Nichols double sparks Bangor to district title Candage, Astbury lead Coastal

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BANGOR – Payson Nichols cranked a two-run double in the top of the eighth to lift the Bangor All-Stars to the Senior Little League District 3 baseball title with a 7-5 victory over Lincoln Friday at Mansfield Stadium.

Josh Heath gave up one run and two hits in 3 2/3 innings of relief to notch the win. Nick LaRochelle had three singles while Nichols also singled.

Stephen Whitney singled twice and Nate Cousineau hit two singles, one of which drove in the tying run in the seventh.

Bangor (3-0) 202 001 02 – 7 11 3

Lincoln (2-2) 000 040 10 – 5 7 4

Dennis, Heath (5) and Dowe, Willette, Dowe (6); Whitney and Woodman

Senior League baseball

Coastal 6, Ellsworth 1

At Blue Hill, Chris Candage and Mike Astbury each had RBI doubles, carrying Coastal to the win.

Josh Gott hit an RBI single while Nick Henry and Brett Harmon each had doubles.

For Ellsworth, Seth Mayo, Nick Putnam and John Hunnewell all had singles.

Ellsworth 001 000 -1 3 1

Coastal 101 211 -6 6 1

Cobb, T. Jordan (5) and N. Jordan; Bates, Gott (5) and Candage

Little League baseball, 11-12

Acadian 12, Sunrise 2

At Bar Harbor, Max Blandford hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the fifth inning, leading Acadian to victory.

Blandford added a double while Justin Gilmartin had a single and a double for two RBIs. Mike Walcott hit an RBI double while Nick Hubbard added two singles.

For Sunrise, Mikey Savoie and Trenton Willey each had RBI singles while catcher Chris Manning suffered a broken ankle on a close play at the plate.

Sunrise (2-2) 000 02 – 2 2 0

Acadia (3-1) 153 03 -12 10 0

Alexander and Manning, Ostberg (2); Swanson, Balarik (5) and Blandford

Bucksport 1, Coastal 0

At Bucksport, Chris McGuire led off the eighth with a single and scored to give Bucksport the victory.

McGuire stole second and third, and then scored on a ball four passed ball with one out to give the Bucksport the District 1 tournament victory.

McGuire (two singles) also notched the win with a four-hit, 11-strikeout, two-walk effort on the mound. Patrick Deadmon hit a triple for Bucksport.

Ben Hardy singled twice to pace Coastal. Bryant Ciomei also threw a four-hitter and struck out 11.

Three runners were thrown out at the plate in the defense-dominated game.

Coastal (2-1) 000 000 00 – 0 4 0

Bucksport (2-0) 000 000 01 – 1 4 1

Ciomei, Gale (8) and Eaton; McGuire and Cooke

Lincoln 12, Katahdin 1

At Sherman, Drew Welch pitched a one-run, two-hit game, striking out 10 and leading Lincoln to the District 3 win.

Derek Libbey hit a double and a single while Tyler White had two singles.

For Katahdin, Clay Lawler and Brett Gould each had singles.

Lincoln (1-2) 310 224 -12 9 0

Katahdin (2-1) 000 010 – 1 2 4

Welch and Tolman, Vose (3), Tolman (6); Anderson and Gould, Rush (3)

Rockland 8, Belfast 7

At Belfast, an outfield fielding error, sacrifice bunt, and an RBI single by Derrick Tripp drove the winning run home in the seventh as Rockland outlasted Belfast.

Dominick Merrill and Garrett Worster each hit two singles for Rockland. Cyrus Sleeper doubled.

Tyler Bowen hit three singles, Ricky Bernosky had two, and Brian Cross hit a three-run double.

A key point in the game came in the second inning as a Rockland baserunner missed third base while running home and was ruled out on the appeal. The run was still allowed to count, however.

Rockland (3-0) 310 300 1 – 8 9 2

Belfast (2-1) 061 000 0 – 7 6 3

Hunt, Sleeper (2) and Morrill, Worster (2); Bernosky and Arthers

Little League baseball, 9-10

Old Town 2, Brewer 1

At Brewer, Nathan Michaud pitched a one-run one-hitter, striking out 12 and leading Old Town to the win.

