Ellsworth Girls Beat Orono 80-15 [STATS & PHOTOS}

The Ellsworth Eagles Girls Basketball Team ran past the Orono Red Riots 80-15 at Katsiaficas Gymnasium in Ellsworth, on Thursday, December 29th.

Ellsworth led 24-6 at the end of the 1st Quarter and 48-9 at the end of the 1st Half. The Eagles were on top 65-15 at the end of the 3rd Quarter.

Ellsworth was paced by Grace Jaffray who finished with a game high 25 points including a 3-pointer. Abby Radel poured in 11 points with a 3-pointer. Kaylee Bagley and Elizabeth Boles each drained a 3-pointer. Ellsworth was 1-5 from the free throw line.

Orono was led by Mary Hillary Whitmore with 5 points. She had a 3-pointer. The Red Riots were 2-9 from the free throw line.

Ellsworth improves to 5-1. They will play Caribou on Friday morning, December 30th at 11:30 a.m.  We will broadcast that game starting at 11:15 on AM 1370 WDEA, on WDEA Internet Radio, on our free downloadable APP and on any Alexa enabled device.

Orono is now 0-5. They play at Old Town on Saturday, December 31st at 12 Noon.

You can vote for the Week 3 High School Athlete of the Week through Thursday night, December 29th at 11:59 as many times as you wish HERE

You can nominate someone for the Winter Week 4 High School Athlete of the Week by emailing HERE. Please put High School Athlete of the Week in the subject. Nominations for games December 26th to December 31st need to be received by January 2nd. 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

Orono

Ellsworth

Check out the photos from the game