige Gillespie144025210
TOTALS1201461429860

 

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