Jason Smith hit a double for Old Town while Nick Michaud, Nathan Michaud and Travis Niles all had singles.

Chris Chase had a double for Brewer.

Brewer (2-2) 000 010 -1 1 2

Old Town (3-1) 200 00x -2 4 1

Fitzpatrick and Bush; Michaud and Francis

Orono-Veazie 13, Katahdin 10

At Brewer, Nate Hennigan led Orono-Veazie with three doubles.

Ryan Carr hit a double and a single while Dan Taft and Bill Wetherbee each had two singles.

For Katahdin Valley, Evan McCarthy nailed a three-run home run and had a double while Dakota Sleeper had a triple.

Orono-Veazie (2-1) 246 001 -13 12 6

Katahdin Valley (1-2) 311 104 -10 4 5

Hennigan and Wetherbee; Qualey, Guiggey (4) and McCarthy

Sunrise 15, Acadian 3

At Bar Harbor, lefty Blake Chase fired a two-hitter, striking out eight and walking three in four innings, and Matthew Beal had a two-run single to lead Sunrise of Milbridge to the District One championship by virtue of their win over Acadian.

Joshua Beal, Ken Ingalls, Sam Stewart and Chase each had an RBI single and Mickey Manning also singled.

Willie Clark and Nolan Hall singled for Acadian.

Sunrise (4-0) 174 3 – 15 6 4

Acadian (3-2) 210 0 – 3 2 4

Chase and J. Beal; Zirnkilton, Hall (3) and Sosa, Stewart (3)

Junior League baseball

Hampden 10, Orono-Veazie 4

At Bangor, Keith Zarnadi led Hamden with three singles and an RBI.

Matt Pierce had an RBI double while Cliff Gardner added a double and a single.

Andy Otis hit a double and a single for Orono-Veazie while Nate Faulstick had a triple and Tony Raymond added two singles.

Orono-Veazie (3-2) 001 020 1 – 4 9 4

Hampden (3-1) 221 131 x -10 14 3

Moran and Pierce; Faulstick, Otis (6) and Thomas

Little League softball, 11-12

Bangor East 11, Old Town 1

At Old Town, Katy MacDonald struck out 10 and had no walks to lead Bangor East to the District 3 championship.

MacDonald and Taylor Lauritsen each hit a single and a double for two RBIs while Emily Heath had two RBIs on two singles. Maureen Capehart contributed with an RBI single and a solo home run.

Amanda Heath had two singles and an RBI for Old Town while Holly Higgins hit a single and scored the only run.

Old Town (5-2) 100 0 – 1 4 2

Bangor East (4-0) 407 x -11 13 0

Higgins and Cates, MacDonald and Strout

Little League softball, 9-10

Ellsworth 18, Sunrise 11

At Machias, Mallory Emerson, Erin Brooks and Nicole Ball each hit two singles for Ellsworth.

For Ellsworth, Lauren Peer had two singles.

Ellsworth (1-0) 080 118 -18 8 5

Sunrise (0-1) 220 025 -11 12 4

Trombley and Harding; Sargent, Emerson, Brooks and Ostberg, Baker (6)

Lincoln 26, Orono-Veazie 13

At Glenburn, Brook Hanscom had a triple, double and two singles and drove in three runs and Hannah Delano had four singles and an RBI to lead Lincoln past Orono-Veazie.

Hillary Pelkey and Christen McKenzie had three singles and an RBI apiece for Lincoln; winning pitcher Renee Libbey had a triple and three RBIs and Carlita King contributed a double.

Denali Graham’s four singles and RBI and Lauren Dwyer’s double, two singles and three RBIs paced Orono-Veazie. Tiffany Leadbetter tripled and singled and knocked in two runs while Chloe Paul and Erin Wright had two singles each. Wright had an RBI.

Lincoln (1-1) (11)62 7 – 26 21 2

Orono-Veazie (0-2) (12)01 0 – 13 15 2

Libbey and Markie, Quinlan (4); Bates and Dwyer

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