HOULTON – Natasha Ritchie pitched a three-hitter with 12 strikeouts and added a two-run triple to lead the No. 2 Houlton softball team to a 6-0 victory over No. 7 Stearns of Millinocket Thursday in an Eastern Maine Class C quarterfinal game.

Claire Thompson singled home two runs and Anna Lenentine singled home a run as Houlton took a 3-0 first-inning lead. Anna Lenentine, Rebecca Lenentine and Michelle Ives each had two singles for Houlton.

Casey Freeman had two singles and Deanna Michaud tripled for Stearns.

Stearns (7-11) 000 000 0 – 0 3 1

Houlton (13-2) 300 003 x – 6 9 1

Jones and Somers; Ritchie and A. Lenentine

MA Lynx 19, Limestone/MSSM 0

At Limestone, Kasse Brown pitched a four-hitter and singled four times with five RBIs as No. 5 Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln earned the quarterfinal victory.

Cami Cousineau added a double, two singles and two RBIs for the Lynx, while Jaide Littlefield had three singles, Amanda DiCenso had two singles with two RBIs, and Arikka Knights, Chelsea Nicastro and Brooke Leighton added two singles each.

Crystal Silva, Emily O’Neal, Meagan Pelletier and Britney King each singled for No. 4 Limestone/Maine School of Science and Mathematics.

Mattanawcook Acad. (14-4) 380 71 – 19 21 1

Limestone/MSSM (13-4) 000 00 – 0 4 6

Brown and Knights; Michaud and St. Pierre

Central 4, Penquis 0

At Corinth, Shawna Bell’s three-run double capped off a four-run fifth-inning rally by top-seeded Central of Corinth.

Nikki Daniel added a doubled for the Red Devils, while Alyssa Libby pitched a one-hitter with nine strikeouts and four walks.

Heather Anthony’s one-out single in the top of the second was the only hit for No. 8 Penquis of Milo. Dani Graves pitched a five-hitter for the Patriots with eight strikeouts and two walks.

Penquis (12-6) 000 000 0 – 0 1 1

Central (16-1) 000 040 x – 4 5 2

Graves and Mulherin; Libby and Bell

Dexter 5, Calais 0

At Calais, Sarah Carnes tossed a no-hitter while giving up eight walks and striking out four to help lead No. 6 Dexter past No. 3 Calais.

Sarah Wyman had two singles and a double to drive in a run for the Tigers and Cindy Koscielny singled three times. Nikki Chapman had two singles with a RBI and Sabrina Cote also singled twice and scored three runs.

Dexter (14-4) 100 120 1 – 5 12 0

Calais (12-4) 000 000 0 – 0 0 2

Carnes and Wyman; Perry, Ellington (5) and Allen

Georges Valley 4, Mount Abram 1

At Thomaston, Loralie Franklin hit an two-run double in the fifth and Brea Little a two-run single in the first to lift the third-seeded Buccaneers to the win.

Rachel Campbell added a pair of singles for the winners.

Sadie White had two singles for the No. 11 Roadrunners of Strong.

Mount Abram (9-9) 000 001 0 – 1 7 1

Georges Valley (13-2) 200 020 x – 4 9 2

Walker and Decassandro; Watts and Strong

Class D

Shead 4, Van Buren 3

At Eastport, Samantha Davis had an RBI triple and Celia Cummings had a sacrifice fly and an RBI in the fifth as the No. 4 Tigerettes edged the No. 5 Crusaders.

Cummings also had a double in the first inning. Shead’s Britney Lingley scattered three hits, struck out 11 and walked three.

Lisa Levasseur led Van Buren with an RBI single in the seventh. The Crusaders scored two runs in the fourth on passed balls.

Van Buren (7-8) 000 200 1 – 3 3 3

Shead (10-3) 101 020 x – 4 2 3

Ouellette, Levasseur (6) and Caron; Lingley and F. Cummings

Hodgdon 10, Bangor Christian 7

At the Bangor Christian field, Tasha Dwyer doubled, singled and drove in two runs to lift the No. 9 Hawks to a prelim win over the No. 8 Patriots.

