The field of Eastern Maine softball teams has been pared to 16 with the completion of Thursday’s regional quarterfinal action around the region.
In Class A, No. 2 Brewer edged No. 3 Cony of Augusta 3-2 and No. 4 Bangor nipped No. 5 Gardiner 3-2. Top-seeded Medomak Valley of Waldoboro eked out a 2-1 win over No. 8 Skowhegan in nine innings and No. 3 Messalonskee of Oakland bested No. 6 Presque Isle 5-3.
In the Class B ranks, No. 1 Winslow pounded No. 8 Hermon 17-0, No. 4 Camden-Rockport tripped up No. 5 Central of East Corinth 9-5, and sixth-seeded Mount Desert Island knocked off No. 3 Stearns of Millinocket 3-2.
In Class C, No. 1 Searsport took care of No. 8 Limestone 11-2 and No. 5 Mattanawcook Academy got past No. 4 Calais 2-1.
In Class D action, No. 2 Wisdom of St. Agatha ripped No. 7 Deer Isle-Stonington 14-3, No. 3 Jonesport-Beals thumped No. 6 Greenville 30-4, and No. 4 Machias edged No. 5 Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook 5-4.
Class A
Bangor 3, Gardiner 2
At Bangor, Kori Dionne’s sacrifice fly to center field scored Cathy Flemming for the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Alicia Utterback led off the seventh with a single and Flemming came in as a pinch runner. Renee Richardson moved Flemming to second with a sacrifice bunt and Brianne Slamin singled, moving Flemming to third.
Becca Kinney had two singles and a double, Utterback and Slamin each singled twice, and Kristy Bowden added an RBI single for Bangor.
Kim Chadwick led Gardiner with a double and a single.
Gardiner (11-6) 000 011 0 – 2 4 1 Bangor (15-2) 001 100 1 – 3 8 4
Greenleaf and Woodman; Deyone and Murray
Medomak 2, Skowhegan 1 (9 inn.)
At Waldoboro, Christie Winchenbach scored on a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Panthers the victory.
Winchenbach had walked and moved to third on an Alice Bishop single. Bishop led Medomak Valley with three singles.
Laura Shay gave the Indians a 1-0 lead with an RBI double in the second.
Skowhegan 010 000 000 – 1 2 1 Medomak Valley 001 000 001 – 2 6 0
Brod and Rowbottom; Bishop and Miller
Class B
MDI 3, Stearns 2 (8 inns.)
At Millinocket, Jamey Lewis crushed the game-winning solo home run in the top of the eighth to power Mount Desert Island.
Lewis led the Trojans from the plate going 4-for-4 with three singles and two runs scored. Brianne Barker helped with a run-scoring single in the fourth.
Kamie Preble had two singles and a double for Stearns, while Kelly Daigle added two singles. Holly Masterson earned the win, scattering seven hits. She walked eight and struck out three.
Stearns left 13 runners on base, compared to MDI’s five, and left the bases loaded in the three innings.
MDI (10-7) 000 200 01 – 3 8 3 Stearns (13-4) 001 010 00 – 2 7 3
Masterson and Graves; Kittrick and Marquis
Camden-Rockport 9, Central 5
At Camden, the Windjammers exploded for five runs in the fifth inning to down Central.
Nellie Peck led the Windjammers with two singles and a double. Samantha Hibbard, Terri Berg and Kristi Gautesen each had a single and a double, while Traci Armentrout added two singles.
Teresa Dow socked a solo homer in the first for Central. Angela Allen hit a single, double and a triple while Monica Cookson had three singles.
Central (9-8) 130 001 0 – 5 11 1 Camden-Rockport (11-6) 100 152 x – 9 15 2
Allen and Mo. Cookson; Hibbard and Dailey
Winslow 17, Hermon 0
At Winslow, sophomore righty Maegan Gordon fired a one-hitter, striking out 14, to raise her record to 9-0.
Winslow unleashed a 13-hit attack led by Melissa Veilleux’s three singles, Kate Pooler’s triple and double, and Cindy Trapnell’s two singles.
Sara Devlin’s second-inning single was Hermon’s only hit.
Hermon (9-9) 000 000 0 – 0 1 6 Winslow (17-0) 135 134 0 – 17 13 0
Reynolds and Frost; Gordon and Veilleux
Class C
Searsport 11, Limestone 2
At Searsport, Sarah Webster sent down 13 Limestone batters on strikes and allowed one walk on her way to a two-hitter and a win for the Vikings.
Webster helped her own cause with a triple, single, and a four RBIs as Angela Lavin and Sarah Leighton had two singles each for Searsport.
Coleen Dennis slammed two singles to pace the Eagles.
Limestone (10-8) 100 001 0 – 2 2 3 Searsport (14-2) 421 004 0 – 11 12 2
Cannon and Beaulieu; Webster and Barton
Class D
Wisdom 14, DI-Stonington 3
At St. Agatha, pitcher Tracy Guerrette aided her own cause with a two-run triple and single to spark the Pioneers.
Michelle Ouellette chipped in with four singles and two RBIs for Wisdom. Lena Chamberland added a single and double, and Jennifer Derosier singled twice.
Sam Hawkins slapped a two-run single for Deer Isle-Stonington.
DI-Stonington (6-10) 210 000 0 – 3 5 4 Wisdom (11-3) 111 650 x – 14 14 2
Pilling and Haskell; Guerrette and Pelletier
Other linescores
Class A
Presque Isle (12-5) 000 003 0 – 3 3 0 Messalonskee (15-2) 020 102 x – 5 5 1
Richardson and Gamblin; Gagnon and Lewis
Class C
Mattanawcook (15-2) 020 000 0 – 2 8 2 Calais (14-1) 000 010 0 – 1 5 1
House and Brawn; Dow and Donovan
Class D
Greenville (7-10) 200 000 2 – 4 3 6 Jonesport-Beals (11-5) 713 43(12) x – 30 22 0
Graham, Stewart (4) and Douglass; Carver, T. Beal (1), Carver (2) and S. Beal
Southern Aroostook (8-6) 100 102 0 – 4 5 4 Machias (13-4) 101 110 1 – 5 9 3
Chambers and Walker; McCarthy and Luce
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