Tigers rally past Van Buren

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FORT FAIRFIELD – The Fort Fairfield Tigers rallied from a 13-0 second-inning deficit to edge Van Buren 14-13 in a high school baseball game Thursday.

Jake Kenneson walked, stole second and scored the winning run on an error in the seventh inning for Fort Fairfield.

Cody Closson had three singles and three RBIs for the Tigers. Ian Towle hit a double and two singles to drive in two runs and Matt Cresenzo doubled and singled with two RBIs.

Keith Vaillancourt tripled and doubled to drive in a run for Van Buren. Matt Parent and Kyle Chasse each had three singles and an RBI.

Van Buren (5-6) 940 000 0 – 13 13 5

Fort Fairfield (7-6) 030 226 1 – 14 14 6

Taylor, Parent (7) and Martin; Dufour, Andrews (1), Towle (3) and Towle, Booth (3)

Houlton 10, Madawaska 4

At Madawaska, Drew Farrar hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning to give Houlton a lead it wouldn’t surrender.

Chris Howland had two singles, a double and two RBIs for the Shiretowners while Hunter Caron tripled and singled.

Michael Cannan hit a pair of RBI singles to lead Madawaska. Andrew Deschaine had an RBI single and Justin Morin doubled.

Houlton (11-2) 210 032 1 – 10 10 0

Madawaska (2-11) 121 000 0 – 4 6 2

Caron, Gervais (5) and Stairs, Woodworth (6); Beaulieu, Deschaine (7) and Bechard

Cen. Aroostook 11, Ashland 5

At Ashland, Kasey Baker hit a grand slam in the fifth inning to lead Central Aroostook of Mars Hill past Ashland.

Cameron York had two singles and two RBIs for the Panthers. Logan McCarthy singled and scored three runs and Manny Martinez doubled.

Henry Milligan hit a two-run double for the Hornets and Tyler Cote had two singles and an RBI. Nick Gimbel and Isaac Ward doubled.

Cen. Aroostook (8-5) 111 051 2 – 11 10 0

Ashland (11-2) 004 001 0 – 5 9 4

Martinez and Folsom; Baker and Ward

Washburn 5, Central Aroostook 1

At Mars Hill on Wednesday, Steven Pesut allowed one run on five hits and three walks while striking out eight to lead Washburn.

Adam Thompson and Justin Howe singled twice for the Beavers.

Logan McCarthy and Kasey Brewer doubled for the Panthers and Cameron York hit an RBI single.

Washburn 221 000 0 – 5 6 0

Cen. Aroostook 100 000 0 – 1 5 4

Pesut and Thompson; York, Martinez (6), Richard (7) and Folsom

Caribou 7, Presque Isle 5

At Presque Isle on Wednesday, Jarryd Rossignol hit an RBI single in the top of the eighth to lift the Vikings past the Wildcats.

Kyle Corrigan singled twice for Caribou. Jon Noyes singled twice and doubled while Pat Thibodeau doubled and singled.

Logan York hit a three-run home run and a single for Presque Isle. Nick Gallant doubled and singled while Brennan Shaw had two singles and an RBI.

Caribou 000 021 22 – 7 12 0

Presque Isle 040 001 00 – 5 7 7

Fort Kent 4, Washburn 2

At Washburn, Drew Blier and Nick Michaud had run-scoring singles to key a three-run fifth inning that rallied Fort Kent past Washburn.

Michaud picked up the win with relief help from Josh Tardif. They combined to scatter six hits and five walks with 11 strikeouts.

Michaud had two singles for the winners with Joe Soucy and Derek Bonenfant contributing a double apiece.

Sebastian Viola had two singles and two RBIs for Washburn and Adam Thompson also singled twice.

Fort Kent (4-9) 001 030 0 – 4 7 2

Washburn (6-8) 200 000 0 – 2 6 2

Michaud, Tardif (7) and Soucy; Gagnon, Goupille (6), Howe (7) and Thompson

Bangor 17, Nokomis 1

At Newport, Alex Gallant had two doubles, a single and an RBI to lead Bangor to its 26th consecutive win.

Ryan Larochelle had a double and two singles with an RBI for the Rams and Kyle Vanidestine tripled, singled and scored three runs.

Taylor Gould, Isaac Osborne, and Cody Johndro singled for Nokomis.

