Gallagher gives GSA win in 8th

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BLUE HILL – Dan Hilts allowed seven hits and two walks while notching 11 strikeouts in seven innings, but Collin Henry got the win in relief thanks to Ross Gallagher’s RBI single in the eighth that gave George Stevens Academy of Blue Hill a 4-3 baseball victory over Washington Academy Monday.

Henry led off the bottom of the eighth with a single, stole second, and went to third on a throwing error. He scored on Gallagher’s single over the drawn-in infield.

Josh Astbury had a single and two RBIs while Jeremy Dunham had an RBI single for George Stevens Academy.

For Washington Academy of East Machias, Jeff Ramsdell had two singles and an RBI, Nick Wood had an RBI double and James Ramsdell added an RBI single.

Washington Acad. (6-1) 000 020 10 – 3 6 0

George Stevens (5-2) 000 300 01 – 4 7 1

Ja. Ramsdell and Je. Ramsdell; Hill, Henry (8) and Marks

Searsport 5, Sumner 0

At East Sullivan, Matt Nickerson tossed a four-hitter with eight strikeouts and one walk to key the Searsport win.

Sean Johnson doubled and singled and scored a run for Searsport. John Nickerson had an RBI single and Matt Nickerson doubled and scored a run.

A.J. Pennartz doubled for Sumner.

Searsport (6-0) 000 002 3 – 5 4 2

Sumner (1-5) 000 000 0 – 0 4 5

M. Nickerson and C. Ashey; Burditt, Cowperthwaite (7) and Young

DI-Stonington 9, Bangor Chr. 3

At Deer Isle, Nick Ciomei tripled, doubled, and singled and had three RBIS to help lead Deer Isle-Stonington to victory.

Thomas Robbins hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning for DI-Stonington and Josh Eaton singled and had three RBIs.

Will Hinkley had three singles for Bangor Christian and Tory Dearborn hit a two-run single.

Bangor Chr. (0-3) 002 100 0 – 3 9 2

DI-Stonington (2-1) 301 500 x – 9 10 1

Phinney, Frost (3) and Hinkley; Hardie and Jon Eaton

Machias 7, Jonesport-Beals 6

At Jonesport, Alan Austin singled twice and drove in a run to help lead Machias to the win.

Mike Little hit an RBI single for the Bulldogs and Thomas Buck struck out nine.

Timmy Holmes had two singles and an RBI for Jonesport-Beals and Joseph Libby singled with an RBI. Ryan Geel had eight strikeouts.

Machias (2-5) 001 240 0 – 7 7 2

Jonesport-Beals (1-4) 000 001 5 – 6 7 2

Buck and Getchell; Geel and Backman

Softball

Sumner 13, Searsport 7

At East Sullivan, triples by April MacLean, Kate Rock and Kayla Higgins highlighted a four-run third inning that built an 8-2 lead and helped Sumner withstand a four-run Searsport rally in the fourth.

MacLean and Higgins had singles to go with their triples and Jody Pinkham also tripled and singled. MacLean had two RBIs.

Nichole Leach had two singles and two RBIs and winning pitcher Whitney Page had a pair of base hits.

Aimee Neilson had four singles for Searsport.

Searsport (1-5) 110 400 1 – 7 6 3

Sumner (3-3) 404 140 x – 13 14 3

Grove, Sherer (6) and Wilbur; Page and Higgins

GSA 13, Washington Acad. 12

At Blue Hill, Patty Lymburner hit an RBI single in the seventh inning to drive in Brandi Winters and give George Stevens Academy the win.

Christy Moon hit a two-run home run and two singles and drove in three runs for George Stevens and Robin Rioux had two singles and two RBIs.

Lauren Finn hit a grand slam in the second inning for Washington Academy of East Machias and Ashley Tilton had two singles with two RBIs.

Wash. Acad. (4-3) 251 031 0 – 12 7 3

George Stevens (5-1) 202 023 4 – 13 10 2

Wood and Merritt; Davis and Moon

Jonesport-Beals 9, Machias 6

At Jonesport, Jennie Durkee drove in five runs with a triple and three singles to pilot Jonesport-Beals to victory.

Kristi Smith had two doubles and a single with two RBIs for the Royalettes and Rachelle Parker had three singles and an RBI.

Stephanie Whitman had a double and two singles with three RBIs for Machias. Hannah Beal and Monique St. Pierre each doubled.

Machias (2-6) 003 200 1 – 6 6 0

Jonesport-Beals (4-3) 240 120 x – 9 14 1

Alley and Beal; Parker, Durkee (3), Parker (4), Durkee (4) and R. Beal

Penquis 16, Stearns 9

At Millinocket, Mindy Dolley doubled and singled to knock in a run and lead Penquis to victory.

Michelle Mulherin singled twice for Penquis of Milo and Dani Graves struck out seven.

Deanna Michaud doubled and singled with two RBIs for Stearns and Felicia Achorn had two singles with an RBI.

Penquis (3-1) 300 433 3 – 16 10 3

Stearns (3-2) 260 000 1 – 9 9 4

Graves and Mulherin; Jones, Achorn (5) and Somers

Central 19, Dexter 10

At Dexter, Erica Brownell had a triple, double, and three singles to knock in three runs and help lead Central of Corinth to the win.

Jenny Rollins doubled and singled with three RBIs for Central. Chantel Randall had a double and a single to knock in a run and Traci Underhill doubled and singled. Alyssa Libby had eight strikeouts.

Julie Lockhart hit a two-run double for Dexter and Katie Poirier doubled and singled with an RBI. Sabrina Cote hit an RBI double. Michelle Chapman struck out seven.

Central (5-1) 531 521 2 – 19 15 4

Dexter (3-3) 005 050 0 – 10 5 6

Libby and Randall; McGown, Chapman (3) and Kenney

Lee 24, Piscataquis 0

At Lee, Shelby Pickering knocked in six runs with two home runs, a double and a single as the Pandas cruised.

Pickering hit a three-run homer in the first inning and a two-run shot in the fourth to back Brooke Harris, who pitched a three-hitter with six strikeouts and a walk.

Karin Bird hit a triple and three singles with three RBIs and Jackie Moors posted a double and two singles (2 RBIs) for Lee Academy. Liz Read provided a double, a single and three RBIs, Amanda Gifford singled twice (2 RBIs) and Aarika Ritchie added two singles.

Tracey Dewey doubled for Piscataquis Community of Guilford.

Piscataquis (0-5) 0 00 00 – 0 3 7

Lee Acad. (6-1) (18)30 3x – 24 21 2

Martel, Levesque (1) and Galuski; B. Harris and Ritchie, A. Jandreau (4)