HOULTON – Freshman right hander Ryan Schools pitched six innings of two-hit ball, striking out 12 and walking one Friday, to pace Houlton to a 6-0 schoolboy baseball victory over Fort Fairfield.

Paul Cain pitched a scoreless seventh for Houlton and smacked a three-run double to key the Shires’ five-run second inning. Mike Lenentine singled twice.

Ryan Dorsey singled twice for Fort Fairfield.

Fort Fairfield (0-2) 000 000 0 – 0 2 2

Houlton (1-1) 050 010 x – 6 5 3

Arato, Armstrong (4), DeMerchant (6) and Rochford; Schools, Cain (7) and Sylvia

Hodgdon 14, Katahdin 0

At Hodgdon, Evan Bither allowed two hits in four innings, struck out five, and hit a single, a double and a solo home run for five RBIs, leading the Hawks to the win.

Ben Carton had a two-run double.

For Katahdin of Sherman Station, Chris Robinson doubled.

Katahdin (0-2) 000 00 – 0 3 6

Hodgdon (3-0) 143 6x -14 6 0

Atkinson, Cyr (3), Robinson (4) and Stevens; E. Bither, Blanchette (5) and A. Bither, McAtee (5)

So. Aroostook 8, Washburn 3

At Dyer Brook, Zach Philibert led Southern Aroostook with two singles and three RBIs.

Jeff Swallow had two singles and two RBIs while Corey Edkins added two singles.

For Washburn, Chris Tupper hit a double and three singles for an RBI while Josh Maynard pounded out three singles.

Washburn (0-1) 020 000 1 -3 10 5

Southern Aroostook (2-1) 011 303 x -8 9 3

Tupper, Carter (6) and Maynard; Grant, C. Shields (2) and J. Shields

Jonesport-Beals 14, Shead 4

At Jonesport, the Royals had 32 baserunners in their win over the Tigers.

Abraham Beal had a triple, two singles and three runs batted in while Jared Alley doubled and singled and D.R. Alley and Alvin Beal had two singles apiece for Jonesport-Beals.

Cliff Urquhart had a two-run single for Shead of Eastport.

Shead (1-1) 004 000 – 4 2 7

Jonesport-Beals (4-0) 313 412 – 14 13 3

Bowen, Constant (4), Bones (5) and Maloney; D.R. Alley, Merchant (4) and King

Stearns 15, Penquis 0

At Millinocket, Aaron Rideout pitched a one-hitter and struck out 12, leading Stearns to the win.

Matt Leino had two doubles and a single for the Minutemen while Brad Cyr hit two singles.

Jeremy Webb had a single for Penquis of Milo.

Penquis (0-2) 000 00 – 0 1 9

Stearns (2-0) 156 03 -15 16 0

Rideout and Cummings; Wooten and Miller

Piscataquis 8, Penobscot Valley 6

At Guilford, Randy Burgess and Ben Smith had two-run home runs in the first inning for the Pirates as they downed the Howlers.

Burgess added a triple and a single to his home run while Smith also singled for Piscataquis.

Keith Chapman homered and singled and Brody Artes had two singles for Penobscot Valley of Howland.

Penobscot Valley 100 140 0 – 6 7 3

Piscataquis (3-1) 600 220 x – 8 11 5

Morin, Saucier (5) and Chapman; Leavitt, DeCastro (5) and Burgess

Maranacook 6, Rockland 3

At Rockland, Ben Muniz and Greg Creek combined on a six-hitter and Creek put down a last-inning rally to lead Maranacook of Readfield.

For the visiting Black Bears, Mike Buckley had two singles, a double, and two RBIs. Brian Cook doubled twice and had two RBIs while Creek had two singles.

Blair Drinkwater singled twice to pace the Tigers. John Bonney delivered an RBI double and Adam Ross had an RBI single.

Maranacook (2-0) 011 202 0 – 6 9 2

Rockland (2-1) 000 000 3 – 3 6 2

Muniz, Creek (6) and Buckley; Tootill, Drinkwater (6) and LaBree

DI-Stonington 14, Sumner 6

At Deer Isle, Eric Ray’s lead-off homer triggered a four-run rally in the bottom of the fourth that snapped a 4-4 tie and sent Deer Isle-Stonington on their way to their first win of the season.

Ray had two base hits to go with his homer; Josh Bolton had a double and three base hits and Bennett Gray contributed three singles as did Daryl Dunham. Eric Robbins went the distance for the win.

Mike Cowperthwaite belted a two-run homer and also singled for Sumner while Jay Huber singled three times.

Sumner (3-4) 301 020 0 -6-10-2

Deer Isle-Stonington (1-2) 403 403 x -14-15-4

Hardy, Renwick (4) and Renwick, Hardison (4), Winslow (5); Robbins and Klemenz

Hermon 13, Central 8

At Hermon, Matt Watson’s fourth inning grand slam led the Hawks past the Red Devils.

Watson also had two singles and drove in seven runs. Jason Shorey had three RBIs for Hermon.

Seth Strout had a triple, two singles and two RBIs and Billy Kane singled twice for Central of Corinth.

Central (2-1) 110 210 3 – 8 9 8

Hermon (4-0) 000 625 x – 13 6 4

Matulis, Rollings (5) and Kane; Garland and Shorey, Lane (6)

Softball

Jonesport-Beals 19, Shead 4

At Jonesport-Beals, Crystal Emerson led the Royals with a two-run homer, a solo home run and a single.

