Thibeault’s 3-hitter guides Pioneers to win

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ST. AGATHA – Randy Thibeault pitched a three-hitter with 15 strikeouts and seven walks to lead the host Wisdom Pioneers to a 5-4 softball win over Limestone-MSSM Thursday.

Jason Fontaine had a triple, a single, and two RBIs for Wisdom. Kenny Suitter doubled.

Brandon Cyr and Justin Paradis each had a single and two RBIs for the Eagles.

Limestone-MSSM (0-3) 000 020 2 – 4 3 1

Wisdom (1-4) 202 100 x – 5 4 1

Fontaine and Hrynick; Thibeault and Paradis

Presque Isle 12, Houlton 4

At Presque Isle Wednesday night, pitchers Carl Gagnon, Danny Michaud and Chad Lavway held the Shiretowners to one hit to lead the Wildcats.

Jeff Cole paced the PI offense with a double, two singles and two RBIs. Lavway also added two singles and a double. Matt McGlinn chipped in with a two-run double and Tim Lyford singled twice.

Houlton’s Jordan Hill hit a two-run double in the fifth.

Houlton 000 040 0 – 4 1 5

Presque Isle 202 152 x – 12 14 2

Pierce, Schools (4), Hill (5), Lizotte (6) and Austin; Gagnon, Michaud (4), Lavway (6) and Parsons

Bucksport 12, Orono 1

At Orono, Pete Wentworth drove in two runs with four singles and Chris Maguire pitched a 3-hitter for the Bucks.

Maguire also had three singles while Nye Gifford had two doubles, a single, and two RBIs. Matt Allison had a double, a single and two RBIs.

Dusty Thomas doubled for the Red Riots while Dylan Huckestein had an RBI single.

Bucksport 400 602 – 12 17 2

Orono 000 100 – 1 3 3

Maguire and Robichaud; Levesque, Dunton (5) and Thomas

GSA 10, Washington Academy 0

At East Machias, sophomore lefty Collin Henry threw a two-hitter, striking out nine and walking three, and Will Rosenthal’s run-scoring double in the four-run fourth helped break open a close game.

Phinneas Peake doubled and singled and had an RBI for Blue Hill’s George Stevens Academy and Blake Wessel and Harrison Hines had two singles each.

Sam Hostetter and James Ramsdell singled for Washington Academy.,

George Stevens (5-2) 101 44 -10 10 0

Washington Acad. (5-2) 000 00 -0 2 8

Henry and Hines; S. Colbeth, Ja. Ramsdell (2), C. Colbeth (5) and Ja. Ramsdell, Je. Ramsdell (2)

Hampden 6, MDI 1

At Mount Desert, Blaine Meehan, Pat Moran and Keilechi Sugesawa collected two RBIs apiece as Hampden Academy beat Mount Desert Island.

Meehan ended with three singles, while Moran and Sugesawa each had two.

Kyle Shea doubled and Brad Staples had an RBI single for the Trojans.

Hampden (5-1) 101 102 1 -6 10 0

MDI (3-5) 100 000 0 -1 4 2

Peese and Brooks; Swanson, Garver (7) and Lyons

Belfast 9, Camden Hills 3

At Belfast, Tony Gilmore’s two-run double and Brendan Gardner’s run-scoring single keyed a four-run third inning that helped Belfast to the win.

Nick Arthers had a solo homer and three singles for the winners, Gilmore had a pair of doubles and Paul Herman had two singles.

Ian Doherty, Caleb Peats and Noah Burke each doubled and singled for Camden Hills.

Camden Hills (3-5) 010 001 1 – 3 10 3

Belfast (3-5) 004 113 x – 9 12 3

Davis, Demichele (6) and Peats; Gallant and Herman

Sumner 5, Ellsworth 2

At Ellsworth, Jeff Burditt hit a two-run double in the fourth to spark the Tigers to the come-back win.

Andy Allen singled twice for the visitors and drove in one run. Kyle Joy pitched a two hitter.

Andy Berry had two singles and an RBI for the Eagles.

Sumner (1-6) 000 320 0 -5 6 3

Ellsworth (2-3) 101 000 0 -2 2 4

Joy and Renwick; Smith, Putnam (4), Edgecomb (7) and Jellison

Dexter 16, Bangor Christian 8

At Dexter, Kyle Stone drove in three runs on two doubles and a single as the Tigers rolled over the Patriots.

Brandon Woodman and Chris Rabideau each had two RBIs. Woodman had a single and a double while Rabideau singled twice. Mike Martin had two singles and an RBI.

Aaron Wilson hit a two-run single for Bangor Christian. Steve Blake added an RBI double, Justin Phinney had a double and a single, and Tory Dearborn singled twice.

Bangor Christian (0-5) 204 001 1 – 8 10 2

Dexter (3-3) 160 045 x – 16 12 2

Sobey, Frost (5), Cole (6) and Hinkley; Bowers, Rabideau (3) and Stone

Greenville, Forest Hills split

At Greenville, Forest Hills won the first game 10-0 and Greenville rebounded with a 13-3 win in the second.

