MILLINOCKET – Freshman righthander Justin Pelkey tossed a two-hitter, striking out two and walking two, to pitch Stearns to a 7-0 high school baseball victory over Central of Corinth on Friday.

Pelkey, Steve Cyr, and George Surrette had run-scoring singles in a four-run first inning that gave Pelkey a comfortable lead.

Cyr had two singles and two RBIs and Ryan Beaulieu contributed a run-scoring double for the Minutemen.

Kurt Smith and Andy Bell had singles for the Red Devils.

Central (5-6) 000 000 0 – 0 2 2

Stearns (8-3) 420 010 x – 7 6 1

Brown, Collins (4) and Smith; Pelkey and Emerson

Brewer 4, Hampden 1

At Hampden, Kevin McAvoy allowed one run on four hits and five walks while striking out seven to lead Brewer to the win.

McAvoy hit a three-run triple in the third inning for the Witches. Brandon Hardy and Shawn Gray both singled and scored a run.

Blaine Meehan singled twice and drove in a run for Hampden Academy, and Danny MacLean singled and scored a run.

Brewer (8-4) 004 000 0 – 4 4 3

Hampden (7-5) 010 000 0 – 1 4 0

McAvoy and Peasely; Pease and Lee

Penquis 2, Piscataquis 1

At Milo, Kevin Nason knocked in Justin Morrill with a single in the sixth inning to give Penquis its first win of the season.

Sophomore Nick Emery allowed just one run on five this and two walks while striking out six and doubled and singled to drive in a run for the Patriots. Morrill tripled and scored both runs.

Mike Burnett doubled and singled with an RBI for Piscataquis of Guilford, and Roy Burdin doubled and singled.

Piscataquis (3-10) 100 000 0 – 1 5 1

Penquis (1-9) 000 101 x – 2 6 1

Tompkins and Robinson; Emery and Nason

Mattanawcook 11, Schenck 1

At Lincoln, Jason Murchison’s run-scoring triple and D.J. Robinson’s RBI single keyed a seven-run fifth inning that broke the game open.

Bryan Berry threw six innings of three-hit ball, striking out four and not walking anybody, to pick up the win.

Murchison also had a double and finished with two RBIs. Corey Drost had two singles and two RBIs.

Aaron Waite had two singles for Schenck of East Millinocket.

Schenck (2-8) 100 000 – 1 3 1

Mattanawcook (8-4) 002 171 – 11 8 1

Waite, Duffy (5), Pelkey (5), Ritto (6) and Violette; Berry and Drost

Mount View 8, Oak Hill 2

At Sabattus, Tyler Miles allowed two runs on four hits, no walks, and one hit batsman while striking out five to lead Mount View of Thorndike to the win.

John Wentworth hit a two-run single and a sacrifice fly for Mount View, and Mike Mayer had two singles and an RBI. Steve Miles hit an RBI double.

Mike Eaton singled twice and scored a run for Oak Hill.

Mount View (5-7) 242 000 0 – 8 7 2

Oak Hill (5-7) 200 000 0 – 2 4 3

T. Miles and Farrar; Bisson, Plourde (2), Guerette (6) and Daniels

Flaherty is Player of Year

CHICAGO – Ryan Flaherty of Deering High School in Portland was named the Gatorade 2005 Maine Boys Baseball Player of the Year.

At the time of his selection, Flaherty, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound senior shortstop, was batting .415 with an on-base percentage of .561 and 15 RBIs. He was rated the top baseball prospect in the state by Baseball America.

The Gatorade High School Player of the Year program recognizes one winner in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Searsport 4, George Stevens 1

At Blue Hill, Matt Nickerson allowed just one run on one hit and five walks while striking out nine to lead Searsport to the win.

Mike Adams doubled and singled to drive in a run for Searsport. Nickerson had two singles and Tyson McHatten hit an RBI single.

Collin Henry doubled in the fourth inning and hit an RBI sacrifice fly in the first for George Stevens Academy.

Searsport (11-0) 110 020 0 – 4 7 0

George Stevens (7-3) 100 000 0 – 1 1 2

Nickerson and Ashey; Hilts and Marks

Rockland 14, Lincoln Acad. 4

At Rockland, Steve McGuire drove in four runs with a double, single, and sacrifice fly and Wade Oliver knocked in three with a double and two singles as Rockland triumphed.

Dom Morrill had a double and a single for Rockland, Ben Baudanza-Sturks and John Coppola had two singles each, and David Benner drove in three runs. Coppola had two RBIs.

Josh Fogg went the distance for the win.

Joe Clark had a triple and two doubles and drove in three runs for Lincoln Academy of Newcastle.

Lincoln Academy (6-6) 310 00 – 4 7 1

Rockland (8-4) 345 11 – 14 13 1

Moran, Scarsciotti (2), Waltz (4) and Brewer; Fogg and Baudanza-Sturks

Bucksport 5, MDI 3

At Bar Harbor, Robby Pushard hit an RBI single in the seventh inning to drive in Chris Maguire and lead Bucksport past Mount Desert Island.

