Hutchins legs out win over Cony for Brewer

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BREWER – Caleb Smith’s sacrifice fly in the sixth scored pinch-runner Colby Hutchins and gave Brewer a 3-2 baseball win over Cony of Augusta at Heddericg Field Friday.

John Thoms opened the sixth with a single and Hutchins came in to run. Hutchins stole second and third before scoring on Smith’s sacrifice fly.

Smith had a triple to go with his sacrifice fly, Greg Higgins had a run-scoring double and Shun Sasaki had a sacrifice fly.

Senior righty Greg Higgins pitched a five-hitter with seven strikeouts and one walk. Ray Cotnoir’s RBI double and Taylor Boutin’s RBI single highlighted a two-run fifth-inning rally that tied it for Cony.

Mike Poulin doubled for the Rams. Jacob Beland and Eric Lee combined on a five-hitter.

Cony (5-3) 000 020 0 -2 5 0

Brewer (7-1) 100 101 x – 3 5 1

Beland, Lee (6) and Burns; Higgins and Thoms

Stearns 7, Houlton 0

At Millinocket, senior righty Jared Manzo tossed a three-hitter, striking out 11 and not walking anybody, as Stearns topped Houlton.

Garren Manzo and Cory Barnett drove in two runs each as Manzo doubled and singled and Barnett singled twice. Justin Pelkey chipped in with a pair of singles and an RBI.

Levi Prosser, Parker Brown and Josh Harvey singled for Houlton.

Houlton (3-4) 000 000 0 – 0 3 2

Stearns (5-2) 011 023 x – 7 9 2

Gervais and Woodworth, Longstaff (4); J. Manzo and Cyr

Penobscot Valley 15, Penquis 2

At Milo, Ethan Babineau hit two doubles and drove in three runs to lift Penobscot Valley of Howland over Penquis.

Aaron Saucier doubled twice for the Howlers and Dylan Thompson added a double and a single with an RBI.

Jesse McLaughlin led Penquis with a double and a single.

Penobscot Val. (6-2) 043 215 – 15 15 0

Penquis (0-6) 000 110 – 2 6 3

Saucier, Libby (4) and Jones; Venable, Artus (4) and Brown

Katahdin 21, Schenck 0

At East Millinocket, Andy Kay allowed no runs on four hits and one walk while striking out nine to lead Katahdin of Stacyville past Schenck.

Josh Guiggey singled three times for Cougars. Kay hit two doubles and Cody Cunningham added two singles.

Trevor Violette doubled and singled to lead Schenck and Tyrell Davis hit a double.

Katahdin (4-0) 540 57 – 21 13 0

Schenck (1-4) 000 00 – 0 4 7

Kay and Guiggey; Thompson, Sirois (4), Brown (5) and Sirois, Thompson (4)

MCI 8, Waterville 6

At Pittsfield, Ethan West hit a grand slam in the third inning to help lead Maine Central Institute past Waterville.

Faxon McLaughlin had a double and two singles with an RBI for MCI. Andy Shorey added two singles.

Josh Gaudette paced Waterville with a double and a single and two RBIs. Eli Fitzgerald and Tim Locke each had a double and two singles.

Waterville (2-4) 010 500 0 – 6 14 1

MCI (1-5) 007 010 x – 8 11 0

Webb, Bridoer (3), Fitzgerald (5) and Locke; West and Miller

Dexter 3, Bangor Christian 0

At Dexter, senior righty Ethan Woodman allowed a lead-off single to Joe Johnson to open the game and didn’t allow another hit to lead Dexter.

Rick Stewart doubled home a third-inning run and Gavin Cote added a two-run single in the fifth for the Tigers.

Stewart had a single to go with his double and A.J. McGowan doubled.

Bangor Christian (3-5) 000 000 0 – 0 1 1

Dexter (4-3) 001 020 x – 3 6 0

Johnson, Potter (3) and Alexander; Woodman and Gelzinis

Hampden 3, Edward Little 2

At Hampden, Brennan Perry’s bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth scored Josh Tardiff with the winning run for the Broncos.

Perry and Jacob Moore also combined to pitch a one-hitter, with Perry striking out 11 and walking six over the first six innings.

Tardiff had two singles and an RBI for Hampden, while Patrick Stephens also singled.

Cory LaRue’s RBI double in the third inning was Edward Little’s lone hit.

