Mazurek lifts Tigers to win

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ROCKLAND – Sarah Mazurek drove in two runs with a single in the bottom of the sixth to give the Rockland a 6-4 win over Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield Monday in schoolgirl softball action.

Maranda Gary pitched a complete game to pick up the win for the 1-0 Tigers. Liz Cucinello, Erin Stevens, and Erin Toohey each had two singles for Rockland.

Kristyn Graham had a pair of RBIs for the 0-1 Huskies.

MCI (0-1) 000 130 0 – 4 4 2 Rockland (1-0) 100 122 x – 6 9 1

Gary and Baker; Irvin and Totehill

George Stevens 15, MDI 2

At Mount Desert Island, Erica Carter doubled, hit three singles, and drove in three runs to lead the George Stevens Academy Eagles of Blue Hill to the season-opening victory.

Darcy Snow added a double and a single for the Eagles while Heidi Carroll notched the win.

Riley McIsaac singled twice to pace the Trojans.

George Stevens (1-0) 224 502 0 – 15 17 2 MDI (0-1) 000 003 0 – 3 5 11

Carroll, Robichaud (6) and Lewendowski, Robb (6); Walton, Renault (4), Tripp (6) and Graves

Erskine 16, Belfast 5

At Belfast, Renee Carter had a double and two singles to lead a 12-hit attack against Belfast.

Tabi Blair doubled and singled for the Eagles and Laila Row singled twice. Jo Farrington notched the complete-game win with eight strikeouts and three walks.

Tanya Flood had a triple and two doubles for the host Lions. Monica Bryant singled twice.

Erskine (1-0) 513 005 2 – 16 12 3 Belfast (0-1) 200 300 0 – 5 10 4

Farrington and Simpson; Vaughn and Berry

John Bapst 26, Hermon 13

At Hermon, Kerry Beckett drove in four runs with two singles and a double as her visiting Crusaders doubled up Hermon.

Kelli Wong had a double and two singles while Stacy Rudnicki hit three singles for John Bapst. Stephanie Bender notched the complete-game victory.

Kati Calligan had three singles and three RBIs for Hermon.

John Bapst (1-0) 129 341 6 – 26 20 2 Hermon (0-1) 013 400 5 – 13 14 3

Bender and Beckett; Stevens and Stairs

Bucksport 10, Orono 2

At Bucksport, Jen Wardwell smacked a three-run triple in the second to give the Bucks a dominant lead en route to the win.

Kelsey Wardwell added five hits and Kelly Downs gave up one hit and two runs to earn the win.

Orono (0-1) 000 101 0 – 2 1 3 Bucksport (1-0) 440 0023 x – 10 6 1

Ballard and Ferguson; Downs, Sheehan and Wardwell

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Erskine 6, Belfast 5

At Belfast, Erskine’s Brian Reay pitched a complete game, allowing only six hits.

The Lions scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh, but couldn’t finish the comeback.

Reay added a pair of hits, including a double, for the 1-0 Eagles. Josh Mooers had a pair of singles and Don Flood had two doubles.

Rolan Littlefield and Josh Puller each had RBI singles in a three-run fourth for the 0-1 Lions.

Erskine (1-0) 200 202 0 – 6 8 3 Belfast (0-1) 000 300 2 – 5 6 2

Reay and Coons; Gutherie, Puller (4) and Maheux

Rockland 7, MCI 2

At Rockland, Steve Galkowski hit a solo home run and pitched a complete as the Tigers downed Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield.

Galkowski had 10 strikeouts and only four walks to pick up the win.

Rockland scored five runs in the first to jump out to an early lead it wouldn’t relinquish. David Carter had three singles to pace the 1-0 Tigers.

Jesse O’Brien and Rick Smith each had a pair of hits for 0-1 MCI.

MCI (0-1) 510 100 0 – 7 7 1 Rockland (1-0) 010 100 0 – 2 6 3

Bartlett, Crafts (4) and Smith; Galkowski and Prescott

Cam.-Rock. 7, Maranacook 5

At Camden, Jon Morro scored two runs and picked up a save as the Camden-Rockport Windjammers won their season opener.

Kestral Dickerson pitched four innings, allowing only two runs to pick up the win.

Jeff Reed doubled in two runs in the seventh as Maranacook of Readfield tried to rally. Nick Waddell and Don Knowles each hit solo homers for the 0-1 Black Bears.

Maranacook (0-1) 101 010 2 – 5 4 3 Camden-Rockport (1-0) 111 022 x – 7 4 2

Hamilton, Knowles (6) and Blaisdall; Dickerson, McDonald (5), Morro 1 and Peck

George Stevens 10, MDI 2

At Mount Desert, Josh Saddler pitched six innings for a victory and had three singles and an RBI to lead George Stevens Academy of Blue Hill to the win.

Toby Cole chipped in with two singles and three RBIs for the Eagles.

Matt McFarland hit a double and a single for the host Trojans.

George Stevens (1-0) 111 502 0 – 10 8 2 Mount Desert Island (0-1) 100 010 0 2 3 3

Saddler, Cole (7) and Blake; McFarland, Whitney (6) and Cunningham

Bucksport 11, Orono 0

At Bucksport, Matt Keene gave up four hits and no runs to lead Bucksport to the shutout.

Bucksport’s Greg Gobel and Jeff LaChance both had three-run homers to power the Bucks.

Steve Smith had three hits, including a double and triple.

Orono (0-1) 000 000 0 – 0 4 0 Bucksport (1-0) 431 003 x – 11 8 1

Perry, Cady (2), Munn (6) and Poulin; Keene and Gilley, Roi (7)

Hermon 14, John Bapst 3

At Hermon, Sean Smith drove in eight of the Hawks’ 14 runs.

Sean had a two-run homer, a two-run triple, and a grand slam to power the Golden Bucks.

Hermon’s Ryan Martin had three singles, and John Shoppe added two singles with an RBI.

John Bapst (0-1) 110 010 0 – 3 5 2 Hermon (1-0) 220 154 x – 14 12 0

Ford and Freedman; Martin, Reynolds (6), Alaimo (7) and Perry