Bangor grabs Junior crown

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BANGOR – Scott Farnham hit an RBI single in the bottom of the second to start a three-run burst as Bangor held off South Portland 4-3 to win the state Junior League Baseball championship at Mansfield Stadium Monday.

Bangor advances to the Eastern Regional starting Saturday in Freehold Township, N.J.

Brian Higgins hit an RBI single for Bangor, and Kyle Savage, Bud Angst, Jacques Larochelle, and Nate Lewis singled. Savage pitched the complete game to earn the win.

Mike Foley singled twice for South Portland.

South Portland (3-2) 000 000 3 – 3 7 2

Bangor (3-0) 130 000 x – 4 6 2

Lee and DeCenso, Hasson (5); Savage and LaRochelle, Lewis (4), LaRochelle (5)

Senior League

Suburban 4, Auburn 3

At Mansfield Stadium in Bangor, Matt Reade rapped a two-run double in the bottom of the fourth to lead Kennebunk Suburban to the win.

Ryan Robb singled twice, doubled, and plated a run, and Nate McCray singled twice and drove in a run for the winners.

Mike Muise had two singles and an RBI and Kyle Bussiere a double for Auburn.

Auburn (1-2) 100 010 1 – 3 6 2

Suburban (2-1) 000 310 x – 4 10 2

LaRue, Ciriello (5), A. Lutz (6), Bussiere (6) and M. Lutz, LaRue (5); Summa and Norton

Coastal 10, Suburban 0

At Mansfield Stadium in Bangor, Collin Ciomei tripled and singled to drive in two runs while Casey Hull hit an RBI double to lead Coastal of Blue Hill to the state title.

Coastal moves on to the Eastern Regional starting Saturday in West Deptford, N.J.

Nick Saunders and Ross Bowden each had two singles and an RBI for the winners.

Matt Reade, Ryan Robb, and Brandon Gallagher all singled for Kennebunk Suburban.

Coastal (3-0) 002 241 1 – 10 12 0

Suburban (2-2) 000 000 0 – 0 3 6

Ciomei, Hale (5) and Bowden; Burkett, McCray (5), Richards (6) and Norton

Senior League softball

Pennsylvania 5, Maine 0

At Easton, Md., Nichole Smith and Larissa Luu combined on a one-hitter as Pennsylvania shut out Maine 5-0 in the Eastern Regional.

Maine (0-2) will play New Jersey tonight.

Hailey Smith and Lacey Littlefield allowed six hits combined and struck out eight. But they walked five and Maine committed three errors.

Eva Shannon singled for Maine’s lone hit.

Pennsylvania 410 000 0 – 5 6 0

Maine 000 000 0 – 0 1 3