Orrington stars record two wins in state tourney

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ELLSWORTH – The Orrington ages 11-12 All-Star softball team improved to 3-1 in the state Little League tourney over the weekend with a 9-2 win over Rockland Saturday and a 4-1 victory over Falmouth Sunday. On Saturday, Emily Cox allowed just two runs on one…
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ELLSWORTH – The Orrington ages 11-12 All-Star softball team improved to 3-1 in the state Little League tourney over the weekend with a 9-2 win over Rockland Saturday and a 4-1 victory over Falmouth Sunday.

On Saturday, Emily Cox allowed just two runs on one hit and one walk and recorded 16 of 18 outs on strikeouts to lead Orrington.

Cox and Nicole Murphy had two singles and a double for Orrington. Amy Curry tripled and doubled.

Lindsay Ranquis singled for Rockland.

On Sunday, Kelcey Simpson pitched a no-hitter and recorded 14 strikeouts to lead Orrington to victory.

Emily Cox hit three singles and knocked in a run for Orrington and Nicole Murphy singled and scored.

Sarah Collmus had eight strikeouts for Falmouth.

(Saturday’s Game)

Orrington (3-1) 000 202 – 4 4 0

Falmouth (2-2) 000 100 – 1 0 2

Simpson and Curry; Collmus and Weller

(Sunday’s Game)

Orrington (2-1) 005 031 – 9 12 0

Rockland (1-2) 000 110 – 2 1 1

Cox and Curry; O’Hara and Gustin

State Tournaments

Softball, 11-12

Falmouth 7, Calais 0

At Ellsworth, Meigh Wyman pitched the shutout for Falmouth by allowing just three hits and one walk while striking out 11 on Saturday.

Addie Weller singled twice for Falmouth.

Allison Hill, Emily McCadden, and Jen Ross singled for Calais.

Falmouth (2-1) 201 040 – 7 5 0

Calais (0-3) 000 000 – 0 3 5

Wyman and Weller; Hill and Garland, Ross (4)

Saco 8, Auburn 6

Hannah Ebling singled twice to drive in two runs to spark Saco Saturday.

Jenny Scontras had two singles with an RBI for Saco and Sarah Young doubled.

Kirsten Whitaker had two singles and a double for Auburn and Chrissy Lewis added two singles.

Saco (3-0) 001 016 – 8 9 3

Auburn (1-2) 102 102 – 6 5 3

Remmes and Scontras, Brown (4), Scontras (5) and Whitaker and Turcotte

Saco 16, Rockland 6

Hannah Ebling doubled and homered to drive in four runs and help Saco win Sunday.

Lindsay Ranquist hit an RBI single for Rockland.

Rockland (1-3) 230 10 – 6 4 3

Saco (4-0) 224 53 – 16 6 0

Russell and Gustin; McCrum and Brown

Auburn 5, Calais 2

Amanda Turcotte doubled twice to lead Auburn past Calais on Sunday.

Jen Ross, Allison Hill, and Jackie Mingo singled for Calais.

Calais (0-4) 100 100 – 2 3 0

Auburn (2-2) 101 12x – 5 7 1

Garland and Hill; Grund and Turcotte

State Tournaments

Baseball, 11-12

Bucksport 4, Waldoboro 3

At Ellsworth, Ryan Bailey scored the winning run from third base on a passed ball in the sixth inning to lead Bucksport past Waldoboro Saturday.

Bailey singled twice for Bucksport as Tyler McAllain, James Potter, an Billy Deredine doubled. Cody Davis recorded nine strikeouts.

Shane Osier hit a two-run home run in the first inning for Waldoboro and Buddy Simmons followed with a solo shot.

Bucksport (1-0) 100 021 – 4 7 1

Waldoboro (0-1) 300 000 – 3 3 0

Davis and Giosia; Murray, Osier (4) and Osier, Murray (4)

Saco 9, Bangor West 0

Liam Hobbins allowed just one hit and four walks while striking out 14 to lead Saco to the shutout win Saturday.

Ryan Locke hit two singles and a grand slam for Saco and Hobbins added a two-run home run and a single.

Carl Farnham singled for Bangor West in the fifth inning.

Saco (1-0) 102 042 – 9 13 2

Bangor West (0-1) 000 000 – 0 1 3

Hobbins and Dallaire; Wood and Hartley

Yarmouth 6, Elliot Ave. 1

Harry Ridge hit a three-run home run and a solo home run to lead Yarmouth past Elliot Avenue of Lewiston on Saturday. The game was ended after five innings due to lightning.

Campbell Hailey doubled and singled for Yarmouth and Louie Distasio had two singles. Connor Anthoine doubled for Elliot Avenue.

