Stearns edges Howlers Mills’ RBI single in 8th lifts Minutemen to win

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MILLINOCKET – Casey Freeman scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning on a Katie Mills single to lift Stearns to a 10-9 high school softball win over Penobscot Valley of Howland Tuesday.

Dayna Somers hit a two-run single in the seventh to force extra innings for Stearns and Hilary Arsenault singled twice.

Lexie Thurlow had a triple and three singles to lead the Howlers and Kelsey Lavertu doubled and singled.

Penobscot Valley (3-8) 200 511 00 – 9 7 7

Stearns (7-3) 040 210 21 – 10 10 1

Drost, Milton (3) and Lavertu; Arsenault and Somers

Ashland 10, Katahdin 4

At Stacyville, Katie Clark hit three singles to help lead Ashland past Katahdin.

Danielle Long doubled and singled for the Hornets as Ashley Nemer and Andrew Mayo both added two singles.

Chelsie Bates hit a double and two singles and scored two runs for Katahdin.

Ashland (9-1) 312 202 0 – 10 11 2

Katahdin (5-7) 011 010 1 – 4 6 4

Flint and Chasse; Smallwood and Bates

Bangor 6, Lawrence 4

At Bangor, Amy Hackett slammed a two-run double to highlight Bangor’s four-run third inning en route to its victory over the Bulldogs of Fairfield.

Kelly White chipped in with three singles and two RBIs for the winners and Katie MacDonald doubled, singled twice and drove in a run. Alex Fahey added two singles and an RBI.

Heather Gilman cranked a solo home run for the Bulldogs and singled twice. Steph Johansmeyer added an RBI single.

Lawrence (5-9) 010 102 0 – 4 8 1

Bangor (5-9) 004 200 x – 6 13 1

Walsh, Johansmeyer (2) and McCluskey; Besse and Fahey

Ellsworth 6, Mattanawcook 1

At Lincoln, Tessa Rockwood doubled and singled to drive in two runs and lead Ellsworth to victory.

Sabrina Jellison hit a two-run double for Ellsworth and Tasha Manning had two singles and an RBI. Catie Cravens recorded 10 strikeouts.

Renee Libbey hit an RBI double for Mattanawcook Academy. Casey McCloskey hit two singles and Bree Hanscom singled and scored a run.

Ellsworth (7-4) 120 000 3 – 6 7 0

Mattanawcook (2-10) 000 100 0 – 1 6 3

Cravens and Silsby; NiCastro and Savage

Dexter 9, Orono 8

At Dexter, Sabrina Cote hit a triple in the bottom of the ninth inning and scored on a Michelle Chapman single to give Dexter the win.

Becky Johnson hit three singles for Dexter and Cote tripled and singled. Chapman and Jana Kenney each singled twice.

Whitney Dwyer hit four singles to knock in a run for Orono and Emily Garber tripled and singled with three RBIs. Jessica Bates, Kassie Farrar, and Michelle Nickerson each had two singles.

Orono (2-8) 301 310 000 – 8 15 5

Dexter (8-4) 120 041 001 – 9 12 1

Pavento, Paul (7) and Colbeth; Chapman and Kenney

Skowhegan 1, Hampden 0

At Hampden, Cocoa McGraw singled in the sixth inning and later scored on an error to give Skowhegan the narrow victory.

Mariah Daigle allowed no runs on five hits and no walks while striking out six for Skowhegan. Daigle, Danielle Goff, and Caitlyn Lancaster each singled.

Michelle Wells hit two singles for Hampden Academy and Eva Shannon doubled. Liz Kiser and Nellie Wood both added a single. Lacey Littlefield allowed just one run on four hits and two walks while striking out 11.

Skowhegan (7-5) 000 001 0 – 1 4 1

Hampden (8-6) 000 000 0 – 0 5 4

Daigle and McGraw; Littlefield and Kiser

MDI 6, Foxcroft 5

At Bar Harbor, Nia Megquier had two singles, a double and drove in a run to lead Mount Desert Island past Foxcroft.

Kaitlyn Vaux singled twice and plated two runs for the Trojans.

Sami Hall had two singles and two RBIs for the Ponies and Lindsay Chase two sisngles.

