ORLANDO – Thomas Knight scored 16 points and Colby Knapp added 14 more, but the Dirigo Cougars fell just short, losing 60-51 to Salesian High School of California in the final game of the teams’ bracket final game at the KSA Events Orlando Holiday Shootout.

Dirigo won its first two games in its eight-team bracket.

Justin Brown led Salesian with 24 points, while Jabari Brown added 13 and Darnell Simmons drained 12.

Dirigo was as close as four points with 1:30 to play, but a few missed free throws and a couple of ill-timed turnovers dashed the Cougars’ hopes of a comeback.

Bowdoin defeats Roanoke College

BRUNSWICK – Junior Alexa Kaubris connected for a game-high 16 points, including four of five from three-point range, to lead the Bowdoin College women’s basketball team to a 67-57 victory over Roanoke College on Sunday at the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrel Classic. The Polar Bears, who never trailed in the game, close out the 2007 calendar year with a 6-4 record.

Jill Anelauskas posted 14 points and collected 13 rebounds along with three steals for Bowdoin. Colleen Sweeney had 14 points and seven boards.

Solid showing for local racewalkers

In his first race of the new season Boothbay High School sophomore Matthew Forgues set a unmatchable pace to win the boys’ one mile racewalk at Brown University today in a time of 7:29.46. Following him with a silver medal second place finish was Lisbon High School junior Tyler Campbell fresh from his first two weeks of training in a time of 8:15.89.

Meanwhile, University of Maine sophomore Lauren Forgues, from Boothbay, won the women’s division of the largest judged one-mile racewalk in Texas in a time of 7:44, while Edward Little High School sophomore Christie Bernier of Auburn took 9th place in 8:54 and Mt. Blue freshman Emily Reed of Farmington finished in 13th place with a time of 9:27.

One day later Bernier and Reed raced very successfully in the 5k.