December 23, 2024
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Harvey, Sheehan, Boober pace Bucksport to victory

BUCKSPORT – RBI singles by Adam Sheehan and Marcus Boober highlighted a three-run fifth inning Friday afternoon that gave top-seeded Bucksport the lead for good in a 5-1 Eastern Maine Class B quarterfinal victory over No. 8 Mount View of Thorndike.

Phil Harvey added a pair of singles for the Bucks and was also the winning pitcher. He struck out eight and walked only one.

Kenton Spaulding led the Mustangs with a double and two singles and scored Mount View’s run on a third-inning single by Willie Crichton.

Mount View (10-8) 001 000 0 – 1 7 2

Bucksport (13-4) 100 031 x – 5 7 0

Mayer, Spaulding (6) and Brown; Harvey and Boober

Class A

Cony 13, Brewer 3

At Augusta, John Sanborn had three hits and the No. 2 Cony Rams scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning en route to a quarterfinal win over No. 7 Brewer.

The game was halted after five innings by the 10-run rule.

Brewer countered with a run in the top of the second, but Cony put the game away with one run in the bottom of the inning and seven runs in the bottom of the third.

Brandon Cummings, Derek Wing, Ray Vallee and Adam Vachon each added two hits to Cony’s 15-hit attack.

Bob Webber pitched a five-hitter for Cony, while Chad Gomm took the loss for Brewer.

Kevin Kotredes had two RBI doubles for Brewer, while Kevin McAvoy had a single and a double and Zac Bouzan-Kaloustian doubled.

Brewer (10-8) 010 02 – 3 5 4

Cony (15-2) 501 7x – 13 15 2

Gomm, McAvoy (4) and Caldwell; Webber and Sanborn, Davis (5)

Class B

Foxcroft 9, Ellsworth 3

At Dover-Foxcroft, Caleb Pelletier’s three-run double sparked a six-run rally in the bottom of the third inning that lifted No. 2 Foxcroft Academy to victory over No. 7 Ellsworth.

Ellsworth had jumped out to a 3-0 lead with a run in the second inning and two more runs in the top of the third before the Ponies mounted their decisive rally. Danny White and Matt Carey had singles to start the uprising, and an Ellsworth error allowed two runs to score before Pelletier cleared the bases with one of his two doubles in the game.

Ethan Annis added three singles for the Ponies, while Josh Withee singled twice.

Jason Weymouth hurled a complete-game two-hitter for the pitching win. Cory Smith pitched a complete game for Ellsworth.

Ellsworth (11-7) 012 000 0 – 3 2 3

Foxcroft Acad. (12-5) 006 111 x – 9 12 5

Smith and Hanf; Weymouth and Croan

Winslow 10, Rockland 4

At Winslow, Eric Lopez pitched a complete-game seven-hitter as No. 3 Winslow eliminated No. 6 Rockland 10-4 in an Eastern B quarterfinal.

Rockland struck for a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but Winslow scored at least one run in every inning but the fifth to pull away.

Marty McCaslin had a double for the only extra-base hit of Winslow’s 13 hit attack.

Mike Curtis had a home run and double for Rockland, while Wes Drinkwater doubled.

Rockland (11-7) 200 101 0 -4 7 5

Winslow (11-6) 121 402 x 10 13 2

Dole, Curtis (4), Oliver (6) and Kirk; Lopez and Vigue

Class C

Stearns 7, Calais 0

At Millinocket, Ryan Bouchard, Adam Qualey and Craig Cullen combined to pitch a four-hit shutout and help Stearns win in a quarterfinal game.

Craig Cullen had two singles and two RBIs while Matt Wark hit a single and a double for an RBI. Dave Michaud chipped in with an RBI single.

Ben Dow led the Calais effort with a double and a single wile Nick Feelye and Nick Reynolds added a single apiece.

Calais (6-10) 000 000 0 – 0 4 4

Stearns (14-3) 230 110 0 – 7 7 2

Feelye and Macdonald; Bouchard, Qualey (4), Cullen (7) and Barnett

Softball

Class A

Brewer 6, Old Town 1

At Brewer, Sarah DeFilipp hit two singles with an RBI and pitched a two-hit, one-run game, striking out four and walking none, to help lead the second-seeded Witches to victory over the No. 10 Indians.

Christine Thoms had two singles, a double and an RBI while Rachel Wing hit two singles. Caroline McAvoy contributed an RBI single.