In the first game, Roger Paradise struck out seven and walked nobody while pitching a one-hitter for Forest Hills. He also had two singles and three RBIs. Dustin Allen added a two-run triple.

Dan Gaucher’s single in the second inning was Greenville’s only hit.

In the second game, Corey Woodbury notched a complete-game win and had an RBI double for the Lakers. Eric Driscoll had two singles and two RBIs.

Paradise paced Forest Hills with two singles.

(First Game)

Forest Hills (2-1) 330 04 – 10 9 1

Greenville (2-5) 000 00 – 0 1 8

Paradise and Ackley; Farrington and Aucoin

(Second Game)

Forest Hills 110 010 – 3 7 0

Greenville 207 112 – 13 9 2

Kipp, Holbrook (3), Morrissette (5) and Paradise; Woodbury and Aucoin

Softball

Fort Fairfield 9, Van Buren 2

At Van Buren Wednesday, Britanny Guiou belted three-run homers in both the first and sixth innings to power the visiting Tigers past Van Buren.

Melissa Bubar and Dani Searles each doubled and singled for the Tigers.

Amy Vaillancourt hit two singles and Casey Caron doubled for the Crusaders.

Fort Fairfield (2-0) 500 013 0 – 9 6 0

Van Buren (1-4) 100 010 0 – 2 5 5

Guiou, Strout (5) and Arato; Ouellette, Lajoie (4) and Caron

Houlton 17, Hodgdon 1

At Houlton, Laurie Bissonete singled, tripled and drove in four runs in the Shiretowners’ victory.

Anna Lenentine followed with a triple and four RBIs, while Claire Thompson singled twice and had two RBIs. Alyssa Foster had a double and two more RBI.

Lindsey Stewart had an RBI single for the Hawks.

Hodgdon (3-4) 000 10 -1 1 4

Houlton (3-1) 713 6x -17 10 0

Foster and Stewart; Ritchie, Ives (5) and A. Lenentine

Fort Fairfield 13, Madawaska 2

At Fort Fairfield, Brittany Guiou and Brittany Strout combined to pitch a one-hitter and lead the Tigers by the Owls.

Ellie Arato had a double, two singles, and three RBIs for Fort Fairfield. Sister Ruthie Arato had two singles and one RBI. Jen Wortman had a double and three RBIs.

Andrea Cyr’s one-out single in the fifth broke up the no-hit bid.

Madawaska (1-3) 000 200 0 – 2 1 4

Fort Fairfield (3-0) 070 312 x – 13 10 3

Thibeault and Cyr; Guiou, Strout (4) and Arato

Limestone-MSSM 19, Wisdom 7

At St. Agatha, Nikki Michaud scattered five hits while striking out eight and walking six. She also had a two-run double to lead the Eagles.

Jacenda St. Pierre added three singles and five RBIs for the Eagles.

Michelle Bourgoin doubled and singled for the Pioneers. Kayla Daigle had two singles.

Limestone-MSSM (5-1) 200 7(10) – 19 6 2

Wisdom (3-2) 123 01 – 7 5 7

Michaud and St. Pierre; Lizotte, Haskins (5) and Daigle

Belfast 4, Camden Hills 0

At Belfast, freshman righty Steph Whittier tossed a four-hitter, striking out seven and walking nobody, and Nicole Hubbard had a two-run double and a single to pace the attack.

Ashley Higgins doubled and singled for Belfast while Kate Ross and Sam Ellis had a pair of singles each.

Jodi Newcombe doubled for Camden Hills.

Camden Hills (3-5) 000 000 0 -0 4 2

Belfast (5-3) 000 130 X -4 9 0

Kelley, Brown (6) and Rubertstein; Whittier and Berry

Bucksport 12, Orono 0

At Orono, Kristi Allen threw a one-hitter while notching eight strikeouts and no walks for the Golden Bucks.

Terren hall had a double, single and four RBIs for Bucksport. Katie Allen had two singles and three RBIs.

Stacy Scott’s single was the only hit for the Red Riots.

Bucksport (8-1) 333 003 – 12 10 0

Orono (1-5) 000 000 – 0 1 2

Kr. Allen and Andrews; Bates and Nickerson

Stearns 15, Mattanawcook 4

At Millinocket, Dayna Somers had four singles and an RBI to lead the Stearns Minutemen to victory.

Holly Frank had a double, three singles, and four RBIs for Stearns. Deanna Michaud had three singles and Leslie Osborne had two singles and two RBIs.

Shannon Pietras had two singles and an RBI while Arikka Knights singled twice for Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln.

Mattanawcook (4-4) 102 100 0 – 4 8 4

Stearns (5-3) 320 901 x – 15 19 5

Brown and Knights; Jones and Somers