Ellsworth Falls to Old Town in Semis 53-50
The Ellsworth Eagle's season came to an end on Wednesday, February 19th in the Eastern Maine Class B Semifinals, as the #10 Eagles fell to the #6 Old Town Coyotes 53-50.
Old Town jumped out to a 12-6 1st Quarter lead, as Nick Cowan had 5 points, and Adam Richardson 4 points. Old Town was 6-9 from the free throw line in the 1st Quarter. Ellsworth had 4 points from Nick Bagley on a 3-pointer, but were outrebounded by Old Town, especially on the offensive glass, as Old Town limited Ellsworth to one shot.
Old Town led 24-17 at the half, and for more of the 2nd Quarter were up by double digits. Mitchell Cole had 5 points for Old Town, and Old Town went 2-5 from the free throw line. Ellsworth received 4 points from Griffen Nightingale, and Bruce St. Peter and Bagley had another 3-pointer.
After three quarters, Old Town was up 39-31. Old Town's Mitchell Cole had 7 points including a 3-pointer at the buzzer. Eric Hoogterp had 5 points including a 3 pointer. Steven Mahon had 6 points for Ellsworth, and the Eagles received 3-pointers from Mitchell Domagala and Kyle Golding.
In the 4th Quarter, Ellsworth's Steven Mahon took over offensively, scoring 11 points including a 3 pointer, and Bagley knocked in his third 3-pointer. It was 51-50 with 3.7 seconds remaining and Ellsworth fouled Garvey Melmed who sank both his free throws, and with 3.0 seconds left, Ellsworth's long 3-pointer fell short, and Old Town came away with the victory.
Ellsworth was led by Steven Mahon with a game high 18 points. Nick Bagley had 11 points. Old Town was led by Eric Hoogterp, Nick Cousins and Mitchell Cole, all with 13 points. Ellsworth went 6-11 from the free throw line, while Old Town went 18-30.
Old Town will now play the winner of the Caribou-Hermon semifinal on Saturday, February 22nd.
Photos by Anna Travers
Box Score
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
Ellsworth Boys | 6 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 50 |
Old Town Coyotes Boys | 12 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 53 |
Ellsworth
# | Name | G | FGM | 2PM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PF | PTS |
3 | Alex Braley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 | Griffin Nightingale | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
11 | Steven Grant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Mitchell Domagala | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
15 | Bryce Harmon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
20 | Connor Maguire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Dillon Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Nick Bagley | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
23 | Steven Mahon | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
30 | Bruce St.Peter | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
32 | Kyle Golding | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
33 | Derek Look | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
34 | Cooper Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 1 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 50 |
Old Town
# | Name | G | FGM | 2PM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PF | PTS |
4 | Brian Dunn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Drew Coulombe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Kaleb Gifford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Garvey Melmed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
20 | Tyler Gifford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
22 | Eric Hoogterp | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 13 |
24 | Nick Cowan | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
30 | Zac Libby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | Andre Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Mitchell Cole | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
42 | Adam Richardson | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
44 | Scott Smart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50 | Zach Bartlett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 53 |