The Boothbay Region Seahawks put a wrap on the regular season on Tuesday, Feb. 4 with a 71-50 victory over the visiting Oak Hill Raiders to finish at 16-2.

On Monday, Feb. 10, the boys will be playing in the Mountain Valley Conference Championship game, this year at Spruce Mountain High School against Dirigo at 7:30 p.m. The Seahawks have long ago wrapped up one of the top two spots in the upcoming Western Maine Tournament and will open up play in the quarter finals on Monday, Feb. 17 at the Augusta Civic Center.

In the win over Oak Hill, the Seahawks started all three seniors on the club and encountered a much more feisty club than they played just a couple of weeks ago in a game Boothbay jumped out to a 21-2 lead in at Wales. The Raiders used a pair of Parker Asselin hoops and a put back by Derek Gamage to grab a 7-3 lead. Evan Hepburn hit a three-pointer and converted a steal into a hoop for Boothbay, Brad Drummond scored the first of his three first period hoops, and Andrew Hallinan tossed in a runner from the lane as the Seahawks cut the lead to one. A put back by Hepburn in the final seconds of the quarter left the host down one after eight minutes.

John Hepburn came off the bench in the second quarter and immediately scored twice on a 17-foot jumper and a score inside on an out of bounds play, followed by a three-point play by Evan Hepburn that bolted the Seahawks into a 24-18 lead. Held to just four points in the quarter, the Raiders trailed by a dozen at the break.

John Hepburn scored nine points in the third quarter as the Seahawks continued to pull away on their way to their sixteenth victory of the season. John Hepburn led Boothbay with 20 points with Evan Hepburn adding 18.

On Friday, January 31, the Seahawks outscored the Wiscasset Wolverines 19-8 in the second quarter and then had to hold on for a 67-61 victory at Wiscasset. The host outscored Boothbay 21-15 in the final quarter as they cut the lead to two midway through the final eight minutes before the Seahawks regrouped and hit some big hoops down the stretch.

John Hepburn led Boothbay with 22 points and eight rebounds. Evan Hepburn added 17 points. Andrew Hallinan had five assists. For Wiscasset, who wrapped up the season with a win over Hall-Dale on Tuesday night, were led by Travis Padilla with 28 points.