Hermon girls roll past visiting Ellsworth

HERMON – The Hermon varsity girls basketball team hosted Ellsworth Saturday and sent the visitors home on the end of a 50-30 loss.

Hermon's Maddie Lebel, left, drives hard to the basket as Ellswoth's Samantha Carter tries to defend. Hermon won the game 50-30. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

Both teams got off to a very slow start with a 6-6 tie at the end of the first quarter. However, the Hawks put it in second gear in the second quarter and outscored the Eagles 17-9 to take a 23-15 lead into the halftime break. After breaking it open in the third, Hermon put it away in the final stanza for the lopsided win.

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Hermon was trailing 6-3 in the first quarter when Char Caron nailed a long 3-pointer at the buzzer to tie the score. Paige Plissey led the attack for Hermon in the second quarter with eight of her game-high 15 points on the day.

Scoring in the game for Hermon was Plissey with 15 points; Megan Tracy nine; Caron eight; Maddie Lebel six; Allie Cameron five; Grace Page three; and Elizabeth Wyman and Sadie Campbell two each.

Hermon's Megan Tracy splits the defense of Ellsworth players for a shot. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

The Hawks were 14-of-26 (54 percent) from the foul line. The had three 3-pointers, two from Caron and one from Plissey.

Hermon's Char Caron nails a 3-pointer at the buzzer in the first quarter to tie the score at 6-6. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

For Ellsworth, Trinity Montigny led the team with 13 points; Morgan Clifford, Jocelyn Jordan, and Casey Carter had four each; Sierre Andrews and Autumn Paul two each; and Kayla Duhaime two each.

The Eagles were 8-of-17 (47 percent) from behind the charity stripe. They knocked down two 3-point baskets, one each from Clifford and Montigny.

The win moves Hermon to 15-1 with two games left to play. Monday, Feb. 3 they will host MDI and finish the season at home hosting John Bapst Wednesday, Feb. 5. Hermon currently sits in third place in Class B Noth Heal point standings. Presque Isle is in first at 14-3. The top 12 teams make it to the postseason.

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Hermon's Paige Plissey with an open layup shot. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

A great enthusiastic crowd on hand for the two varsity games. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)