November 14, 2024
BANGOR DAILY NEWS (BANGOR, MAINE

Wright helps Van Buren edge Fort Kent

FORT KENT – Chanel Wright singled, stole second and third and scored the game-winning run on a botched rundown in the seventh inning as Van Buren posted a 5-3 high school baseball win over Fort Kent Monday.

A wild pitch produced an insurance run later in the seventh.

Lefty Phil Smith pitched a five-hitter to notch the win, striking out 14 and walking three.

Wright had two singles and scored twice.

Fort Kent righty Chad Soucy hurled a four-hitter, striking out 12 and walking one. Corey Bourgoin had a double and a sacrifice fly for Fort Kent and A.J. Slavinsky had double.

Van Buren (6-0) 200 100 2 – 5 4 0 Fort Kent (2-3) 011 001 0 – 3 5 3

Smith and Sirois; Soucy and Thibodeau

Presque Isle 8, Houlton 2

At Houlton, Chris Lavaway struck out 12 batters and walked one en route to a five-hitter as his Wildcats downed Houlton for the season sweep.

The ‘Cats jumped on Houlton early with five runs on three walks, four singles, and two passed balls in the first.

Mark Yaeger doubled and singled to pace Presque Isle’s offense and Lavaway added two singles. Brad Boyles hit a triple.

Paul Cain singled twice for the Shiretowners.

Presque Isle (3-4) 521 000 0 – 8 10 1 Houlton (3-3) 001 100 0 – 2 5 2

Lavaway and Bard; Lenentine, Malcomb (3), Berry (6) and Henderson, Sylvia (7)

Woodland 18, Shead 12

At Eastport, the Woodland Dragons were outhit 14 to nine, but scored six unearned runs – the difference in the game.

Rick Romanelli and Derek Bailey each hit a double and a single. Marlin Lutz singled twice for the Dragons.

Cliff Urquhart had two doubles and a single for the Tigers. Ben Maloney hit three singles.

Woodland (1-6) 360 130 5 – 18 9 4 Shead (2-4) 001 632 0 – 12 14 4

McAlpine, Ladd (4), McAlpine (6) and Romanelli; Bowen, Chevier (4), Bowen (6) and Sullivan

Washington Acad. 37, Lubec 0

At East Machias, Bobby Richardson had a two-run homer, a solo homer, and a two-run single in his three at-bats to pace a 22-hit attack for Washington Academy.

Nick Reynolds had a three-run homer and an RBI double while Jason Ramsdell hit a solo home run, two singles, and two RBIs. Jeremy Look, Vinny Emery and Brent Colbeth combined on an abbreviated perfect game.

Lubec (0-5) 000 00 – 0 0 7 Washington Acad. (4-3) (22)83 4x – 37 22 0

Buehner, Moores (2) and Seavey; Jer. Look, Emery (3), Colbeth (4) and Jef. Look, Fagonde (2)

Ashland 9, Katahdin 3

At Sherman Station, Darren Ham hit two singles and drove in three runs as the Hornets topped Katahdin.

Lee Durrell added a triple while Rustin Lovewell, Bruce Oakes and Eric Ham slapped two singles each for Ashland.

Chris Robinson, Chris McNally and Jerrick Hanson hit two singles each for Katahdin.

Ashland (3-3) 104 120 1 – 9 12 1 Katahdin (1-5) 100 000 2 – 3 11 3

Lovewell and Ham; McNally, Atkinson (4), Robinson (6), Cunningham (7) and Stevens

Calais 2, Jonesport-Beals 0

At Jonesport, Jeremy Dow tossed a four-hitter, striking out five and walking one, as the Blue Devils remained undefeated.

Eric Brown hit two singles and drove in a run for Calais. James MacDonald added a single.

Alvin Beal doubled for Jonesport-Beals while pitcher Billy Merchant struck out eight, walked four and held the Devils to just three hits.

