December 22, 2024
BANGOR DAILY NEWS (BANGOR, MAINE

Bangor East, Coastal Stars advance

Eight teams stayed alive in the race for the State Little League Championship Monday while eight more teams were eliminated.

In District 3 action, the Bangor East All-Stars eliminated Bangor West 2-0. Bangor East will play at Coastal of Blue Hill, a 4-2 winner over Millinocket, Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

Also in District 3 northern division, Houlton eliminated Katahdin with a 10-6 victory. Houlton will host Border at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. In the southern division, Calais eliminated Eastport 19-3 and will advance to play Machias on Wednesday.

In District 3 Little League softball action, Machias defeated Bangor West 22-13 in the first game of a best-of-three-games, second round playoff series. The two teams play again at Bangor Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

District 3 Baseball

Coastal 4, Millinocket 2

At Blue Hill, Gabe Boys’ fielder’s choice, a throwing error, and a balk keyed the host Coastal All-Stars’ 3-run rally in the fifth and gave them the win.

For 2-1 Coastal, Seth Cole hit a solo home run in the fourth. Nick Wiberg and Josh Weed each singled for the only other hits. Dave Ferris scattered 7 hits for the win.

Aaron Landry was the tough-luck loser for 1-2 Millinocket despite pitching a 3-hitter, striking out 10, and walking only 2. Jared Merry and Jeremy Munoz each singled twice. Steve Osborne doubled in a run.

Coastal 000 130 – 4 3 4 Millinocket 200 000 – 2 7 3

Ferris and Weed, Lux (3); Landry and Osborne

Bangor East 2, Bangor West 0

At Taylor Field in Bangor, Josh Pressley fired a three-hit shutout, striking out 12 and walking only one to carry Bangor East (2-1) further into the tournament.

Adam Carlisle’s fielder’s choice scored pinch-runner Tom Carey and Aaron Soucie socked an RBI double to account for Bangor East’s offensive production. Ryan Mick had a key single, as did Chris Gaspar.

For Bangor West, which was eliminated with a 2-2 record, Travis Penny, T.J. True and Dow Martin all singled.

Bangor West 000 000 – 0 3 0 Bangor East 000 20X – 2 5 0

Penny and Stover; Pressley and Mahar

Houlton 10, Katahdin 6

At Houlton, James Wells led the way for Houlton with a 3-run homer and a double as the Houlton All-Stars eliminated Katahdin.

For 2-1 Houlton, Jim Wilmot singled twice and doubled. Jon Pottle and Brian Ross each hit a double and a single. Ross notche the complete-game win.

For 0-2 Katahdin, Chris Lawlor and Willie Sleeper each hit a double and single.

Katahdin 103 020 – 6 11 0 Houlton 103 42x – 10 13 0

Collier and McNally; Ross and Barnard

Calais 19, Eastport 3

At Eastport, Ben McManus sparked a 14-hit plate attack with three singles and two doubles and pitcher Kelly Dow fired a three-hitter, powering Calais to the win.

Shawn Lynch added three singles for Calais, which improved to 1-1, while J.R. Duvall added two singles.

For Eastport, eliminated at 0-2, Gabe Purdy had two singles. James Seeley singled.

Eastport 000 120 – 3 3 3 Calais 961 03X – 19 14 2

Seeley, Purdy (4) and McPhail; Dow and Duvall

District 3 Softball

Machias 22, Bangor West 13

At Machias, Kristen Look hit 4 singles to help pace the Machias All-Stars past Bangor West 22-13 in the first game of a second round District 3 softball playoff series.

The two teams will play again Wednesday at Bangor at 5:30 p.m.

For 1-0 Machias, Chrissy Thibodeau doubled twice. Mary McDonald and Melissa Smith each hit 2 singles. Sheri Pritchard went the distance to get the win.

For 2-2 Bangor West, Amanda Stevens doubled twice and singled. Melanie Deyone hit 3 singles.

Bangor West 352 012 – 13 13 4 Machias 353 58x – 22 14 4

Shaw, Hancock (5) and Bowden; Pritchard and Gaddis


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