Foxcroft 103 000 1 – 5 5 5

MDI 110 004 x – 6 9 6

Clukey and Rice; Megquier and Bowden

Bucksport 14, John Bapst 0

At Husson College in Bangor, Keely Sullivan pitched a one-hitter with seven strikeouts and two walks as the Golden Bucks remained undefeated.

Katie Hurd singled twice and doubled with three RBIs to pace the Bucksport offense, while Brittiny Adams tripled and singled and Terren Hall doubled and singled with two RBIs.

Danielle Richard had John Bapst of Bangor’s lone hit, a fourth-inning single.

Bucksport (12-0) 462 02 -14 9 0

John Bapst (5-7) 000 00 -0 1 3

Sullivan and Hurd; Richard and Sleeper

Central 8, Penquis 7

At Milo, Hillary Haney’s run-scoring double and RBI singles from Kara Voisine and Chantel Randall sparked a five-run sixth-inning rally that overcame a 7-3 deficit.

Haney had two doubles, Voisine had two singles and Erica Brownell doubled for Central of Corinth.

Erica Lyford and Mindy Dolley had a two-run double and a single apiece for Penquis and Ana Rodriguez had two singles and an RBI.

Central 200 015 0 – 8 10 3

Penquis 007 000 0 – 7 8 4

Libby and Randall; Lyford and Palmere

Fort Fairfield wins one, loses one

At Fort Fairfield, Whitney Searles doubled, singled twice and knocked in four runs to lead Fort Fairfield past Washburn 15-12. The Tigers lost to Wisdom earlier in the day 12-3.

In the second game, Kelli Osgood singled twice, doubled and knocked in three runs for the Tigers.

Kelsee McLaughlin had a two-run double and Amy Reed three singles and three RBIs for Washburn.

In the first game, Nicole St. Pierre struck out 11 in a complete-game win for the Pioneers of St. Agatha.

Kayla Daigle hit a solo home run for Wisdom while Kelsey Towle doubled for Fort Fairfield.

(First Game)

Wisdom (5-7) 053 001 3 – 12 6 0

Fort Fairfield (5-7) 000 200 1 – 3 4 6

St. Pierre and K. Daigle; S. Towle, York (4), C. Esancy (4) and Shaw, Osgood (4)

(Second Game)

Washburn (5-6) 500 420 1 – 12 8 0

Fort Fairfield (6-7) 614 130 x – 15 15 6

Wright, McDougall (2) and McLaughlin; C. Esancy, York (2), C. Esancy (2), S. Towle (7) and Shaw

Madawaska 12, Fort Kent 0

At Madawaska, Sarah Nadeau hit a double and knocked in four runs to push Madawaska past Fort Kent.

Nicole Daigle hit three singles for the Owls as Sara Schlicher and Andrea K. Cyr each had two singles and an RBI.

Kelsie Bouchard and Trisha Desjardins both singled for Fort Kent.

Fort Kent (0-12) 000 00 – 0 2 5

Madawaska (5-6) 030 81 – 12 13 2

Bouchard and Desjardins; Pelletier and A. M. Cyr

Sumner 14, GSA 1

At Blue Hill, Whitney Page scattered five hits to lead the Tigers past George Stevens Academy.

Katie St. Clair hit an RBI triple for the winners and Kayla Higgins doubled.

Robin Rioux singled and scored a run for GSA.

Sumner (10-1) 017 006 – 14 4 1

GSA (5-7) 100 000 – 1 5 6

Page and Higgins; Moon and Peake

Baseball

Bangor 8, Lawrence 0

At Mansfield Stadium in Bangor, winning pitcher Alex Gallant hit an RBI triple and Ian Edwards doubled, singled and drove in a run as Bangor rolled past Lawrence of Fairfield.

Ryan Jones had two singles with an RBI and Scott Hackett a double for the Rams.

Matt Gorman’s two singles led the Bulldogs.

Lawrence (1-11) 000 000 0 – 0 5 4

Bangor (11-2) 214 010 x – 8 9 2

Lee and Manzo; Gallant, Barron (7) and Webb, Feeley (7)

Lee 15, Piscataquis 2

At Guilford, Blane Clark hit a double and two singles to drive in three runs and lead Lee Academy to the win.

Charlie Boulrisse had two doubles and three RBIs for the Pandas and Everett Houghton hit a three-run home run in the third inning. Kris King doubled and singled to knock in a run.

Jeffrey Robinson and Roy Burdin both doubled for Piscataquis.