Calais (6-0) 000 020 0 – 2 3 2 Jonesport-Beals (4-2) 000 000 0 – 0 4 3

Dow and Brown; Merchant and King

S. Aroostook 18, Limestone 3

At Limestone, Nick Hersey connected for a single, a double and a triple as the Warriors of Dyer Brook cruised to the win.

Jordan Shields added a double and two singles and knocked in two runs for Southern Aroostook while Gabe Gordon tripled and singled twice. Nate Hardy and Rob Deschaines each doubled and singled twice and Matt McCluskey hit two singles.

Derek Patten doubled and Ryan O’Neal hit an RBI single for Limestone.

Southern Aroostook (4-2) 805 32 – 18 17 0 Limestone (1-5) 003 00 – 3 4 7

Gordon, Malone (4), Hardy (5) and Shields; McPherson, Patten (2) and Mauro, DeLong (5)

Fort Fairfield 15, Wisdom 0

At Fort Fairfield, Brandon Traknis socked four singles and drove in six runs as the Tigers rolled.

Five pitchers worked an inning each en route to a one-hitter for Fort Fairfield, which successfully rested its staff for three remaining games this week. Mike Andrews contributed three singles and four runs, Tim Blier hit a single and drove in three runs while Aaron Ireland hit a two-run single.

Todd Thibeault singled for the Pioneers of St. Agatha.

Wisdom (0-4) 000 00 – 0 1 3 Fort Fairfield (3-3) 20(10) 3x – 15 12 1

Thibeault, Picard (4) and Gervais; Traknis, Andrews (2), Arato (3), Armstrong (4), Kenneson (5) and Rochford

Narraguagus 5, Machias 4

At Harrington, Jason Snider scored the game-winning run on Jesse Grover’s eighth-inning double as the Knights topped Machias.

Doug Sawyer singled twice and doubled for the Knights while Cliff Chase singled and scored twice.

Todd Stevens and Kevin Loughlin hit two singles apiece for the Bulldogs. Louglin had two RBIs.

Machias (2-4) 000 040 00 – 4 5 2 Narraguagus (4-5) 010 02 01 – 5 8 1

Day and Loughlin; Kneeland, Stewart (3) and Fickett

Hodgdon 7, Central Aroostook 6

At Hodgdon, Ryan Callnan singled twice and drove in two runs and Evan Bither earned his fourth win of the season as Hodgdon remained undefeated.

David Stewart added two singles for the Hawks.

Eric Larrabee doubled in two runs for Central Aroostook of Mars Hills.

Central Aroostook (2-3) 000 202 2 – 6 5 5 Hodgdon (6-0) 232 000 x – 7 8 1

E. Bither, Blanchette (4), Day (6) and A. Bither; J. Codrey, S. Bradstreet (4) and St. Pierre

Softball

Fort Fairfield 15, Wisdom 5

At Fort Fairfield, Jessica Ireland hit a solo home run, a single and batted in a run to lead Fort Fairfield to victory.

Maranda Butler recorded three singles and two RBIs and Sabrina Butler hit two singles for Fort Fairfield.

Shelly Chasse hit three singles and two RBIs for Wisdom. Shannon Berube contributed a triple and a single.

Wisdom (3-1) 203 000 0 – 5 11 7 Fort Fairfield (6-0) 420 018 x – 15 18 2

Cyr and Michaud; McCrea and Barnes

Jonesport-Beals 5, Calais 4

At Jonesport, Lillian Durkee hit two doubles and Mattie Alley knocked in two runs with two singles as Jonesport-Beals prevailed.

Chelsie Carver added two more singles for the Royalettes. Tricia Carver struck out eight Blue Devil batters.

Katie Churchill smacked a solo homer and a double for Calais. Katie Frost struck out seven.

Calais (4-2) 001 000 3 – 4 5 3 Jonesport-Beals (5-1) 000 012 2 – 5 9 3

Frost and Drew; Carver and Merchant

Presque Isle 12, Houlton 7

At Houlton, Sarah Belden belted a two-run double in the decisive nine-run third-inning rally and Bre Norsworthy and Ashley Putnam contributed two-run singles as Presque Isle triumphed.

