OLD TOWN – Sean McAuley’s second game-winning homer of the season, a two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth, gave Old Town an 8-6 triumph over Hampden in high school baseball action Thursday.

McAuley pulled a 3-2 fastball over the right field fence.

Chris Rand’s one-out double, his stolen base and Josh Cyr’s infield single tied it before McAuley won it.

McAuley also had a double and a single; Roger Cole had two doubles and two RBIs; Shaun Tidwell doubled and singled; and Brian Tewhey had two singles and an RBI.

Kyle Dalton had a double, three singles, and two RBIs for Hampden. His RBI single gave the Broncos a 6-5 lead in the top of the ninth.

Billy Bruschi doubled and singled and scored three times and Matt Jackson singled twice and had an RBI.

Hampden (3-8) 110 001 201 – 6 10 1

Old Town (7-6) 212 000 003 – 8 12 1

Quimby and Dalton; Brown, Young (7), Graves (7) and Cole

Foxcroft 3, Nokomis 2

At Dover-Foxcroft, Ryan Taylor doubled and scored a run as his Foxcroft Academy Ponies edged Nokomis of Newport.

Chris Walker delivered an RBI single while Kyle Wentworth had two stolen bases and a run.

Shawn Henderson hit three singles and drove in a run while Ian Buzanoski had two singles and the other RBI for the Warriors.

Nokomis (3-10) 001 100 0 – 2 6 2

Foxcroft (8-3) 002 100 x – 3 6 0

Crocker, Wentworth (4), Walker (7) and Taylor; Veazie, Henderson (7) and Blair

Penquis 8, Schenck 2

At Milo, sophomore righthander Steve Kissell spaced seven hits, striking out four and walking one, as Penquis won its first game since 1997.

Penquis, now 1-12, was winless in 1998 and 2000 and didn’t have a baseball program in 1999 because they didn’t get enough players to try out.

The Patriots took the lead for good with a five-run second-inning uprising after Schenck had scored twice in the top of the second.

Kissell’s RBI triple and Mike Grindle’s run-scoring single keyed the second-inning rally.

Colby Chase had two base hits for the winners, Jason Stubbs had an RBI double and Chuck Wooten singled in a run.

Mike Hamlin and Pat Jamo had run-scoring base hits for Schenck.

Schenck (1-12) 020 000 0 – 2 7 1

Penquis (1-12) 052 001 x – 8 9 3

Hebert, Fayle (5), Hamlin (6) and Dempsey; Kissell and Stubbs

Brewer 4, Orono 1

At Brewer, Chad Gomm fanned eight, walked one and scattered four hits en route to a win for the Witches.

Justin Spencer led Brewer with two RBIs on two singles. Adam Freeman singled twice and drove in a run. Joel Barrett doubled, singled and added an RBI. Seth Bernier hit two singles.

Todd Ellis doubled and drove in the Red Riots’ lone run. Daryl Watson struck out seven in the loss.

Orono (6-6) 000 010 0 – 1 4 1

Brewer (9-4) 200 020 x – 4 9 0

Watson and Thomas’ Gomm and Griffin

Dexter 11, Bangor Christian 1

At Dexter, Dan Fields had two singles and knocked in three runs as the Tigers prevailed.

Derek Sawyer pounded out an RBI double for Dexter. Ross Morrison knocked two runs in on a single.

Allen Easley led the Patriots of Bangor with three singles.

Bangor Christian (3-12) 000 001 – 1 6 3

Dexter (5-9) 003 044 – 11 7 2

Easley and McCleary; Patterson and Sawyer

Lee 9, Katahdin 3

At Sherman Station, Nate Dow knocked in two runs on a double as the Pandas cruised.

Frank Severance hit two RBI singles for Lee. Bruce Stevens contributed two singles and an RBI.

The Cougars were led by Chris Robinson with an RBI single.

Lee (12-1) 012 051 0 – 9 13 0

Katahdin (3-8) 200 000 1 – 3 3 1

Emery, J. Ham (7), Currie and A. Ham (7); Springer, Stevens and Rodgerson (4)

Lee 14, Schenck 1

At East Millinocket Wednesday, Blair Emery belted a home run to go with a double, knocking in three runs as the Pandas cruised to the five-inning win.

Nate Dow blasted a three-run homer for the winners. Matt Corbin knocked a two-run single.

Jeff Osborne and Brad Hebert each singled for Schenck.