Amanda Fitzpatrick and Shanelle Dwyer each chipped in with two singles for the winners and Fitzpatrick also had an RBI. Sam Williams added a two-run single.

Amber Leathers tripled, singled twice and had two RBIs for BC and Cala Dearborn notched an RBI single.

Hodgdon (6-9) 004 402 0 – 10 10 4

Bangor Christian (8-9) 132 100 0 – 7 3 9

Foster and Stewart; Mishou and Leathers

Fort Fairfield 11, Machias 2

At Fort Fairfield, Brittany Strout gave up two unearned runs on four hits and four walks while fanning 10 to help lead No. 2 Fort Fairfield to the victory over No. 7 Machias.

Strout also had three singles to drive in three runs for Fort Fairfield and Jen Wartmon had three singled with a RBI.

Jillian Whitney, Stephanie Whitman, Eileen Alley, and Meredith Davis each singled for Machias.

Machias (5-9) 000 020 0 – 2 4 2

Fort Fairfield (12-5) 114 401 x – 11 10 3

Davis, Alley (4) and St. Pierre; Strout and Arato

Richmond 14, Greenville 2

At Richmond, Jasmine Lambert doubled, singled and had three RBIs as the No. 2 Bobcats topped No. 3 Greenville in a Western D semifinal.

Heather Martin added two singles and two RBIs for Richmond, while Kasey Hughes also singled twice.

Sarah Coonradt pitched a three-hitter with eight strikeouts and three walks for the Bobcats.

Beth Bartley had an RBI double for Greenville.

Greenville (8-5) 010 010 – 2 3 5

Richmond (14-2) 424 103 – 14 10 2

Darcy Larson and Darla Larson; Coonradt and Trott

Class B

Ellsworth 9, Presque Isle 2

At Ellsworth, Darci Fortier singled twice and knocked in two runs to lead the No. 3 Eagles to the win.

Maggie Seavey added three singles for the winners.

Shawna Nadeau hit an RBI double for the No. 6 Wildcats.

Presque Isle (11-7) 000 020 0 – 2 3 4

Ellsworth (13-4) 033 021 x – 9 13 3

Grenier and Dyer; Dyer and Silsby

Belfast 9, John Bapst 0

At the Husson College in Bangor, Stephanie Whittier allowed three hits while striking out seven and walking one to lead No. 5 Belfast by No. 4 John Bapst.

Lauren Overlock and Kate Ross each drove in two runs for the winners as Overlock doubled and singled and Ross singled twice. Ashley Higgins added an RBI double.

Meaghan Brown notched three singles for the Crusaders.

Belfast (12-5) 102 042 0 – 9 11 0

John Bapst (10-7) 000 000 0 – 0 3 4

Whittier and Berry; Wadleigh, Athrop (6) and Sleeper

Erskine 10, Bucksport 8

At Bucksport, Brittany Oxley doubled in the seventh inning and scored a run to help No. 8 Erskine Academy upset No. 1 Bucksport.

Kelsey Bushover singled and scored three runs for Erskine as Rachel Helm and Tasha Kao each singled.

Tara Hall had two dobules for Bucksport and Jessie MacDonald and Brittni Adams both had two singles. Nicole Smith struck out seven and walked none.

Erskine (8-10) 014 010 4 – 10 4 4

Bucksport (14-3) 015 001 1 – 8 10 8

Zibura and Burke; Smith and Andrews

Class A

Bangor 3, Lawrence 2

At Bangor, Kelly White struck out 10 and helped herself with a two-run single in the first as the No. 4 Rams won a prelim game.

Bangor’s Jamie Kowalski added an RBI single. Jessica Tweedie hit two singles.

Mallorie Blakney singled twice for the No. 13 Bulldogs of Fairfield.

Lawrence (9-8) 011 000 0 – 2 3 1

Bangor (13-4) 300 000 x – 3 6 1

Walch and McPhail; White and Porter