MACHIAS – Ashley Woodward allowed only one hit while striking out 16 and not walking a batter to lead the Narraguagus Knights to a 1-0 schoolgirl softball victory over the Machias Bulldogs Monday.

Kate Farnsworth singled in Brook Courchaine in the third for the game’s only run for the Knights of Harrington. Courchaine singled, stole second and then scored on Farnsworth’s single.

Jenny Grant reached Woodward for a fifth-inning single. Tracy Guptill, who allowed only four hits and didn’t walk a batter, was the hard-luck loser.

Narraguagus (7-0) 001 000 0 – 1 4 1

Machias (3-4) 000 000 0 – 0 1 2

Woodward and Farnsworth; Guptill and Thibodeau

Houlton 10, Presque Isle 9

At Houlton, Valerie Lenentine knocked in Danielle Hagerman with a sixth-inning single, lifting the Shiretowners to victory.

Lenentine also belted a three-run homer in the fifth inning. Sarah Beasley tripled and singled.

Kelly McHatten singled four times for Presque Isle, Melissa Pelletier had three singles, Lauren Wildeman doubled and singled and Jessie Miller singled twice.

Presque Isle (2-7) 000 141 3 – 9 13 3

Houlton (8-1) 002 251 x – 10 7 2

Guiggy and Belden; Guy and Cleary

Woodland 23, Shead 10

At Woodland, Lisa Kneeland and Edwina Huwa each singled, doubled and drove in two runs to spark the Dragons.

Kate Smith added a triple, single and two RBIs for the winners and Alicia Vose had an RBI triple.

Sarah Ricker doubled twice, tripled and drove in a run for Shead of Eastport. Sam Davis added two singles and a double and Nadine Bedford tripled, singled and drove in two runs.

Shead (0-6) 103 60 – 10 11 2

Woodland (2-7) (10)31 18 – 23 18 1

Lingley and Bewit; Smith, Holmes (4), White (4) and Vose, Leighton (5)

Calais 7, Jonesport-Beals 0

At Calais, Katie Frost pitched a three-hitter, striking out five without issuing a walk, as the Blue Devils beat the Royalettes.

Lanna Martin paced Calais with two singles and two RBIs. Crystal Martin, Kari Redding and Mia Silverthorne provided two singles and an RBI apiece.

Naomi Chandler singled twice for Jonesport-Beals.

Jonesport-Beals (3-4) 000 000 0 – 0 3 5

Calais (5-1) 001 213 x – 7 9 3

Look and Chandler; Frost and C. Martin

Van Buren 26, Fort Kent 14

At Van Buren, Casie Caron led Van Buren with two doubles and three singles for six RBIs.

Kristy Wright hit three singles for four RBIs and Amy Vaillancourt sent home three on a triple and two singles.

For Fort Kent, Meaghan Minzy had four singles and an RBI while Nicole Saucier added a triple and a single.

Fort Kent (1-4) 112 730 -14 13 11

Van Buren (2-3) 292 571 -26 23 10

Minzy and Morneault; LaPlante, Gagnon (3), Caron (3) and Caron

So. Aroostook 14, Limestone 9

At Limestone, the Warriors’ eight-run third inning was the difference against the Eagles.

Rhonda Chambers doubled twice and singled with an RBI and Kristi Brooker singled three times (RBI) to pace Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook. Meghan McLaughlin and Brandi Crandall each had two singles and an RBI and Misty Violette singled twice.

Melissa St. Pierre and Sharee Dilda led Limestone/Maine School of Science and Mathematics with two singles and two RBIs each. Michelle Cook and Louise Philbrick had two singles each and Nikki Michaud had a single and two RBIs.

Southern Aroostook (3-4) 508 000 1 – 14 15 2

Limestone/MSSM (1-5) 004 102 2 – 9 13 2

Lyons, Toothaker (4) and Chambers; Cote and Bernier

Katahdin 22, Ashland 4

At Ashland, Megan Libby belted a bases-loaded triple in the second inning and the Cougars took advantage of 11 errors by the Hornets in the win.

Libby also singled, finishing the game with five runs batted in. Lacy Willett had a triple and a single and Casey Duffy-Stanley doubled, singled and drove in two runs for Katahdin of Sherman Station.

Leslie Bessey had two singles and Pam Bennett doubled for Ashland.

Katahdin (6-0) 046 93 – 22 11 6

Ashland (2-4) 020 20 – 4 7 11

M. Libby, Anderson (5) and Qualey, M. Libby (5); Spooner, Bennett (5) and Bennett, Millett (5)

Greenville 17, Highview Chr. 0

At Greenville, Darcy Larsen threw a one-hitter, striking out eight and walking none, leading Greenville to the win.

