Willett pitches, bats Winslow to victory

WINSLOW – Pitcher Jeff Willett of Winslow had a day to remember Thursday as the schoolboy baseball season opened. Willett struck out 20 batters in his complete game victory and, with the score tied at 3-3 with nobody out in the bottom of ninth and the bases loaded, he hit a grand slam home run to lift the Raiders to a 7-3 victory over Mount View of Thorndike.

Matt Roy added 3 hits for the Raiders in the mutual opener.

For the Thorndike-based visitors, Wally Furrow had 2 singles and Tony Dunbar had an RBI single.

Mt. View 201 000 000 – 3 5 5 Winslow 002 000 104 – 7 8 2

Hamel, Buffington (8), Steiner (9) and Buffington, Vigue (8); Willett and Stafford

Messalonskee 16, Belfast 12

At Belfast, Dan Hammond had 3 hits for the Eagles, including a grand slam in the sixth inning, leading Messalonskee to the season-opening victory.

Jeremy Alexander added a 2 run homer in the third, a solo homer in the 7th and a triple for Messalonskee and Bill Dolley had 3 singles.

For the 0-1 Lions, Jeff Mosher had 2 singles and a double and Paul Dyer had 3 singles. Messalonskee 016 115 2 – 16 19 2 Belfast 004 103 4 – 12 15 2

Alexander, Collier (6) and Hammond; Mosher, Varney (6) and Brown, Weaver (6)

Rockland 3, Medomak 2

At Rockland, Rich Mazurek hit a 2-run homer in the bottom of the seventh,

after pitcher Jeff Woodman singled, to lead the Tigers to victory in their season opener.

Woodman pitched the complete game, allowing only 2 hits, 6 walks and struck out 10 batters.

For Medomak, 0-1, Russell Oglive and Tony Lee singled.

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Waite and Renwick; Woodman and LeBlanc

Lee 4, Mattanawcook 2

At Lincoln, starting pitcher Steve Coombs led the Lee Pandas to victory in their season opener over Mattanawcook Academy. Coombs struck out 11 batters in his two stints.

Mike Jipson had 2 singles for Lee and Earl Smith and Aaron Knowles each doubled.

For 0-1 Mattanawcook, Aaron Weed doubled and Joe Folster and Jeff Bradeen each had a single.

Lee 110 100 1 – 4 7 1 Mattanawcook 000 000 2 – 2 3 2

Coombs, Socobasin (6), Coombs (7) and Fowler; Hanscom and Grillon