Blairs team up to lead Nokomis by Crusaders

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BANGOR – Jon Blair scored the winning run for Nokomis in the sixth when B.J. Blair drove him home on a single and the Warriors posted a 9-8 baseball victory over John Bapst Friday.

B.J. Blair also had a double and an RBI, Joe Mendell hit two singles and and RBI while Brandon Cossar and Pat Morse each hit two singles.

For John Bapst, Andy Tremble had two singles, a double and two RBIs while Ryan Logan helped out by hitting a single, a double and driving home three.

Nokomis 140 013 0 – 9 12 4 John Bapst 320 120 0 – 8 9 5

Veazie, Cossar (5) and Blair; Hawes, Chapman (3), Strout (6) and Gray

Stearns 4, Dexter 1

At Millinocket, Jason Folsum cranked a solo home run in the third inning to give the Minutemen a two-run lead over Dexter.

Rob Donato recorded two singles and an RBI for Stearns.

Dexter’s Matt Foster laid claim to three of the Tiger’s four hits by notching three singles.

Dexter (4-5) 010 00 – 1 4 0 Stearns (7-1) 201 01 – 4 7 3

Foster and Sawyer; Wheaton and Folsom

Belfast 9, Mount View 4

At Thorndike, Pete Klausmeyer led Belfast to victory with a triple, two singles and four RBIs.

Jim Mehuren and Brandon Hurd recorded two singles and an RBI each.

Mount View’s Keith Fuller and Chris Carman hit two singles each. Fuller also batted in a run. Brian Bernosky notched a double and drove in two runs for the Mustangs of Thorndike.

Belfast (8-1) 200 007 0 – 9 8 1 Mount View (1-8) 400 000 0 – 4 7 4

Cowan and Potvin; Robinson, Eddy (6) and Bernosky

Sumner 6, PVHS 2

At East Sullivan, Greg Ingalls hit a two-run homer for Sumner, while Brian Duke had two singles and Chris Joy had a double and two RBIs.

PVHS’s only repeat hitter was Keith Champion who had two singles and an RBI.

Sumner (7-3) 010 212 x – 6 6 0 PVHS (2-4) 000 000 2 – 2 5 4

Zowperthwaite and Falabella, Ingalls (6); Morin and Champion

Piscataquis 20, Penquis 0

At Milo, Shane Overlock led PCHS with a double and three singles while Randy Burgess had a triple and a double. Buddy Leavitt, Brian White, and Drake Martel each hit a single and a double.

Dave Bessey had Penquis’ two hits with two singles.

Piscataquis (5-3) 935 22 – 20 20 0 Penquis (0-7) 000 00 – 0 2 5

Chase, Wooten (5) and Stubbs; Decastro, Priest (1), Smith (5) and Burgess

Foxcroft Academy 13, Hermon 0

At Hermon, Rob Crocker lost his abbreviated perfect game with two outs in the bottom of the fifth but emerged with a one-hit shutout.

Crocker struck out seven and walked one. Brian Bellemare contributed a double, two singles, three runs and three RBIs for the Ponies. Kyle Wentworth added two singles, three runs and three RBIs, while Chris Walker singled twice and knocked in two runs.

Andrew Hagemeyer broke up the perfect game with a walk and Josh Shorey followed with a single for the Hawks.

Foxcroft Academy (4-2) 108 04 – 13 12 0 Hermon (3-4) 000 00 – 0 1 1

Crocker and Smith, Cronin (4); Garland, Schacht (3) and Hewes

Old Town 11, Orono 1

At Old Town, Casey Powers and Randy Rand posted RBI singles to highlight a five-run second inning which propelled the Indians to the victory.

Matt Ouellette hit two doubles and had an RBI for Old Town, Powers finished with three singles and two RBIs, Sean McAuley added two singles and two RBIs, and Benn Clark rapped three singles.

Ryan Brown’s no-hitter was broken up with one out in the fifth inning on a double by the Red Riots’ Brian Caggiano, and Daryl Watson added a single.

Orono (0-7) 000 01 – 1 2 0 Old Town (6-0) 155 0x – 11 13 2

Watson, Sinclair (3) and Thomas; Brown and Ouellette

Bangor 1, Bucksport 0

At Mansfield Stadium in Bangor, Jeremy Karam ran his record to 4-0 with a three-hit, 13-strikeout, four-walk performance against a tough Bucks team.

Bucksport threatened early by loading the bases in the first with two outs, but a strikeout by Karam prevented any damage. In the fourth, Justin Libbey led off with a single for Bangor and, after two infield popups, scored on Andy Sullivan’s deep liner to left of the outfielder’s head.

For the Golden Bucks, Justin Barnes and Abram Allard singled for the only hits. Craig Harvey was the tough-luck loser with a two-hitter.

Matt Anderson’s single was the only other hit for unbeaten Bangor.

