Bangor takes District 3 crown Lyshon double sparks five-run outburst in second inning

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BANGOR – Devin Lyshon laced a three-run double to spark a five-run second inning as the Bangor Junior League baseball team captured the District 3 title and advanced to the state tournament with an 11-1 victory over Katahdin Valley at Mansfield Stadium Thursday.

Jacques LaRoche doubled, singled twice and knocked in three runs for the winners.

Evan McCarthy had two singles for Katahdin.

Katahdin Valley (3-2) 000 010 – 1 6 4

Bangor (4-0) 151 301 – 11 8 0

Sleeper, Qualey (2), Robinson (3), Qualey (4), Sleeper (4) and McCarthy; Lewis and LaRochelle

Katahdin Valley 7, Hampden 5

At Mansfield Stadium in Bangor on Wednesday night, Evan McCarthy’s RBI single in the seventh plated the go-ahead run for Katahdin Valley as they erased a five-run deficit in the sixth to hang on for the win.

McCarthy finished with two singles and three RBI and Andy Kay singled twice for Katahdin Valley.

Jeremy Leong and Matt Lindemann each singled twice and Brad Hersey doubled for Hampden.

Katahdin Valley (3-1) 000 005 2 – 7 7 2

Hampden (3-2) 201 101 0 – 5 7 2

Kay, McCarthy (5), Kay (6), McCarthy (7) and McCarthy, Sleeper (5), McCarthy (6) and Sleeper (7); Johnson, Turner (7) and Melanson

Softball, 11-12

State tournament

Rockland 8, Calais 3

At Ellsworth, Lindsay Ranquist hit a single and a two-run double to help lead Rockland to victory.

Danica Gustin hit an RBI single in the sixth inning for Rockland and Natalie Russell recorded nine strikeouts while allowing just three runs on two hits and four walks.

Sarah Smith hit a two-run single for Calais and Emily McCadden singled.

Rockland (1-0) 050 012 – 8 3 4

Calais (0-1) 002 010 – 3 2 1

Russell and Gustin; Hill and Garland

Saco 3, Orrington 2

Hannah Ebling singled and scored a run to help lead Saco past Orrington.

Chrissy Rammes allowed two runs on four hits and three walks while striking out seven for Saco.

Amy Curry had two singles with an RBI for Orrington and Kelcey Simpson singled twice. Emily Cox had 10 strikeouts while allowing three runs on one hit and two walks.

Orrington (0-1) 002 000 – 2 4 2

Saco (1-0) 300 00x – 3 1 1

Cox and Curry; Rammes and Scontras

Auburn 4, Falmouth 3

Emily Johnson scored from third base on a single from Miranda Casey in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Auburn Suburban Little League the win over Falmouth.

Leigh Wyman had 14 strikeouts for Auburn. Amanda Turcotte hit a two-run single in the fifth inning and Mariah Mosher added an RBI single.

Alli Carver singled and scored a run for Falmouth.

Falmouth (0-1) 000 300 0 – 3 1 1

Auburn (1-0) 010 020 1 – 4 3 1

Wyman and Weller; Whittaker and Turcotte