Bucksport stops John Bapst 9-2 Golden Bucks in Wednesday final

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BUCKSPORT – Kelly White carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning and was backed by 13 hits as the top-seeded No. 1 Bucksport Golden Bucks eliminated the No. 3 John Bapst Crusaders 9-2 in a regional crossover softball semifinal Saturday.

The Bucks advanced to Wednesday’s 3 p.m. championship game against Erskine Academy at Coffin Field in Brewer.

advanced to the regional title game.

Kim Meagher beat out an infield single to open the seventh, spoiling the no-hit bid by White, who struck out 10 and walked two.

Jessica Taylor and Jill Richards stroked three singles each to pace Bucksport. Jana Richards tripled and singled, while Ashley McAllian singled twice.

Jill Mitchell also singled for third-seeded John Bapst of Bangor.

John Bapst (11-8) 200 000 0 – 2 2 3

Bucksport (16-2) 320 112 x – 9 13 3

Athrop and Novack; White and Ja. Richards

Erskine 11, MCI 0

At South China, Katie Mainville pitched a five-inning shutout for the No. 2 Eagles, allowing only two hits, striking out 13 batters and walking none.

Linda Horak sent home four runners with two singles, a double and a triple while Callie Thomas had a single, a double and three RBIs. Jamie St. Amand chipped in with three singles and an RBI.

Kirsten Stevens and Megan Ferland each hit a single for No. 4 Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield.

MCI (9-10) 000 00 – 0 2 3

Erskine (15-3) 104 33 – 11 16 0

Cummings and Littlefield; Mainville and Angell

Class C

Calais 5, Penquis 1

At Calais, Katie Frost scattered four hits, struck out 10 and allowed only one run and one walk while hitting two singles to help lead No. 3 Calais to victory.

Lanna Martin hit two singles and had three RBIs for the Blue Devils while Amanda Brown chipped in with two singles.

Arielle Sickler led No. 5-seeded Calais with an RBI triple.

Penquis (8-11) 100 000 – 1 4 2

Calais (15-2) 302 000 – 5 8 0

Russell and Sickley; Frost and C. Martin

Narraguagus 12, Hodgdon 0

At Harrington, Ashley Woodward fired her fifth no-hitter of the season, striking out 16 and walking just one, to lead the No. 1 Knights past No. 3 Hodgdon.

Woodward also led the offense with two doubles, a single and three RBIs while Missy Barbee added a two-run double. Liz Grant, Heather Fitzpatrick and Brook Couchaine each hit an RBI single for Narraguagus.

Shanna McGary pitched the entire game for Hodgdon while Sara Quint reached on an error.

Hodgdon (11-8) 000 000 – 0 0 6

Narraguagus (17-1) 620 202 – 12 9 1

McGary and Oliver; Woodward and Strout

Class D

Fort Fairfield 10, Jonesport-Beals 9

At Fort Fairfield, Sabrina Butler put herself in scoring position with a double and was driven in by a Maranda Butler single in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the No. 1 Tigers the win.

Maranda Butler also added a single and a double for three RBIs while Keely Sayers hit two singles and a triple for two RBIs.

Jody Pinkam led Jonesport-Beals with three singles while Monique Emerson and Sara Hunkle helped out with two singles and an RBI apiece.

Jonesport-Beals (9-9) 002 003 102 1 – 9 10 8

Fort Fairfield (17-2) 310 000 202 2 -10 12 7

Parker and Chandler; Bubar and Arato

Lee Academy 12, Katahdin 5

At Lee, Jessie Keuster hit two singles to send in three runners and help give the top-seeded Pandas the edge they needed to defeat No. 2 Katahdin of Sherman Station.

Deidra Ham hit a double and a triple with two RBIs while Brittany Mallett helped out with two singles for the Pandas behind winner Katie Harris, who scattered six hits.

Krystle McMoarn was Katahdin’s only repeat hitter with two singles and an RBI.

