Brewer, Belfast, Waldo take wins

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Brewer, Bucksport, Loring-Limestone, and Houlton all moved on in the District 3 All-Star playoffs Wednesday. In District 2, it was Waldo County, Belfast, and Damariscotta each winning opening-round playoff games.

Bangor East downed Bucksport 12-10 in the District 3 Little League Softball All-Star playoffs.

In District 3 baseball action, Houlton took the driver’s seat in the Aroostook division playoffs with a 13-8 win over Katahdin. Houlton is now 2-0 and will await the winner of the Katahdin vs. Loring-Limestone playoff game Friday at Limestone.

Bucksport beat Bangor East 6-4 and Loring-Limestone downed Border League 7-6 in elimination games. Bucksport will play at 0-1 Hampden in another elimination game Thursday.

Brewer stopped Acadia 6-2, eliminating the Bar Harbor area team. Brewer will play on Monday against the winner of the Bangor West-Old Town game.

Also on Thursday, Bangor West hosts Old Town, Millinocket hosts Coastal, and Brewer travels to Southwest Harbor to play Acadia.

In District 2, Waldo County blanked Camden 3-0, Damariscotta pummeled Rockland 29-0, and Belfast beat Waldoboro 12-4.

Waldoboro plays at Camden Friday while Belfast hosts Waldo County and Damariscotta hosts Knox Suburban on Monday.

In District 3 softball, Bucksport plays at Bangor West Friday in an elimination game. Machias host Bangor East Monday.

District 2 Baseball

Damariscotta 29, Rockland 0

At Damariscotta, Greg Rice and Mike Lynon each hit three singles to lead the Damariscotta All-Stars past Rockland.

For 1-0 Damariscotta, Ryan McCarthy, Jason Drake, and Chris Howell each singled twice. Joey Brooks pitched a four-hitter for the win.

Aaron Blastow hit three singles to lead 0-1 Rockland. Deric Prescott had the other single.

Rockland 000 000 – 0 4 10 Damariscotta 081 8(12)0 – 29 15 0

Prescott, Dorr (4) and Blastow, Drinkwater (6); Brooks and Drake

Belfast 12, Waldoboro 4

At Waldoboro, Josh Pooler pitched a three-hitter, notched 10 strikeouts, walked six, and doubled to lead Belfast to the opening-round win over Waldoboro.

Luke Bradley led 1-0 Belfast with two doubles and a single. Josh Herron singled twice and Josh Sollebello doubled.

For 0-1 Waldoboro, Troy Sproul singled twice.

Waldoboro 540 03x – 12 7 2 Belfast 130 000 – 4 3 0

Sproul, Kristensen (1) and Kristensen, Simmons (1); Pooler and Dunbar, Cameron (4)

Waldo County 3, Camden 0

At Brooks, Matt Cox pitched a two-hitter, struck out 13, and walked two to lead Waldo County to the shutout.

For 1-0 Waldo County, Adam Moore hit a two-run double and Amon Purindon hit an RBI single in the fourth.

Singles by Vinnie Tofani and Malcolm Swan were the only hits by 0-1 Camden. Mike McDonald pitched a six-hitter.

Camden 000 000 – 0 2 0 Waldo County 000 300 – 3 6 0

McDonald and Mazzeo; Cox and Preston

District 3 Softball

Bangor East 12, Bucksport 10

At 14th Street Field in Bangor, Jamie Kenney pitched a seven-hitter and tripled twice to pace Bangor East to the first-round win over Bucksport.

For 1-0 Bangor East, Rachel Kelly tripled and singled for three RBIs.

Meagan Barnard doubled, singled and had two RBIs for 0-1 Bucksport. Lauren Allard singled twice.

Bangor East 214 212 – 12 7 5 Bucksport 402 013 – 10 7 5

Kenney and Taylor, Dionne (5); Sheehan and Barnard

District 3 Baseball

Bucksport 6, Bangor East 4

At Bucksport, Rick McHale doubled twice to help lead the Bucksport All-Stars to the win which eliminated Bangor East from the playoffs.

For 1-1 Bucksport, John Beck singled twice. Nick Raymond and Buzz Simpson each doubled. Peter Saunders notched the win in relief.

Ryan Lane, Dan DeSalvo, Matt Soucie, and Josh Gray each singled for 0-2 Bangor East.

Bangor East 310 000 – 4 4 1 Bucksport 000 222 – 6 7 2

Drew, St. John (5) and Kotredes; Gilley, Saunders (5) and McHale

Brewer 6, Acadia 2

At Southwest Harbor, Ben Crowell pitched a five-hitter, notched 11 strikeouts and doubled in a run to lead Brewer to an elimination-game win over host Acadia.

For 1-1 Brewer, Jeff McIntosh had three singles, Robbie Kee tripled in a run, and Shawn Reilly had an RBI double.

Jamie Cunningham doubled and singled for an RBI for 0-2 Acadia.

Brewer 230 010 – 6 10 2 Acadia 000 200 – 2 5 2

Crowell and McIntosh, Brown (3), McIntosh (5); Whitner, Jones (4) and Archer, Cunningham (4)

Houlton 13, Katahdin Valley 8

At Patten, Kent Smallwood drove in two runs with a double and a single and Jake Cowperthwaite pitched a complete game, striking out nine, as Houlton posted the victory.

Cowperthwaite drove in two runs with a single and Jerry Hanning doubled and singled for the winners.

For Katahdin Valley, Sam Michaud slammed a two-run homer and a single to drive in three runs. Chris Webb also had a two-run homer.

Katahdin Valley 230 030 – 8 5 5 Houlton 300 28x – 13 6 4

Michaud, Langley (4), Duffy (6) and Duffy, Langley (6); Cowperthwaite and Husted

Loring-Limestone 7, Border 6

At Monticello, Loring-Limestone scored the winning run in the bottom of the sixth when Shawn Berringer singled, went to third on a single by Doug Evans, and scored on a passed ball.

Ryan O’Connell led Loring-Limestone with two singles. Pitcher Josh Dillon struck out five.

For Border, which was eliminated, nine different players had singles. Pitcher Jason Matheson had seven strikeouts.

Border 003 201 – 6 9 1 Loring-Limestone 400 111 – 7 8 0

Matheson, Bell (5) and Gilpatrick; Dillon, Cowen (2) and Evans