Dakota White’s putback at the buzzer gave Dirigo a 40-39 win over Spruce Mountain in a boys basketball contest Monday in Dixfield.

The Cougars (10-8) led by 10 points in the fourth quarter, but the Phoenix (14-4) stormed back to take the lead with 40 seconds remaining.

White and Brady Philbrick, who hit three 3-pointers, each finished with 11 points for Dirigo, and Owen Smith chipped in eight points.

Spruce Mountain’s Jace Bessey led all scorers with 16 points.

BUCKFIELD 59, WISCASSET 56: The Bucks outscored the Wolverines 13-3 in the opening quarter and held off a significant rally in the fourth to earn the win in Buckfield.

Trenton Haskell poured in a game-high 21 points for Buckfield (9-9), while Gaven Parsons added 13 and Krosby Harvey 12 points. The victory moves the Bucks into third place in Class D South.

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Wiscasset (10-6) entered the fourth period trailing 52-36 but outscored Buckfield 20-7 over the final eight minutes.

Jevar Garricks’ 15 points topped four Wolverines in double figures. Landin Shirey chipped in 13 points, Spencer Smith-Pinkham had 12 and Julien King finished with 10.

CARRABEC 55, TELSTAR 50: Jackson Newton scored 20 points to lead the Cobras to an overtime victory over the Rebels in North Anson.

Pete Vicneire added 19 points for the Cobras (14-4).

Reiley Hedden led Telstar (12-5) with 24 points, while Brody Morgan added 15 points.

MT. BLUE 53, GARDINER 42: The Cougars’ (12-6) strong start didn’t hold up their strong finish took down the Tigers (8-9) in Farmington.

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Mt. Blue was up 19-9 after one quarter but its lead was down to 38-37 before the Cougars finished the game with a 15-5 fourth-quarter run.

Tyler Abell led Mt. Blue’s balanced offensive attack with 13 points. Evan Drake chipped in 12 points and Nolan Leso had 11.

Gardiner’s Trace Moody matched Abell’s 13 points, while Brady Peacock scored 12.

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BUCKFIELD 46, WISCASSET 7: Ten players scored for the Bucks (14-3) in their victory over Wiscasset (1-15) in Buckfield.

Sarae Devoe led the way with 14 points for Buckfield. Addison Smith hit three 3-pointers and scored 11 points, and Taylor Harvey made two 3s and contributed eight points.

Maddie Richardson scored four and Makayla Bush had three points for Wiscasset.

GARDINER 61, MT. BLUE 21: Lydia Gero scored 15 points to lead the Tigers to a KVAC A victory over the Cougars in Gardiner.

Emilee Brown scored 12 points and had five steals, while Taryn Nichols added 11 points for Gardiner (9-8).

Reese Nye led Mt. Blue (2-16) with nine points.

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