Miller leads Ellsworth past Bucks

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BUCKSPORT – Tessa Miller hit three singles and drove in two runs to help lead the undefeated Ellsworth Eagles to a 6-1 pointworthy victory over the Bucksport Golden Bucks in high school softball action Saturday.

Maggie Seavey hit a three-run single for the Eagles and Cate Cravens doubled.

Jill Richards had a pair of singles for Bucksport.

Ellsworth (4-0) 001 104 0 – 6 9 1

Bucksport (4-1) 010 000 0 – 1 3 2

Dyer and Silsby; Hall and Andrews

MDI, Hermon split

At Hermon, Kristen Oakes pitched a one-hit shutout with seven strikeouts as Hermon won the first game of a doubleheader, 4-0. Mount Desert Island came back to win the second game 10-8.

In the first game, Shannon Wiggin had three singles and two RBIs to give Oakes plenty of support. Marissa McLeod added a pair of singles.

In the second game, Lynn Bowden singled and tripled for the Trojans.

Ashley Burgess led the Hawks with a double, four singles and three RBIs. Wiggin added two singles and a double.

(First Game)

MDI 000 000 0 – 0 1 0

Hermon 202 000 x – 4 7 0

Megquire and Bowdoin; Oakes and Campbell

(Second Game)

MDI (3-2) 231 220 0 – 10 12 4

Hermon (2-3) 141 110 0 – 8 15 0

Megquier and Bowden; Oakes and Campbell

Sumner 13, Stearns 7

At East Sullivan, Jody Pinkham had four singles and two RBIs to lead the Tigers to victory.

Kylie Bragdon and Whitney Page each added two singles for Sumner, which broke the game open with seven runs in the fifth inning to erase a 6-4 deficit.

Johnna Michaud doubled, singled and scored three runs for Stearns.

Stearns (2-3) 201 310 0 – 7 6 5

Sumner (4-2) 010 372 x – 13 10 1

Jones and Osborne, Daley, Tucker (5) and Pinkham, Page (5)

Presque Isle sweeps Foxcroft

At Dover-Foxcroft, Katie Delong hit a double and two singles to drive in a pair of runs and lead Presque Isle past Foxcroft Academy 19-12 in the first game. The Wildcats won the second game 20-1.

In the first game, Kiley Pelletier had a pair of singles for Presque Isle.

Randi Kennedy hit two home runs and a single to knock in five runs for Foxcroft Academy and Sami Hall had a double and three singles with two RBIs.

In the second game, Pelletier had three singles with three RBIs for the Wildcats and Shawna Nadeau hit a pair of singles with a RBI.

Ashley Marden hit an RBI single in the fourth inning for the Ponies.

(First Game)

Presque Isle 280 023 4 – 19 9 1

Foxcroft Acad. 230 020 5 – 12 21 3

Grenier and Dyer; Goggin and Rice

(Second Game)

Presque Isle (3-2) 458 30 – 20 10 0

Foxcroft Acad. (1-4) 000 10 – 1 4 4

Grenier and Dyer; Goggin and Rice

Indians sweep Broncos

At Old Town, the Indians limited Hampden to three hits in two games, getting a pair of wins, 3-0 and 7-1.

In the first game, Marcia Hussey pitched a three-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts.

Allison Gallant had two singles with an RBI and Jamie Gomm added an RBI single for Old Town. Evan Hudspeth, Jenna Shue and Erika Bubar each singled for the Broncos.

In the second game, Gomm pitched a no-hitter with 10 strikeouts and two walks as Old Town picked up the sweep.

Monica Hussey and Mallory Dill each had two-run singles for the Indians and Shaylee Moulton singled twice and knocked in a run.

(First Game)

Hampden 000 000 0 – 0 3 1

Old Town 020 100 x – 3 5 0

Benoit and Shannon; Hussey and Higgins

(Second Game)

Hampden (0-4) 001 000 0 – 1 0 0

Old Town (4-1) 004 030 x – 7 8 2

Wass and Shannon; Gomm and Higgins

Central 18-32, Schenck 0-2

At Corinth, Alyssa Libby pitched a no-hitter in the opening game of Central’s doubleheader sweep.

Libby faced the miminum 15 batters in the five-inning game, as the only batter to reach base – via a walk – was thrown out trying to steal.

Jen Rollins had a homer, two singles and two RBIs for the Red Devils, Jen Griffiths had a homer, single and two RBIs. Shawna Bell doubled twice and drove in five runs, while Lindsay Mitchell had a double, single and two RBIs.

