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Abby Luczynski scored 35 points as Dirigo boosted its Class C South tournament hopes with a 55-43 girls basketball win Wednesday night at Winthrop.

Luczynski made five 3-pointers. She had 19 points at halftime, then added 10 in the third quarter as the Cougars stretched a 27-24 lead to 46-34.

Dirigo (6-6) entered the game holding the 10th and final playoff spot in the Class C South Heal point standings. Winthrop (7-6) was ranked sixth.

Grace Folsom (19 points), Evelyn Mortimer (17) and Kylee Savage (12) provided the bulk of the offense for Winthrop.

MOUNTAIN VALLEY 42, HALL-DALE 26: Madison Blanchard paced the Falcons (4-9) with 18 points and Maddy Brown scored 14 in a victory over the Bulldogs (2-11) in Rumford.

Sierra Gibbons dropped in 15 points for Hall-Dale.

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OAK HILL 49, MADISON 42: Jillian Smith’s 13 points led the Raiders (9-4) in a grind-it-out win over the Bulldogs (7-7) in Wales.

Oak Hill outscored Madison by one point in each of the first three quarters to take a 32-29 lead into the fourth. The Raiders added to their advantage by making 8 of 12 free throws in the final period.

Brennah McLehaney contributed nine points for Oak Hill, while Madalyn Sikora scored eight and Mackenzee Wardwell seven.

Leah Harper was Madison’s top scorer with eight points, and Dakota Estes and Ava Landry each had seven.

MARANACOOK 79, LISBON 20: Alice Ferran had a double-double with 16 points and 12 steals, and she pulled down seven rebounds for the Black Bears (12-3) in their win over the Greyhounds (2-11) in Lisbon.

Celia Bergdahl scored 20 points, while Jackie Clark added 14 points for Maranacook.

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Hannah Perron led Lisbon with 12 points.

MONMOUTH ACADEMY 43, BOOTHBAY 37: Kaitlyn Frost dropped in 25 points to propel the Mustangs (6-6) to a Class D South victory over the Seahawks (5-8) in Monmouth.

Maeve Burgess added seven points for Monmouth.

Tatum French was Boothbay’s top scorer with 16 points, and Eleanor Erwin finished with nine.

BOYS BASKETBALL

MADISON 78, OAK HILL 64: Jacob Linkletter’s 20-point, seven-rebound performance led the Bulldogs (9-4) to victory against the Raiders (7-6) in a Mountain Valley Conference matchup in Madison.
Three other Madison players scored in double figures: Finn Haynie (17), Silas Haynie (15) and Davyn Nichols (13). Linkletter, Finn Haynie and Nichols each hit three 3-pointers.

Braden New scored a game-high 29 points and PJ Smith added 10 for Oak Hill.

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