Joe Robichaud added an RBI single in the seventh inning for Bucksport. Pushard had two singles and an RBI, and Maguire singled twice.

Brad Staples had two singles and an RBI for the Trojans. Dustin Dunn doubled and singled, and Jake Willis added two singles.

Bucksport 200 000 3 – 5 6 3

MDI 002 100 0 – 3 8 7

Gifford and Wadleigh; Pooler and Lyons

Sumner 10, Narraguagus 0

At Harrington, Mason Bukowski threw a five-inning one-hitter to lead the Tigers of East Sullivan to victory.

Bukowski struck out six and walked two and received support from Jeff Burditt’s three singles and one RBI and John Stewart’s two-run single.

Jeff Taylor doubled in the fourth for the Knights.

Sumner (2-8) 226 00 – 10 5 1

Narraguagus (5-4) 000 00 – 0 1 9

Buki and Burditt; Burt, Taylor (4) and Grant

Softball

Mattanawcook 13, Schenck 3

At Lincoln, Cami Cousineau hit a double and two singles to drive in two runs to push Mattanawcook Academy past Schenck of East Millinocket.

Jordan McCafferty tripled and doubled with three RBIs for the Lynx. Mallory Gates doubled and singled, and Dyna Vose doubled.

Trisha Hobbs and Courtney O’Donnell each doubled to drive in a run for the Wolverines, and Ashley Gleason doubled.

Schenck (1-9) 110 100 0 – 3 6 7

Mattanawcook (8-4) 460 003 x – 13 12 2

Rideout and Gleason; McCafferty and Ireland

Brewer 2, Hampden 0

At Hampden, Jordan McLain allowed two hits and no walks while striking out two to lead Brewer to the shutout win.

Christine Thoms hit an RBI single in the third inning for the Witches, and Katie Quimby added an insurance run on a sacrifice fly in the sixth.

Erika Veinote and Amanda Palmer each singled for Hampden Academy.

Brewer (10-2) 001 001 0 – 2 5 1

Hampden (9-3) 000 000 x – 0 2 3

McLain and Bennoch; Littlefield and Kiser, Gott (7)

Lee 5, Dexter 1

At Dexter, Liz Reed hit a two-run triple in the sixth inning to lead Lee Academy to the win.

Keri Harris singled twice to drive in a run for Lee, and Brooke Harris struck out six.

Sabrina Cote had three singles for Dexter. Nikki Chapman doubled and singled, and Cristy McGowen hit an RBI single in the sixth inning.

Lee (9-3) 100 003 1 – 5 6 0

Dexter (5-5) 000 001 0 – 1 9 3

B. Harris and Ritchie; M. Chapman and Kenney

Penquis sweeps Piscataquis

At Milo, Dani Graves allowed two runs on four hits and three walks while striking out 11 in two wins for Penquis. The Patriots won the first game 14-2 and the second game 12-0.

In the first game, Mindy Dolley hit a double and two singles for Penquis, and Kylie Palmer singled twice and drove in two runs.

Kellie Martel had two singles for Piscataquis of Guilford.

In the second game, Graves had two singles and two RBIs for the Patriots. Suzanne Johnson singled twice to knock in a run, and Ashley Pelletier had two singles.

Abby Galuski singled in the fourth inning for the Pirates.

(First Game)

Piscataquis 200 00 – 2 3 3

Penquis 231 17 – 14 9 1

Martel and Pratt; Graves and Mulherin

(Second Game)

Penquis (7-3) 0(12)0 00 – 12 10 0

Piscataquis (1-100 000 00 – 0 1 2

Graves and Mulherin; Levesque, Martel (3) and Pratt

Searsport 12, George Stevens 10

At Blue Hill, Sheila Wilbur singled twice to drive in two runs and help lead Searsport past George Stevens Academy.

Theresa Cameron hit three singles for Searsport and Brianne Kingsbury hit a two-run single in the sixth inning.

Chelsea Duddy tripled and singled to drive in a run for the Eagles, and Brandi Winters hit an RBI triple.

Searsport (2-8) 044 004 0 – 12 7 6

George Stevens (8-2) 610 000 3 – 10 8 2

Cameron and Rainey; Davis and Moon

Rockland 10, Lincoln Acad. 6

At Rockland, Dana Clark hit two singles to drive in three runs and help lead Rockland to the win.

Caitlin Hines had two singles and two RBIs for Rockland, and Nicole Clark added three singles and an RBI. Jackie Connell hit a two-run double.

Alex Wajer tripled and singled to knock in three runs for Lincoln Academy of Newcastle.

Bucksport 5, MDI 1

At Bar Harbor, Terren Hall allowed one run on two hits and one walk while striking out eight to push Bucksport past Mount Desert Island.

Hall singled three times to drive in two runs for the Golden Bucks, and Jill Richards had two singles and three runs scored.

Lynne Bowden hit an RBI double for the Trojans, and Stephanie Shuster singled and scored a run.

Bucksport 100 010 3 – 5 12 1

MDI 000 000 1 – 1 2 3

Hall and Hurd; Megquier and Bowden