GIRLS' BASKETBALL
A South quarterfinal: #7-Thornton Academy vs. #2-Sanford
at Portland Expo
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Sanford 57, Thornton Academy 35
Mollie Puffer and Paige Sevigny combined for 37 points as the second-seeded Spartans (17-2) cruised to a Class A South quarterfinal victory over the seventh-seeded Golden Trojans (11-8).
Puffer (19 points, 10 rebounds, four steals) and Sevigny (18 points, four 3-pointers, six rebounds) helped Sanford build a 22-5 lead in the first quarter.
Thornton Academy held Sanford scoreless during the first half of the second and third quarters, but the Golden Trojans could get no closer than nine points after their early deficit.
Thornton got 12 points each from Sienna Eldred (10 rebounds) and Brooke Bodnar.
Sanford advances to play South Portland at 1 p.m. Saturday. South Portland won 48-42 in the regular season.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT | 5OT | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornton Academy | 5 | 10 | 11 | 9 | — | 35 | |||||
| Sanford | 22 | 8 | 13 | 14 | — | 57 |
| INDIVIDUAL SCORING | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THORNTON ACADEMY (11-9) | ||||||||
| SCORING | ADDITIONAL STATS | |||||||
| Player | 2-FG | 3-FG | FT | Pts | Rebs | Asts | Stls | Blks |
| Bodnar, Brooke | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Eldred, Sienna | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | ||||
| Lizotte, Lydia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Sirois, Sophia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Totals | 10 | 2 | 9 | 35 | ||||
| SANFORD (17-2) | ||||||||
| SCORING | ADDITIONAL STATS | |||||||
| Player | 2-FG | 3-FG | FT | Pts | Rebs | Asts | Stls | Blks |
| Hudson, Ava | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Johnson, Jaslinn | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Stimmell, Annalise | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Tederous, Ella | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Sevigny, Paige | 3 | 4 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Puffer, Mollie | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Totals | 15 | 8 | 3 | 57 | ||||