The Ellsworth Girls Basketball Team made history, defeating the Presque Isle Wildcats for the 1st time in over a decade, 49-44 at Katsiaficas Gymnasium in Ellsworth on Thursday, December 27th.

Ellsworth jumped out to a 12-11 lead at the end of the 1st Quarter and it was 24-21 at the end of the 1st Half. Ellsworth was able to extend their lead slightly in the 3rd Quarter 34-29 and held on to win to end a decade plus of frustration.

Ellsworth was led by Trinity Montigny with a game high 23 points. Kylie Robidoux had 6 points. Montigny had 3 3's, and Ella Hubbard and Sara Shea each had a 3-pointer for the Eagles. Ellsworth was 6-14 from the free throw line.

Presque Isle was led by Faith Sjoberg with 16 points while Madison Jeandreau had 11 points. Sjoberg had 4 3's, Jeandreau 3 3's and Molly Kingsbury had 1 3-pointer. The Wildcats were 0-4 from the free throw line.

Ellsworth, now 4-1 will play host to Caribou on Friday, December 28th at 1PM.

Presque Isle, 2-2 will travel to Bar Harbor to play MDI on Friday, December 28th at 1PM in a game that will be broadcast on AM 1370 WDEA, on WDEA Internet Radio, on our free downloadable APP and on any Alexa enabled device.

Line Score

1234T
Presque Isle Girls111081544
Elllsworth Girls1212101549

Box Score

Presque Isle

#NameGPTSFGM2PM3PMFTMFTAPF
10Madison Jeandreau111413001
12Madison Michaud18440003
14Faith Sjoberg116624002
20Elizabeth Collins10000000
24Maggie Castonguay10000002
30Alana Legassie10000001
32Anna Trombley10000000
34M Bobar10000000
40Rhylee Kinney10000000
42Molly Kingsbury15211032
50Rebecca Rider14220014
TOTALS144181080415

Ellsworth

#NameGPTSFGM2PM3PMFTMFTAPF
3Ella Hubbard13101000
4Kylie Robidoux16330002
5Jocelyn Jordan12110000
10Samantha Higgins10000003
11Trinity Montigny123853470
12Sara Shea15101232
14Samantha Carter12110021
15Autumn Paul10000000
20Adreanna  Seavey10000000
21Sierra Andrews14220022
23Kayla Duhaime12110003
33Alicia Kelley12110001
34Samantha Simmons10000000
TOTALS1491914561414

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