Bucksport Boys Beat MDI 58-54 [STATS & PHOTOS]

The Bucksport Boys Basketball Team beat the MDI Trojans 58-54 in Bar Harbor on Tuesday, January 31st, as the Trojans attempted a 4th Quarter comeback.

Bucksport led 14-13 at the end of the 1st Quarter and 29-24 at the end of the 1st Half. Bucksport increased their lead to 10 points at the end of the 3rd Quarter, leading 46-48. MDI would get within 1 point in the 4th Quarter, but was never able to tie the game.

Bucksport was led by Caden Blackwood with 18 points and 1 3-pointer. Jake Williams had 15 points, 2ith 13 of the points coming in the 2nd Half. Evan Donnell had 13 points with 2 3-pointers.Kamryn Webber had a 3-pointer. The Golden Bucks were 10-19 from the free throw line.

MDI was led by Kadin Reed with 15 points including 1 3-pointer. Evan Ankrom had 9 points with a 3-pointer. MDI was 14-19 from the free throw line.

Bucksport is now  6-8 with 4 games remaining in the regular season

• Thursday February 2nd vs. Ellsworth 7 p.m.
• Saturday, February 4th at Old Town 4 p.m.
• Tuesday February 6th vs. Houlton 5:30 p.m.
• Thursday, February 8th vs. GSA 7 p.m.

MDI is now 5-10 with 3 games remaining.

• Thursday February 2 vs. Presque Isle 5:30 p.m.
• Saturday, February 4 at Washington Academy 3:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, February 8 at Ellsworth 7 p.m.

All the games will be broadcast on AM 1370 WDEA, on WDEA Internet Radio, on our free downloadable APP and on any Alexa enabled device.

You can nominate someone for the Winter Week 9 High School Athlete of the Week by emailing HERE. Please put High School Athlete of the Week in the subject. Nominations for games January 29-February 4th need to be received by February 6th. Then tell us why your nominee is deserving! Let us know specifics! How many goals did she/he score? How many points did she/he score? How fast did they run or throw in the indoor track meet? How fast did they swim in the swim meet? How did they do in the wrestling meet? We also want to know what school they go to! Please send them by Monday night!

Tuesday we will then compile the nominees and it will be your turn to choose the winner! You can then cast your votes, and voting will close Thursday night at 11:59 p.m. We will then announce the winner online and on air on Friday each week!

We are also looking for reports of High School Basketball,  Hockey, Swimming, Indoor Track and Field, and Wrestling results. If you can email them HERE we will write recaps nightly. We need the score, who scored the goal, and any highlights. You can even text the photo of the scoresheets to 207-469-8660.

Line Score

Box Score

Bucksport

MDI

Thanks to Walter Churchill for the photos