Jessica Martin and Belden each doubled and singled and drove in two runs for the winners. Norsworthy and Amanda Belden had two singles each. Norsworthy had two RBIs and Belden had one.

Sarah Beasley had a triple and two singles for Houlton while Holly Thibodeau and Kristen Child had three singles each. Child knocked in two runs.

Presque Isle (4-4) 109 101 0 – 12 12 2 Houlton (1-6) 303 010 0 – 7 12 4

Norsworthy and S. Belden; Brown and Cleary

Washington Acad. 20, Lubec 11

At East Machias, Emily Mawhinney knocked in three runs with two singles and a double and Diana Bourdeau struck out eight batters in her three-inning relief stint for the Raiders.

Krystal Stauffer drove in four runs with two singles for Washington Academy while Katie Holmes tripled and knocked in three and Kristy Albee singled twice.

Amber LaValley doubled, singled twice and had three RBIs for the Hornets.

Lubec (0-6) 153 110 0 – 11 5 7 Washington Acad. (5-2) (10)03 610 x – 22 5 7

Newman and Denbow; Espling, Bourdeau (5) and Fergerson

Shead 14, Woodland 13

At Eastport, Sara Ricker hit a home run and Judy Suddy tripled as the Tigerettes of Eastport nipped the Dragons.

Leah Moore added an RBI double for Shead.

Michaelene Seavey doubled for Woodland.

Woodland (0-6) 531 000 4 – 14 Shead (3-5) 213 205 1 – 13

McGary and Ricker; Seavey and Kneeland

Limestone 12, S. Aroostook 9

At Limestone, Sarah Durepo drove in four runs with a two-run homer and two singles as the Eagles rallied past Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook.

Louise Philbrick rapped two doubles while Erin Cote contributed a two-run double for Limestone.

Kristi Brooker hit three singles and stole two bases for the Warriors. Michelle Boutilier added a double and a single and drove in two runs.

S. Aroostook (2-4) 043 110 0 – 9 11 4 Limestone (2-3) 025 122 x – 12 12 5

Toothaker and Chambers; V. Cote and Reuter, E. Cote (2)

Katahdin 15, Ashland 14

At Sherman Station, Mindi Libby’s single in the bottom of the seventh plated the tying and the winning runs for Katahdin.

Morgan Anderson hit two doubles and a single for the Cougars. Lacey Willett recorded two singles and a double and Kim Mann and Angie Qualey offered a single apiece for Katahdin.

Pam and Terri Bennett hit two doubles and two singles respectivley for Ashland.

Ashland (4-2) 640 004 0 – 14 9 4 Katahdin (2-2) 500 115 3 – 15 14 4

Spooner and Millett; Mann and Qualey

Hodgdon 12, Central Aroostook 0

At Hodgdon, Shanna McGary struck out 10 batters and walked six while holding the Panthers of Mars Hill to three hits over five innings.

Christy Callnan stroked three singles and scored three runs for the Hawks. Sara Oliver added three singles while Alicia Dwyer hit two singles.

Chantel Gagnon rapped two singles for the Panthers while Angel Rideout doubled.

Central Aroostook (0-6) 000 00 – 0 3 4 Hodgdon (5-1) 214 14 – 12 13 1

Bell and Larrabee; McGary and Oliver

Van Buren 14, Fort Kent 6

At Fort Kent, pitcher Kasey Violette struck out nine and walked four, and singled twice to lead the Crusaders past Fort Kent.

Nicole Corbin and Kristy Wright each hit two singles for the Crusaders.

Jessica Corriveau had a double and a single to pace Fort Kent. Nicole Saucier, McKenzie Boucher, and Ashley Pelletier each singled twice.

Van Buren (1-4) 313 330 1 – 14 11 0 Fort Kent (0-5) 000 021 3 – 6 10 4

Violette and Gagnon; Corriveau and Nadeau, Pinette (5)


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