McAvoy slam gets Witches past Bucks in battle of unbeatens

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BUCKSPORT – Kevin McAvoy hit a grand slam to key a five-run fourth inning and an 11-7 baseball victory over Bucksport for Brewer Thursday.

Andy Patterson had two singles and two RBIs while Mitch Peasley had two singles with an RBI for the Witches.

Joey Carmichael hit a two-run homer and singled for the Bucks while Robbie Pushard doubled twice, singled, and knocked in two runs.

Brewer (4-0) 021 503 0 – 11 8 3

Bucksport (3-1) 321 001 0 – 7 8 3

McAvoy and Peasley; Hopkins, Maguire (4), Gifford (7) and Remick, Robicheau (7)

Stearns 16, Hodgdon 4

At Millinocket, Derek DiFrederico and Matt Barnett each had a two-run single to pace the Minutemen.

Craig Cullen had two singles and three RBIs for Stearns. Craig Jandreau tripled and Matt Wark doubled and singled.

Ryan Schools hit a two-run homer for the Shiretowners.

Houlton (1-1) 202 00 – 4 3 7

Stearns (4-0) 264 4x – 16 10 2

Austin, Hill (1), Cleary (3), Pasquarelli (4), McGuire (4) and Pierce; Bouchard, Burliegh (5) and Barnett

Nokomis 3, Old Town 0

At Old Town, Ed Jacques pitched a two-hit shutout with eight strikeouts and two walks for Nokomis of Newport.

Jacques outdueled Old Town’s Cory Estes, who allowed just four hits and two earned runs while striking out seven and walking no one.

Seth Bradstreet doubled and singled for Nokomis, while Jacques added an RBI single.

Corey Emerson doubled for Old Town.

Nokomis (1-3) 100 002 0 – 3 4 4

Old Town (0-3) 000 000 0 – 0 2 2

Jacques and McKenzie; Estes and Dupuis

Searsport 30, Bangor Christian 2

At Searsport, Matt Nickerson had a double, two singles, and five RBIs to lead a 13-hit attack by the Vikings.

Josh Nickerson, Matt’s brother, had three singles and four RBIs while Mike Adams chipped in with two singles and three RBIs.

Ricky Shaw’s RBI single in the fourth was the lone hit for the Patriots.

Bangor Christian (0-3) 001 10 – 2 1 8

Searsport (6-0) 35(10) (12)x – 30 13 1

Phinney, McCleary (2), Cole (3), Shaw (4), Dougherty (5) and Hinkley; Adams, Ashey (4) and Ashey, Mercier (4)

MDI 8, John Bapst 0

At Mount Desert, freshman Nick Swanson pitched a three-hit shutout for the Trojans.

Swanson struck out six batters and walked no one to earn his first varsity win.

Tim Buell hit a two-run single to highlight a six-run rally by the Trojans in the third inning. Andy Pooler doubled and singled for MDI, while Swanson and Marcus Maffuci each added RBI singles.

John Bapst (1-2) 000 000 0 – 0 3 1

Mount Desert Island (3-0) 006 002 x – 8 9 0

Means, Tardiff (5) and Leighton, Nason (5); Swanson and Lyons

Dexter 15, Penquis 2

At Milo, Mark Pullen hit a three-run homer in the fifth and singled to help pace the Tigers past Penquis.

Eric Day had three singles and two RBIs for the Tigers. Brian Kelso tossed a two-hitter while striking out four and walking one.

Justin Allen had an RBI single and Garrett Durant singled for the only Patriots hits.

Dexter (2-2) 130 29 – 15 13 0

Penquis (1-2) 001 10 – 2 2 6

Kelso and Pullen; Jo. Allen, Ju. Allen (4), Morrill (5) and Hamlin, Nason (4)

Mattanawcook 11, PCHS 4

At Guilford, Justin Day doubled and singled and Dustin Hanscom added two singles and two RBIs for Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln.

Wayne Berry earned the win, scattering six hits.

Josh Luellen paced Piscataquis with a double and two singles, while Matt Sylvain singled twice and had two RBIs.

Mattanawcook (4-0) 120 500 3 – 11 9 1

Piscataquis (0-4) 100 003 0 – 4 6 3

Berry and Drost; Burdin, Boillard (6) and Robinson

Hermon 8, Ellsworth 6

At Ellsworth, Phil Cayford had a double, two singles and two RBIs to spark the Hawks.

Brian McGinley had three singles with an RBI and Cory Archer added two singles with an RBI for the winners.

Nick Putnam and Nate Jordan each had two singles plus an RBI for the Eagles and Mike Smith singled twice.

Hermon (2-0) 110 402 0 – 8 14 3

Ellsworth (2-1) 220 101 0 – 6 11 5

Cayford and McGinley; Jellison, Edgecomb (4), Putnam (6) and Jordan

Lee 10, Penobscot Valley 3

At Lee, Everett Houghton doubled twice and Jerry Worster hit a two-run single to spark the Pandas. Nate Dow doubled and Kris King added two singles and two RBIs.

Matt Osborn doubled and Matt Cummings had two singles for the Howlers of Howland.

Penobscot Valley (1-3) 000 020 1 – 3 7 7

Lee (5-0) 140 311 x – 10 6 0

Ware and Crosby; Boulrisse, Dow (7) and Currie

Softball

Stearns 4, Houlton 2

At Millinocket, Leslie Osborne’s single in the sixth with one out and the bases loaded broke a 2-2 tie in favor of Stearns.