Lee (11-1) 704 21 – 14 10 2

Schenck (1-9) 000 01 – 1 2 6

Noonan and Ham; Jamo, Desantis (5) and Dempsey

Softball

Bangor 1, Bucksport 0

At Bucksport, the Rams’ Jen Jimmo outdueled Bucksport’s Kelly White.

The winning run was scored in the seventh by Megan Huckins, who reached on an error, went to second on an error, and came -home on Samantha Warner’s two-out single to right field. Jimmo only yielded two hits in the circle, walking one.

Jessica Taylor had the only two hits for the Golden Bucks, both singles.

Bangor (11-2) 000 000 1 – 1 2 0

Bucksport (10-2) 000 000 0 – 0 5 2

Jimmo and Dube; White and Richards

Nokomis 26, Foxcroft 10

At Dover-Foxcroft, Lindsey Welch had two doubles, two singles and three RBIs to help lead the Nokomis Warriors of Newport to the win.

Danielle Clark had four singles and three RBIs while Megan Randlett added two doubles and five RBIs.

Mandi Murray went 4-for-4 with a triple, three singles and two RBIs for the Ponies.

Nokomis (5-8) 131 162 (12) – 26 27 2

Foxcroft Academy (2-7) 000 062 2 – 10 14 11

Murray and Randlett; Boudreau and Sands

Schenck 8, Penquis 3

At Milo, Lynn Farrington pitched a four-hitter and struck out 10 batters to lead Schenck of East Millinocket to a win over Penquis.

Schenck’s Rebecca Stratton hit a two-run home run and a single for three RBIs. Rihana Porter singled twice and Jessica Day hit a triple.

Lil Gerrish had two singles and an RBI for the Patriots while Mindy Dyer added two singles.

Schenck 120 310 1 – 8 9 3

Penquis 100 000 0 – 3 4 3

Farrington and Chasse; Russell and Sickler, Martin (6)

Central 14, Hermon 1

At Corinth, Jen Allen knocked in four runs on four singles to lead the Red Devils to the five-inning triumph.

Terri Underhill also drove in four runs on four singles for Central. Stephanie Partridge had two singles and three RBIs, and Shawna Bell had four singles and two RBIs.

Amber Smith led the Hawks with an RBI single.

Hermon 000 01 – 1 4 2

Central 144 5x – 14 20 0

McDonald and Reynolds; Smith and Bell

Brewer 7, Orono 1

At Brewer, Sherri Capponi hurled a two-hitter with eight strikeouts and no walks en route to the Witches’ ninth win.

Jenny Higgins smacked an inside-the-park homer and added a single for Brewer. Sandra DeFilipp tripled.

Sarah Marquez doubled for Orono and Mary Thibeault singled for the Red Riots.

Orono (1-11) 000 010 0 – 1 2 2

Brewer (9-3) 131 020 x – 7 8 1

See and Thibeault; Capponi and Wing

Dexter 7, Bangor Christian 3

At Dexter, Kristy Veazie knocked a two-run double to power the Tigers past the Patriots of Bangor.

Frankie Bohm, Briley Belanger and Kara Nelson all had an RBI single apiece for the winners.

Lisa Phinney and Renee Mick each knocked in a run on a single for the Pats.

Bangor Christian (8-6) 100 100 1 – 3 7 4

Dexter (7-7) 005 110 x – 7 5 1

Hartman and Phinney; Nelson and Wyman

Lee 16, Katahdin 9

At Sherman Station, Jessie Kuester’s two-run triple broke a 9-9 tie in a seven-run seventh-inning rally that gave Lee its 12th win in 13 games.

Kuester had three singles to go with her triple and she drove in four runs. Diedra Ham had three singles and two RBIs and Danielle Jipson had a pair of base hits as did winning pitcher Crystal Moore. Moore had an RBI.

Michaelene Duffy, Lacey Willett and Angie Qualey had three singles each and K.C. Duffy-Stanley had two. Duffy, Qualey and Duffy-Stanley had an RBI apiece.

Lee Academy (12-1) 230 202 7 – 16 15 3

Katahdin (10-3) 016 002 0 – 9 12 6

Moore and Ham; Mi. Libby, Duffy-Stanley (2), Mi. Libby (7) and Duffy

Jonesport-Beals 18, Shead 2

At East Machias, Crystal Emerson fired a three-hitter to lift the Royalettes past the Tigerettes.

Emerson and Naomi Chandler each rapped three singles for Jonesport-Beals. Chelsie Carver singled twice.

Samantha Davis led Shead of Eastport with a solo homer and a single.