November 17, 2024
BANGOR DAILY NEWS (BANGOR, MAINE

Warriors rally late to upend Hodgdon

HODGDON – Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook piled it on with nine runs in the seventh inning to rally for a season-opening 17-13 softball victory over Hodgdon.

Janna Walker plated three runs with two doubles and a single and Shay Fox contributed a double and two singles good for two RBIs to pace the Warriors. Suzanne Greenlaw tripled and singled, with Kim Collier and Kristen Swallow adding two hits each.

Danielle Pelletier collected three hits and two RBIs for Hodgdon, which committed 13 errors. Wendy Ivey doubled and singled (three RBIs)Campbell singled twice.

So. Aroostook (1-0) 110 510 9 – 17 12 6 Hodgdon (0-1) 240 600 1 – 13 11 13

Chambers, Brewer (4) and Walker; White and Ivey

Caribou 7, Houlton 4

At Caribou, the Vikings rallied for the victory with four runs in the sixth inning.

Pitcher Meaghan Lombard struck out 11 Houlton batters and helped herself out by driving in two runs on two singles. Carlyn McCormack had a single and a double.

Jennifer Noonan (1 RBI) singled and doubled to drive for the Shiretowners. Autumn Gentle also drove in a run on two singles.

Houlton (0-1) 201 100 0 – 4 7 2 Caribou (1-0) 021 004 x – 7 12 0

Hiscoe and Berry; Lombard and Cole-Karagory

Calais 8, Narraguagus 4

At Harrington, Kelly Dow struck out 14 and walked two in putting together a four-hit Calais win.

Sarah Currier led the Blue Devils with an RBI single. Dow also had a single.

For Narraguagus of Harrington, April Wallace (1 RBI) stroked two singles. Starley Moffitt struck out seven, walked five and gave up four hits in six innings.

Calais (1-0) 102 202 1 – 8 4 2 Narraguagus (0-1) 010 210 0 – 4 4 5

Dow and Donovan; Moffitt, Fuller (7) and Smith

Machias 21, Jonesport-Beals 16

At Jonesport, the Bulldogs scored 10 runs in the first inning to give pitcher Jill McCarthy her first win of the year.

Jodi Wood hit two singles and Catherine Luce added a double and a single for Machias.

Jan Beal hit four singles for the Royalettes and Stacey Beal drove in four runs on three doubles.

Machias (1-0) (10)30 530 0 – 21 10 8 Jonesport-Beals (0-1) 410 621 2 – 16 16 9

McCarthy and Luce; Carver, Woodward (1), R. Beal (1) and S. Beal

Shead 24, Lubec 6

At Eastport, Erin Klentzman’s five singles powered the Tigers’ offensive attack in the win over the Hornets.

Nicole Barnes and Jessica Barnes had a single and a double each for the winners.

Abbey Pratt scored twice for Lubec.

Lubec (0-1) 311 01 – 6 0 4 Shead (1-0) 347 (10)0 – 24 11 0

Moores and Collins; Pulk, Altvater (3) and Follis

Woodland 19, Wash. Acad. 4

At East Machias, the Dragons got a bases-loaded triple from Kristin LaPlante and chased two Washington Academy pitchers in winning the five-inning game on the 12-run rule.

Meredith Carle rapped a pair of singles and drove in two runs for Woodland, while Kristina Kelly added two more base hits. Winning pitcher Rachel Wearne drove in two runs with a triple.

Brandi Townsend paced the Raiders with a single, triple and two RBIs. Monika Guptill and Heather Browne had two singles each.

Woodland 354 70 – 19 10 2 Washington Acad. 020 20 – 4 10 7

Wearne and Pratt, LaPlante (4); Monteith, Morse (2), Locke (3) and Gaddis

Wisdom 9, Fort Kent 6

At St. Agatha, Wisdom scored seven runs in the first two innings en route to a season-opening win. Lori Gervais and Michelle Derosier rapped three hits each for the Pioneers and Michelle Ouellette added a double and a single.

Amy Levesque paced Fort Kent with a double and a single and losing pitcher Robin Lamar had two hits.

Fort Kent (0-1) 102 003 0 – 6 13 6 Wisdom (1-0) 340 200 x – 9 14 2

Lamar and Marquis; Textor, Guerrette (4) and Pelletier

Searsport 10, Sumner 3

At Searsport, Sarah Webster fashioned a four-hitter, striking out 13 along the way, as the Vikings beat Sumner of East Sullivan.

Jenn Shaver led the offensive charge with a double and two singles, with Jess Barton contributing a triple and a single for Searsport.

Dara Glass rapped two triples for the Tigers.

Sumner (0-1) 000 003 0 – 3 4 2 Searsport (2-0) 220 105 x – 10 8 3

Pinkham, Glass (4) and Willey; Webster and Barton

Stearns 18, Foxcroft 1

At Dover-Foxcroft, Sarah Kittrick struck out eight and walked three for a one-hit Stearns win.

Kelly Daigle, Cara Moir, and Angela Philbrook each had an RBI-single for the Minutemen of Millinocket.

