Ireland sparks HA Broncos to sweep

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PRESQUE ISLE – Ashlea Ireland led Hampden Academy with her pitching arm in the first game and her bat in the second as the Broncos swept a high school softball doubleheader from Presque Isle on Monday.

Hampden won the opener 6-3 and took the nightcap 5-4.

In the second game, Ireland’s RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning gave Hampden the victory.

Kristin Littlefield led Hampden with two singles and two runs scored.

Katie DeLong paced Presque Isle with three singles. Danielle Dyer had two singles and two RBIs while Marigan Bishop added two singles.

In the first game, Ireland allowed eight hits in seven innings to notch the win.

Littlefield and Cheryl Morris each hit RBI singles for HA.

Shawna Nadeau had an RBI single for the Wildcats.

(First Game)

Hampden 000 024 0 – 6 13 1

Presque Isle 300 000 0 – 3 8 4

Ireland and Kiser; Grenier and Dyer

(Second Game)

Hampden (5-11) 001 000 300 1 – 5 6 2

Presque Isle (7-7) 200 010 100 0 – 4 10 3

Littlefield and Kiser, Schrage (6); Grenier and Dyer

Royalettes, Mariners split

At Jonesport, Deer Isle-Stonington scored 11 runs in the first inning and went on to a 26-9 win over Jonesport-Beals in the second game of a doubleheader. The Royalettes knocked off the Mariners 13-9 in the first game.

In the second game, the Mariners mixed timely hitting with J-B walks to jump out to the big lead.

Lacy Greenlaw had four singles and two RBIs, Heather Bray drove in two runs with two singles, and Meghan Wiberg doubled for Deer Isle-Stonington.

Jody Pinkham had a triple and a single and drove in two runs, Sarah Beal had three singles and a pair of RBIs, Naomi Chandler singled twice a and drove in a run, and Sara Hunkler singled twice for Jonesport Beals.

In the first game, Sara Hunkler, Corrie Hunkler and Ashton Smith had singles and two runs batted in apiece for the Royalettes.

Hollan Oliver had two singles, Greenlaw singled twice and Wiberg doubled and drove in two runs for the Mariners.

(First Game)

DI-Stonington 234 000 0 – 9 6 5

Jonesport-Beals 105 610 x – 13 8 4

Bray and Boyce; Chandler, Look (3) and Emerson, Chandler (3)

(Second Game)

DI-Stonington (7-7) (11)22 65 – 26 9 3

Jonesport-Beals (8-6) 1 11 60 – 9 10 6

Bray and Boyce; Smith, Look (1), Chandler (5) and Chandler, Emerson (5)

Calais 11, Shead 6

At Calais, Amanda Brown’s bases-loaded triple keyed a five-run second inning as the Blue Devils took control of their game with the Tigerettes.

Sarah Mahan singled twice with an RBI and Nikki Ellington singled twice for Calais.

Jamie Cassell had two singles and Britney Lingley drove in two runs with a single for Shead of Eastport.

Shead (5-7) 203 000 1 – 6 6 4

Calais (11-2) 152 003 x – 11 8 4

Murphy, Lingley (5) and Cummings; Ellington and O’Brien

George Stevens 10, Stearns 6

At Blue Hill, Laurie Allen had an run-scoring triple and Tessa Osborne drove in a run with a double as the Eagles scored four runs in the sixth to take charge of the game.

Liz Tyler had two singles for George Stevens Academy.

Dayna Somers and Casey Popp each singled twice and Katie Jones had a triple for Stearns of Millinocket.

Stearns (5-9) 000 032 1 – 6 9 6

GSA (13-2) 102 304 x – 10 8 4

Jones and Osborne; Allen and Grindle

Central 6, Searsport 2

At Searsport, Renee Trafton had a triple, a double and a single good for three RBIs to help lead Central of Corinth to victory.

Shauna Bell hit a double, scattered five hits, struck out 11 batters and walked none for the Red Devils while Traci Underhill added a double.

Pitcher TaraLee Webster led the Searsport effort with two singles, 11 strikeouts and no walks while Theresa Cameron and Sheila Wilbur hit an RBI single each.

Central (15-1) 000 203 1 – 6 9 2

Searsport (7-7) 101 000 0 – 2 5 2

Bell and Smith; Webster and Seekins.

Hermon 9, Orono 6

At the University of Maine’s Kessock Field in Orono, Kristen Hart stroked a two-run single and Cassie White hit a run-scoring single in the decisive ninth inning as the Hawks edged the Red Riots.

