Bangor East, Coastal Stars advance

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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