DEXTER – Dan Beatham hit a two-out line drive down the left field line for a single to drive in Ethan Woodman from second base in the eighth inning to give Dexter a 7-6 high school baseball victory over rival Piscataquis Community of Guilford on Wednesday.

Beatham added a two-run double in the seventh inning for the Tigers. A.J. McGowen homered and hit three singles, and Rick Stewart hit a game-tying RBI single in the seventh.

Richie Tompkins had a double and two singles with two RBIs for the Pirates. Roy Burdin had a single and two RBIs, and Jeffrey Robinson singled twice.

Piscataquis (2-5) 100 030 20 – 6 7 0

Dexter (5-2) 000 101 41 – 7 9 1

Tracy, Burdin (7) and Robinson; McGowen, Beatham (8) and Stewart

Messalonskee 7, Nokomis 4

At Newport, Nick Fenlason had a triple, single and one RBI to pace the offense for Messalonskee of Oakland.

Mark McCann hit a triple for the visiting Eagles.

Isaac Osborne had a double, single, and one RBI for the Warriors. Jordan Richards singled twice.

Messalonskee (5-3) 220 001 2 – 7 11 1

Nokomis (0-9) 001 200 1 – 4 7 5

Breton, Bouchard (4) and Hall; Gould, Littlefield (6) and York

Old Town 11, Lawrence 0

At Old Town, Jarret Lukas hit a two-run home run in the first and a grand slam in the third. He also pitched a three-hitter to lead Old Town past Lawrence of Fairfield.

Evan Paradis had a double and a single while Dana Leland had two singles and an RBI for the Coyotes.

Nick Lee hit a double for the Lawrence Bulldogs.

Lawrence (3-6) 000 00 – 0 3 0

Old Town (6-3) 344 0x – 11 11 0

Nelson, Lawrence (3), Violette (3) and Manzo; Lukas and Leland

Orono 4, Stearns 3

At Millinocket, Jared Bussell smacked a two-run single in the top of the seventh inning to lift the Orono Red Riots to victory.

Tony Raymond singled twice and Max Winter doubled for the Riots.

Travis Martin knocked an RBI double and Cory Barnett an RBI single for Stearns.

Orono (4-4) 000 000 4 – 4 7 2

Stearns (4-3) 020 001 0 – 3 4 3

Winter and Perry; Burleigh and Emerson

Penobscot Val. 9, Bangor Chr. 8

At Bangor, Penobscot Valley scored the tying and go ahead runs with no outs in the seventh inning on a throwing error to defeat Bangor Christian.

Aaron Saucier doubled and singled to knock in two runs for the Howlers and Brady Nicholson doubled.

Jon Johnson hit a double and two singles to knock in a run for the Patriots and he also recorded nine strikeouts through six innings. Adrian Durkee had two singles and a double. Jared Theriault had two singles and two RBIs and Levi Washburn added an RBI double.

Penobscot Valley (3-2) 000 040 5 – 9 10 1

Bangor Chr. (4-5) 033 200 0 – 8 16 4

Batchelor, Ware (5) and Thompson, Theriault (3); Johnson, Bradford (7), Dougherty (7) and Dougherty, Leong (7)

Central 6, Penquis 2

At Milo, Tyler Speed doubled and singled to drive in three runs and lead Central of Corinth past Penquis.

Josh Collins singled three times for the Red Devils and Brandon Wilson had two singles and an RBI.

Nick Emery tripled for Penquis and Dustin Lancaster RBI single.

Central (6-1) 011 004 0 – 6 11 0

Penquis (3-5) 000 101 0 – 2 7 3

Nickerson and Wilson; Emery and Brown

Lincoln Acad. 7, MCI 4

At Newcastle, Travis Brewer had two singles to knock in two runs as Lincoln Academy defeated Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield.

Kyle Hannan doubled and scored a run for the Eagles.

Trevor Rowe had an RBI double and Dennis Fredrick an RBI single for the Huskies.

MCI (2-7) 000 220 0 – 4 6 3

Lincoln Acad. (3-5) 121 021 x – 4 8 2

Connors, Rowe (5) and Saucier; Ford, Crosby (4) and Hannan

Softball

Lawrence 10, Old Town 2

At Old Town, Kasey McPhail singled three times and combined with Kiera Walsh on a five-hitter as the Bulldogs won.

