LIMESTONE – Phil Smith pitched a five-inning no-hitter to lead the Van Buren Crusaders to a 13-0 schoolboy baseball victory over the Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics Monday.

Smith struck out 14 Eagles and walked two in five innings. He aided his own cause with a three-run home run. Eric Ayotte and Zach Cote each doubled for the Crusaders in their opener.

Van Buren (1-0) 350 23 – 13 8 0

Limestone (1-2) 000 00 – 0 0 3

Smith and S. Ayotte; Hardwick, Buckley (3), Knoll (5), Patten (5) and Mauro, Kertulis (5)

Narraguagus 10, Machias 3

At Harrington, Jordan Kneeland scattered eight hits while striking out 10 to spark the Knights.

Jason Snider paced the winners with three singles and two RBIs. Aaron Caler chipped in with two singles and two RBIs and Doug Sawyer added two singles and an RBI.

Kevin Loughlin doubled, singled and drove in two runs for the Bulldogs and Todd Stevens added two singles and an RBI.

(First Game)

Machias (0-4) 000 030 0 – 3 8 1

Narraguagus (2-2) 330 004 x – 10 11 1

Cox, Brocklaw (5) and Loughlin; Kneeland and Fickett

Calais 11, Shead 1

At Calais, Brad DeMolet scattered six hits over six innings, striking out 10 and walking three, as the Blue Devils won.

Andy Frost singled three times for Calais, while Russ McLean singled twice. Zack Ludington stroked and RBI double.

Cliff Urquhart, Darrin Constant and Westly Ellington singled for Shead of Eastport.

Shead (1-2) 001 000 – 1 3 1

Calais (2-1) 132 311 – 11 12 4

Bowen, Maloney (4), Bones (5) and Maloney, Bowen (4), Maloney (5); DeMolet and A. Frost

Madawaska 13, Ashland 3

At Madawaska, Steve Guerrette singled four times (1 RBI) to lead the Owls to victory.

Greg Dionne rapped a triple and two singles (1 RBI), Steve Soucy hit a double and two singles, Alex Daigle tripled and singled with two RBIs and Kevin Dube knocked in three runs.

Geoff LeBlanc singled twice for Ashland. Jared Jendreau and Bruce Aokers doubled.

Ashland 201 000 – 3 4 7

Madawaska 204 016 – 13 17 3

LeBlanc, Aokers (4) and Ham; Garcia, Gerard (4) and Gerard, A. Daigle (4)

Jonesport-Beals 12, Woodland 0

At Jonesport-Beals, Darren Kelly pitched a seven-hit shutout, striking out three, to pace the Royals. Kelly helped his own cause with a double, a single and three RBIs.

D.R. Alley had two singles and a double, scoring four runs, for the winners. Alvin Beal doubled and singled.

For Woodland, Marlon Lutz had a double and a single.

Woodland (2-3) 000 00 – 0 7 5

Jonesport Beals (5-0) 224 4x -12 9 2

Hill and Roussel, Pike (4); Kelly and King

Fort Fairfield 10, Katahdin 4

At Fort Fairfield, Ben Arato helped lead an 11-hit attack with a double and a single as the Tigers knocked off Katahdin of Sherman Station.

Chris Osgood had a double with three RBIs while Shea Armstrong added a two-run double for the Tigers. Ryan Dorsey, Mickey Browning, and Phil Rockford each singled twice.

Chris Robinson led the Cougars with two doubles and a single. Mark Martin had an RBI double.

Katahdin (0-3) 001 002 1 – 4 7 2

Fort Fairfield (1-2) 120 304 x – 10 11 2

Springer, McNally (4), Rodgerson (6), Robinson (6) and Stevens; DeMerchant, Armstrong (4), Kennison (7) and Rockford

Houlton 8, Fort Kent 4

At Houlton, senior righthander Paul Cain scattered six hits while striking out eight and walking one to spark the Shiretowners.

Ben Weston singled twice and drove in two runs for the winners. Jared Sylvia plated a run on a suicide-squeeze bunt and added an RBI single.

Cory Bourgoin singled twice and drove in a run for Fort Kent. Kirk Levesque added two singles.

Fort Kent (1-1) 100 021 0 – 4 6 3

Houlton (2-2) 231 020 x – 8 8 1

Jalbert, Bouchard (6) and Thibodeau; Cain and Sylvia

Central Aroostook 9, Wisdom 6

At Mars Hill, Jeff Clockedile and Craig Durost each hit a two-run single in the bottom of the fifth to help the Panthers earn the win.

Dan Codrey added an RBI single for Central Aroostook. Jason Tapley allowed three hits and struck out six in his five innings.

Ryan Paradis hit a two-run single to key a four-run sixth inning for the Pioneers of St. Agatha. Aaron Gervais and Andrew Gervais each singled twice.

Wisdom (0-1) 000 004 2 – 6 8 3

Central Aroostook (1-1) 121 050 x – 9 9 8

Picard, Guerrette (3), Paradis (4), Thibodeau (5) and An. Gervais; Tapley, Grew (6) and St. Pierre

Softball

Narraguagus 11, Machias 0

At Harrington, Ashley Woodward pitched a one-hitter, striking out 18 for Narraguagus.

