MARS HILL – Ashley Sutherland hit three singles and drove in four runs and Amanda Martin added two singles and two RBIs as the Ashland Hornets stung Central Aroostook 16-3 in a high school softball game Tuesday afternoon.

Pam Spooner held Central Aroostook to only three hits, striking out one. Pam Bennett added an RBI double.

Chantel Gagnon singled and knocked in two runs for the Panthers. Ashley Clockedile and April Clockedile notched a single apiece.

Ashland (1-0) 600 100 9 – 16 7 1

Central Aroostook (0-1) 021 000 0 – 3 3 11

Spooner and Campbell; Gagnon, Collins (3) and Carvell

Hampden 24, Hermon 2

At Hermon, Jillian Yamartino smacked two triples and drove in two runs to lead the Broncos to the five-inning win.

Jessie Aylward knocked in two more Hampden runs with a double and a single while Katie Lindeman and Ashlea Ireland rapped an RBI double each.

Erin Lucey singled twice for Hermon, and Kelly Schaap and Shannon Wiggin stroked RBI singles.

Hampden (1-2) 347 55 – 24 12 0

Hermon (0-2) 020 00 – 2 7 6

Lindemann, Littlefield (4) and Spaulding; Hart, Fournier (3), Lucey (4) and Reynolds

Brewer 5, MDI 3

At Mount Desert, Sherri Capponi pitched a five-hitter while striking out eight and walking none to lead the Witches.

Rachel Wing led Brewer’s offense with a triple, single, and one RBI. Sisters Katie Freeman and Amy Freeman each had two singles, and Brewer scored three unearned runs.

Bracey Barker had a triple and a single for Mount Desert Island.

Brewer (2-0) 103 100 0 – 5 11 1

MDI (0-2) 200 100 0 – 3 5 5

Capponi and Wing; Barker and Daugherty

Valley 16, Greenville 14

At Bingham, Josie Rigattieri nailed a grand slam home run to carry Valley past Greenville.

Lauren Dallam hit two doubles for the Lakers, and Amber Lavigne and Jillian Bouley each added a double.

Greenville (0-1) 100 234 4 -14 10 0

Valley (1-1) 452 500 x -16 10 4

Larsen, Craft (4) and Bolen; Martin, Rollins (5) and Strickland

Bangor Chr. 17, Penobscot Valley 2

At Howland, Heather Niles hit two singles to help lead Bangor Christian to victory.

Danielle Miller, Kendil Snow and Kayla Sherman each had two singles for the Patriots.

Meagan Cyr, Michelle Batchelder, and Toni Babineau had a single apiece for the Howlers.

Bangor Christian (2-0) 128 60 – 17 9 1

Penobscot Valley (0-2) 100 01 – 2 3 6

Hartman and Niles; Cyr, Oakes (4), Foster (5) and Colbath

Ellsworth 18, Orono 6

At Ellsworth, Mallory Patten collected four RBIs on a double and two singles as the Eagles rolled.

Ashley Dugas tossed a one-hitter, striking out six and walking 13. Becca Saunders added a double and a single and knocked in two for Ellsworth, while Holly Tripp bashed a two-run homer and a single and had three RBIs. Tessa Miller singled twice and knocked in a run.

Amie Thomas singled and scored for the Red Riots.

Orono (0-2) 020 04 – 6 1 6

Ellsworth (3-1) 118 54 – 18 15 2

Benoit and Thomas; Dugas and Tripp

Baseball

Houlton 8, Madawaska 1

At Houlton, the Shiretowners’ Mike Lenentine pitched a one-hitter, striking out 15, walking only two, and allowing no earned runs to help suppress Madawaska.

Andrew Brown helped out with an RBI single for Houlton.

Bryan Daigle had a single for the Owls’ only hit.

Madawaska (0-1) 010 000 0 – 1 1 5

Houlton (2-0) 020 060 x – 8 5 2

Garcia and Gervais; Lenentine and Brown

Central Aroostook 12, Ashland 7

At Mars Hill, Jason Woodworth led Central Aroostook with two singles and three RBIs.

Brian Grew contributed a triple and a single while Patrick Walsh added a triple for the Panthers.

Eric Ham hit a three-run double for Ashland.

Ashland (0-1) 010 130 3 – 7 4 4

Central Aroostook (1-0) 011 424 x – 12 12 1

Oakes and Ham; Grew, Codrey (7) and Tapley

MDI 5, Brewer 3

At Mount Desert, Travis Tripp spun a six-hitter, striking out four and walking three, to lead the Trojans.

B.J. Greenleaf smacked a two-run homer in the fourth for Mount Desert Island while Brian Greenleaf and Brad Dalton added an RBI single apiece.

Joel Barrett jolted a solo home run to pace Brewer. Shawn Sutherland added an RBI single.

Brewer (1-1) 000 102 0 – 3 6 4

MDI (1-1) 002 201 x – 5 5 2

Collins, King (5), Caldwell (6) and Griffin; Tripp and B.J. Greenleaf

Bangor Christian 9, Penobscot Val. 2

At Howland, Tyler Wilson was the top hitter for Bangor Christian with two singles.

Jeremy Hallet hit an RBI single for Penobscot Valley.

Bangor Christian 310 230 0 – 9 6 1

Penobscot Valley (0-2) 000 002 0 – 2 3 7

Turgeon and Conley; Thomson, Artes (4), Ware (6) and Champion

Bangor 6, Nokomis 2

At Bangor’s Mansfield Stadium, Nate Hall’s run-scoring double snapped a 2-2 tie and triggered a four-run rally which gave Bangor its win over Nokomis of Newport.

Chris Bombardier followed with an RBI single and Andy Treadwell belted a run-scoring double before a throwing error produced the final run.

Treadwell had two singles to go with his double; Hall also had a single and Nick Larochelle singled twice and drove in two runs.

Josh Heath picked up the win in relief of Derrick Shain and Steve Fergerson got the final three outs.