Bangor (15-0) 252 71 – 17 20 2

Nokomis (1-13) 010 00 – 1 3 4

Clarke, Boucher (4) and Webb; Johndro, Littlefield (4), Tozier (5) and York

Central 12, Schenck 6

At East Millinocket, Danny Kane had three singles and two doubles to drive in four runs to lead Central of Corinth past Schenck.

Levi Nickerson hit three singles and a double with three RBIs for the Red Devils. Scott Kelley doubled and singled with two RBIs and Charlie Haney had two singles and an RBI.

Josh Brown doubled and singled with four RBIs for Schenck. Joe Ruitto singled and Jon Sirois had an RBI single.

Central (12-2) 132 041 1 – 12 17 3

Schenck (0-13) 000 130 2 – 6 7 4

Merrill, Low (5) and Wilson; Viollette and Faloon

Softball

Houlton 13, Madawaska 2

At Madawaska, Casey Faulkingham doubled and singled to drive in two runs and lift Houlton over Madawaska.

Nikki Eastman recorded 10 strikeouts for the Shiretowners and Lainey Herring tripled and singled. Keegan Hovey had two singles and an RBI and Shay Prosser hit two singles.

Sarah Schlicher and Kallie Pelletier led Madawaska with two singles apiece.

Houlton (7-6) 216 130 0 – 13 13 3

Madawaska (4-8) 002 000 0 – 2 8 8

Eastman and Herring; Ashley A. Cyr and Nadeau

Ashland 18, Central Aroostook 3

At Ashland, Macy Pelky doubled, singled twice and drove in three runs as the Hornets earned their third win.

Taylor Baker had three singles and three RBIs, while Mindy Chasse had three singles and an RBI and Whitney Flint singled twice and scored three runs.

Flint also pitched a four-hitter with seven strikeouts.

Cent. Aroostook (2-12) 200 01 – 3 4 2

Ashland (3-8) 268 2x – 18 17 2

Graham, Estabrook (2), Graham (3), Day (3) and Pryor; Flint and Chasse

Fort Kent 6, Washburn 5

At Washburn, Krystal Cyr singled home Ashley Bouchard in the seventh inning to lead Fort Kent past Washburn.

Cyr hit a triple and two singled to drive in three runs for the Warriors and Bouchard singled three times.

Amber Reed had three singles for Washburn. Amy Reed doubled and singled and Erica McDougall added two singles.

Fort Kent (5-8) 000 104 1 – 6 12 2

Washburn (4-8) 001 040 0 – 5 12 0

Bouchard and Desjardins; Reed McLaughlin

Van Buren 15, Fort Fairfield 3

At Fort Fairfield, Karie Ouellette homered, tripled and singled to drive in two runs for Van Buren.

Kristal Deschaines had a triple, double and two singles with an RBI for the Crusaders and Megan Lajoie added three singles and an RBI.

Kellie Osgood hit an RBI double for Fort Fairfield and Katelyn Godin singled and scored a run.

Van Buren (10-2) 122 124 3 – 15 16 3

Fort Fairfield (4-11) 000 012 0 – 3 4 5

Lajoie and Deschaines; Hebert and Osgood

Fort Kent 6, Wisdom 5

At Fort Kent on Wednesday, Taylor Boucher hit a three-run single in the third inning to lead Fort Kent past Wisdom of St. Agatha.

Krystal Cyr hit a two-run single for the Warriors and Marissa Albert doubled and singled.

Nicole St. Pierre had two doubles and two RBIs for Wisdom. Kayla Daigle had a double and two singles and Amanda Haskins singled twice.

Wisdom (5-6) 101 200 1 – 5 8 1

Fort Kent (4-8) 005 010 x – 6 5 3

St. Pierre and Daigle; Bouchard and Desjardins

Presque Isle 10, Caribou 6

At Presque Isle on Wednesday, Emily Curry tripled and singled to knock in two runs to lift Presque Isle past Caribou.

Heather Fowler hit a two-run single for the Wildcats.

Kristen Espling hit a solo home run and doubled for the Vikings. Jessica Kenney and Serena Grier each singled twice.

Caribou (3-8) 311 100 0 – 6 10 3

Presque Isle (12-1) 040 213 x – 10 7 1

Thibodeau, Espling (4) and Ouellette; Norsworthy and Fowley