Bucksport (6-2) 000 000 0 – 0 2 2 Bangor (8-0) 000 100 x – 1 3 1

C. Harvey and McHale; Karam and Bouchard

Schenck 9, Katahdin 5

At East Millinocket, Paul-Mark Desantis hit two doubles and drove in three runs as the Wolverines held off the Cougars.

Jarod Desantis tripled, singled and added an RBI for Schenck.

Katahdin of Sherman Station’s Chris Robinson hit a double, a single and knocked in three runs. Ryan Robinson added two doubles and a single.

Katahdin 200 010 1 – 5 6 1 Schenck 021 204 x – 9 7 0

Springer, Rodgerson (6) and C. Robinson; Kalloch, Osborne (6) and Hamlin, McLaughlin (7)

Softball

Penquis 12, Piscataquis 0

At Milo, pitcher Megan Russell recorded nine strikeouts against the Pirates of Guilford. She also notched a double, a single and drove in three runs.

Miranda Nichols hit four singles and batted in a run for Penquis. Erynn Bailey and Alicia Gerrish contributed two singles and two RBIs each for the Patriots of Milo.

Stephanie Wentworth recorded the solitary single for Piscataquis in the fourth inning.

Piscataquis (5-4) 000 00 – 0 1 2 Penquis (6-1) 351 12 – 12 11 1

Korsman and Hanscome; Russell and Gahagan

Stearns 13, Dexter 1

At Millinocket, Brooke Lagasse led Stearns with three runs, a single, a double, a triple and three RBIs. Shannon Sirois had a single, a double, a triple and two RBIs, while Shena Pineau contributed with a single, a double, and four RBIs.

Shelly Gudroe scored Dexter’s only run off a single from Rose Larabee.

Stearns (1-8) 002 0(11) – 13 13 2 Dexter (5-3) 000 1 1 – 1 4 1

Walker and Gudroe; Sirois and Lagasse

Maranacook 6, MCI 1

At Pittsfield, Louise Massey pitched a two-hitter to lead the Maranacook Black Bears of Readfield to the win over Maine Central Institute.

Sika Stanton hit a solo home run and K.C. Mason tripled to pace Maranacook.

Jenn Cummings scattered eight hits over seven innings and took the loss.

Maranacook (5-1) 220 100 1 – 6 8 3 MCI (2-7) 001 000 0 – 1 2 4

Massey and Dunne; Cummings and Long

Foxcroft 11, Hermon 10

At Hermon, an RBI single by Sherri Zimmerman and an error scored what proved to be the key runs in Foxcroft Academy’s win.

Zimmerman led the way with two singles, a three-run triple in the third, and five RBIs. Missy Michaud had a double, single, and two RBIs. Brooke Hartford hit two singles.

Monica Rowe and Stefanie Poole each had two singles and an RBI for the Hawks. Amy Porter added a double.

Foxcroft Academy (3-4) 004 520 0 – 11 13 4 Hermon (1-6) 401 221 0 – 10 8 6

Hartford, McCormick (2) and Michaud, Sands (4); Macdonald and Reynolds

Sumner 9, Penobscot Valley 7

At East Sullivan, the Tigers hit three singles and took advantage of a walk and an error to score three runs in the fifth and hold off the Howlers of Howland.

Meghan Philio singled twice and tallied one RBI. Rachel Philio and Sarah Abbott had an RBI single apiece and Cathy Emerton added two singles for Sumner.

Mitchelle Doyon singled twice for Penobscot Valley of Howland. Lindsay Wakefield added an RBI single.

Penobscot Valley (1-6) 100 500 1 – 7 6 2 Sumner (4-6) 003 231 x – 9 7 5

Doyon, Cyr (6) and Cyr, Doyon (6); R. Philio, Osier (5) and Robinson

Old Town 12, Orono 0

At Old Town, Erica Perry led Old Town’s sweep with a triple and an RBI. Meghan King followed up with a double and two runs batted in. Jamie Higgins and Erika Kennedy contributed to the Indian’s score by recording a double and an RBI each.

Emily Reed doubled in the first inning for Orono. Molly Dupere recorded the other hit for the Red Riots with a single in the fourth.

Orono (1-6) 000 00 – 0 2 5 Old Town (3-3) 221 16 – 12 9 1

Gavett and Breton; Randall, Metivier (5) and King

Katahdin 9, Schenck 6

At East Millinocket, the Cougars scored three runs in the seventh inning to hold off the Wolverines.

Angie Qualey hit a double and a single to lead Katahdin of Sherman Station. Morgan Anderson, Kim Mann and Olivia Anderson added two singles apiece.

Alicia Cram and Rachel Larlee both singled and doubled for Schenck.

Katahdin (3-2) 101 004 3 – 9 11 11 Schenck (1-7) 022 011 0 – 6 7 7

Mann and Qualey; Farrington and Sherwood