Back-to-back homers by Ramsdell, Colbeth lead WA past Sumner

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EAST MACHIAS – Back-to-back home runs in the second inning by James Ramsdell (2 RBIs) and Steven Colbeth highlighted a three-homer attack as Washington Academy downed Sumner 11-2 in high school baseball action Monday.

Barret Craven cracked a two-run homer in the fifth. Ramsdell also had an RBI double, winning pitcher Colbeth rapped two doubles, and Craven added a single.

Kyle Joy and Blake Alley posted RBI singles for the Tigers of East Sullivan.

Sumner (4-7) 000 110 0 – 2 5 2

Washington Acad. (8-1) 330 050 x – 11 12 1

Joy, Young (5) and Winslow; Colbeth and Fagonde

Madawaska 6, Fort Fairfield 1

At Madawaska, the Owls led 4-0 after two innings and cruised past the Tigers.

Alex Daigle had a triple and a single, Ted McHenry doubled, singled, and drove in a run, and Steve Gurrette had a pair of singles and drove in a run for Madawaska.

Aaron Kennison had three singles and Josh Chambers singled and had an RBI for Fort Fairfield.

Fort Fairfield (3-6) 000 010 0 – 1 7 1

Madawaska (7-2) 130 011 0 – 6 10 2

Rochford, Kennison (5) and Levesque, Rochford (5); Garcia and Gerard

Katahdin 9, Central Aroostook 4

At Mars Hill, Chris McNally had three singles in the Cougars’ win over the Panthers.

Justin Roy and Justin Stephens had a triple, single, and two runs batted in apiece for Katahdin of Sherman Station.

Adam Crew had three singles, Bryan Grew tripled, singled, and drove a run, and Don Codrey had a pair of singles for Central Aroostook.

Katahdin (4-5) 203 030 1 – 9 11 4

Central Aroostook (2-5) 003 010 0 – 4 8 5

Roy, McNally (4) and Stevens; Tapley and Codrey

Southern Aroostook 10, Limestone 0

At Dyer Brook, Corey Shields fired a one-hitter and blasted a three-run home run as the Warriors blanked the Eagles.

Griffin Hardy singled four times and drove in four runs, Zack Philibert doubled, singled and had an RBI and Corey Edkins collected a pair of singles. Shields also struck out nine without walking a batter.

Eric Johnson’s double was the lone hit for Limestone/Maine School of Science and Mathematics.

Limestone (2-6) 000 00 – 0 1 1

Southern Aroostook (9-1) 202 15 – 10 12 2

Patten, Knoll (4) and Hardwick; Shields and McGary

Van Buren 12, Wisdom 2

At Van Buren, Stacy Ayotte’s two-run home run keyed a five-run second inning as the Crusaders rolled past the Pioneers.

Jeremy Chasse doubled, singled twice, and drove in a run, Sean Violette doubled, singled, and had an RBI, and Tyler LaPierre had two singles and an RBI for Van Buren.

Andrew Gervais homered and Aaron Gervais had two singles for Wisdom of St. Agatha.

Wisdom (2-6) 011 000 – 2 4 5

Van Buren (7-3) 050 304 – 12 11 3

An. Gervais, Aa. Gervais (6) and Thibeault; Corbin and LaPierre

Houlton 15, Fort Kent 5

At Houlton, John Weston pounded out two doubles and two singles as well as scoring four runs to help carry the Shiretowners past Fort Kent.

Ryan Schools had four RBIs on a single and a double, and Jared Sylvia added three singles.

Corey Bourgoin led Fort Kent with a triple and a double for two RBIs.

Fort Kent (2-7) 000 32 – 5 4 2

Houlton (7-3) 703 14 -15 18 1

Jalbert and Thibodeau; Schools and Sylvia

Narraguagus 6, Calais 3

At Calais, winning pitcher Gabe Checker singled and scored the go-ahead run on a passed ball in the two-run sixth-inning rally that broke a 2-2 tie.

Sean Reynolds tripled, doubled, and singled, and Mike Beal tripled. Checker hurled six innings of two-run ball to notch the win and Beal pitched the seventh.

Justin Donovan, Zack Ludington, James Macdonald, Andy Frost, and Sonny Greenlaw had two singles each for Calais, and Ludington had an RBI.

