Old Town Rallies to Defeat Ellsworth 61-58 [STATS]

The Old Town Coyote Girls Basketball Team hit 7 3-pointers in the 2nd Half, and rallied to beat the Ellsworth Eagles 61-58 at Mackenzie Gymnasium in Old Town on Tuesday, December 27th.

Ellsworth led 16-11 at the end of the 1st Quarter and 29-19 at the end of the 1st Half. But Old Town outscored Ellsworth 23-15 in the 3rd Quarter as Makayla Emerson hit 4 3-pointers to cut Ellsworth's lead to 44-42.

Ellsworth was led by Grace Jaffray who finished with 24 points including 3 3-pointers. Addison Atherton had 10 points. Elizabeth Boles and Lily Bean each drained a 3-pointer. The Eagles were 1-3 from the free throw line.

Old Town was led by Makayla Emerson who finished with 22 points including 6 3-pointers. Taylor Loring had12 points and  2 3-pointers. Saige Evans finished with 21 points, going 7-9 from the free throw line. The Coyotes were 17-23 from the free throw line.

Old Town is now 5-0. They host MCI on Thursday, December 29th at 7 p.m.

Ellsworth is now 4-1. They will host Orono on Thursday, December 29th at 3:30 p.m. That game will be broadcast on WDEA AM 1370, on WDEA Internet Radio, on our free downloadable APP and on any Alexa enabled device. 

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.

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