Katahdin (10-9) 120 200 0 – 5 6 6

Lee Acadmy (15-9) 100 245 x – 12 9 5

Qualey, Charette (6), M. Libby (6) and Anderson; Harris and Pickering

Baseball

Class A

Cony 6 , Old Town 4

At Augusta, Ray Vallee came on with the bases loaded in the sixth inning and induced a 1-2-3 double play, helping the top-seeded Rams hold off the No. 3 Indians.

Cony played errorless ball, while Old Town committed four errors. The Rams took the lead in the fifth when Andy Smith singled, stole second and third, and scored on Matt Pare’s single.

Smith led the Rams with a double, two singles and an RBI, while Brandon Cummings (RBI), Adam Vachon and Valley stroked two singles apiece.

Andy Pease paced the Indians with a double and three singles. Brian Tewhey doubled twice and knocked in two runs, while Shaun Tidwell and Ryan Brown each provided two singles and an RBI.

Old Town scored four in the first as the first six batters reached base, but the Rams turned a key double play.

Old Town (14-4-1) 400 000 0 – 4 12 4

Cony (17-2) 120 1200 x – 6 10 0

Rand, Tewhey (5) and Cole; Pare, Tupper (2), Vallee (6) and Sanborn

Oxford Hills 10, Skowhegan 2

At South Paris, the Vikings pounded out 15 hits behind Alan Batchelder, who fired a three-hitter, as No. 3 Oxford Hills advanced to the EM title game.

Batchelder aided his own cause with three singles and two RBIs. Jeffrey Austin socked a double and three singles, Tyler Bryant belted a three-run home run and a single and Tyler Cummings singled three times.

Pat Perrault’s two-run homer in the fourth accounted for fourth-seeded Skowhegan’s runs.

Skowhegan (11-8) 000 200 0 – 2 3 3

Oxford Hills (16-3) 230 311 x – 10 15 0

Daigle, Goff (6) and Dunlap; Batchelder and Olson

Class C

Mattanawcook 7, Searsport 2

At Lincoln, Fred Pete nailed a two-run home run in the bottom of the third inning to help carry the No. 1 Lynx past Searsport.

Tyler Libby contributed two singles while Andy McLellan hit an RBI double and Brian Dupuis added an RBI single.

Pasco Grove and Ryan Mitchell each had a double, a single and an RBI for the No. 3 Vikings while Mark Quinsenberry and Matt Mercier each chipped in with a double.

Searsport (14-4-1) 110 000 0 – 2 7 5

Mattanawcook (18-1) 012 004 0 – 7 5 0

Grove and Mercier; Pete and Woodman

Class D

Lee 13, Southern Aroostook 0

At Dyer Brook, Lee Academy had four hits and took advantage of two Southern Aroostook errors to score six fifth-inning runs and end the game on the 10-run rule.

Jeremy Ham pitched the shutout for No. 2 Lee, allowing only two hits, striking out four batters and walking none. Blair Emery had a single and nailed a three-run homer while Bruce Stevens added two singles, a double and an RBI. Zac Currie chipped in with a double.

Griffin Hardy and Corey Shields singled to account for No. 1 Southern Aroostook’s two hits.

Lee Academy (14-5) 201 46 – 13 10 1

Southern Aroostook (13-4) 000 00 – 0 2 5

Ham and Currie; Edkins, Hardy (4), Austin (5) and McGary

East Grand 14, Washburn 4

At Danforth, No. 1-seeded East Grand went 18-for-28 at the plate in five innings to capture the win.

Jim Zugelder cracked two doubles and a single and had five RBIs for the Vikings. Josh Fish scored three runs and hit a double and two singles and Darius Parker added a three-run triple. Tim Irish drove in two runs with two singles while Richard Byers contributed a double and a single.

Scott Flannery scattered five hits to earn the win.

Dan Buckley and Clint Carter each hit a double, a single and scored two runs for No. 2 Washburn.

Washburn (11-7) 200 02 – 4 5 3

East Grand (8-7) 336 11 – 14 18 1

Buckley, Carter (4) and Hafford; Flannery and Preston