Edward Little (6-2) 001 001 0 – 2 1-3

Hampden Acad. (5-3) 002 001 x – 3 3 1

Goddard and LaRue; Perry, Moore (7) and Stephens

Softball

Stearns 12, Houlton 10

At Millinocket, Becca Leavitt hit two doubles and a single and drove in three runs to help Stearns to victory over Houlton.

Mikaela Rosebush had two singles and a double for the Minutemen and Kristen Albert added a double and a single with an RBI.

Courtney Putnam hit an rBI single for Houlton and Nikki Eastman singled.

Houlton (6-2) 020 116 0 -10 2 4

Stearns (3-4) 031 332 x -12 11 13

Eastman, Herring (3) and Murray; Levesque and Albert

Katahdin 16, Schenck 7

At East Millinocket, Kayla Stevens hit two singles and scored four runs to give Katahdin of Stacyville the win over Schenck.

Melissa Duffy also singled twice for the Katahdin Cougars.

Emily Finson hit an RBI double to pace Schenck. Tricia Hobbs and Ashley Deloge singled.

Katahdin (3-1) 042 610 3 – 16 4 5

Schenck (0-5) 200 103 1 – 7 3 17

Pelletier and Williams; Tompkins, King (7) and Hobbs

Bangor Christian 8, Dexter 3

At Dexter, Jillian French pitched struck out 14 batters in eight innings and hit two singles to lead the Patriots. Whitney Holmes added two singles and an RBI for the winners.

Sam Conway doubled for the Tigers.

Bangor Christian (5-2) 010 010 05 – 8 8 4

Dexter (4-2) 010 001 10 – 3 4 6

French and Brasslett; Chapman and Patterson

Penquis 9, Penobscot Valley 1

At Milo, junior Erica Lyford allowed just one run on two hits and no walks while striking out 11 to lead Penquis past Penobscot Valley of Howland.

Christin McKenzie doubled and singled and knocked in two runs for the Patriots. Holly Smith had two singles and two RBIs and Kayla Webb added two singles.

Molly Thompson led the Howlers with a double and Casey McCloskey added a single.

Penobscot Val. (4-4) 000 000 1 – 1 2 1

Penquis (5-1) 701 100 x – 9 9 1

Batchelder and LaChance; Lyford and Genthner

MCI 5, Waterville 1

At Pittsfield, Maine Central Institute jumped to an early lead and the Huskies made it stand up against Waterville.

Kristen Sousa and Brooke Libby hit RBI singles for MCI. Tiffany McLaggan and Whitney Houston added RBIs.

Kelsey Gagnon scored on a Paige Gardiner single in the third inning for Waterville.

Waterville 001 000 0 – 1 4 2

MCI 300 200 x – 5 4 0

Murray and Hart; Kennedy and Sousa

Bangor 9, Brunswick 2

At Bangor, Amy Wadleigh struck out 10 and walked just two in a complete-game pitching performance as the Rams earned their seventh win.

Wadleigh also doubled, singled twice and drove home two runs, while Jeri Cosgrove singled twice and Kate Freudenberger tripled.

Mardi Artis doubled and singled for Brunswick.

Brunswick (1-6) 001 001 0 – 2 6 3

Bangor (7-1) 024 021 x – 9 12 1

Russell and Artis; Wadleigh and Dean

Hampden 5, Edward Little 0

At Hamdpen, senior Lacey Littlefield allowed three hits and one walk while striking out 12 to earn her fifth shutout as Hampden Academy defeated Edward Little of Auburn.

Ashley Gott hit a double, single and two-run homer to pace the Broncos. Brittany Luetjen had two singles and an RBI.

Alyssa Levesque, Morgan Hussar and Becca Witten singled for Edward Little.

Edward Little (2-6) 000 000 0 – 0 3 3

Hampden (6-2) 002 021 x – 5 11 1

Levesque and Witten; Littlefield and Gott

Brewer 3, Cony 2

At Brewer, Meghan McLain scored Amy Adams and Jaimee Knowles with a two-out single in the bottom of the seventh to lead Brewer past previously unbeaten Cony of Augusta.

Brewer’s Sarah Risser tripled and scored in the first inning off of a Dominique DeFilipp sacrifice bunt. Mel Judkins recorded 10 strikeouts for the Witches.

Amy Jones hit an RBI double in the third for Cony and Liz Barker followed with an RBI single in the fourth. Jasmine Trott had 10 strikeouts.

Cony (7-1) 001 100 0 – 2 4 0

Brewer (7-1) 100 000 2 – 3 5 2

Trott and Cloutier; Judkins and Jackson