Kristen Oakes pitched a one-hitter, striking out 17 and walking 11.

Lindsey Colbath singled for Orono behind loser Michelle Benoit, who scattered four hits, striking out 14 and walking nine.

Hermon (6-9) 012 201 003 – 9 4 1

Orono (5-10) 050 010 000 – 6 1 5

Oakes and Campbell; Benoit and Thomas

Baseball

Calais 7, Shead 6

At Calais, Jon King singled to start the eighth, moved to second and third on two passed balls, and then scored the winning run for Calais on Russ McLean’s RBI groundout.

Freshman Nick Reynolds paced the Blue Devils with two doubles and two RBIs. Nick Seelye had a double, a single and an RBI. King had two singles and an RBI. Scott Macdonald allowed seven hits and one walk while notching 14 strikeouts.

Josh Francis singled twice while Derek Maloney had an RBI double for the Tigers of Eastport.

Shead (9-3) 100 005 00 – 6 7 3

Calais (4-9) 001 230 01 – 7 8 5

Maloney and Cummings; Macdonald and McLean

Searsport 5, Central 1

At Searsport, Matt Nickerson smacked a two-run single in the bottom of the fourth to help power the Vikings.

Matt Mercer added an RBI single for Searsport. Nick Dakin and Spencer Garton combined to limit the Red Devils to four hits while striking out five and walking none.

James Gray’s RBI triple in the first drove in Joey Kane, who singled.

Central (6-9) 100 000 0 – 1 4 4

Searsport (9-5) 010 040 x – 5 6 2

Gray and Kane; Dakin, Garton (4) and Mercier

DI-Stonington sweeps J-B Royals

At Jonesport, Joe Trundy’s RBI double and Evan Haskell’s two-run single helped the Mariners rally in the eighth inning and go on to an 11-7 win over the Royals in the first game of a doubleheader. DI-Stonington won the second game 7-4.

In the first game, Jeff Douglass singled twice and Haskell finished with two singles and three RBIs. Jon Klemenz tripled and singled.

Jared Alley hit an RBI double for Jonesport-Beals. Matthew Merchant singled twice and Timothy Holmes doubled.

In the second game, Tim Robbins hit two singles and drove in two runs for the Mariners. Nick Ciomei recorded an RBI double, Josh Eaton had an RBI single and Douglass singled twice.

Jonesport-Beals’ Derrick Beal doubled twice and knocked in a run. Matthew Merchant doubled, singled, and had two RBIs.

(First Game)

DI-Stonington 230 011 04 – 11 14 1

Jonesport-Beals 001 110 40 – 7 9 5

Trundy, Eaton (6), Douglass (7), Haskell (8) and Klemenz

(Second Game)

DI-Stonington (9-5) 302 000 2 – 7 12 1

Jonesport-Beals (0-14) 301 000 0 – 4 6 2

Haskell, Klemenz (4) and Douglass; J. Alley and D. Beal

George Stevens 6, Stearns 1

At Blue Hill, Chris Sargent hit a two-run single and pitched a one-run, three-hit game to lead GSA to the win.

Colin Henry added an RBI single for the Eagles.

Nick Simon led Stearns of Millinocket with an RBI single.

Stearns (13-2) 010 000 – 1 3 2

George Stevens (13-2) 103 002 – 6 6 2

Bouchard, Qualey (4) and Barnett; Sargent and Candage

Hampden, Presque Isle split

At Presque Isle, Adam Swanson’s RBI groundout and R.J. Gagnon’s RBI single scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth, and the Wildcats held on the rest of the way to earn a 5-3 victory over the Broncos in the second game of a doubleheader. Hampden won the opener 6-0.

In the first game, Pat Moran fired a three-hitter with six strikeouts and no walks as the Broncos shut down the Wildcats. Chris Pease drove in three runs on two doubles.

Matt Carvell hit a double for Presque Isle.

In the second game, Matt Carvell added an RBI double and Gagnon finished with two singles for Presque Isle. Gagnon also scattered five hits, struck out eight and walked three.

Kevin Brooks and Billy Shannon each doubled and singled for the Broncos. Kyle Dalton hit an RBI single.

(First Game)

Hampden 040 002 0 – 6 7 1

Presque Isle 000 000 0 – 0 3 3

Moran and Brooks; Lavway, McGlinn (3) and Parsons, Lowe (7)

(Second Game)

Hampden (7-9) 100 010 1 – 3 5 3

Presque Isle (7-7) 111 200 x – 5 6 3

Pease and Lee, Brooks (6); Gagnon and Parsons