Pandas start fast, top Cougars

STACYVILLE – Amanda Gifford, Brooke Harris, Karin Bird, and Katelyn Mallet each hit a single Thursday as Lee Academy held off Katahdin 6-3 in the regular-season high school softball finale for both teams.

Harris pitched an eight-hitter while striking out 10 for the Pandas.

Chelsie Bates had two singles and a pair of RBIs, while Kali Rush doubled and singled. Ronni Robinson added an RBI double for the Cougars.

Lee Acad. (9-7) 411 000 0 – 6 4 1

Katahdin (10-5) 002 010 0 – 3 8 3

Harris and Ritchie; Smallwood and Bates

Baseball

Katahdin 5, Lee Acad. 3

STACYVILLE – Andrew Hawkins hit two singles and drove in a run Thursday as Katahdin knocked off Lee Academy 5-3 in the teams’ mutual regular-season high school baseball finale.

Ethan Qualey added a single and a pair of RBIs for the Cougars.

Brandon Crocker had a double with two RBIs for the Pandas, while Ryan Beers and Kyle McLeod each added two singles.

Lee Acad. 000 201 0 – 3 5 2

Katahdin 211 001 x – 5 5 0

McLeod, Worster (7) and MacDonald; Anderson, McCarthy (4) and McCarthy, Guiggey (4)