Megan Loveley singled twice with two RBIs and Mallory Blakney added two singles for Lawrence of Fairfield.

Ashley Goodwin posted two singles for Old Town and Hannah Morin doubled.

Lawrence (5-4) 302 301 1 – 10 9 1

Old Town (0-9) 000 002 x – 2 5 3

McPhail, Walsh (3) and Vigue; Campbell and Cole, Singer (2)

Hampden 8, Skowhegan 3

At Skowhegan, Ashley Gott singled four times with an RBI to key a 17-hit attack as the Broncos beat the Indians.

Eva Shannon plated three runs with three singles and Nellie Wood singled three times and drove in a run. Michelle Wells and Lacey Littlefield added two singles each and Wells had an RBI for Hampden Academy. Littlefield and Wells combined on a three-hitter.

Sam Gray singled twice for Skowhegan.

Hampden (5-2) 003 021 2 – 8 17 2

Skowhegan (3-5) 001 110 0 – 3 3 0

Littlefield, Wells (5), Littlefield (6), Wells (7) and Gott; Stewart, Hancock (5) and Gray

Bangor 5, Erskine 2

At South China, Tawnya Godinez slapped an RBI single in the sixth to give the Rams the lead for good en route to the win.

Bangor’s Sam Besse hit a solo home run in the fourth earned the win in relief with four shutout innings. Emily Heath added a double and a single for Bangor.

Erica Malley doubled and singled for Erskine Academy while Abby Sigfried doubled.

Bangor (7-2) 000 103 1 – 5 5 1

Erskine (2-6) 002 000 0 – 2 5 4

Bedore, Bess (4) and Stevenson; Gordon and Sigfried

Stearns 10, Orono 9

At Millinocket, Amy Collinsworth hit a double and two singles to drive in three runs and lift Stearns over Orono.

Deanna Michaud had two doubles and a single with three runs scored for the Minutemen and Hannah Somers added three singles and an RBI.

Sam Perkins paced Orono with two singles and an RBI and Erica Hanson singled and scored twice.

Orono (2-6) 413 001 0 – 9 8 4

Stearns (6-1) 204 300 x – 10 12 5

Leture, Pavento (3) and Woodbrey; Levesque, O’Toole (1) and Willey, Leavitt (2)

Dexter 15, Piscataquis 0

At Dexter, junior righthander Michelle Chapman pitched a five-inning perfect game to help the Tigers remain undefeated.

Chapman struck out six and did not walk a batter. She also stroked a double and two singles with four RBIs.

Becky Johnson doubled and singled (RBI), while Jessica Mason (RBI) and Miranda Gove singled twice for Dexter.

Piscataquis (1-6) 000 00 – 0 0 5

Dexter (7-0) 555 0x – 15 11 0

Ritchins and Pratt; Chapman and Kenney

Penobscot Val. 5, Bangor Chr. 2

At Bangor, Jamie Milton hit a triple and two singles while scoring three runs and stealing three bases to lift Penobscot Valley of Howland over Bangor Christian.

Casey McCloskey doubled, singled, and stole three bases for the Howlers.

Katherine Bragg doubled for the Patriots and Jillian French recorded 11 strikeouts. Christin Pelletier singled and scored a run.

Penobscot Valley (5-0) 031 010 0 – 5 6 2

Bangor Christian (4-4) 000 002 0 – 2 3 3

Milton and Lavertu; French and Bragg

MCI 6, Lincoln Academy 2

At Newcastle, Mandy Kennedy and Lauren Adams singled twice to lead Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield past Lincoln Academy.

Tiffany McLaggan and Hilary Bickford both drove in two runs for the Huskies.

Sam Flint, Kari Jones, and Jesse Cummings each singled twice for the Eagles.

MCI (6-3) 300 010 2 – 6 8 0

Lincoln Acad. (1-7) 002 000 0 – 2 7 2

Kennedy and Sousa; Giberson and Jones

Katahdin 12, Hodgdon 8

At Stacyville, Melissa Duffy hit three singles and scored three runs to pace the Cougars to a win over Hodgdon.

Sara Brewer had a single, a double and three RBIs to lead the Hawks.

Hodgdon (4-3) 320 000 0 – 8 5 2

Katahdin (7-2) 426 000 0 – 12 6 3

Scott and Brewer; Smallwood and Bates