Senior point guard Abel Alemayo scored 23 points and fellow senior Milo Belleau added 19, leading the Waynflete Flyers past the Wiscasset Wolverines, 66-47, in Boys Class C South quarterfinals play Monday night at the Augusta Civic Center.

Waynflete will advance to the semifinals Thursday night in Augusta at 8:30 p.m. against #1 Dirigo. Dirigo beat Richmond in the late game, 82-36. The winner will face the winner of Winthrop-Boothbay Saturday night in Augusta.

Waynflete (17-2) jumped to a 20-12 advantage after one quarter of play. Waynflete’s Will Nelligan opened the game with two three-pointers, but Wiscasset’s Cody Roberts hit a jumper and Ethan James answered with two three-pointers of his own to give the Wolverines their only lead of the game (8-6). However, Wiscasset was unable to capitalize on James’ monster game of 31 points and seven rebounds, including five three-pointers total, and Waynflete closed out the first on a 12-4 run behind 10 points combined from Alemayo and Belleau.

The Flyers outscored the Wolverines 16-10 in the second period led by eight points from Alemayo and a stifling half court zone defense that was well anchored by center Yai Deng. It seemed only James (12 points in 1st half) could find a shot against the defense, and Wiscasset trailed at the half because of it, 36-22. Wiscasset (14-6) opened the second half on a 7-3 run behind James, and the Wolverines cut the lead to 10, 39-29. A couple of quick baskets by Russell Marr helped the Wolverines keep the lead at 10, but Alemayo closed out the quarter with another three-pointer, a three-point play and a 51-37 Flyers lead.

James did everything he could to keep his team in it, hitting two three’s and closing the gap to 55-45 early in the fourth. But he couldn’t stop Waynflete going on an 11-2 run to seal the game and advance.