Sarah Jones hit an RBI single for the Old Town effort and Renee Thibodeau singled.

Old Town (9-9) 000 001 – 1 2 4

Brewer (14-3) 012 003 – 6 8 2

Wollstadt and Richards, Thibodeau (3); DeFilipp and Wing

Class B

Belfast 4, MDI 0

At Belfast, Morgan Crandall hit two singles and pitched a two-hit shutout, striking out four and walking only two, to help shut down Mount Desert Island offense.

Sam Ellis hit an RBI single in the second inning for Belfast while Nicole Hubbard added a two-run single in the fifth to help secure the lead.

Nia Megquier and Caroline Woodworth singled for MDI.

MDI (10-8) 000 000 0 – 0 2 4

Belfast (13-4) 010 021 x – 4 8 2

Megquier and Daughtery; Crandall and Gray

Winslow 5, Ellsworth 0

At Winslow, winning pitcher Beth Lafountain hit a triple and a double to lead No. 2 Winslow past No. 7 Ellsworth in a quarterfinal.

Winslow scored once in the first inning and tallied two more runs in the third to provide all the offensive support Lafountain and reliever Janelle Sylvester needed. The Black Raiders also played errorless defense.

Amanda Shorette added a double for Winslow.

Tara Dyer took the pitching loss.

Ellsworth (11-7) 000 000 0 – 0 3 2

Winslow (14-3) 102 110 x – 5 8 0

Dyer and Tripp; Lafountain, Sylvester (6) and Morin

Class C

Dexter 2, Searsport 0

At Dexter, the top-seeded Tigers scored twice in the first inning, then made the runs hold up.

Sarah Carnes fired a three-hitter, striking out five and walking three, for Dexter.

The Tigers scored early when Brittany Veazie reached second on an error and scored on Carnes’ RBI single. Carnes advanced on a wild pitch and rode home on Cristy McGowen’s two-out single.

Sarah Wyman doubled for Dexter’s only hit.

Searsport’s TaraLee Webster pitched a three-hitter with seven strikeouts and no walks. She also singled. Teresa Caneran and Abby Tripp added singles.

The No. 8 Vikings threatened in the sixth when Webster singled and pinch runner Aimee Nelson stole second. Caneran then singled, but shorstop Cindy Koscielny threw out Nelson at the plate.

Searsport (9-9) 000 000 0 – 0 3 3

Dexter (15-2) 200 000 x – 2 3 2

Webster and Seekins; Carnes and Wyman

Mattanawcook 5, GSA 4

At Blue Hill, Kasse Brown scattered five hits and aided her own cause with a two-run triple to lift the No. 5 Mattanawcook Academy Lynx by the No. 4 George Stevens Academy Eagles.

The Lynx scored the pivotal two runs in the top of the six without a hit as a hit batsman, fielder’s choice and three walks helped put two runs across.

Shannon Pietras singled and scored a run for the winners.

Tessa Grindle singled twice and drove in two runs for GSA and Nikki Boutin added an RBI single.

Mattanawcook (13-4) 003 002 0 – 5 4 2

George Stevens (14-3) 020 020 0 – 4 5 3

Brown and Knights; Allen and Grindle

WM Class C

Georges Valley 7, Mount Abram 3

At Thomaston, Lacey Stone stroked a two-run single in the second inning and Rachel Strong provided an RBI single in the fourth to help the third-seeded Buccaneers beat the No. 11 Roadrunners.

Megan Watts scattered seven hits, striking out five and walking three, for Georges Valley.

Loser Sara Martin and Stephanie Hood each singled twice for Mount Abram of Salem.

Mount Abram (9-9) 120 000 0 – 3 7 2

Georges Valley (12-3) 020 500 x – 7 5 4

Martin, Buxton (6) and D’Alessandro; Watts and Strong

WM Class D

Buckfield 2, Greenville 1

At Buckfield, Danielle Buswell allowed only two hits while striking out 13 and walking five to lead the top-seeded Bucks by the No. 4 Lakers in the semifinal showdown.

Marci Litchfield singled in Colleen Violette with the winning run in the second after Violette had singled and stole second.

Jill Bouley and Kelly Bolen each singled for the Lakers, who left the bases loaded twice and scored their only run on a bases-loaded walk.

Greenville (8-7) 000 001 0 – 1 2 1

Buckfield (13-2) 110 000 x – 2 6 1

Larsen and Bolen; Buswell and Violette


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