EAST MILLIOCKET – Chelsea Bates slapped an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Katahdin of Stacyville softball team won its season-opener, 10-9 over Greater Houlton Christian Academy in high school action Tuesday.

Bates finished with three RBIs while Kaylie Rush added a triple for the Cougars.

Jessica Jago had a two-run single for Greater Houlton Christian.

GHCA (0-1) 142 002 00 – 9 7 2

Katahdin (1-0) 040 500 01 – 10 5 4

Korhonen and Jago; Smallwood and Bates

LCS/MSSM 23, Madawaska 8

At Limestone, Victoria St. Pierre belted a grand slam, two doubles and a single and finished with six RBIs as the Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics thumped Madawaska.

Melanie Allen smacked a home run, a single and drove in four runs for the Eagles. Julie Peers added two doubles, two singles and two RBIs.

Sarah Schlicher recorded two singles and two RBIs for the Owls.

Madawaska (0-1) 301 04 – 8 3 3

LCS/MSSM (2-0) 815 8x – 23 20 1

Pelletier and Ladeau; J. Peers and K. Peers

Brewer 7, Erskine 1

At Brewer, Jordan McLain fired a complete-game one-hitter, striking out 13 and walking none, and she helped her own cause with a two-run homer as Brewer thumped Erskine of South China.

Allie Defilipp and Megan McLain tripled for the Witches.

Samantha Morse singled for the Eagles.

Erskine (0-3) 001 000 0 – 1 1 4

Brewer 110 104 x – 7 11 4

Zibura and Porter; J. McLain and Risser

Belfast 4, Maranacook 2

At Belfast, Lizzy Anderson knocked a two-run triple to cap a three-run fourth inning rally and lift Belfast past Maranacook of Readfield.

Stephanie Whittier doubled and singled for the Lions.

Maranacook (0-2) 002 000 0 – 2 6 1

Belfast (3-1) 010 300 x – 4 5 1

Maxwell, Marble (4) and Mitchell; Whittier and Brown

Bangor 7, Skowhegan 3

At Skowhegan, Sam Bedore and Sam Besse combined to give up four hits and struck out eight Skowhegan batters as the Rams downed the Indians.

Tawnya Godinez recorded three RBIs and a single, and Amy Hackett and Amy Wadleigh tallied two singles and an RBI apiece.

Megan Hancock belted a triple and a single for Skowhegan.

Bangor (3-1) 110 120 2 – 7 11 3

Skowhegan (1-2) 001 020 0 – 3 4 2

Bedore, Besse (6) and Stevenson; McCarty and Gray

Hampden 4, Messalonskee 1

At Oakland, Lacey Littlefield allowed four hits and notched seven strikeouts to lead Hampden Academy past Messalonskee.

Ashley Gott doubled and singled for the Broncos while Kate Plowman added a double.

Juliana Fekete singled twice for the Eagles.

Hampden (2-1) 000 022 0 – 4 8 0

Messalonskee (0-2) 000 001 0 – 1 4 2

Littlefield and Gott; Hunt and Fekete

Woodland 12, Machias 4

At Woodland, Julia Nichols had a double, two singles and a pair of RBIs to lead Woodland by Machias.

Bethany Greenlaw had three hits while Ariel Knights tripled and singled with four RBIs. Courtney Cochran added a double and two RBIs for the Dragons.

Alyssa Elliott had a two-run single for Machias.

Machias (2-2) 020 010 1 – 4 2 1

Woodland (2-1) 155 001 x – 12 11 2

Corbett and Elliott; Bassett and Anthony, Flaherty (2)

Baseball

Mount View 6, Waterville 3

At Waterville, Kyle McDonald doubled twice, singled and drove in a run to lead Mount View of Thorndike past Waterville.

Derek Keller had three singles and an RBI and Ben Raven a double and a single for the Mustangs.

Curtis Chaput knocked a two-run double for the Panthers while Eli Fitzgerald and Josh Gaudette each added a double.

Mount View (3-0) 001 301 1 – 6 10 1

Waterville (0-3) 000 300 0 – 3 7 2

St. Clair, Miles (5) and Abott; Gaudette, Bridges (4), Eaton (7) and Chaput

Maranacook 7, Belfast 6

At Belfast, three singles, two errors and a walk in the fourth inning led to five runs for Maranacook of Readfield and the Black Bears held on for the victory over the Lions.

Cony Palmer hit a two-run single in the fourth for the Bears.

Brian Cross singled twice, and Jake Arthers hit a two-run double in the sixth for Belfast.

Maranacook (7-0) 200 500 0 – 7 5 1

Belfast (2-2) 200 103 0 – 6 6 5

Harwood, Martin (5) and Brennan; Bernosky, Ridley (6) and Carr

Brewer 11, Erskine 1

At Brewer, Eric White belted a three-run double and Caleb Smith drove in three runs on two singles to lift Brewer past Erskine Academy.

White also hit a single and Bill Bissell notched a two-run single and a double for the Witches. Brad Brown had two singles and Jimmy McNair chipped in with an RBI single.

Nick Grady, Ike Pollard and Derek Derose hit a single apiece for the Eagles of South China.

Erskine (0-3) 000 10 – 1 3 1

Brewer (2-1) 250 31 – 11 11 0

Helm, Garrity (2), Cowing (4) and Carrier; White, Burnham (5) and Bush, Jackson (3)

Messalonskee 10, Hampden 0

At Oakland, Josh Gilbert and Mark McCann each singled twice and drove in two runs to lead Messalonskee past Hampden.

Chris Farrar struck out eight for the Eagles.

Joel Neill led the Broncos with a double.

Hampden (2-1) 000 00 – 0 3 5

Messalonskee (2-0) 120 25 – 10 9 0

Moore, Hepeey (4) and Stephens; Farrar and Jacobs