Ian Barwise hit a big 3-pointer that started a late game run that carried Thornton Academy to its first state basketball championship with a 54-52 win over Edward Little High before 4,600 fans Saturday night at the Augusta Civic Center.
Barwise, who played for Cheverus' state champions last year, finished with 17 points. Thornton (19-3) outscored Edward Little (19-3) 16-13 in the fourth quarter.
With the Golden Trojans trailing 43-42, Barwise's basket started an 11-3 surge that gave them a 53-46 lead with only seconds remaining. Corey Therriault broke up the run with a 3-pointer from the side, but the Red Eddies hurt themselves with two intentional fouls and a technical foul in the final 30 seconds.
morse finished with 14 points. Therriault led the Eddies with 21 points.
Edward Little was playing in its first Class A state final in 52 years while Thornton was playing in its first state final ever.

Thornton Academy closed tbhe quarter with an 8-0 run as James Morse finally hit from outside with a 3-pointer.
Morse came alive with seven points in the quarter after scorinign only two points in the first half.
Thornton turned up its intensity on defense and on the boards.

With the score tied at 21-21, Edward Little ran off eight straight points. The Eddies got open inside as Corey Therriault and James Philbrook each had two baskets in the spurt. The Eddies controlled the boards in the quarter.
Therriault had 13 points in the half while Ian Barwise had 12 for the Golden Trojans in the first half.
Barwise picked up his second foul midway in the quarter and didn't return. James Morse, held to two points in the first half, collected his third foul with 2:44 remaining.
Philbrook had eight rebounds and four assists in the first half.

Corey Therriault scored nine points for Edward Little while Ian Barwise of Thornton Academy also had nine points.
Therriault's 3-pointer gave the Red Eddies the quarter lead.

Camden Hills went on an 8-2 run to start the second half and never trailed again in beating Cape Elizabeth, for the Class B boys' basketball state championship Friday night at the Civic Center.

Camden Hills (22-0) used a suffocating defense and continually found its big man inside for layups. Gordon Fischer had 10 points in the fourth quarter while Tyler McFarland added seven

Camden Hills got its act together in the third quarter, starting fast with an 8-2 run to grap the lead. Gordon Fischer had six points in the quarter, but Cape rallied behind Alex Bowe to only trail by one.

Cape outplayed Camden Hills in the first half as the Capers' defense rattled the usually in control Windjammers.

Camden Hills trails at halftime for the first time all season. Cape led 11-8 after one quarter, then ran off 10 straight points midway through the second quarter to take a 23-15 lead.

Alex Bowe had nine points in the first half for the Capers but picked up his third foul with just over a minute left. Cape won the battle of the boards against the taller Windjammers.

It was Cape Elizabeth with great defense in the first quarter, as it caused six Camden Hills' turnovers.

Andrew Dickey had two baskets for Cape, including the first one of the game. Tyler McFarland had four points for Camden Hills.

Morgan Frame put her Waterville High teammates on her back in the fourth quarter and carried the Panthers to their third consecutive Class B state championship and 66th consecutive victory Friday night.

Frame scored 12 of her 22 points in the final eight minutes to help Waterville pull away for a 54-42 win over York at the Cumberland County Civic Center. The Panthers led by only one entering the final quarter.

York's top scorer, Nicole Taylor, fouled out with 4:55 left and York trailing 42-36. She had 12 points, eight coming in the first quarter.

Waterville finished 22-0 for the third consecutive season. York, in the title game for the first time in 15 years, finished 21-1.

Frame also finished with 19 rebounds.

In a back-and-forth third quarter, Waterville maintained a one-point lead when Jasmine Bishop hit two foul shots with 30 seconds left.

York had taken a 33-30 lead on a three-point play by Stephanie Gallagher, who had six points in the quarter.

Waterville's Morgan Frame also had six points in the quarter.

Waterville's Jasmine Bishop hit two foul shots with 19.8 seconds left in the second quarter to give Waterville its two-point lead.

The big story was that York's leading scorer Nicole Taylor picked up her third foul on the play.

Waterville grabbed an early six-point lead in the second quarter by forcing turnovers on York's first four possessions. Paige Gardiner and Bishop combined to score the three baskets for a 17-11 lead.

York came back with Stephanie Gallagher and Emma Clark each scoring two baskets, Clark tying the game at 21 with a layup with 44 seconds left in the half.

Waterville's Jenn Nale scored a three-point play with 4.2 seconds left in the quarter to forge the tie .

York's defensive pressure bothered Waterville throughout the first quarter, at one point forcing Coach Ted Rioux to call time-out. But the Wildecats missed many shots.

York's Nicole Taylor had eight points. Waterville's Morgan Frame had four.