Chelsea Carver and Sabrina Stewart each had a triple and a single while Crystal Davis pounded out three singles.

For Shead of Eastport, Sara Ricker had two singles.

Shead (0-2) 011 11 – 4 7 3

Jonesport Beals (2-1) 904 6x -19 17 5

Davis, Lingley (1), Smith (1) and DeWitt; Emerson and Chandler

Houlton 18, Fort Fairfield 17

At Houlton, Sarah Beasley drove in the winning run on a seventh-inning single for Houlton.

Amy Guy hit a game-tying RBI triple in the seventh as well as an RBI single while Anna Lenentine had two triples and two singles for two RBIs. Emily Cole hit two singles for two RBIs while Nichole Botting had two singles.

For Fort Fairfield, Danielle Searles had a double, a single and two RBIs while Kelly Stearns drove in two with two singles. Sabrina Butler added a two-run double.

Fort Fairfield (1-1) 511 500 5 -17 10 3

Houlton (2-0) 511 700 4 -18 15 10

Boober, Guiou (4) and Arato; Guy, Beasley (3), Guy (5) and Cleary, Cole (3), Cleary (5)

Katahdin 31, Hodgdon 15

At Hodgdon, Megan Libby had a pair of homers among her five hits as Katahdin unleashed a 30-hit attack to subdue Hodgdon.

Michalene Duffy also had five hits for the winners; Scarlet McAvoy, Mindy Libby, K.C. Duffy-Stanley and Krystle McMoran had three apiece while Morgan Anderson and Lacey Willett contributed two each.

Shanna McGary, Sara Oliver, Alicia Dwyer, Heather Martin and Danielle and Amanda Fitzpatrick had two hits each for Hodgdon.

Katahdin 0(13)2 457 -31-30-6

Hodgdon 407 310 -15-14-8

Stearns 10, Penquis 9

At Millinocket, Nicole Davis’ sacrifice fly scored Leslie Osborne to highlight a three-run seventh-inning rally as the Minutemen beat the Patriots.

Becca Saucier singled and scored on an Osborne single and Jackie Caverly plated Jessica Jandreau (walk) with a single in the pivotal seventh inning. Jordan Legassey paced Stearns with a two-run home run, a triple and two singles and four total RBIs.

Saucier singled four times and Osborne had two singles (1 RBI) behind winner Kristina MacKenzie, who struck out nine.

Lil Gerrish tripled, doubled and singled for Penquis of Milo. Loser Megan Russell, who fanned 10, provided two singles and two RBIs. Lindsay Ouellette hit a two-run homer in the fourth.

Penquis (0-2) 104 310 0 – 9 9 2

Stearns (1-1) 303 100 3 – 10 12 2

Russell and Martin; MacKenzie and Michaud

Bangor Christian 10, Dexter 9

At Bangor, Renee Mick drove in the winning run for Bangor Christian on a two-run double in the seventh.

Mick also had another double and a single while Meredith Moores had three singles with an RBI and scored three runs.

For Dexter, Carrie Nelson, Frankie Bohm and Kristy Veazie rapped a double and a single apiece. Sarah Carnes singled twice.

Dexter (1-1) 200 213 1 – 9 12 3

Bangor Christian (3-0) 112 101 4 -10 14 6

Nelson and Wyman; Hartman and Phinney

Piscataquis 16, Penobscot Val. 3

At Guilford, Greta Korsman pitched a three-hitter and struck out eight while hitting a double and two singles for two RBIs for the Pirates.

Lacey Hanscom and Carolyn Emery each had four singles while Meagan Galuski had a double and a single for five RBIs. Stephanie Wentworth knocked in two runs on three singles while Alice White-Cyr hit three singles and scored three runs.

For Penobscot Valley of Howland, Erica Snape singled twice.

Penobscot Valley (1-1) 002 100 – 3 3 0

Piscataquis (1-3) 370 402 -16 24 0

Cyr and Colbath; Korsman and Hanscom

Maranacook 13, Rockland 0

At Rockland, Alexis Pullen led Maranacook of Readfield with a triple and a single.

Jazz Carney and Erica Brennon each had two singles.

For Rockland, Kirby Gushee and Ashley Lowe singled.

Maranacook (3-0) 309 01 -13 9 0

Rockland (1-2) 000 00 – 0 2 4

Massey and Pruett; L. Grant, Gushee (3) and C. Grant

John Bapst 32, Orono 7

At Orono, Nikki Novak’s three-run homer in the second gave the Crusaders the lead for good.

and an eight-run third-inning rally, featuring Keegan Richard’s two-run double, cemented the win for John Bapst.

Novak had a triple and two singles to go with her homer. She had four RBIs.

Keegan Richard had a two-run double and three singles (RBI). Rebecca Stevens had three singles while Alex Waring, Amanda Sleeper and Amelia Mitchell-Storer had two singles apiece. Ada Athane went the distance for the win.

Hadley See and Molly Dupere had two singles and two RBIs apiece and Michelle Benoit doubled.

John Bapst (2-2) 038 4(17) – 32 21 2

Orono (0-4) 101 0 5 – 7 7 2

Athane and Novak; See, Dupere (3), Marquez (5) and Clingerman