Ellsworth Boys Beat Back Belfast 68-40

The Ellsworth Boys Basketball Team showed no signs of rust after not playing a game in over a week, beating the Belfast Lions 68-40 at Katsiaficas Gymnasium in Ellsworth on Saturday, December 22nd.

Ellsworth umped out to a 19-9 lead at the end of the 1st Quarter. Jackson Curtis had 6 points, his brother Hunter Curtis 4 points, Connor Crawford a 3-pointer, Devin Grindle 3 points, going 3-4 from the free throw line, Austin Harris 2 points and Norman Jodrey 1 point, going 1-2 from the free throw line. For Belfast Andrew Ackles had 5 points, with a 3-pointer. Wilder Magruder had a 3-pointer, and Dakota Payson was 1-2 from the free throw line.

Ellsworth increased their lead to14 points at the end of the 1st Half 33-19 as the Eagles outscored Belfast 14-10 in the 2nd Quarter. For Ellsworth Hunter Curtis had 4 points, as did Norman Jodrey and Austin Harris. Jackson Curtis had 2 points. For Belfast Jason Bartlett had 4 points with a 3 pointer, Chris Kelley had a 3-pointer and Magruder had 3 points.

In the 3rd Quarter Ellsworth outscored Belfast 14-11 to take a 47-30 lead. Jackson Curtis had 6 points, Darby Barry a 3-pointer from the corner, and Jodrey and Hunter Curtis 2 points each. Devin Grindle was 1-2 from the free throw line. For Belfast Kelley had 9 points with a 3-pointer while Bartlett chipped in 2 points.

In the final Quarter, Deyan Rich scored his 1st Varsity Points, scoring 4 points. Jackson Curtis had 6 points. Austin Harris had points, Hunter Curtis 3 points, Malcolm Svec 2 points and Brett Bragdon was 2-2 from the free throw line. For Belfast Tanner Veilleux and Tommy Walker each had a 3-pointer, Dakota Payson had 2 points, and Chris Kelley and Wilder Magruder were each 1-2 from the free throw line.

Ellsworth had 3 players in double figures. Jackson Curtis had a game high 20 points, Hunter Curtis 13 points and Austin Harris 10 points. The Eagles were 8-21 from the free throw line.

Belfast was led by Chris Kelley with 13 points. The Lions were 5-10 from the free throw line

Ellsworth is now 3-1 on the season, and will play host to Presque Isle on Thursday, December 27th at 6PM.

Belfast now 0-5 plays at Oceanside on Friday, December 28th.

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
Belfast Lions Boys	9	10	11	10	40
Ellsworth Boys	19	14	14	21	68

Box Score

Belfast

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
2	Tanner Veilleux	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
4	Chase Sanders	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
5	Jason Bartlett	1	6	2	1	1	1	2	1
10	Ethan Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Tanner Veilleux	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Grady Doolan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
14	Max Lewis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Luke Lightner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
21	Wilder Magruder	1	7	2	1	1	2	4	3
22	Dakota Payson	1	3	1	1	0	1	2	2
23	Chris Kelly	1	13	5	3	2	1	2	2
30	Tommy Walker	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	1
42	Andrew Ackles	1	5	2	1	1	0	0	2
	TOTALS	1	40	14	7	7	5	10	16

Ellsworth

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
3	Devin Grindle	1	4	0	0	0	4	8	1
4	Connor Crawford	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	1
10	Hunter Curtis	1	13	6	6	0	1	2	3
11	Brett Bragdon	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	0
12	Colin Lacasse	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14	Norman Jodrey	1	7	3	3	0	1	2	2
15	Noah Neleski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
20	Darby Barry	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	Austin Harris	1	10	5	5	0	0	0	0
32	Jackson Curtis	1	20	10	10	0	0	2	2
33	Malcolm Svec	1	2	1	1	0	0	3	0
34	Deyan Rich	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	1
	TOTALS	1	68	29	27	2	8	21	11