Kylie Kimball’s double drove in a run for Foxcroft Academy.

Stearns (1-1) 754 020 0 – 18 6 2 Foxcroft (0-2) 001 000 0 – 1 1 5

Kittrick and Marquis; Scott and Warren

Penquis 10, Central 6

At East Corinth, Keri Rushing’s single, double and two RBIs provided the Patriots’ offensive fuel.

Jill Dorne added two singles and drove in two runs for Penquis of Milo.

For Central, Marie Cookson belted a two-run homer and a double.

Penquis (1-0) 010 103 5 – 10 13 3 Central (1-1) 112 020 0 – 6 9 2

Russell and Haskell; Allen and Cookson

Piscataquis 13, Dexter 4

At Dexter, Holly Weymouth’s sixth-inning single drove in the winning run for the Pirates.

Weymouth finished with two singles and two RBIs, while designated hitter Teresa Pomerleau damaged the Tigers with two singles, a double and four RBIs.

Julie Titcomb added two doubles, and Maris Leavitt and Darby Smiley had two singles and one RBI for Piscataquis of Guilford.

Jessica Girard led Dexter with two singles, a double, and one RBI, and Tara Gokas had a double, triple and an RBI.

Piscataquis (2-0) 202 007 2 – 13 13 2 Dexter (0-2) 003 010 0 – 4 11 3

Smiley and Kelly; Hunt and Hibbard

George Stevens 14, MDI 12

At Mount Desert, Darcy Snow, Barb Haskell and Betsy Lepper combined for 12 hits and six RBIs to lead the Eagles past the Trojans.

Snow rapped two doubles and three singles, Haskell had two doubles and two singles and Leper had a double and two singles for Mount Desert Island. Heidi Carroll struck out eight to earn the win.

Crystal Graves had two singles and drove in two runs for the Trojans, who sent 12 batters to the plate and scored eight runs in the seventh before coming up short. Shelagh Slack added a two-run double.

GSA (1-0) 113 223 2 – 14 18 3 MDI (1-1) 010 003 8 – 12 9 2

Carroll and Lewandowski; Masterson, McIsaac (4), Barker (6) and Graves

Rockland 4, Mount View 3 (8 inn.)

At Rockland, Glorijane Tootill singled, went to second on a wild pitch and eventually scored on a throwing error in the eighth inning to give Rockland its come-from-behind win over Mount View of Thorndike.

Rockland rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh on Sarah Mazurek’s double, a fielder’s choice and an infield error.

Rachel Judecki went the distance for the win, scattering eight hits with four strikeouts and one walk.

Erin Stevens had two singles for Rockland and Angel Brown had a pair of base hits for Mount View.

Mount View (0-1) 101 001 00 – 3 8 2 Rockland (1-0) 000 010 21 – 4 8 3

Ludden and Brown; Judecki and Raye Bucksport 18, Orono 4

At Bucksport, pitcher Kelly Downes struck out 18 Red Riot batters to earn her second win of the year.

Jessica Wilson had a single, double, and a triple for the winners. Karrie Hoke drove in four runs on a single and a double, and Jessica Sawyer hit three singles.

Jen Freese had two singles for Orono.

Orono (0-2) 000 103 0 – 4 4 5 Bucksport (2-0) 082 053 x – 18 18 0

Ventura, Libby (4) and Ferguson; Downes and Ready

Bangor Chr. 12, DI-S 7

At Stonington, Beth Treadwell’s success at bat led the Patriots to their opening win.

Treadwell cranked a double, two singles and drove in two runs for Bangor Christian, while Jen Wilkes added a double, single and two RBIs. Stephanie Regan and Trisha Matula each had two singles.

Morgan Hardy had two singles and two RBIs for Deer Isle-Stonington, and Becky Pilling had an RBI double. Loser Rachel Pilling struck out 11 and walked seven.

Bangor Christian (1-0) 010 341 3 – 12 13 0 DI-Stonington (0-1) 102 020 2 – 7 4 1

Regan and Wilkes; R. Pilling and Haskell

Belfast 10, MCI 7

At Belfast, Tanya Flood’s two-out, fifth-inning triple drove in two runs and gave the Lions the win.

The sophomore added a single and double and another RBI for Belfast, and Liz Kelley stroked two singles.

Kylee Berry led Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield with a two-run double, and Alycia Kerr and Hannah Andrews added two singles each.

MCI (0-1) 131 011 0 – 7 7 2 Belfast (1-1) 221 122 x – 10 10 5

Gerry and Kerr; Vaughan and Small

Hermon 15, John Bapst 8

At Hermon, the Hawks exploded for 15 hits to down the Crusaders.

Kiera Dorr led the way with three singles and a double, Pam Poland collected three singles, and Sara Devlin banged out a single and double for Hermon.

Kristi Millard stroked two singles for John Bapst of Bangor.

John Bapst (0-1) 101 240 0 – 8 6 1 Hermon (1-1) 038 310 x – 15 15 2

Bender, Brazier (5) and Casey; Reynolds and Frost


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