In the second game, Traci Underhill had five singles, a double and five RBIs for Central. Renee Trafton had three singles, a double and six RBIs, while Bell added three doubles, a single and three RBIs.

Nicole Crocker had a solo homer and an RBI single for Schenck.

(First Game)

Schenck 000 00 – 0 0 0

Central 726 3x 18 18 0

Osborne and Graham; Libby and Bell

(Second Game)

Central (5-1) (15)92 60 – 32 27 0

Schenck 110 00 2 3 4

Osborne and Gleason; Griffiths, Brownell (4) and Bell, Randall (3)

Penquis 7, Penobscot Valley 5

At Milo, Dani Graves allowed just five runs on four hits and four walks while striking out 10 to help Penquis to the win.

Erika Morrill doubled and singled to drive in four runs for the Patriots and Michelle Mulherin added three singles. Mindy Dolley hit a pair of singles and Ashley McMahon had a double and an RBI.

Tiffany Brown singled to drive in a run for Penobscot Valley of Howland.

Penobscot Valley (4-1) 000 112 1 – 5 4 3

Penquis (2-2) 004 030 x – 7 10 2

Milton and Colbath; Graves and Palmer

Limestone 14, Gr. Houlton Chr. 2

At Limestone, Nikki Michaud had a triple and two singles with two RBIs to push Limestone to the victory.

Megan Korhonen had a triple for Greater Houlton Christian.

Gr. Houlton Chr. (1-3) 001 001 – 2 2 4

Limestone (3-1) 103 613 – 14 23 0

Livezay, Korhonen (4) and Farrar; Michaud and St. Pierre

Baseball

Hermon sweeps MDI

At Hermon, Phil Cayford hit a triple and single and scored three runs to lead Hermon past Mount Desert Island 10-2 in the first game. The Hawks won the second game 7-4.

In the first game, Corey Archer doubled and singled to drive in a pair of runs for Hermon and Billy Bart hit a RBI single.

Justin Garver had a triple and single with a RBI for MDI and Dan Lyons had two singles.

In the second game, at Brewer, David Wilder hit a two-run double in the third inning for Hermon. Nate Ellis and Bart each hit a pair of singles.

Lyons doubled and singled for the Trojans while Jake Willis and Andy Pooler each hit two singles.

(First Game)

Mount Desert Island 200 000 0 – 2 7 4

Hermon 500 302 x – 10 7 3

Merrill, Mafucci (4) and Lyons; Shorey and McGinley

(Second Game)

MDI (3-2) 002 011 0 – 4 10 2

Hermon (4-0) 106 000 x – 7 7 1

Garver and Lyons; Bart and McGinley, Richardson (6)

Bucksport 14, Ellsworth 4

At Bucksport, Nye Gifford hit a home run and two singles to drive in three runs and help Bucksport to the win.

Joey Carmichael homered and singled with two RBIs for the Golden Bucks and Chris Maguire hit a double and two singles. Robbie Pushard and Joe Robichaud each hit three singles.

Andy Berry, Louden Jellison and Brian Gashlin each doubled for Ellsworth.

Ellsworth (3-2) 030 001 – 4 4 4

Bucksport (4-1) 023 342 – 14 19 6

Putnam, Edgecomb (5) and Jordan; Gifford and Robichaud, Grindle (6)

Searsport 4, Narraguagus 0

At Searsport, Nick Dakin broke a scoreless tie with a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning as the Vikings remained unbeaten.

Drew Mercier led off the Searsport sixth with a double and scored on Dakin’s blast. The Vikings added two more runs in the inning, one scoring on Ryan Chute’s suicide squeeze and the second on a double steal.

Dakin finished with a double and single, and also earned the pitching win with six shutout innings of work.

Cory Worcester took the tough-luck loss, allowing just five hits while striking out 15. Worcester also had two singles.

Narraguagus (4-3) 000 000 0 – 0 5 1

Searsport (7-0) 000 004 x – 4 4 0

Worcester and Kennedy; Dakin, Garton (7) and Mercier

Shead 22, Machias 1

At Eastport, Derek Maloney had two singles, an RBI and scored four runs to lead Shead to the win.

Josh Francis and Craig Hasting each hit a two-run double for Shead and Brandon Cox singled with two RBIs.

Zach McNally singled and scored a run for Machias.

Machias (1-3) 001 00 – 1 3 6

Shead (3-1) (11)64 1x – 22 11 0

Frutchey, Buck (1), Robbins (2), McNally (3) and Roberts; Maloney, Hasting (5) and Kroll, Bowen (4)