Witches fend off Indians

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SKOWHEGAN – Meghan McLain tripled and doubled to drive in two runs and lift Brewer to a 3-1 high school softball victory over Skowhegan on Thursday.

Hailey Smith drove in a run in the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly for the Witches. Jordan McLain struck out 13, gave up one run, and scattered seven hits.

Megan Hancock had four singles and an RBI for the Indians, and Katlyn Steward recorded 10 strikeouts.

Brewer (5-1) 100 110 0 – 3 7 1

Skowhegan (3-4) 000 100 0 – 1 7 1

J. McLain and Risser; Steward and Gray

Mattanawcook 14, Foxcroft 1

At Lincoln, junior Bree Hanscom hit her first career grand slam in the second inning and later singled to lead Mattanawcook Academy past Foxcroft Academy.

Hillary Pelkey hit a two-run home run in the third inning and a single for the Lynx and Brooke Hanscom tripled and singled.

Deni Nicastro allowed just one run on one hit and three walks while striking out 11.

Kelsey Boss hit an RBI single for Foxcroft and Sam Snyder walked and scored.

Foxcroft (0-5) 010 00 – 1 1 4

Mattanawcook (3-2) 247 1x – 17 9 0

Boss and Snyder; Nicastro and Bro. Hanscom

Dexter 2, Lee 1

At Dexter, Michelle Chapman scattered one run on two hits over seven innings, striking out eight and walking just one to lift Dexter to the win.

Becky Johnson slapped a two-run single in the first inning that was the difference in the game for the Tigers.

Dana Houghton paced Lee Academy with an RBI single and Karin Bird added another single.

Lee (2-3) 000 000 1 – 1 2 1

Dexter (4-0) 200 000 x – 2 3 1

Harris and Ritchie; Chapman and Kenney

Central 12, Piscataquis 0

At Corinth, Hilary Haney allowed just one hit and two walks while striking out seven to earn the shutout win for Central.

Janalee Hanson doubled and singled with two RBIs for Central and Chantel Randall doubled and singled. Haney hit three singles and Erica Brownell had two singles and an RBI.

Julia Shaffer doubled in the fifth inning for Piscataquis of Guilford.

Piscataquis (0-3) 000 00 – 0 1 3

Central (3-2) 173 1x – 12 14 0

Currier, Ritchnis (4) and Pratt; Haney and Randall

Forest Hills 21, Greenville 2

At Greenville, Leann Doyle singled twice and tripled to lead Forest Hills of Jackman past Greenville.

Michelle Harris singled three times and Casey Gilbo twice for the Tigers.

Brittany Boucher and Saige Weeks both singled for Greenville.

Narraguagus (2-1) 0 (17) 0 31 – 21 9 2

Greenville (0-2) 001 01 – 2 2 6

Allen and Pease; Fling, Weeks (3) and Wilson

Penquis 4, Schenck 0

At Milo, Erica Lyford tossed a one-hitter, striking out 14 and walking none as Penquis cruised past Schenck of East Millinocket.

Lyford doubled and singled while Morgan Royal had a triple. Kasey Sherburne added an RBI single for the Patriots.

Kasie Kimball had a single for Schenck.

Schenck 000 000 0 – 0 1 4

Penquis 110 110 x – 4 6 1

Osborne and Hobbs; Lyford and Genthner

Orono 5, Searsport 1

At Searsport, Jessica Bates hit an RBI single in the sixth inning to give Orono the lead and eventual win over Searsport.

Rachael Joyce had three singles and an RBI for Orono. Bates hit three singles and Erica Hanson singled and drove in a run.

Brooke Sherer singled and scored for Searsport.

Orono 000 011 3 – 5 11 1

Searsport 001 000 0 – 1 5 2

Pavento and Woodbrey; Jettinghoff, Quigley (7) and Sherer

Baseball

Penquis 18, Schenck 4

At Milo, Nick Emery had a triple, double, single, four RBIs and three stolen bases to lead penquis past Schenck of East Millinocket.

Robert Veno had a double, two singles, an RBI and two steals for the Patriots. Brad Brown and Cody Andrews each had two singles and two RBIs. Brown had five steals and Andrews had four.

Jon Sirois and Josh Brown each had an RBI single for the Wolverines.

Schenck (0-5) 101 20 – 4 5 3

Penquis (2-2) 12(13) 2 x – 18 18 1

Lucas, Ouellette (3) and Sirois; Drinkwater, Venable (3) and Brown

Dexter 12, Lee 1

At Dexter, Ethan Woodman hit four singles and scored two runs to help lead Dexter past Lee Academy.