Lee Acad. (9-1) 175 02 – 15 13 4

Piscataquis (1-9) 101 00 – 2 5 3

Thompson, Linscott (4) and Houghton, Worster (4); Zimmerman, Johnston (2) and Ja. Robinson

Old Town 9, Nokomis 3

At Old Town, Chris Brewer hit three doubles and drove in three runs to push Old Town past Nokomis of Newport.

Cory Estes doubled and singled with two RBIs for the Coyotes. Jared Goody and Travis Shaw each hit an RBI double.

Cody Johndro singled twice for Nokomis. Ricky Hopkins doubled and Josh White hit an RBI single.

Nokomis (1-12) 300 000 0 – 3 6 0

Old Town (8-5) 000 504 x – 9 9 1

Boillard, Johndro (6) and York; Shaw, Leland (1) and Goody

Dexter 5, Orono 3

At Dexter, Ryan Martin and Dan Beatham hit back-to-back RBI doubles in the fifth inning to lift the Tigers to victory.

Aaron Woodman, who had singled, scored on one of the doubles. Beatham also had an RBI single for the winners.

Travis Dunton singled twice and had an RBI for Orono and Troy Raymond added two singles.

Orono (8-2) 200 010 0 – 3 7 1

Dexter (6-6) 300 020 x – 5 8 2

Dunton and Michaud; McGowen, Beatham (6) and Beatham, Stewart (6)

Central 5, Penquis 3

At Milo, Tom Collins laced a two-run single in the top of the eighth to lift the Red Devils of Corinth to the extra-inning win.

Charlie Haney and Levi Nickerson each had two singles for the winners.

Justin Morrill and Kyle Gerow doubled for Penquis while Nate Allen singled twice.

Central (8-5) 110 001 02 – 5 9 2

Penquis (3-8) 100 101 00 – 3 6 3

Haney, Collins (5), Merrill (6) and Wilson; Emery, Venable (4) and Brown

Hampden 12, Skowhegan 1

At Hampden, Ian Lee had two singles and drove in three runs and Joel Neill hit an RBI triple as Hampden rolled in five innings.

Jon Ireland pitched a complete-game three-hitter for the Broncos.

Les Marcue had a fielder’s choice RBI for the Indians.

Skowhegan (10-3) 010 00 – 1 3 2

Hampden (6-7-1) 060 6x – 12 10 1

Beauregard, Sylvain (4) and Marcue; Ireland and Lee

Stearns 10, Penobscot Valley 3

At Millinocket, Jeff Osborne doubled and singled to drive in three runs and lead Stearns to the win.

Tyler Osborne doubled and singled with two RBIs for the Minutemen. Travis Martin, Jordan Burleigh, and Kurt Hamilton each singled twice.

Jake Crosby doubled for Penobscot Valley of Howland and Joe Gilley singled.

Penobscot Valley (2-9) 010 020 0 – 3 2 1

Stearns (6-4) 203 500 x – 10 15 3

Ware, Soucy (4), Bainio (6) and Crosby; Emerson, Manzo (6), Bolduc (7) and C. Osborne, Brown (1), Emerson (6)

MDI 15, Foxcroft 3

At Bar Harbor, Danny Dunn doubled, singled and knocked in three runs while Nick Swanson doubled and tripled to drive in a run and scored three times to lead the Trojans past Foxcroft.

Brett Mitchell had two singles and an RBI and scored three runs while Mike Hamlin had two singles and two RBIs for MDI.

Durgan McCusick and Brad Bellamare each had an RBI single for the Ponies.

Foxcroft (6-7) 210 000 0 – 3 3 2

MDI (3-7) 570 300 x – 15 14 2

Forrest, Landry (3) and Lancisi; N. Swanson, Gilmartin (4) and J. Swanson

Ellsworth 11, Mattanawcook 1

At Lincoln, Matt Homich doubled and singled to knock in three runs to lead Ellsworth past Mattanawcook.

Mike Smith racked up four singles and drove in a run for the Eagles while Eric Folmer and Pat Kelley each had two singles and an RBI.

Tyson Tash had a double for Mattanawcook.

Ellsworth (10-1) 223 022 – 11 15 2

Mattanawcook (3-8) 000 010 – 1 7 3

Kelley, Harding (6) and Jellison; Murchison and Smith