Michaella Bartley had three singles for the Lakers while Jessie Craft had a home run and a single. Amber Lavigne and Stephanie Fiumenero each had two singles.

For Highview Christian, Laurene Plourde single.

Highview Christian (1-4) 0 0 0 00 – 0 1 4

Greenville (3-5) 2(14)0 1x -17 12 3

Hussey and Niles; Larsen and Bolen

Sumner 12, DI-Stonington 0

At East Sullivan, senior Jill Osier tossed her second abbreviated no-hitter in four days to propel the Tigers past Deer Isle-Stonington

Osier struck out nine and walked four in a game shortened to 41/2 innings by the 12-run rule. She also pitched a five-inning no-hitter against Stearns on Friday.

Meghan Ruhlin singled twice and drove in two runs for the Tigers. Rachel Philio and Osier contributed two singles apiece.

DI-Stonington (1-7) 000 00 – 0 0 2

Sumner (5-6) 304 5x – 12 7 0

Bray and Barbato, Santospago (4); Osier and Robinson

Baseball

Shead 28, Woodland 21

At Woodland, Jason Bones socked a double and three singles to help Shead of Eastport outslug Woodland.

Gerald Holmes hit three doubles and Larry Bowen singled three times for the Tigers. Cliff Urquhart tripled and singled while Ben Maloney and John Ingersoll doubled and singled.

Matt Lord stroked four singles for the Dragons. Billy Romanelli hit a triple and two singles, Andrew Knapp tripled and doubled with three RBIs, Rick Roussel doubled and singled and Chad Pike singled twice.

Shead (4-3) 217 075 6 – 28 19 8

Woodland (3-6) 713 136 0 – 21 15 5

Maloney, Bowen (2) and Bowen, Maloney (2); Roussel, Goulet (3), Vences (6) and Pike

Jonesport-Beals 9, Calais 7

At Calais, D.R. Alley singled twice and drove in two runs to power the Royals.

Mat Merchant also hit two singles and had an RBI for Jonesport-Beals. Billy Merchant added an RBI single.

Joe Footer led the Blue Devils with a solo homer, a double, a single and two RBIs. Nathan Pelletier tripled.

Jonesport-Beals (6-2) 510 210 0 – 9 7 3

Calais (4-2) 005 010 1 – 7 6 2

B. Merchant and King; Footer, DeMolet (4), Macdonald (6) and Brown, Frost (4)

Limestone 9, So. Aroostook 7

At Limestone, Steve Hardwick fired a three-hitter with 11 strikeouts and three walks, and helped his own cause with a double, two singles and an RBI for Limestone/Maine School for Science and Mathematics.

Eric Crook chipped in with two singles and two RBIs for the Eagles. Derek Patten smacked an RBI triple.

Jeff Swallow drove in two runs on a single in the first for the Warriors of Dyer Brook. Pinch-hitter Nate Porter added an RBI double.

Southern Aroostook (3-4) 200 010 0 – 3 3 4

Limestone (3-3) 500 013 x – 9 8 0

C. Shields, Swallow (4), Hardy (5), McCluskey (6), Hersey (6) and J. Shields; Hardwick and Mauro

Hodgdon 11, Central Aroostook 1

At Mars Hill, Matt Day cranked a two-run home run to spark the Hawks.

Jim Griffin and Dave Stewart each added an RBI single for the winners.

Jeff Clockedile slammed an RBI double for Central Aroostook.

Hodgdon (6-1) 050 303 – 11 7 1

CAHS (4-2) 000 010 – 1 4 11

Nickerson, E. Bither (4) and A. Bither; Larrabee, Allen (4), Grew (5) and McQuaid, Collins (4)

Machias 14, Narraguagus 5

At Machias, Will Hasselman hit two singles and a double for two RBIs, leading Machias to victory.

Kevin Loughlin and Todd Stevens each drove in two on a double and a single and Ed St. Pierre had a double and a single. Jeff Copp added two singles.

For Narraguagus, Larry Fickett hit a double and a single while Jordan Kneeland and Doug Sawyer each had two singles.

Narraguagus (3-4) 200 201 0 – 5 10 2

Machias (2-5) 500 162 0 -14 16 1

Snider, Stewart (6) and Sawyer; Cox and Loughlin

Highview, Washburn split

At Kenduskeag, Washburn picked up its second win of the season with a 15-2 decision in the first game and Highview Christian Academy notched its first with a 27-2 verdict in the second game.

In the first game, back-to-back home runs by Chris Tupper (two-run) and Jay Maynard jump-started a five-run inning and the Beavers never looked back.

