It was senior night and the last home game for Boothbay Region basketball players Carter Babcock, Austin Campbell, Alex Smith, Dimitry Gosselin and Jacob Leonard at Porter Memorial Gymnasium. It proved to be a memorable night for the five as they all scored Feb. 3  in Boothbay’s 87-53 rout of Class B Oak Hill of Wales.

But it was a memorable night for the Seahawk freshmen, sophomores and juniors, too, as everyone who suited up scored. This was Boothbay’s fourth win in the last five games. The Seahawks (10-7)  are perched in sixth place in the Class C South Heal point standings. The Seahawks’ big victory on the scoreboard is equally as large in the Heal points as Oak Hill is fourth in the Class B South standings.

For the second consecutive game, the Boothbay fast break was too explosive for the opposition. In the past two games, Boothbay lit up the scoreboard with 77 points on Jan. 31 during a 39-point victory over Dirigo and 87 against Oak Hill. Seahawk point guard Kyle Ames led the team in scoring with 20 points which included five three-pointers. He believes the team’s surge results from playing as a cohesive unit on offense.

“Everyone is where they’re suppose to be. In practice, we’re doing drills which have improved our passing and it’s translating to better team chemistry during games. At this point our execution is precise and keeps getting better,” Ames said.

Boothbay seemingly started to turn its season around after an unexpected road loss Jan. 14 to Telsar in Bethel. The Rebels are 6-11 and in thirteenth place in Class C South standings. But on Jan. 14, the Rebels had too much for Boothbay, and defeated the Seahawks 70-53. The Seahawks have rebounded to play their best basketball of the season. In the past six games, their only two losses are to No. 1 and 15-0 Winthrop. Senior Carter Babcock believes the team’s success is happening at the best possible time.

“Confidence comes with winning and we’re definitely doing more of that,” he said. “We’re playing more confident as a team which is good as  we approach our last regular season game against Wiscasset and the tournament.”

Other Seahawk scores included seniors Babcock and Gosselin  who had three, Leonard with 14, Campbell, who tallied 10,  and Smith with two. It was a good night for the freshmen, sophomores and juniors, too, as everyone who suited up scored. Steve Reny had four, Graham Bryer scored 10, Nick Morley and Jay Hasch had two each, Eli Gudroe scored 12, and Nick Simpson had three.

Gudroe, a junior,  thought the dominant team effort was a nice way for the five seniors to celebrate their final home game.

“It was a great night for them. Carter, Austin, Leslie (Alex Smith), Dima (Gosselin), and Leonard, too, I love playing with all those guys,” Gudroe said. “We’ve played well lately so it’s not surprising to see us score a lot. After a rough start, it just started to gel, and now Leno (Leonard) is back after his ACL injury, so everything is good now.”

Boothbay was scheduled to finish the regular season on Tuesday, Feb. 7 with a road game against No. 8 Wiscasset (10-7). The Seahawks defeated Wiscasset 59-55 in Boothbay on Jan. 3.