FORT KENT – Washburn pitcher Nicole McLaughlin made her team’s five-run first inning stand up as the Beavers downed Fort Kent 5-4 in softball action Thursday.

McLaughlin struck out seven and walked five as the Beavers held on for a win. Amber Palmer, Tiffany Carter, and Liza Maynard each hit two singles.

The first inning featured five singles, a two-run double by Kristen Carter, two walks, and three stolen bases.

Leah Babin led the Warriors with a double and two singles. Melissa Morneaul had a double, single, and an RBI. Iris Guimond and Monique Labbe each hit two singles.

Washburn (2-0) 500 000 0 – 5 14 0

Fort Kent (0-2) 012 001 0 – 4 12 0

McLaughlin and Carter; Guimond and Morneault

Ashland 9, Hodgdon 0

At Ashland, Pam Spooner pitched her second straight shutout for the Hornets, striking out nine batters.

Amber Smith led the Ashland offense with a double, solo homer and two RBIs. Cora Campbell added a two-run single in the first inning for the Hornets.

Tasha Dwyer and Shanelle Dwyer had Hodgdon’s only hits, both singles.

Hodgdon (0-3) 000 000 0 – 0 2 4

Ashland (2-0) 210 051 x – 9 7 0

Foster and Stewart; Spooner and Campbell

Gr. Houlton 22, East Grand 0

At Houlton, Megan Korhonen hit a 3-run triple and Lacey Farrar a 2-run double to spark the Eagles.

Amanda Livesey added three singles for the winners.

Ryanne Flannery notched a double and a single for the Danforth-based Vikings and Allie McKay doubled.

East Grand (0-2) 000 00 – 0 5 5

Greater Houlton (1-2) 732 (10) 0 – 22 12 0

Flannery and A. Dodge; Libesey and Farrar

So. Aroostook 19, Katahdin 7

At Dyer Brook, Audrey Charette hit a three-run homer in the third inning, doubled, and singled to drive in four runs and lead the host Southern Aroostook Warriors.

Christine Lawlor had a double, two singles and four RBIs while Carmen McLaughlin had three singles and four RBIs. Chelsea Collier is 4-0 with a complete-game effort.

Jessica Green and Brooke Smallwood had a double and a single for the Cougars of Stacyville.

Katahdin (1-1) 110 401 – 7 8 3

So. Aroostook (4-1) 613 213 – 19 17 5

Smallwood and Gallagher; Collier and Hardy

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 and sent the Stearns Minutemen on to victory.

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)

Jonesport-Beals 10, Woodland 9

At Woodland, Jenne Durkee collected a double, single and four RBIs for the Royalettes in the win.

Sarah Beal, Rachel Church and Tina Beal each added two singles for the winners.

Megan Lord doubled and singled twice for the Dragons and Tiffany Wormell had four singles.

Jonesport-Beals (1-1) 300 304 0 – 10 10 2

Woodland (4-1) 330 101 1 – 9 18 7

Alley and Church; Smith and Vose

John Bapst 3, MDI 0

At Bar Harbor, Gwen Wadley pitched an eight-hit shutout to pace the Crusaders of Bangor.

Rachel Joyce doubled while Kaeley Spinney and Lindsey Colbeth singled for the winners.

Mia Megquier had two singles and Jen Wright one single 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 as the Eagles shut out Hermon.

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 give the Tribe the win in 11 innings.

Moulton ended up with 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 keyed a two-run sixth inning that broke a 4-4 tie and supplied Bangor Christian with 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

Baseball

Stearns 16, Hodgdon 4

At Millinocket, Derek DiFrederico and Matt Barnett each had a 2-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 2-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

Hodgdon 21, Ashland 12

At Ashland, Jeff Condon smacked two doubles and drove in three runs for the victorious Hawks.

Kevin Ledger hit three singles, a double and plated three runs while Jimmy Griffin added three singles, a triple and two RBIs for the winners. Bruce Currie doubled and singled while Tyler Schools hit three singles.

Kenny Lewin and Chris Long each had two-run singles for the Hornets.

Hodgdon (1-2) 340 930 2 – 21 19 6

Ashland (1-1) 061 041 0 – 12 5 4

Condon, Hovey (3), Schools (5), Griffin (7) and Ledger, Griffin (3), Ledger (7); Hunter, Chamberlain (4), and O’Clair, Hunter (4)

So. Aroostook 10, Katahdin 0

At Dyer Brook, Adam Anderson and Zack Austin combined to allow only three hits in five innings to lead the undefeated Warriors to their third win.

Each pitcher struck out six batters and each issued only one walk.

Jeff Boutilier paced the Warriros with two singles, a double and RBI while Anderson chipped in with a triple, single and two RBIs. Griffin Hardy added an RBI double.

Cameron Cunningham, Frank Grass and Owen McCarthy each singled for the Cougars of Stacyville.

Katahdin (0-1) 000 00 – 0 3 2

So. Aroostook (3-0) 122 32 10 8 2

Willett, Anderson (5) and McCarthy; Anderson, Austin (4) and McGary, Philbrick (3)

Nokomis 3, Old Town 0

At Old Town, Ed Jacques pitched a two-hit shutout with eight strikeouts and two walks as Nokomis of Newport earned its first win of the spring.

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

MDI 8, John Bapst 0

At Bar Harbor, freshman right-hander Nick Swanson pitched a three hit shutout for the unbeaten Trojans.