Holly Franck had three singles and Johnna Michaud hit a two-run single for Stearns.

Laurie Bissonnette hit an RBI single and the other Houlton run came via an Anna Lenentine fielder’s choice.

Houlton (0-1) 100 010 0 – 2 4 1

Stearns (2-2) 020 002 x – 4 7 1

Ritchie and Lenentine; Jones and Michaud, Osborne (4)

John Bapst 3, MDI 0

At Mount Desert, Gwen Wadley pitched an eight-hit shutout to pace the Crusaders of Bangor. Rachel Joyce doubled for the winners.

Mia Megquier had two singles for the Trojans.

John Bapst (2-1) 010 020 0 – 3 5 5

MDI (2-1) 000 000 0 – 0 8 2

Wadley and Sleeper; Megquier and Bowden

Ellsworth 9, Hermon 0

At Ellsworth, Victoria Jones doubled, singled and knocked in two runs for the Eagles.

Tara Dyer scattered only three hits in seven innings for Ellsworth and Tessa Miller singled twice and drove in a run.

Cassie White had two singles for the Hawks.

Hermon (1-1) 000 000 0 – 0 3 1

Ellsworth (3-0) 312 120 x – 9 8 0

Oakes and Campbell; Dyer and Silsby

Old Town 4, Nokomis 3 (11 inn.)

At Old Town, Jen Higgins’ suicide squeeze bunt scored Shaylee Moulton to lead the Indians.

Moulton had three singles and Jamie Gomm added two singles with an RBI for Old Town. Liz Bergeron struck out 18 batters.

Michelle Barden had two singles for Nokomis of Newport and Delaney Farnham notched four singles with an RBI.

Nokomis (0-4) 001 002 000 00 – 3 9 7

Old Town (2-1) 003 000 000 01 – 4 11 1

Farnham and Holland; Bergeron and Higgins

Bucksport 6, Brewer 5

At Bucksport, Alice Andrews scored on an error in the bottom of the seventh to give the Golden Bucks the win.

Jessie Macdonald laid down a drag bunt for a single, and the ball was thrown away. Andrews finished with two singles, Macdonald a single and two RBIs, and Jill Richards two singles.

Katie Quimby singled and tripled for the Witches and Kim Foster singled in a run.

Brewer (3-1) 400 000 1 – 5 5 5

Bucksport (4-0) 202 001 1 – 6 9 3

Bangor Christian 7, Searsport 4

At Searsport, Laura Hamm’s leadoff single and Amber Leathers’ run-scoring single broke a 4-4 tie in the sixth to give Bangor Christian the win.

Jen Hutchins and Jenny Spaulding each singled and scored a run for Bangor Christian and Megan Mishou went the distance for the win.

Megan Brassbridge doubled, singled twice and scored twice for Searsport while Theresa Cameron and Nori Francis-Mezger each had a double and two RBIs.

Bangor Christian (1-2) 003 012 1 – 7 4 2

Searsport (1-5) 002 020 0 – 4 10 4

Mishou and Leathers; Cameron and Francis-Mezger

Mattanawcook 20, Piscataquis 3

At Guilford, Chelsea Nicastro singled, doubled and drove in two runs as the Lynx of Lincoln rolled. Arikka Knights and Jaide Littlefield each had four singles for MA.

Tediane Galuski hit a double and a single for the Pirates and Pam Bailey added a single.

Mattanawcook (2-2) 102 278 0 – 20 19 0

Piscataquis (0-4) 011 001 0 – 3 3 2

Brown and Ireland; Martell and Bailey

Dexter 9, Penquis 1

At Milo, Sarah Carnes didn’t allow a hit while striking out eight and walking four for the Tigers.

Sabrina Cote, Sarah Wyman and Brittany Veazie each singled twice for the winners with Cote driving in two runs.

Pinch runner Amber Benoit scored the Penquis run in the seventh on a fielder’s choice and two wild pitches.

Dexter (4-0) 000 211 5 – 9 8 2

Penquis (1-2) 000 000 1 – 1 0 6

Carnes and Wyman; Graves and Mulherin, Palmer (5)

Penobscot Valley 17, Lee 3

At Lee, Randy Rackley singled twice and plated four runs for the Howlers of Howland.

Tiffany Brown had a triple, double and three RBIs for the winners.

Samantha Cole collected a double, single and RBI for the Pandas and Shelby Pickering added two singles.

Penobscot Valley (3-1) 336 23 – 17 14 3

Lee (2-3) 010 20 – 3 5 9

Milton and Colbath; Moors and Cole

Penobscot Valley 6, Stearns 4

At Millinocket Wednesday, Jamie Milton broke a 3-3 tie with a run-scoring single in the three-run sixth inning. Sarah Colbath also had an RBI single in the decisive inning.

Colbath had two singles, Liz Snape had an RBI double, and Randy Rackley doubled to trigger the sixth-inning rally.

Holly Franck had two doubles, a single and three RBIs for Stearns, Deanne Michaud had three singles and an RBI, and Casey Freeman had two singles.

PVHS 001 023 0 – 6 8 3

Stearns 200 010 1 – 4 12 1

Milton and Colbath; Jones and Osborne