Danny Beatham hit a two-run triple for the Tigers and Dillon Baxter added an RBI single in the fourth inning.

Lee Cropley led Lee with an RBI single in the fourth.

Lee (1-4) 000 10 – 1 3 2

Dexter (3-1) 250 5x – 12 8 2

Beers, Hersom (4) and MacDonald; Woodman, Leal (4) and Stewart

Forest Hills 20, Greenville 3

At Greenville, Zach Ashey tripled, singled, and drove in four runs as Forest Hills of Jackman topped Greenville.

Jeff Mullhull pitched five innings, allowing three hits and striking out 14.

Jacob Morisette singled twice and drove in a pair of runs for the Tigers.

Cory Woodbury had a triple while Keith Aucoin added a two-run single for Greenville.

Forest Hills (1-2) 4(12)0 22 – 20 7 3

Greenville (1-1) 000 30 – 3 3 6

Mullhull and Felker; Wortman, St. Louis (3), Sikes (5) and Post

Central 12, Piscataquis 2

At Corinth, Levi Nickerson pitched a one-hitter with 15 strikeouts as Central cruised past Piscataquis of Guilford.

Brenden Wilson had three singles and an RBI while Tyler Speed had two singles for Central. Charlie Haney had a two-run double and Josh Collins added an RBI single for the Red Devils.

Shane Tracy singled while Nathan Johnston drove in a run for Piscataquis.

Piscataquis (1-2) 020 000 – 2 1 9

Central (4-1) 170 301 – 12 10 0

Tompkins, Lovell (6) and Shufelt; Nickerson and Wilson, Lowe (5)

Brewer 4, Skowhegan 0

At Skowhegan, Ricky Adams doubled and singled with an RBI as Brewer shut out Skowhegan.

Prentiss Swett added an RBI single for the Witches.

Wes Marcue had a double and a single for Skowhegan.

Brewer (3-3) 110 100 1 – 4 4 0

Skowhegan (2-3) 000 000 0 – 0 4 5

White and Tohms; Vigue, Williamson (6) and Marcue

Searsport 11, Orono 5

At Searsport, Caleb Ashey hit two doubles and drove in three runs to help lead Searsport past Orono.

Tom Cameron had three singles and an RBI for Searsport and Ethan McHatten added two singles and an RBI. Nate Adams recorded eight strikeouts.

Tony Raymond had two doubles and a single to lead Orono and Ben Perry singled twice.

Orono (3-2) 300 010 1 – 5 6 2

Searsport (3-1) 414 101 x – 11 9 1

Winter, Knowlton (5) and Perry; Adams and Ashey

Mattanawcook 15, Foxcroft 10

At Lincoln, Jake Smith knocked a two-run double and a two-run single and Aaron Flannery had a pair of two-run singles as Mattanawcook Academy held off Foxcroft Academy.

Adam Laird notched two singles and two RBIs for the Lynx. Shey Gardner and Alex Bottarelli added two singles apiece.

Josiah Richard paced the Ponies with two singles and four RBIs. Abe Spaulding had two singles and an RBI and Tyler Weymouth two singles.

Foxcroft 012 300 4 – 10 9 3

Mattanawcook 063 006 x – 15 12 5

Spaulding, Weymouth (2), Sano (6) and Lancisi; White (2), Bottarelli, White (7) and Smith

MDI 5, John Bapst 4

At Bar Harbor, Nick Swanson drove in Josh Dellaittre on a two-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning to lead Mount Desert Island past John Bapst of Bangor.

Dellaittre hit an RBI double to tie the game in the seventh for MDI. Ben Clark homered and doubled to drive in two runs. Sammy Stewart tripled and scored a run and Calvin Tweedie doubled and scored.

Alex Yates hit a solo home run in the sixth inning for John Bapst. Tyler King singled twice and Kyle Gallant hit an RBI single.

John Bapst (4-3) 110 002 0 – 4 6 0

MDI (2-2) 010 011 2 – 5 9 2

Yates and Smith; Stewart and Worrick

Bucksport 8, Ellsworth 0

At Bucksport, sophomore Ray Wood allowed two hits and three walks while striking out one to lead Bucksport to the shutout win in his first varsity start.

Chris Maguire singled and connected for his fourth homer of the year for Bucksport. Miles Bisher doubled and singled with two RBIs and Steven Klenowski had two singles and two RBIs. Cam Wadleigh singled twice.

Pat Kelly and Dillon Wilbur singled for Ellsworth.

Ellsworth (1-4) 000 000 0 – 0 2 2

Bucksport (6-1) 610 010 x – 8 13 3