Pavento leads unbeaten Red Riots past Patriots

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ORONO – Sara Pavento scattered six hits while striking out 12 and walking only two to help the Orono softball team beat the Penquis Patriots 5-2 on Monday and improve to 4-0.

Chelsea Paul singled twice and drove in a run for the Red Riots and Sarah Thibeault chipped in with a two-out, two-run single in the first inning.

Erica Lyford singled three times and had an RBI for Penquis of Milo.

Penquis (0-1) 000 020 0 – 2 6 2

Orono (4-0) 220 100 x – 5 4 0

Lyford and Genthner; Pavento and Fox

PVHS 5, Houlton 4

At Howland, Casey McCloskey pitched a two-hitter, striking out 14, and sparked the offense with a game-winning triple in the seventh for the Penobscot Valley Howlers.

Lyndsey Drost added two singles for the winners and McCloskey also singled twice.

Laney Herring hit a two run triple and an RBI single for the Shiretowners.

Houlton (0-1) 003 000 1 – 4 2 1

PVHS (2-1) 000 202 1 – 5 6 2

Eastman and Murry; McCloskey and LaChance

Bangor Chr. 9, DI-Stonington 1

At Bangor, Jillian French allowed one run on one hit while striking out nine and walking only two as the Patriots improved to 4-0.

Becca Smith doubled and scored two runs while Libby Long had an RBI single and a run scored for Bangor Christian.

Audra Eaton slapped an RBI single for Deer Isle-Stonington.

DI-Stonington (1-1) 100 000 0 – 1 1 0

Bangor Chr. (4-0) 321 112 x – 9 5 2

Hutchins, Powers (3) and Robbins; French and Brasslett

Lee 7, Piscataquis 3

At Guilford, Brooke Harris and Heidi Sappier each had an RBI double as the Lee Academy Pandas earned their first victory.

Karin Bird and Kelsey Grass added doubles for the winners.

Lauren Green had two doubles and Samara Hooper another for Piscataquis.

Lee (1-2) 101 201 2 – 7 6 3

Piscataquis (0-1) 000 111 0 – 3 8 7

Harris and Ritchie; Currier and Green

Bangor 10, Mt. Blue 6

At Bangor, Sadie Redmon hit two singles, drove in two runs and scored two runs to lift Bangor over Mt. Blue of Farmington.

Eliza Estabrook and Sam Besse hit RBI singles for the Rams.

Kaitlyn Bartlett hit an RBI single to lead the Cougars.

Mt. Blue (1-3) 000 300 3 – 6 2 3

Bangor (4-0) 235 000 x – 10 6 4

Campbell, Williams (3) and LaPlant; Besse, Bedore (6) and Dean, Cosgrove (4)

George Stevens 18, Stearns 17

At Blue Hill, Lydia Clapp smacked an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh to propel the George Stevens Academy Eagles to victory.

Stearns of Millinocket had scored three times in the top of the inning to tie the score at 17.

Lexi Wessell singled three times and drove in six runs for the Eagles.

Paige Curtis led the Minutemen with a two-run homer while Becca Leavitt added two singles.

Stearns (1-1) 132 332 3 – 17 7 5

George Stevens (2-1) 433 322 1 – 18 12 7

Levesque and Mills; L. Clapp and A. Clapp

Dexter 7, Searsport 1

At Searsport, Michelle Chapman allowed one run on three hits and three walks while striking out 12 to lead Dexter past Searsport.

Alyssa Crane singled three times and drove in a run to pace Dexter. Sam Conway hit an RBI triple and a single. Becky Johnson had an RBI double and Eva Wing tripled.

Kylie Jettinghoff, Jana Frances-Mezger and Megan Higgins singled for Searsport. Emma Clark scored the run.

Dexter (1-0) 300 040 0 – 7 11 1

Searsport (0-3) 010 000 0 – 1 3 3

Chapman and Patterson; Quigley and Jettinghoff

Brewer 4, Hampden 1

At Hampden, Megan McLain’s two-run double spearheaded a three-run seventh and Amanda Ryan and Mel Judkins combined on a three-hitter as unbeaten Brewer earned its fourth win.

Ryan struck out four in four innings of work while Judkins fanned six in the final three.

Leah Jackson chipped in an RBI single while Jaimee Knowles doubled and singled for the Witches.

Ashley Gott slapped an RBI double in the seventh and singled for Hampden Academy while Brittany Luetjen singled.

Brewer (4-0) 000 010 3 – 4 7 0

Hampden (3-1) 000 000 1 – 1 3 2

Ryan, Judkins (5) and Jackson; Littlefield, Wells (5) and Gott

Baseball

Foxcroft 7-2, Presque Isle 6-3

At Dover-Foxcroft Saturday, Ryan Olmstead slapped an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to give the Ponies a 7-6 victory in the opener of a doubleheader. Presque Isle won the nightcap 3-2.

In the first game, Ian Champeon had two singles and an RBI and Jamie Nason two doubles, a single and RBI for the Ponies.

Bennett Cassidy led the Wildcats with three singles, a double and RBI while Adam Kingsbury had two singles and an RBI and Ethan Braley three singles and an RBI.

In the second game, Cassidy doubled and singled as Presque Isle earned a split.

Dillon Kingsbury and Braley each singled for the winners; Nason had an RBI single and Wade Witham a double for the Ponies.

