Helstrom hit has Tigers rallying past Limestone

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FORT FAIRFIELD – With two outs in the eighth, Ryan Helstrom singled in Tim Blier to give Fort Fairfield a 5-4 victory over Limestone in baseball action Friday.

Blier had previously hit an RBI single for the Tigers.

Dan Buckley hit a triple and a double for Limestone and Steve Hardwick notched three singles.

Limestone (4-4) 101 000 20 – 4 8 3

Fort Fairfield (3-7) 000 004 01 – 5 6 2

Buckley, Hardwick (7) and Mauro; Armstrong, Kenneson (4) and Rochford

Narraguagus 13, Woodland 10

At Woodland, Gene Stewart delivered an RBI double and Jordan Kneeland and Doug Sawyer followed with run-producing singles in the seventh inning to put the Narraguagus Knights over the top against Woodland in a 13-10 baseball win Friday.

Kneeland finished with a triple and two singles for the winners of Harrington and Stewart added two singles and a double. Snider chipped in with a single and double.

Matt Lord singled twice and drove in three runs for Woodland and Marlon Lutz doubled, singled and drove in a run.

Narraguagus (4-5) 811 000 3 – 13 11 1

Woodland (3-8) 002 008 0 – 10 8 2

Snider, Stewart (6) and Tenny; Roussell, Knapp (1), Pike (2) and Engroff

Fort Kent 14, Madawaska 9

At Madawaska, Kirk Levesque paced Fort Kent with four singles and an RBI.

Jared Boucher and Nic Thibodeau contributed three singles apiece, and Corey Bourgoin notched a two-run triple for the Warriors.

Marc Garcia hit four singles for Madawaska. Bryan Daigle and Ted McHenry followed up with two singles and an RBI each.

Fort Kent (4-3) 402 104 3 – 14 14 1

Madawaska (4-5) 201 021 3 – 9 11 7

Bourgoin, Levesque (6) and Thibodeau; Garcia and A. Daigle

Washington Academy 9, Calais 4

At East Machias, Steven Colbeth started the game for Washington Academy with a two-run homerun in the second inning.

Colbeth also went on to hit a triple and a single. Ryan Maker followed up with three singles and two RBIs, and Brent Colbeth added a double, a single and two RBIs for the Raiders of East Machias.

Chris LaPointe led Calais with two singles and two RBIs, and Scott Macdonald contributed a double and a single.

Calais (5-4) 101 000 2 – 4 8 2

Washington Acad. (7-2) 023 130 x – 9 13 3

Brown, Macdonald (3) and Frost, Brown (3); S. Colbeth and Ramsdell

East Grand 7, Washburn 4

At Washburn, pitcher Jim Zugelder drove in three runs on two singles to lead East Grand past the Washburn.

Darius Parker paced the Vikings of Danforth with a double and two singles. Chris Irish also added two singles.

Frank Plucker cranked out a two-run homerun in the fifth for the Beavers. Clinton Carter and Josh Maynard hit two singles apiece.

East Grand (3-6) 410 200 0 – 7 10 2

Washburn (2-5) 000 120 1 – 4 11 2

Zugelder and Irish; Carter and Maynard

Cen. Aroostook 9, Ashland 3

At Mars Hill, Craig Allen pitched a five-hitter to improve to 2-0 and lead the Central Aroostook Panthers to victory.

Dan Codrey had two doubles, a single, and three RBIs to pace the Panthers’ offense. Jeff Clockedile had three singles and an RBI while Kyle Larrabee (three RBIs) hit a two-run homer in the fifth. Craig Durost added two singles.

Randall Perry had the lone RBI for Ashland with a fielder’s choice grounder.

Ashland (2-6) 100 001 1 – 3 5 5

Central Aroostook (5-2) 300 240 x – 9 14 6

Perry and Ham; Allen and St. Pierre

Machias 11, Shead 8

At Machias, Todd Stevens belted a grand slam in the sixth inning and singled to lead Machias’ 13-hit attack against Shead of Eastport.

Kevin Loughlin hit a two-run home run in the first and singled for the Bulldogs. Jarad Day had two doubles and an RBI. Matt Cobb doubled and singled. Jeff Copp notched the complete-game win and singled twice.

Darren Constant had three singles and two RBIs while Wesley Ellington added three singles and one RBI. Jason Bones singled twice.

Shead (5-5) 020 002 4 – 8 12 2

Machias (4-5) 400 007 x – 11 13 1

Bowen and Maloney; Copp and Loughlin

Mount View 9, Lincoln Acad. 7

At Thorndike, Chris Bryant and Chris Carman each hit an RBI double in the Mustangs’ seven-run sixth en route to the win.

