Both Greenville teams advance to D South finals

AUGUSTA — Halle Pelletier scored seven of her game-high 22 points to help fuel a fourth-quarter surge on Feb. 20 as top-seeded Greenville earned its second straight trip to the Class D South girls basketball championship with a 52-33 semifinal win over No. 4 Seacoast Christian Academy of South Berwick at the Augusta Civic Center.

The defending regional champion Lakers (18-2) advanced to face No. 3 Valley of Bingham (10-10) in the title contest. Seacoast Christian finished the season with a 12-7 record.

Pelletier went 8-for-12 from the foul line to pace Greenville, which received nine points from Morgan Noyes and eight from Bianca Breton. The Lakers led by only eight points (39-31) through three quarters, but outscored Seacoast Christian 13-2 to put the game out of reach.

Ellie Leech led Seacoast Christian with nine points, while Kaitlyn Jandreau and Amaya Moore added eight points each.

Adam Ethier scored six of his 18 points to fuel a third-quarter surge that helped lead third-seeded Greenville boys to a 51-46 victory No. 2 Rangeley on Feb. 19 in a Class D South semifinal at the Augusta Civic Center.

Second seed Rangeley finished the season at 16-4. 

Greenville led by a point at halftime, but outscored Rangeley 16-10 in the third quarter to stretch its lead.

Cauden Harmon paced the winners with 19 points, which included six points in the fourth quarter on 4-for-6 foul shooting. Jake Morehouse added seven points for Greenville, which outscored Rangeley 8-2 at the foul line.

Nolan Boone led Rangeley with 19 points and Kenny Thompson tossed in 13 points.