Last night, the Hawks of Hermon got off to a slow start in the first quarter scoring only three points, but after the huge DUNK by Andy Ball in the second quarter of the contest they never looked back. The Hawks went onto win 54-43 on their homecourt to lock up the #5 seed in Eastern Maine class “B” Boys Basketball healpoint standings. They face Mattanawcook at home on Wednesday, February 11th for a chance to play at the Bangor Auditorium and possibly make a run to the Eastern Maine Finals.  Their leading scorer was Andy Ball scoring 15 points. Kevin Tarr and Taylor Gross chipped in with 14 apiece to pace the Hawks over the MDI Trojans. Colton Gross added five, Aaron Jellison with four and Alex Pederson with a bucket also contributed to the Hawks scoring column.

The Hawks are coming off a .500 season from a year ago, losing to Camden Hills in the preliminary playoff round to this year winning 14 games. The Hawks also have a new coach Mark Reed, who stresses defense. The first week of practices this season he did not let his team touch a basketball. The Offense will come, but you need good defense to win a championship. A huge turn around from last season going 9-10 and this year going 14-4.

Let's Go Hawks