Keith Fuller chipped in with two singles for Mount View. Shane Eddy doubled, singled, had an RBI and struck out six in five innings.

Steve Hanna led the Eagles of Newcastle with three singles. Ben Buckland added an RBI double.

Lincoln Academy (3-6) 303 100 0 – 7 10 2

Mount View (2-7) 020 007 x – 9 7 3

Carter, Powell (6), Manning (6) and Harrington; Eddy, Spaulding (6), Carman (7) and Bernosky

Maranacook 13, Belfast 3

At Readfield, Greg Creek hit two home runs – a three-run shot in the fourth and a two-run, game-ending shot in the sixth – along with a single to lead the Maranacook Black Bears.

Jared Lemieux doubled, singled twice, and drove in a run for Maranacook. Mike Buckley had two singles and two RBIs. Ben Muniz (3-1) got the complete-game win.

Matt Woodrow had two singles, a double, and one RBI for Belfast.

Belfast (7-2) 003 000 – 3 9 4

Maranacook (8-1) 142 402 – 13 12 0

Woodrow, Olsen (4), Larson (5) and Johnson; Muniz and Buckley

Camden Hills 7, MCI 6

At Rockport, Tom Massey’s bases-loaded single in the sixth inning scored the winning runs for the Windjammers.

Abe Dugal clouted a two-run homer in the third for Camden Hills, Peter Moro ripped a solo homer in the fifth, Brian Fitzpatrick rapped two singles, and Massey had another single.

Jake Laselle paced Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield with an RBI single.

MCI (0-9) 320 010 0 – 6 4 4

Camden Hills (5-4) 002 014 x – 7 8 5

Laselle and Bennett; Clark, A. Moro (7) and Gates

Dexter 13, Penquis 3

At Dexter, Josh Bishop’s two-run double and Ross Morrison’s RBI single highlighted a seven-run first inning for the Tigers.

Morrison finished with a double, two singles, and three RBIs, and Bishop posted two doubles and four RBIs.

Mike Grindle topped the Patriots of Milo with an RBI single.

Penquis (0-9) 000 201 – 3 4 3

Dexter (3-7) 711 202 -13 13 2

Chase, Gerrish (6) and Stubbs; Russell, Kelso (3) and Stone

Rockland 5, Oak Hill 2

At Rockland, Rick Bagnall carried Rockland to victory with two doubles and two RBIs.

Casey Kenniston followed up with two singles and two RBIs.

Bill Gagnon notched a solo homerun in the fifth inning, and Roy Guerette hit two singles and an RBI double to give Oak Hill two runs.

Oak Hill (5-4) 000 011 0 – 2 5 2

Rockland (6-3) 020 003 x – 5 7 1

Daggett and Diamond; Toothill and LaBree

Stearns 9, Schenck 2

At Millinocket, Minuteman Matt Leino started the first inning with a two-run triple to give Stearns an early lead.

Nick Beaulieu followed up with a double, a single and an RBI. Ryan Sweeney and Aaron Rideout contributed two singles apiece.

Adam Dempsey led Schenck with a double, two singles and an RBI. Drew Fayle also committed an RBI single for the Wolverines.

Schenck (1-10) 100 001 0 – 2 7 5

Stearns (8-3) 420 030 x – 9 12 1

Jamo, Hamlin (5) and Dempsey; Rideout, Qualey (5), Wheaton (6) and Cummings, Barnett (4), Cummings (6)

Softball

Machias 17, Shead 5

At Machias, Tracy Guptill led Machias to an early victory with a two-run homerun in the third inning.

Leann Pritchard paced the Bulldogs with a triple, two singles, and three RBIs, and Katrina Rudd drove in two runs on three singles.

Sara Ricker led Shead with a two-run home run in the second, and Samantha Davis followed up with two singles.

Shead (2-8) 220 10 – 5 6 1

Machias (4-5) 464 21 – 17 14 0

Davis, Lingley (4) and Dewitt; Guptill and Thibodeau

Fort Fairfield 17, Limestone 2

At Fort Fairfield, Maranda Butler carried Fort Fairfield with four RBIs on a triple, a double, and a single, ending the game after five innings.

Brooke McCrum followed up with two singles for the Tigers. Although pitcher Ashley Bubar struck out only two batters, she allowed only two hits.

Louise Philbrick and Erica Bickford recorded Limestone’s only hits with a single apiece.

