Red Devils deal Howlers 1st loss

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CORINTH – Kara Voisine hit three singles and drove in two runs to lead the Central Red Devils to a 6-1 high school softball win over previously unbeaten Penobscot Valley on Tuesday.

Hilary Haney allowed one run on four hits and four walks while striking out seven for the Red Devils. Chantel Randall singled three times, and Sami Morin and Jocelyn Portmann both had two singles.

Casey McCloskey led the Howlers with three singles.

Penobscot Valley (7-1) 000 100 0 – 1 4 3

Central (10-2) 102 120 x – 6 13 0

Milton and Lavertu; Haney and Randall

Foxcroft 12, MDI 9

At Dover-Foxcroft, Megan Crocker and Sam Snyder each had two singles and an RBI to lead the Foxcroft Academy Ponies past Mount Desert Island.

April Winchenback paced the Trojans with a triple, single and three RBIs.

MDI (1-10) 010 051 2 – 9 5 3

Foxcroft (1-9) 640 200 x – 12 8 3

Johnson and Damon; Boss and Snyder

Lee 4, Piscataquis 0

At Guilford, Brooke Harris allowed just four hits and no walks while striking out three to earn the shutout win for Lee Academy over Piscataquis.

Aarika Ritchie doubled and singled to knock in a run for the Pandas and Amanda Gifford singled twice.

Megan Soden hit two singles for Piscataquis and Briana Shufelt doubled.

Lee (5-5) 200 000 2 – 4 8 1

Piscataquis (1-9) 000 000 0 – 0 4 2

Harris and Ritchie; Currier and Pratt

Ellsworth 8. John Bapst 0

At Husson College in Bangor, Catie Cravens tossed a five-hitter, striking out eight and walking one, and Tessa Rockwood and Jen Richter hit back-to-back run-scoring doubles in the six-run third inning to pace undefeated Ellsworth past John Bapst.

Whitney Sinclair’s two base hits sparked John Bapst.

Ellsworth (9-0) 006 011 0 – 8 12 3

John Bapst (4-5) 000 000 0 – 0 5 5

Cravens and Rockwood; Richard and Perkins

Baseball

Bucksport 16, Hermon 6

At Bucksport, Todd Freeman hit a home run and two singles to lead Bucksport past Hermon.

Derek Helms hit three singles for Hermon while Travis Estes and Tim Kennerson doubled and singled.

Hermon (4-6) 022 200 – 6 11 4

Bucksport (8-2) 042 028 – 16 14 2

Kennerson, Deabay (6) and Pratt; Freeman, Wood (4) and Wadleigh

Central 6, Penobscot Valley 4

At Corinth, Scott Kelley doubled twice and knocked in a run while three other Red Devils had two singles and an RBI as Central earned the victory.

Danny Kane tripled and singled for the winners while Josh Collins, Charles Haney and Levi Nickerson had two hits and an RBI.

Joe Gilley smacked a two-run home run in the first for Penobscot Valley of Howland. Aaron Saucier contributed three singles and two RBIs.

Penobscot Valley (5-3) 201 000 1 – 4 10 3

Central (9-2) 103 011 x – 6 13 0

Saucier, Batchelder (6) and Thompson; Merrill and Wilson

Piscataquis 14, Lee 7

At Guilford, winning pitcher Roy Burdin’s RBI single highlighted a five-run third inning that propelled the Pirates past the Pandas.

Jarrod Robinson topped the Piscataquis hitters with a double, two singles, and four runs scored; twin brother Jeffrey Robinson contributed a double, a single and three RBIs, and Justin Cleaves added a two-run single.

Ryan Beers hit a solo homer in the fourth to lead the Pandas, and Tim Worster and Derek Worster posted two singles and an RBI each.

Lee (2-8) 010 600 0 – 7 9 3

Piscataquis (4-6) 325 031 x – 14 11 5

Crocker, Beers (4) and MacDonald; Burdin and Ja. Robinson

MDI 9, Foxcroft 4

At Dover-Foxcroft, Brett Mitchell hit a three-run triple in the sixth inning to help push Mount Desert Island of Bar Harbor past Foxcroft Academy.

Ben Clark and Mike Hamlin both hit an RBI single for the Trojans.

Nick Lancisi hit a double and a two-run home run for the Ponies and Abe Landry had two singles and an RBI.

MDI (6-5) 000 205 2 – 9 10 1

Foxcroft (3-7) 000 010 3 – 4 5 0

Stewart and Valarik (6) and Swanson; Olmsted, Lancisi (7) and Lancisi, White (7)