In the second game, eighth-grader Cameron Smith belted a three-run shot in the fourth to fuel the second of four straight big innings offensively.

(First Game)

Washburn (2-5) 157 02 – 15

Highview Christian (1-4) 100 02 – 3

Carter and Maynard; Cooper, Waite (3), Allen (3) and Kneeland

(Second Game)

Highview Christian 058 (10)4 – 27

Washburn 002 00 – 2

Allen, Andrews (4) and Kneeland; Milton, Thibodeau (2), Bouchard (3) and Maynard

Van Buren 14, Fort Kent 4

At Van Buren, Phil Smith’s three-run double keyed a 10-run third inning for the Crusaders as Van Buren rolled by the Warriors.

Smith finished the game with three doubles and six RBIs, while Zach Cote doubled, singled and scored four runs and Stacy Ayotte drove in three runs on a pair of singles.

Kirk Levesque homered and doubled for Fort Kent.

Fort Kent (2-3) 110 02 – 4 4 2

Van Buren (5-0) 21(10) 01 – 14 9 3

Boucher, Levesque (3), Bourgoin (4) and Thibodeau; Cote and Ayote

Ashland 11, Katahdin 6

At Ashland, Alan Hitchcock knocked in four runs with three singles as the Hornets won.

Eric Ham singled twice with three RBIs behind winner Randall Perry.

Doug Atkinson, Mike Lane and Dustin Cyr stroked two singles apiece for Katahdin of Sherman Station.

Katahdin (2-4) 211 011 0 – 6 11 2

Ashland (2-4) 520 004 x – 11 9 3

Springer, Roy (2), Cunningham (4) and Stevens; Perry, Oakes (4), Perry (7) and Ham

Lee 13, Dexter 10

At Dexter, Matt Corbin smacked a grand slam, a triple and two singles to help the Pandas edge the Tigers.

Bruce Stevens hit a two-run homer and a single for Lee Academy behind relief winner Franklin Grant.

Dan Fields led Dexter with two singles and two RBIs, Adam Russell singled twice and stole six bases and Ross Morrison had a single and three RBIs.

Lee Acad. (6-1) 120 600 13 – 13 11 4

Dexter (2-6) 214 100 20 – 10 10 3

Emery, Grant (8) and Currie; Foster, Patterson (4) and Sawyer

Central 11, Penquis 1

At Corinth, Seth Strout, Casey Seymour and James Gray combined on a three-hitter.

Strout led the Central offense with a triple, a double, a single and three RBIs. Gray doubled, singled and drove in two runs. Andy Matulis added a triple and two RBIs and Billy Kane hit a solo home run.

Chuck Wooten paced Penquis of Milo with a triple, a single and an RBI.

Penquis (0-6) 001 00 – 1 3 3

Central (4-4) 211 61 – 11 10 2

Wooten, Webb (4) and Stubbs; Strout, Seymour (3), Gray (5) and Kane

Stearns 1, Mattanawcook Acad. 0

At Millinocket, the Minutemen took advantage of some Lynx mistakes to push Nick Beaulieu across the plate with the only run of the game in the first inning. The loss was Mattanawcook Academy’s first after eight wins.

Brad Wheaton tossed a two-hitter for Stearns, striking out 12 without walking a batter. Wheaton also doubled and singled.

John Crocker limited the Minutemen to three hits. Fred Pete doubled for Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln.

Mattanawcook (8-1) 000 000 0 – 0 2 4

Stearns (6-3) 100 000 0 – 1 3 3

Crocker and Pete; Wheaton and Beaulieu

Bucksport 3, Ellsworth 2

At Ellsworth, Warren Chase scored the game-winning run on a Brian Sullivan groundout in the fifth to lift the Golden Bucks to the win.

Marcus Bubar added an RBI single in the fourth. Andy Wentworth struck out five, including two in the bottom of the seventh.

Mike Archer and Derek Awalt each hit an RBI double for the Eagles. Matt Boles singled twice.

Bucksport 000 210 0 – 3 7 3

Ellsworth 002 000 0 – 2 6 1

Wentworth and Bubar; Kelley and Awalt

Sumner 11, DI-Stonington 7

At East Sullivan, Mike Cowperthwaite led Sumner with two doubles and a single for four RBIs.

Mike Hardy scored three runs and hit a triple and a single for an RBI while Dustin Young had two singles and two RBIs.

Josh Bolton and Evan Haskell each had two singles for two RBIs for Deer Isle-Stonington while Daryl Dunham hit two singles and scored twice.

Deer Isle-Stonington (3-5) 013 011 1 – 7 10 3

Sumner (5-6) 160 211 x -11 11 5

Ray and Klamenz; Young and Renwick, Hardison (6)