Limestone (2-8) 000 11 – 2 2 6

Fort Fairfield (5-5) 1031 30 – 17 9 3

Cook, Michaud (2) and Bernier; Bubar and Arato

Calais 14, Washington Academy 5

At East Machias, Katie Frost pitched a complete game to notch the win and also paced the offense with two singles, a double, and five RBIs as the Blue Devils downed Washington Academy.

Kari Redding had three singles and four RBIs, Crystal Martin had three singles and three RBIs, and Mia Silverthorne singled twice for Calais.

Diana Bourdeau led the Raiders with three singles, a triple and three RBIs. Nicole Stauffer had two singles and Andrea Govoni hit a triple.

Calais (9-1) 100 327 1 – 14 15 3

Washington Academy (5-4) 002 020 1 – 5 11 9

Frost and C. Martin; Bourdeau, Kurz (7) and Fergerson

Ashland 12, Central Aroostook 10

At Mars Hill, two singles apiece from Amber Smith, Pam Bennett, Jen Levesque and Kim Oakes gave Ashland a victory over Central Aroostook.

Angel Rideout, Stevi Fletcher, Lacey Bell, Jocelyn Carvell, Danielle Larrabee, Sammi Long and Jessica Long all recorded a single for the Panthers.

Ashland 522 100 2 – 12 9 2

Central Aroostook 423 000 1 – 10 7 4

Bennett and Campbell; Bell, Rideout (6) and Carvell

Narraguagus 8, Woodland 3

At Woodland, two-run singles in the fourth inning by Brook Courchaine and Kate Farnsworth snapped a 3-3 tie in favor of the Knights of Harrington.

Courchaine finished with three singles, Farnsworth had a double and single, and Becky Robitaille added two singles. Ashley Woodward struck out 17.

Kelsey Snowman led the Dragons with two singles.

Narraguagus (9-1) 000 034 1 – 8 8 0

Woodland (2-9) 003 000 0 – 3 6 2

Woodward and Farnsworth; Smith and Leighton

Madawaska 18, Fort Kent 6

At Madawaska, Meghan Marshall drove in five runs on a triple, double and single to lead Madawaska to victory in only six innings of play.

Ashley Bouchard recorded three singles, a triple and an RBI, and Kay Gerard cranked out three singles, driving in a run for the Owls.

Meagan Minzy recorded two singles for Fort Kent.

Fort Kent (1-6) 300 102 – 6 6 4

Madawaska (7-1) 623 223 – 18 23 3

Minzy and Morneaut; Lavertu and Martin

Penquis 8, Dexter 5

At Dexter, Lindsay Ouellette’s two-run single sparked the Patriots’ four-run first inning, in which Penquis of Milo took advantage of the Tigers’ four errors.

Winning pitcher Megan Russell rapped two singles and Arielle Sickler had a triple.

Cindy Koscielny recorded a double, single, and an RBI, and Briley Belanger had a single and two RBIs.

Penquis (5-5) 400 110 2 – 8 6 4

Dexter (4-6) 300 011 0 – 5 6 4

Russell and Sickler; Nelson and Wyman

MCI 1, Camden Hills 0

At Camden, Jen Cummings recorded her first no-hitter of the season, and the second of her career with four strikeouts for the MCI Huskies of Pitsfield.

Katie Adams, Megan Ferland and Claire Lackie recorded MCI’s three hits with a single each.

Toni-Lynn Robbins recorded nine strikeouts for Camden Hills, holding the Huskies to only three hits.

MCI 100 000 1 – 2 3 1

Camden Hills 000 000 0 – 0 0 3

Cummings and Long; Robbins and Mitchell

George Stevens 14, Sumner 6

At East Sullivan, Nikki Keniston knocked in three runs on two triples and a single to power the Eagles of Blue Hill.

Denise Erland singled twice and added an RBI for GSA. Nicole Boutin hit two singles.

Meghan Philio paced the Tigers with a single and two RBIs. Jessie Hanson hit a double and drove in a run, and Tess Bickford singled and added an RBI.

George Stevens (7-4) 401 630 0 – 14 9 6

Sumner (5-7) 210 021 0 – 6 7 1

Conley and Keniston; Osier, Tucker (4), R. Philio (6) and Robinson

Oak Hill 14, Rockland 0

At Rockland, Allison Fergerson hurled a two-hitter with four strikeouts and no walks as the Raiders rolled.

Libby Dube and Angie Berube each hit a triple for Oak Hill of Sabattus. Danielle Sargeant and Ashley Grondin each doubled, and Hope Nadeau hit two singles.