Southern Aroostook Beats Deer Isle-stonington For 3rd Straight D North Girls Title

The top-seeded and two-time defending Class D basketball state champion Southern Aroostook High School girls found themselves in a dogfight with the determined second-seeded Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners in their Class D North championship game Saturday morning. The Warriors needed someone to step up and 5-foot-11 junior center Kacy Daggett did just that. Daggett scored five straight points and then fed Makaelyn Porter for a back-door layup as Southern Aroostook rattled off 11 unanswered points spanning the third and fourth quarters en route to a 52-33 triumph at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times Southern Aroostook senior Makaelyn Porter twirls the net in jubilation after Southern Aroostook beat Deer Isle-Stonington 52-33 to win their third straight Class D North championship title. The Warriors (21-0) play the winner of the Class D South championship game between Greenville and Valley of Bingham next Saturday at 1 p.m.