Leland helps Old Town hold on, edge Eagles

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OLD TOWN – Dana Leland had three singles and two RBIs and earned a victory with three innings of relief as he helped Old Town outlast Messalonskee of Oakland 10-9 in schoolboy baseball action Friday.

Tyler Honey hit a two-run home run and Jarrett Lukas added two singles and an RBI for the Coyotes.

Nick Fenlason had two doubles, a single, and two RBIs for the Eagles. Matt Stuart had a double, single and two RBIs. Joe Dumont and Isaac Guite each had two singles.

Messalonskee (5-5) 001 510 2 – 9 15 1

Old Town (7-3) 150 202 x – 10 12 3

McCann, Stuart (4), Farrar (5) and Jacobs; Fournier, Leland (5) and Leland, LeBreton (5)

Stearns 14, Schenck 0

At East Millinocket, Jared Manzo hit a two-run triple to help Stearns of Millinocket cruise past Schenck.

Travis Deabay doubled and singled for the Minutemen and Ryan Bolduc doubled. Tyler Emerson tripled and singled.

Trevor Violette singled twice for Schenck.

Stearns (5-3) 102 56 – 14 8 1

Schenck (0-7) 000 00 – 0 3 5

Pelkey, Manzo (3), Martin (4), Bolduc (5) and Emerson, Brown (5); Fritch, Thompson (5) and Falloon

Hampden 6, Erskine 1

At South China, sophomore Shawn Smith allowed no earned runs on three hits and five walks while striking out 12 to lift Hampden Academy over Erskine Academy.

Nolan Turner had two singles, two runs and two stolen bases for Hampden. Josh Tardiff singled and had two RBIs while Patrick Stephens hit an RBI single.

Dan Cowling doubled and singled to lead Erskine.

Hampden (4-5) 004 101 0 – 6 6 0

Erskine (2-7) 001 000 0 – 1 3 1

Smith and Stephens; Cowling, Tibbetts (6) and Carrier

PCHS 11, Penquis 6

At Milo, Piscataquis of Guilford erupted for nine runs in the sixth inning to overcome a 6-1 deficit and defeat Penquis.

Roy Burdin hit three doubles and drove in two runs for Piscataquis. Brandon Emerson had three singles and an RBI while Jeffrey Robinson added two singles and an RBI for the Pirates.

Kyle Gero hit three singles and drove in two runs while Robert Veno doubled and singled with an RBI. Logan Greenlaw added a pair of singles and an RBI for Penquis.

Piscataquis 100 009 1 – 11 14 2

Penquis 011 220 0 – 6 13 1

Johnson and Robinson; Venerble, Veno (6), Drinkwater (6) and Gero

Maranacook 8, MCI 3

At Pittsfield, Cory Palmer and Justin Denbow both singled and drove in a run to lead Maranacook of Readfield past Maine Central Institute.

Victor Quint singled twice for MCI. Matt Stockwell doubled and knocked in a run and Ethan West hit an RBI single.

Maranacook (8-1) 001 312 1 – 8 5 0

MCI (2-8) 000 200 1 – 3 6 4

Rankin, Martin (7) and Brennan; Quint, Saucier (6) and Saucier, Connors (6)

Van Buren 9, Madawaska 7

At Madawaska, Matt Parent singled, stole second and third, and scored on a Keith Vaillancourt fielder’s choice to break a 5-5 tie in a four-run seventh inning before Alex Martin and Craig St. Pierre added RBI singles later in the inning to rally Van Buren to the win.

Parent also had a double and Kyle Chasse had a two-run triple for the Crusaders.

Tim McDermott’s two-run homer and RBI single and Ethan Welch’s double and two singles paced the Madawaska Owls. Welch had an RBI.

Van Buren (2-4) 200 003 4 – 9 8 2

Madawaska (0-7) 300 200 2 – 7 8 4

Taylor, Martin (3) and Martin, Taylor (3); Cyr, Beaulieu (6) and Beaulieu, Bechard (6)

Softball

Stearns 13, Schenck 1

At East Millinocket, Christine O’Toole allowed just one run on one hit and two walks while striking out four to lift Stearns of Millinocket over Schenck.

Amy Collinsworth and Mikaela Rosebush each hit three-run home runs for the Minutemen. Deanna Michaud had a double and two singles with an RBI and Becca Leavitt added two singles and an RBI.

Tricia Hobbs hit an RBI single in the first inning for the Schenck Wolverines.

Stearns (7-1) 623 02 – 13 16 1

Schenck (1-7) 100 00 – 1 1 3

O’Toole and Leavitt; Osborne and Hobbs

Messalonskee 1, Old Town 0

At Old Town, Hannah Thornberg singled and then scored from first on a throwing error in the sixth inning to lift Messalonskee of Oakland past Old Town.

Avery Kadnar added a doubles for the Eagles.

Sarah Wilcox had a pair of singles while Hannah Morin added a triple for Old Town.

Messalonskee (2-8) 000 001 0 – 1 6 1

Old Town (0-11) 000 000 0 – 0 5 1

Hunt and Hachey; Morin and Singer

Penquis 12, Piscataquis 0

At Milo, Erica Lyford allowed just two hits and no walks while striking out nine to earn a shutout for Penquis over Piscataquis of Guilford.

Lyford had two doubles and two singles with two RBIs for Penquis and Shelby Fowles doubled and knocked in four runs. Amber Benoit and Christin McKenzie both singled twice.

Tracey Dewey and Samara Hooper singled for Piscataquis.

Piscataquis (1-7) 000 00 – 0 2 2

Penquis (5-4) 006 24 – 12 12 1

Currier and Stewart; Lyford and Fowles

Hampden 5, Erskine 0

At South China, Lacey Littlefield and Michelle Wells combined to pitch a no-hitter, allowing no runs while walking three and striking out 10 to lift Hampden Academy over Erskine Academy.

Nellie Wood doubled and singled for Hampden. Kate Peverada, Wells, and Littlefield each had two singles and an RBI.

Hampden (7-2) 010 012 1 – 5 11 0

Erskine (2-7) 000 000 0 – 0 0 0

Littlefield, Wells (6) and Gott; Zibura and Siegfriedt

Maranacook 2, MCI 0

At Pittsfield, Maranacook of Readfield scored two runs on four hits in the seventh inning to defeat Maine Central Institute.

Ann Marie Marble pitched the shutout for Maranacook.

Maranacook (6-4) 000 000 2 – 2 6 1

MCI (6-4) 000 000 0 – 0 4 0

Marble and Mitchell; Kennedy and Sousa