Colbeth, Ramsdell, Wood spark WA rally

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HARRINGTON – Nick Wood slammed a two-run home run in the eighth inning to help lift the Washington Academy Raiders to an 8-5 high school baseball victory over the Narraguagus Knights Tuesday.

James Ramsdell contributed an RBI single in the decisive eighth and Steven Colbeth doubled.

Colbeth also cranked a solo homer in the fifth.

Jason Strout and Matt Burgess each had RBI singles for the Knights. Saben Rossi doubled.

Narraguagus pitcher Corey Worcester had 14 strikeouts with no walks in the loss.

Washington Acad. 100 310 03 – 8 9 1

Narraguagus 000 005 00 – 5 6 0

Colbeth, Harmon (6) and Ramsdell; Worcester and Rossi

Winslow 4, MCI 2

At Winslow, Taylor Helberg pitched a four-hitter and Eric Lopez drove home a pair of runs as the Winslow Black Raiders edged Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield.

The game was halted by rain and lightning in the bottom of the fifth.

Lopez plated a run with a sacrifice fly in the first inning, then singled home a run and scored on Corey Martin’s single to highlight a three-run rally in the bottom of the third.

The Black Raiders also turned two double plays, one on a nice play by second baseman Peter Lee in the third.

Jason Hall had an RBI single for MCI of Pittsfield, while Andrew DeBerthune plated a run with a fielder’s choice.

MCI (3-1) 100 10 – 2 4 1

Winslow (3-1) 103 00 4 4 1

Hendricks, DeBerthune (4) and Quint; Helberg and McCaslin

Caribou 4, Presque Isle 2

At Caribou, Brian St. Peter had two doubles and two RBIs in the Vikings’ win over Presque Isle.

Ryan Cousins added a double and an RBI. Anthony Ouellette had two singles.

Tim Morrison knocked in both Wildcat runs with two singles.

Presque Isle (1-2) 100 010 0 – 2 6 2

Caribou (1-2) 100 100 2 – 4 7 3

Morrison and Parsons; Cousins and Dickenson

Ashland 17, Van Buren 6

At Ashland, Kevin Baker had a pinch-hit, two-run double in the bottom of the sixth to end the game under the 10- run rule.

Spencer Parry added a triple, double and single with two RBIs. Matt Saucier had a double, single and two RBIs. Chris Long and Daren Hunter each had two singles for the Hornets.

Dustin Cyr, Chris Gagnon and Dan Rossignol each had two singles to pace the Crusaders. Jeremy Chasse tripled.

Van Buren (1-1) 010 500 – 6 11 1

Ashland (1-0) 461 033 – 17 13 2

Hews, Gagnon (2) and Gagnon, Taylor (2); Baker, Chamberlin (4) and Hunter

Van Buren 18, Limestone 6

At Limestone on Monday, Jeremy Chasse had four singles and a double to lead Van Buren to a season-opening win.

Trevor Hews added three singles for the Crusaders, who broke the game open with 10 runs on seven hits in the top of the third inning.

Andrew Taylor earned the pitching win with relief help from Chasse.

Van Buren (1-0) 11(10) 42 – 18 19 2

Limestone (0-1) 10 4 01 – 6 4 5

Taylor, Chasse (4) and Gagnon; Fontaine, Morgan (4) and Hrynick

So. Aroostook 9, Hodgdon 3

At Hodgdon, Evan Boutlier had a single and two RBIs as the Warriors took the win.

Evan McGary had a triple and an RBI for Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook.

Matt Hovey of the Hawks had a hit to deep center in the sixth inning.

So. Aroostook (1-0) 420 102 – 9 6 2

Hodgdon (0-1) 100 002 – 3 3 0

Brooker, Hardy (4), Boutlier (6) and Evan McGary; Condon, Currie (4), Griffin (7) and Currie, Griffin (4)

Softball

Belfast 3, Erskine Acad. 1

At South China, Belfast’s Steph Whittier doubled over the left fielder’s head in the sixth inning, bringing in Lauren Overlock to break a scoreless tie.

Whittier then scored on an error with what proved to be the winning run. She pitched a three-hitter with four strikeouts and no walks for the Lions.

Kate Ross doubled and Nicole Hubbard had an RBI single.

Kristen Burk had all three of the Eagles’ hits, two singles and a double.

Belfast (2-2) 000 002 1 – 3 10 3

Erskine Acad. (1-3) 000 001 0 – 1 3 3

Whittier and Berry; Bechard and Burk

Presque Isle 23, Caribou 3

At Caribou, Danielle Dyer singled twice and drove home four runs as the Wildcats earned the five-inning win.

Hillary Harvey added a double and single with two RBIs, while Katie Delong singled twice with two RBIs and three runs scored. Kylie Pelletier also drove in two runs with two singles.

Ashley Filimonow had a single and double with an RBI for Caribou, while Makayla Gahagan singled twice with an RBI.

Presque Isle (1-2) 18(11) 03 – 23 15 2

Caribou (0-3) 00 0 12 – 3 8 4

Grenier, Post (5) and Dyer; Wolf, Gahagan (3) and Martin

So. Aroostook 19, Hodgdon 10

At Hodgdon, Audrey Charette doubled and singled as Southern Aroostook improved to 3-0 on the season.

McKenzie Hardy, Jordan Sholler and Amanda Charette each added two singles for the Warriors of Dyer Brook.

Erin Foster led Hodgdon with a triple, double and two singles. Amanda Fitzpatrick, Samantha Williams and Jolene Ledger had two singles apiece.

So. Aroostook (3-0) 265 030 3 – 19 10 0

Hodgdon (0-2) 520 101 0 – 10 12 4

King, Collier (3) and Hardy; Foster and Stewart