The Wolverines had a chance to be a spoiler in their basketball rematch with Boothbay Region High School at Stover Auditorium Friday night. It didn’t happen. The Seahawks won 81-29.

Boothbay entered the game with a Mountain Valley Conference record of 10-4 and very much in the picture for a class C playoff bid being seeded fifth at the start of the night. Wiscasset’s record fell to 1-13 dimming the team’s hopes of reaching the postseason.

Hunter Crocker had the hot hand for the Seahawks scoring 19 points in the first half, 11 of those coming in the pivotal second period when everything seemed to unravel for the Wolverines. The 6’3” junior finished with a game high 21 points.

Boothbay led the game from the opening tip. Ben Pearce put the first points on the scoreboard, drawing a foul on the basket and then sinking the free throw. Wiscasset’s first basket was a trifecta swished in by Billy Pinkham.

Steve Reny found Crocker open for a basket at the four-minute mark of the period opening up a 7-3 Seahawk lead.

With the clock winding down to 1:18, Haiden Dunning rattled in a jump shot drawing the Wolverines within four, 11-7. Boothbay then scored two unanswered baskets to go out in front 15-7 as the buzzer sounded ending the period.

The Wolverines stayed close through most of the second period. Boothbay had just pulled ahead by 10 points when at 2:36 Wiscasset was whistled for a personal foul under its own basket. It was followed by a separate technical foul after the play. Kaleb Ames went to the free throw line and sank all four shots putting the Seahawks in front 24-10.

Wiscasset Middle High School athletic rules require a player that receives a technical foul to sit out the remainder of the game. It was one of the Wolverines' starting players who went to the bench. The call changed the tempo of the game. Boothbay went on an 8-0 run fueled by six Wiscasset turnovers. By the time the buzzer sounded signaling the half, the Seahawks were ahead 36-14.

Boothbay went on to outscore Wiscasset 22-8 and 23-7 in the final two periods. Pinkham, who finished with a team high 10 points for the Wolverines, hit his second three at 5:29 of the third period. Zach Brewer, who put in some minutes off the bench, canned a basket from underneath making the score 49-19 but only briefly.

Boothbay’s Reny and Pearce followed by hitting back-to-back threes from opposite sides of the court.

Dunning tossed in a final trifecta for Wiscasset with two minutes left in the game. Brewer finished with six points. Dunning had five.

Wiscasset made 7 of 17 foul shots while Boothbay was 16 of 25.

Wiscasset will travel to Richmond (4-10) next Tuesday, Jan. 29 for a rematch with the Bobcats. On Thursday, Jan. 31 the Wolverines will travel to Monmouth (9-4). Wiscasset’s final home game is set for Saturday, Feb 2 with Winthrop (12-1). The final game of the regular season is at Mt. Abram (5-9).