Glenburn Rec's 3/4 boys tournament gets underway

GLENBURN - Saturday morning at the Glenburn school, the Glenburn Rec hosted their 3rd/4th grade boys basketball tournament. Participants for the tournament include Gardiner, Glenburn, Hermon Gold, Old Town Rec (Pool A), Bangor, Caribou, Hermon Blue, and Newport (Pool B).

The Glenburn Rec travel basketball tournaments got underway Saturday morning with the 3rd/4th grade boys at the Glenburn Elementary School. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

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In the opening game, Old Town broke open a 15-15 half time tie with a 10-2 run in the third quarter to take a 25-17 lead with 1:34 left to play. The period closed with Old Town on top 27-17. A 14-3 final period led to a 41-20 victory for Old Town Rec over Hermon-Gold.

Old Town's Brooks Vose puts up a shot over Hermon's Mason Morin, (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Brooks Vose and Jamar Drake led Old Town in scoring with 10 points each, while Drew Ellis added eight points. Wesley Bragg scored a game high 13 points to lead Hermon in scoring.

OLD TOWN 6-9-12-14 -- 41

HERMON     5-10-2-3 -- 20

In game two on the day, after a 10-6 first quarter Caribou stretched their lead over Bangor to 22-9 at half time off a 12-3 second quarter. The Vikings continued to dominate Bangor with a 14-8 second half for the 36-17 victory.

Caribou's Landen Belanger (44) looks to drive the ball to the basket. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Owen Corrigan and Landen Belanger each scored a game high 12 points to pace Caribou in scoring. Rajon Reed scored six points to lead Bangor in scoring, while both Jacob Klein and Wyatt Chandler added four points.

CARIBOU 10-12-10-4 -- 36

BANGOR   6-3-4-4 -- 17

The third game of the day saw the host team Glenburn take a 12-11 half time lead over Gardiner, but a 14-4 Tigers third period put them on top 25-16 on their way to a 34-20 win over the Chargers.

Glenburn's Brady Hews brings the ball across mid court. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Brayden Elliott scored a game high 11 points to lead Gardiner in scoring, and Brady Peacock added six points. Brady Hews scored nine points and Colby Haggerty had seven points to pace Glenburn.

GARDINER 6-5-14-9 -- 34

GLENBURN 2-10-4-4 -- 20

In the first game of the afternoon, Newport opened with a 12-2 first quarter lead and led 21-7 at half time. Hermon Blue was unable to overcome the half time deficit despite out scoring Newport 16-9 over the second half.

Newport's Seth Bowden looks to set up a play. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Seth Bowden scored nine points, Owen Sides had seven points, and SJ Welch added five points to lead Newport in scoring. Ethan Pyle and Carter Wiggin each scored six points and Tommy Meserve had four points to lead Hermon in scoring.

NEWPORT 12-9-3-6 -- 30

HERMON    2-5-6-10 -- 23