Shelby Pelkey scored a game-high 22 points as the third-seeded Rams defeated the No. 2 Shipbuilders in an Eastern Class A girls semifinal at the Augusta Civic Center.

Rachael Mack scored 12 points as Cony, the defending state champions, advanced to the regional final for the eighth consecutive season.

Pelkey scored nine of her 11 first-half points in the first quarter to propel Cony into an early 14-12 lead.

Cony opened the second quarter with a 13-2 run to open up a 27-14 lead 12 minutes into the game.

Jill Henrikson scored 14 points to lesd Morse, which finished the season with a 17-4 record.

Brogan Liberty finished with 18 points as the top-ranked Bulldogs cruised to a 49-39 win in an Eastern A quarterfinal game against Messalonskee.

Alexa Bernatchez added 15 points for Lawrence, which improves to 18-1 and advances to play #5 Oxford Hills in the semifinals on Wednesday.

Brogan Liberty scores six points in the third quarter as Lawrence leads 39-28 after three.

Hannah Dexter scores nine in the third quarter for Messalonskee, but the Bulldogs are still in control.

The Eastern A girls basketball showdown between Messalonskee and Lawrence is underway ...

Senior guard Kari Pelletier scored a game-high 20 points, including 13 from the free throw line as No. 5 Oxford Hills held off Bangor in an Eastern A quarterfinal at the Augusta Civic Center.
Megan Joyce came off the bench to score 17 points for the Vikings, who await the winner of the Lawrence-Messalonskee game.
Brooke Hackett and Hilary Sivik each scored 12 to lead Bangor.

Senior guard Jill Henrikson scored 32 points, including a three-point play with 3.3 seconds left, to lift No.2 Morse over Skowhegan.

With the game tied at 46, Morse called a timeout with 14.3 seconds left. The ball went into the right corner and Maggie Smith found Henrikson cutting to the basket. She hit the layup and was fouled, also hitting the free throw.

Skowhegan did not get off a final shot.

Henrikson had 11 points in the final period, inlcuding Morse's last nine.

Jill Henrikson was fouled while taking a half-court shot and hit all three foul shots with 4.8 seconds left in the third quarter to keep Morse ahead of upstart Skowhegan.

Morse trailed by four when sonya Dickinson put in an offensive rebound while falling down. Then Henrikson hit her shots.

Tenth-ranked Skowhegan kept close throughout the second quarter, and pulled within one at the half when Adrienne Davis' 3-point attempt rolled around, then in at the buzzer.

Jill Henrikson had 13 points for the Shipbuilders at the half, eight coming in the second quarter. She was helped by Tarra Burr, who had four points, including an offensive rebound basket with 1:03 left in the second quarter that provided Morse with a 25-21 lead.

Skowhegan hit three 3-pointers in the second quarter to stay close.

Morse scored the game's first five points, all by Jill Henrikson, then held off several Skowhegan challenges.

Sarah Fitzgerald gave the second-seed Shipbuilders a boost with four points off the bench.

Kaley Brown had Skowhegan's first seven points.

Rachael Mack hit six foul shots in the fourth period and had 16 points overall as Cony held off Brunswick to advance to the semifinals.

Cony took a 13-0 lead at the start of the game and held off several Brunswick rallies.

The Dragons (13-7) lost to Cony (17-2) for the third time this season.

Brunswick came within seven in the fourth, but no closer as Mack and Shelby Pelkey combined to hit 9-of-10 foul shots.

Claire Baecher led Brunswick with 10 points.

Cony extended its halftime lead by hitting key 3-pointers in the third period.

Shelby Pelkey hit a 3 to make it 28-22 Cony.

Then Courtney Dufour hit one from the right wing to make it 35-26. A back-door layup by Kayla Belanger from Pelkey made it 37-26 before Brunswick got a late basket from Claire Baecher to close to 37-28.

Brunswick came back strong in the second quarter, using a gripping defense to force seven Cony turnovers.

The Dragons, down 12 entering the second quarter, fought back to within two, 20-18, on a short jumper by Claire Baecher with 1:50 left in the half.

But Cony scored the next five points. Rachael Mack hit two foul shots. Shelby Pelkey hit a foul shot and Mack grabbed the rebound of her miss and put it in for a 25-18 lead with 20 seconds remaining.

Baecher hit a 15-foot leaner at the buzzer to bring Brunswick within five.

Mack had eight points for Cony in the first half while Brittany Ford had nine, on three 3-pointers.

Mardi Artis had five second-quarter points to lead Brunswick in the first half.

Cony scored the game's first 13 points, holding Brunswick without a field goal in the first quarter.

The Dragons were scoreless for 7:02 until Jacquelyn Kelly hit two foul shots, to make it 13-2.

Cony's first three baskets were 3-pointers, two by Brittany Ford, then Rachael Mack scored two hoops inside.