MDI Boys Dig Too Big of a Hole in 1st Quarter and Fall to Ponies 58-45 [STATS & PHOTOS]

The MDI Trojans Boys Basketball Team dug themselves too big of a hole in the 1st Quarter and were never able to climb out of it, falling to the Foxcroft Academy Ponies 58-45 on Tuesday, December 27th in Bar Harbor.

The Ponies led 23-7 at the end of the 1st Quarter. MDI outshot Foxcroft Academy 11-5 in the 2nd Quarter to cut Foxcroft Academy's lead to 28-18. But the Ponies outscored MDI 18-10 in the 3rd Quarter to increase their lead to 46-28.

MDI was led by Kadin Reed with 17 points including 3 3-pointers. Evan Ankrom had 12 points. Joey Wellman-Clouse had a 3-pointer. MDI was 13-21 from the free throw line.

Foxcroft Academy was led by Caden Crocker with 21 points including 3 3-pointers. Jadon Richard had 20 points, going a perfect 10-10 from the free throw line. The Ponies were 17-19 from the free throw line.

MDI is now 2-2. They host Hermon on Friday, December 30th, at 7 p.m. That game will be broadcast on AM 1370 WDEA , on WDEA Internet Radio and on any Alexa enabled device. and on our free downloadable APP

Foxcroft Academy is now 3-1. They will host Caribou on Thursday, December 29th at 4:30 p.m.

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

Foxcroft Academy

MDI

Thanks to Walter Churchill for the photos!