Ellsworth Loses Heartbreaker to Yarmouth 59-52 in State Gold Ball Game [STATS/PHOTOS]

The Ellsworth Eagles Boy's Basketball Team's dream of a perfect season and the first Gold Ball since 1966 came to a heartbreaking end on Friday night, March 4th at the Cross Insurance Center when they lost to Yarmouth 59-52 in overtime.

The Eagles were 4.5 seconds away from winning the Gold Ball and a 23-0 unbeaten season when Steve Walsh from Yarmouth hit a 3 pointer deep from the left baseline to tie the score. The Eagles were then outscored 15-8 in overtime.

Ellsworth led 16-13 at the end of the 1st Quarter. Yarmouth got into early foul trouble, and Ellsworth was shooting 1 and 1's with 1:42 left in the 1st Quarter. Ellsworth went 7-8 from the free throw line in the 1st Quarter.

The Eagles led 29-21 at the end of the 1st Half, but the Clippers weren't as aggressive defensively, and Ellsworth was 1-3 from the foul line as Yarmouth stopped fouling.

Ellsworth was up 35-27 at the end of the 3rd Quarter.

After Yarmouth took a brief lead late in the 4th Quarter Brett Bragdon hit a pair of free throws with 58.5 seconds left and again with 19.5 seconds to put Ellsworth back in the lead, until Walsh's 3-pointer tied the game.

In overtime Peter Psyhogeos had 10 points, going 8-8 from the free throw line, as Ellsworth was forced to foul. Matt Waeldner had 5 points in OT for the Clippers. For Ellsworth Chance Mercier had 7 points in overtime, including 2 3-pointers, but the deficit was too big.

For Ellsworth Chance Mercier had 17 points while Hunter Curtis had 15 points. Gage Hardy ended with 9 points. The Eagles were 15-21 from the free throw line an had 3 3-pointers, 2 by Chance Mercier and 1 by Eamon MacDonald.

For Yarmouth, Peter Psyhogeos had a game-high 27 points while Matt Waeldner had 16 points. The Clippers were 12-14 from the free throw line and had 5 3-pointers. Psyhogeos had 2 3-pointers, Steve Walks 2 3's and Matt Waeldner 1 3-pointer

Yarmouth ends the season with the Gold Ball and a 20-3 record.

Ellsworth's season comes to an end with a 22-1 record and the runner-up plaque.

Thanks to Walter Churchill for the photos.

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	OT1	T
Yarmouth Boys	13	8	6	17	15	59
Ellsworth Boys	16	13	6	9	8	52

Box Score

Yarmouth

#	Name	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA
2	Matthew Gautreau	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Matt Waeldner	16	7	6	1	1	2
10	Evan Hamm	4	2	2	0	0	0
11	Steve Walsh	6	2	0	2	0	0
12	Aiden Kamm	2	1	1	0	0	0
13	Liam Hickey	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Peter Psyhogeos	27	7	5	2	11	12
20	Jack Janczuk	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Justin Dawes	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Sutter Auger	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Cole Snyder	2	1	1	0	0	0
24	Quin O’Meara	2	1	1	0	0	0
25	Nate Hagerdorn	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Jack Mclosh	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Spencer LaBrecque	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	59	21	16	5	12	14

Ellsworth

#	Name	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA
3	Chance Mercier	17	5	3	2	5	9
4	Miles Palmer	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Logan McGowan	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Hunter Curtis	15	6	6	0	3	4
11	Brett Bragdon	4	0	0	0	4	4
12	Gage Hardy	9	3	3	0	3	4
14	Brody Mercier	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Eamon MacDonald	3	1	0	1	0	0
20	Peter Keblinsky	2	1	1	0	0	0
21	Cruz Coffin	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Michael Palmer	2	1	1	0	0	0
23	Kaleb Connors	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Michael Harris	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Ethan LeClerc	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Keegan Omlor	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	52	17	14	3	15	21