Elliot Ave. (0-1) 000 01 – 1 5 0

Yarmouth (1-0) 312 0x – 6 11 1

Beaudoin, Bussiere (3) and Ricker, Steele (4); Distasio and Ridge

Yarmouth 10, Waldoboro 3

Louie Distasio hit a solo home run and a double to help Yarmouth win Sunday.

Campbell Hailey hit a solo home run for Yarmouth and Josh Britten doubled and singled.

Shane Osier hit a two-run home run in the third inning followed by a solo homer by Buddy Simmons for Waldoboro.

Waldoboro (0-2) 003 000 – 3 2 1

Yarmouth (2-0) 114 40x – 10 10 1

Simmons, Ames (5) and Osier; Ridge, Hailey (4) and Brunelle, Knaub

Saco 13, Bucksport 9

Ryan Locke hit a two-run home run and two singles to lead Saco to victory.

Kyle Forbes hit a two-run homer and a single for Saco and Liam Hobbins doubled and singled.

Tyler McAllain homered and singled with two RBIs for Bucksport and Andrew Giosia added a single and a solo home run. Matt Swazey homered and James Potter doubled.

Bucksport (1-1) 004 023 – 9 8 1

Saco (2-0) 250 42x – 13 11 1

Bailey, McAllain (4) and Giosia; Locke, Leach (4) and Dallaire

Elliot Ave. 7, Bangor West 5

Ben Chicione hit an RBI double and a single to help lead Elliot Avenue of Lewiston past Bangor West in the four-inning darkness-shortened game.

Shawn Ricker doubled and singled for Elliot Avenue.

Josiah Hartley hit a three-run home run and a single for Bangor West and Jesse Wood singled twice.

Elliot Ave. (1-1) 020 5 – 7 7 0

Bangor West (0-2) 014 0 – 5 5 2

Madden and Ricker; Hartley and Wood

Baseball, 10-11

Saco 4, Portland North 2

At Holden, Brandon Briggs hit a solo home run and singled to lead Saco by Portland North.

Winning pitcher Jeff Gelains added a two-run single.

Ryan Casale had three singles for Saco.

Portland North (0-1) 001 010 – 2 7 2

Saco (1-0) 100 03x – 4 6 2

Gelains and Jackman; Casale and Flaherty

Dirigo 7, Coastal 6

At Holden, Dirigo scored in the bottom of the sixth to edge Coastal of Blue Hill.

Buddy Price tripled and singled for the winners and Caleb Rivera added two singles and an RBI. Darrell St. Jean hit two singles.

Sam Grindle doubled and singled twice for Coastal and Hayden Ciomei doubled.

Coastal (0-1) 020 121 – 6 7 0

Dirigo (1-0) 001 141 – 7 9 0

Trundy and Morey; Whitmore and Cloutier

Waldo 17, Coastal 0

At Holden, Lucas Lockhart, Dillon Moody and Dan Meo each hit three singles as Waldo blanked Coastal.

Adam Higgins contributed a single for Waldo.

Mitchell Burgess singled twice for Coastal.

Waldo (1-0) 437 3 – 17 15 0

Coastal (0-2) 000 0 – 0 5 2

Rodgerson and Meo; Grindle and Hilts

Portland North 8, Dirigo 1

At Holden, Nathan Smart held Dirigo to three hits and one run and added a double and a single as Portland North topped Dirigo.

Ryan Casale doubled twice for the winners. Luke Boyle tripled and Michael Flaherty added a double.

Seth Corbin, John Suga and Caleb Rivera each singled for Dirigo.

Dirigo (1-1) 000 010 – 1 3 0

Portland North (1-1) 114 20x – 8 11 0

Bailey and Suga; Smart and Flaherty

Saco 10, Holbrook 2

At Holden, C.J. Pendleton and Alex Damon each hit two singles as Saco earned the win.

Brody Valley led Holbrook with two singles and two RBIs.

Holbrook (0-1) 002 000 – 2 5 3

Saco (2-0) 202 33x – 10 10 1

Dupuis, Kindya (3), Curran (3) and Valley; Pendleton, Briggs (3) and Jackman

District 1, Senior League

Ellsworth 6, Acadian 5

At Ellsworth, Tyler Salsbury doubled to drive in two runs and help Ellsworth win.

Patrick Kelley hit three singles with an RBI for Ellsworth and also pitched the complete game.

Justin Gilmartin and Sam Stewart doubled and singled with two RBIs for Acadian. Danny Dunn doubled and Max Timko hit an RBI single. Calvin Tweedie added two singles.

Ellsworth (2-1) 200 103 0 – 6 11 2

Acadian (1-2) 010 031 0 – 5 8 0

P. Kelley and Berry; Worrick, Gilmartin (5), Stewart (6), Tweedie (7) and Mitchell


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