Erin Grant led hitters with three singles for two RBIs. Brook Courchaine and Kate Farnsworth each had three singles and an RBI while Liz Thompson had a single, a double and an RBI. Ashley Woodward (1 RBI) doubled and singled.

For Machias, Tracy Guptill had a triple.

Machias (1-3) 000 000 0 – 0 1 2

Narraguagus (4-0) 070 400 x -11 15 1

Whitman, Rudd (4) and Thibeau, Carter (4); Woodward and Farnsworth

Jonesport-Beals 14, Woodland 12

At Jonesport, Abby Alley singled twice, driving in two runs in a three-run sixth inning, to help the Royalettes hold off the Dragons.

Crystal Davis and Chelsie Carver had two singles each for Jonesport-Beals.

Nicki Lazzaro stroked three singles for Woodland. Katie Smith doubled and singled.

Woodland (1-3) 043 031 1 – 12 8 8

Jonesport-Beals (3-1) 600 143 x – 14 13 8

Smith and Snowman; Emerson and Chandler

Calais 14, Shead 1

At Calais, Katie Frost struck out 14 and allowed just two hits as the Blue Devils rolled past the Tigerettes.

Frost also doubled and singled, driving in three runs. Amanda Brown had three singles, Lanna Martin doubled and singled and drove in two runs and Shaunti Hendricks had a pair of singles and two RBIs for Calais.

Sara Ricker and Natalie Smith singled for Shead of Eastport.

Shead (0-3) 000 10 – 1 2 4

Calais (2-1) 340 7x – 14 12 2

Davis and DeWitt; Frost and L. Martin

Houlton 15, Fort Kent 0

At Houlton, Aimee Guy and Sarah Beasley combined to one-hit the Warriors in five innings.

Rebecca Lenentine drove in three runs on a solo home run and two singles to power the Shiretowners.

Beasley chipped in with a solo homer and RBI single and Kasey Cleary added three singles and two RBIs. Anna Lenentine doubled, singled and drove in two runs and Alyssa Foster singled twice and drove in two runs.

Ashley Pelletier singled in the fifth for the Warriors.

Fort Kent (1-2) 000 00 – 0 1 2

Houlton (4-0) 910 5x – 15 16 0

Minzy and Charette; Guy, Beasley (4) and Cleary, A. Lenentine 4)

Madawaska 16, Ashland 4

At Madawaska, Kay Gerard went 4-for-4 with four singles to help the Owls cruise.

Sarah Dufour chipped in with a double, single and two RBIs for the winners and Meghan Marshall and Ciara Cyr each added two singles.

Cora Campbell doubled twice and drove in two runs and Kim Oakes singled twice for Ashland.

Ashland (0-2) 100 30 – 4 6 4

Madawaska (2-0) 117 25 – 16 13 4

Spooner and Bennett, Millett (5); Bouchard and Martin

Katahdin 15, Fort Fairfield 9

At Fort Fairfield, Michalene Duffy doubled and scored on Lacey Willett’s single to break a 5-5 tie in the two-run, fifth-inning rally and the Cougars put the game away with a seven-run seventh inning.

Morgan Anderson had a two-run single in the seventh and finished with four base hits and three RBIs.

Duffy had a single to go with her double and Megan Libby had two singles and an RBI.

Maranda Butler drove in three for Fort Fairfield with a solo homer and a double and cousin Sabrina Butler added a two-run double.

Katahdin (3-0) 310 121 7 -15 13 3

Fort Fairfield (0-3) 101 301 3 – 9 11 8

Mi. Libby and Qualey; Bubar and Arato

Van Buren 22, Limestone 4

At Limestone, Casie Caron tripled, singled and drove in four runs to power the Crusaders.

Nicole Corbin added a triple and single for the winners and Kristy Wright singled twice with an RBI.

Ashley Brooker, Nikki Michaud and Vicki Cote each singled twice for the Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics.

Van Buren (1-0) 4(11)1 42 – 22 12 4

Limestone (1-2) 0 1 3 00 – 4 10 2

J. Caron and C. Caron; Cote and Hunter

Dexter 19, Hermon 6

At Dexter, Briley Belanger’s three-run double highlighted an eight-run first-inning rally and Kristy Veazie belted a three-run triple in a nine-run fifth as Dexter triumphed.

Cindy Koscielny had three singles and two RBIs for the Tigers and winner Karen Nelson scattered four hits in her five-inning stint.

Krystal Terrill had two singles for Hermon.

Hermon (1-4) 330 00 – 6 4 1

Dexter (2-2) 810 19 -19 9 4

Hart, MacDonald (1), Fournier (5) and Reynolds; Nelson and Wyman

George Stevens 6, Sumner 5

At Blue Hill, Jaimee Wood singled and scored on a single by Denise Erland in the ninth inning to lift the Eagles to victory.