How to Listen/Watch the #1 Ellsworth – #8 Presque Isle Boys Quarterfinals Saturday February 19
The #1 19-0 Ellsworth Eagles take on the #8 10-8 Presque Isle Wildcats on Saturday afternoon, February 19th in the final Class B Quarterfinal from the Cross Insurance Center.
The game tips-off at 3:30 p.m. Join Chris Popper for the call of the game. The game will be broadcast with the pregame starting at 3:15 on AM 1370 WDEA, on WDEA Internet Radio, on our free downloadable APP and on any Alexa enabled device.
The game will also be live-streamed on the NFHS Network (subscription required)
Ellsworth defeated Presque Isle twice this season, on January 1st in Presque Isle 78-65 and in Ellsworth 68-43 on January 28th.
Ellsworth advanced to the Quarterfinals defeating #16 Waterville in the Round of 16 79-39.
Presque Isle advance to the Quarterfinals defeating #9 Hermon 55-45 in the Round of 16.
Ellsworth is led by
- 1000 point scorer Hunter Curtis. Curtis was 2nd in the Big East in scoring averaging 18.4 points per game. He led the Big East in rebounding, ripping down 10.4 boards per game. He was tied for 3rd in assists averaging 4.8 assists per game.
- Chance Mercier led the Big East in scoring averaging 20.1 points per game. He was 8th in rebounds, averaging 6.8 rebounds per game. He was tied for 5th with 2.3 steals per game.
Presque Isle is led by
- Malachi Cummings who was 4th in the Big East in scoring with 17.1 points per game. He was 3rd in rebounding averaging 7.9 boards per game. He was 2nd in assists with 5.0 assists per game and tied for 2nd in steals with 2.7 steals per game.
- Xavier McAtee was 8th in the Big East in scoring with 15.6 points per game. He was 4th in rebounding with 7.6 rebounds per game
- Noah Yarema was 10th in scoring with 13.0 points per game