(First Game)

Presque Isle 301 110 000 – 6 15 3

Foxcroft 310 110 001 – 7 7 2

Shaw, Braley (7), Cassidy (8) and Ford; Nason, Fadley (7) and Boone

(Second Game)

Presque Isle (1-1) 120 000 0 – 3 4 0

Foxcroft (2-1) 003 000 0 – 2 3 1

Kingsbury, Shaw (4), Cassidy (6) and Ford; Champeon, Olmstead (7) and Witham

Penobscot Valley 9, Houlton 4

At Houlton, Joe Gilley hit a solo home run and a single and scored four runs to lift Penobscot Valley over Houlton.

Nevin Jipson hit a three-run homer in the first inning for the Howlers and Grant Sherman added two singles. Aaron Saucier and Dylan Worster combined for 12 strikeouts.

Matt Boubier and Levi Prosser each singled twice for Houlton.

Houlton (0-1) 030 010 0 – 4 5 5

Penobscot Val. (3-0) 340 101 x – 9 6 4

Hill and Woodworth; Saucier, Worster (7) and Jones

George Stevens 2, Stearns 0

At Blue Hill, junior Peter Dickinson allowed two hits and hit two batters while striking out a career-high 14 through seven innings as he led George Stevens Academy to victory.

Josh Astbury scored the winning run in the first inning on wild pitch for the Eagles and Nick Saunders singled to drive in an insurance run.

Justin Pelkey allowed two runs on one hit and four walks while striking out eight for Stearns of Millinocket. Jason LeVasseur doubled and Pelkey hit a single.

Stearns (0-2) 000 000 0 – 0 2 2

George Stevens (2-1) 200 000 x – 2 1 1

Pelkey and Cyr; Dickinson and Marks

Bangor 5, Mt. Blue 4

At Mansfield Stadium in Bangor, Shane Walton hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom on the seventh inning to drive in Chad Kelley and lead Bangor past Mt. Blue of Farmington.

Bangor’s Ryan Larochelle tied it at 4-4 in the seventh when he drove in Jimmy Burns on a bases-loaded walk. John Cox hit a solo home run in the second inning and Kyle Vanidestine singled twice.

Leo Pullo hit a two-run single in the second inning for Mt. Blue.

Mt. Blue (0-4) 040 000 0 – 4 5 1

Bangor (4-0) 010 110 2 – 5 6 0

Dority, Smith (6) and Schanck; Taft, Gray (2) and McDade

Searsport 10, Dexter 0

At Searsport, Casey Ashey tossed a two-hit shutout, striking out nine, and aided his own cause with a double, single and three runs scored for the Vikings.

Tom Cameron chipped in with three singles and two RBIs and Evan Kingsbury had a single and double with two RBIs.

Ethan Woodman had a double for the Tigers.

Dexter (0-2) 000 00 – 0 2 4

Searsport (3-0) 134 02 – 10 10 0

McGowan (2), Giles and Stewart; Ashey and Adams

PCHS 11, Lee Academy 10

At Guilford, Matt Ward’s single with no outs scored Richie Tompkins from third with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh for the Piscataquis Pirates of Guilford.

For the Pirates, Tompkins and Ward led the way with three singles each. Yaal Kand added two singles.

Brandon Crocker doubled and singled for the Pandas. A.J. Harris and Dean McDonald each singled twice.

Lee (0-4) 102 034 0 – 10 11 3

PCHS (1-0) 201 142 1 – 11 10 3

Crocker, McLeod (5), Mallett (7) and MacDonald; Tompkins and Shufelt

Orono 20, Penquis 10

At Orono, Brandon LeVasseur led Orono’s 15-hit attack with two triples, a double, and five RBIs.

Ben Stout had a double, single, and two RBIs for the Red Riots. Kash Keezer added two singles and two RBIs.

Chad Badger led the Patriots of Milo with a double and two singles.

Penquis (0-1) 420 13 – 10 4 4

Orono (2-2) 004 (14)2 – 20 15 4

Larson, McLaughlin (4), Vendenble (5) and Brown; Francis, LeVasseur (3), Stout (5) and Perry

DI-Stonington 11, Bangor Chr. 4

At Bangor, Ethan Pinkham hit an RBI triple and a single and recorded eight strikeouts on the mound as Deer Isle-Stonington defeated Bangor Christian.

Erin Moran hit a two-run single for the Mariners.

Jon Johnson had a double, two singles and an RBI to pace the Patriots. Chris Potter added an RBI single.

DI-Stonington 600 002 3 – 11 6 2

Bangor Chr. 000 022 0 – 4 10 2

Pinkham and Powers; Theriault, Alexander (1), Johnson (4), Potter (7), Theriault (7) and Alexander, Potter (1), Alexander (4), Dougherty (7)

Narraguagus 10, Jones-Beals 0

At Harrington, Jeremy Look and Colby Tucker combined on a three-hit shutout while Look doubled and singled to knock in three runs as Narraguagus rolled in six innings.

Matt Moore singled twice to knock in two runs, Corey Smith had two singles and an RBI and Josh Beal a double and a single for the Knights.

Terrell Carver had two singles and Lucas Holmes a single for Jonesport-Beals.

Jonesport-Beals (0-1) 000 000 – 0 3 4

Narraguagus (2-0) 441 001 – 10 11 0

A. Beal, Fenton, H. Beal (6) and H. Beal, Somorch (6); Look, Tucker (6) and Rofe

Calais 8, Machias 6

At Machias, Matt O’Brien hit a two-run go-ahead home run in the fourth inning to lift Calais over Machias.

Dylan Ramsdell added a single and two runs scored for Calais.

Jacob Scoville hit a two-run single to lead Machias. Matt Little had an RBI double and Jacob Stevens singled twice.

Calais (2-1) 110 510 0 – 8 6 2

Machias (1-2) 510 000 0 – 6 7 4

Waycott, Hall (1) and Carr, Waycott (1); Ma. Little, Whitney (5) and Stevens