Colbeth powers Raiders past Knights

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HARRINGTON – Steven Colbeth cranked a solo homer to go with two singles to help lead the Washington Academy Raiders to an 18-4 schoolboy baseball victory over the Narraguagus Knights Wednesday.

James Ramsdell rapped a triple and two singles for Washington Academy of East Machias. Ryan Maker had two singles, and Barrett Craven launched a triple and a single.

Mike Beal sparked Narraguagus with two singles. Adam Tenan and Saven Rossi had a single each.

Washington Acad. 735 12 – 18 20 1

Narraguagus 120 10 – 4 4 4

Morzolil and Fergonde; Tinney and Rossi

Lee 10, Woodland 0

At Lee, Jeremy Ham pitched a one-hitter and helped his own cause with a triple, a double, a single and an RBI as the Pandas shut out the Dragons in a game shortened by the 10-run rule.

Ham struck out nine and walked two, allowing only a swinging-bunt infield single to Chad Pike with two out in the fourth inning. Zac Currie (triple, single) and Frank Severance (double, single) each plated two runs for Lee Academy.

Woodland (4-7) 000 00 – 0 1 2

Lee Acad. (7-4) 203 14 – 10 8 0

Pike, Roussel (4), Gillespie (5) and Roussel, Pike (4); Ham and Currie

Sumner 6, Searsport 3

At East Sullivan, Dustin Young fired a four-hitter, striking out 10 and walking only one as the Tigers upset Searsport.

Blake Alley sparked the winners with a double, single, an RBI and a run scored. Young also contributed two singles. Andy Allen had an RBI groundout and a sacrifice fly.

Spencer Gaston jolted a two-run homer in the first and rapped an RBI single in the third for the Vikings.

Searsport (8-2-1) 201 000 0 – 3 4 4

Sumner (5-8-1) 000 402 x – 6 8 2

Dakin and Mercier; Young and Renwick

Maranacook 6, Rockland 1

At Rockland, the Black Bears of Readfield scored all six of their runs in the final two innings to tame the Tigers.

Ben Muniz cracked a two-run double during a five-run ninth for the winners. Mike Buckley spun a one-hitter, striking out seven and walking five.

Jake LaBree singled for Rockland’s lone hit.

Maranacook (9-2) 000 001 5 – 6 5 1

Rockland (5-6) 000 001 0 – 1 1 4

Buckley and Emery; Tootil, Gammons (7) and LaBree

Softball

Lee 18, Woodland 6

At Lee, Shelby Pickering slammed two doubles, singled and drove in six runs to power Lee to victory.

Deidra Ham chipped in with two singles, two doubles and an RBI and Brittany Mallett had three singles and three RBIs. Desirae MacDonald doubled and singled while Katie Harris and Ashley Linscott each added three singles.

Katie Smith singled and drove in three runs for Woodland and Julia Knights singled twice.

Woodland (7-4) 201 030 – 6 5 9

Lee (8-2) 250 515 – 18 20 6

Smith and Vose; Harris and Pickering

Narraguagus 16, Washington Acad. 1

At Harrington, Ashley Woodward allowed only two hits in five innings while striking out 11 and walking three to help the Knights improve to 11-1.

Jen Strout paced the Knights with a double, single and three RBIs while Erica Mann also drove in three runs with two singles. Anne Woodsum added two doubles, a single and RBI and MaryEva Tenan slammed a three-run single.

Steph Almendinger and Krystal Stauffer each singled for the Raiders of East Machias.

Washington Acad. (3-7) 010 00 – 1 2 5

Narraguagus (11-1) 302 (11)x – 16 16 1

Ramsdell and Day; Woodward and Strout

Piscataquis 10, Dexter 0

At Dexter, hard-throwing righthander Caterina Riitano threw a no-hitter, striking out 13 and walking four, to enable Piscataquis Community High of Guilford to avenge an earlier 5-1 home loss.

Stephanie Wentworth’s run-scoring triple and Greta Korsmann’s RBI single supplied Riitano with the only runs she was to need in the first inning.

Karole-Anne Emery had three singles and two RBIs to pace PCHS’s 11-hit attack. Ivy Galuski had two singles and an RBI; Pam Bailey and Wentworth had triples and Riitano contributed an RBI double.

Piscataquis (5-7) 240 100 3 – 10 11 1

Dexter (8-4) 000 000 0 – 0 0 4

Riitano and Galuski; Nelson, Carnes (4) and Wyman

Bangor Christian 5, DI-Stonington 4

At Bangor, Danielle Miller’s single in the bottom of the sixth drove in Kayla Sherman with the winning run.

Sherman and Annie Babineau drew back-to-back walks and then pulled off a double steal to set up the winning run.

Miller also had an RBI single in the fourth to back winning pitcher Kara Hartman who scattered eight hits while striking out 10 and walking one.

Roz Santospago doubled, singled and drove in two runs for Deer Isle-Stonington and Jen Hagerthy added a two-run single.

DI-Stonington (4-4-1) 202 000 0 – 4 8 2

Bangor Christian (5-2) 120 101 x – 5 4 0

Bray and Santospago; Hartman and Snow

Belfast 14, Lincoln Academy 3

At Damariscotta, Morgan Crandall spun a two-hitter, allowing no earned runs, fanning 14 and walking four as the Lions roared to the win.

Kate Ross sparked the offense with a double, single and two RBIs for Belfast. Sara Flagg and Melissa Gray roped two singles apiece.

Megan Oliver stroked a double for the Eagles of Newcastle. Lindsey Sterling had a single.

Belfast (8-3) 202 036 1 – 14 12 2

Lincoln Acad. (1-11) 000 030 0 – 3 2 4

Crandall and Gray; Beanflagg and Savannah

Searsport 5, Sumner 4

At East Sullivan, the Vikes’ Tara Lee Webster outdueled Sumner’s Meghan Ruhlin as Searsport improved to 10-1.

Webster fired a one-hitter and contributed a sacrifice bunt in the sixth. Nicole Corbin doubled prior to the bunt, then scored on a throwing error for the winning run. Lindsey Seekins and Mo Hall had a single each for the winners.

Ruhlin spun a three-hitter for the Tigers. Rachel Philio laced an RBI double, and Ruhlin put down two sacrifice bunts and drove in a pair of runs.

Searsport (10-1) 200 021 0 – 5 3 2

Sumner (2-12) 002 020 0 – 4 1 6

Webster and Seekins; Ruhlin and Robinson