Narraguagus (5-6) 100 012 2 – 6 8 0

Calais (2-5) 000 110 1 – 3 11 2

Checker, Beal (7) and Rossi; Ludington, Footer (6), Macdonald (7) and McLean

Machias 4, Shead 2

At Eastport, lefty Jarod Day scattered six hits, striking out eight and walking one, and Matt Cobb belted a two-run double as Machias triumphed.

Nate Poore had an RBI single for the winners.

Gerald Holmes had an RBI triple for Shead, and Jason Bones doubled. Ben Maloney pitched a three-hitter.

Machias (4-4) 020 020 0 – 4 3 4

Shead (3-4) 000 020 0 – 2 6 0

Day and St. Pierre; Maloney and Cummings

Hodgdon 12, Ashland 2

At Hodgdon, Chris McAfee hit a solo home run and a double to help lead the Hawks to victory.

Jimmy Griffin had a single and a double for Hodgdon, while Matt Day and Ryan Blanchette each added two singles.

Jeremy Ham led Ashland with an RBI single and a solo home run.

Ashland (0-7) 101 000 – 2 2 4

Hodgdon (7-2) 030 54x -12 10 2

Baker and Hunter; Condon and C. Blanchette, McAfee (2)

Penobscot Valley 5, Stearns 4

At Howland, Penobscot Valley snapped a 4-4 tie with a run in the bottom of the seventh when Trey Miller reached on an infield error that allowed him to advance to second, stole third, and scored on Lance Pelkey’s single.

Brody Artes tripled, singled, and knocked in a run for the Howlers, while Miller also had a two-run single in the third. Cody Thompson spun a four-hitter, striking out nine and walking only one.

Dan Frost lashed two doubles and drove in a run for Stearns of Millinocket.

Stearns (6-6) 000 301 0 – 4 4 4

Penobscot Valley (3-9) 003 100 1 -5 6 3

Rideout, Qualey (3) and Cullen; Thompson and ChampionLee 11, Bangor Christian 6

At Bangor, Nate Dow rapped three singles and drove in three runs, and Frank Severance pitched in with a double, a single, and two RBIs as the Pandas earned a win.

Bruce Stevens added two singles and a double for Lee Academy while Blair Emery doubled and singled.

D.J. McCleary stroked three singles for the Patriots. Ben Sobey had two singles and three RBIs, Matt Turgeon singled twice, and Matt Conley doubled and drove in two.

Lee Academy (6-4) 501 211 1 – 11 13 2

Bangor Christian (2-7) 021 001 2 – 6 12 4

Dow, Emery (3), Thompson (4), Grant (5), Connors (6), Ham (7) and Currie; Easley, Turgeon (7) and Conley

Central 8, Dexter 6

At Dexter, James Gray had a home run, double, single and scored four runs in the Red Devils win over the Tigers.

Mike Strout had a two singles, including a two-run single as Central of Corinth jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Jason Allen had a double and a single.

Ross Morrison slammed a three-run home run, Kyle Morrison drove in two runs with a single, and Chris Rabideau singled twice for Dexter.

Central (6-5-1) 401 011 1 – 8 11 3

Dexter (6-5) 000 030 3 – 6 8 4

Gervan, Brown (7) and Kane; Day and Stone

George Stevens 14, Piscataquis 0

At Guilford, Chris Sargent struck out 10 and walked none while pitching five scoreless innings as the Eagles rolled.

Baren Yurchick collected three RBIs on a single and a double for George Stevens Academy of Blue Hill. Jake Lovell added two singles, a double, and two RBIs, while Mark Clapp lashed a double and a triple.

Ben Stearns, Josh Watson, and John Luellen had a single each for Piscataquis Community.

George Stevens (11-2) 421 025 – 14 17 0

Piscataquis (5-6) 000 000 – 0 3 4

Sargent, Bates and Candage; Luellen, Dawson (3) and Spack

Searsport 9, DI-Stonington 3

At Searsport, Pasco Grove (4-0) pitched a six-hitter while striking out eight and walking five. He also led Searsport with two singles and two RBIs.

Spencer Garton hit a solo home run in the third and had two RBIs for the Vikings. Matt Mercer singled three times.

Jeff Douglass had two singles and an RBI while Josh Eaton doubled for the Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners.

Deer Isle-Stonington 001 002 – 3 6 3

Searsport (8-1-1) 302 310 – 9 8 2

Ciomei, Bolton (4) and Klemenz; Grove and Kronholm