HOWLAND – Casey McCloskey allowed just one run and one hit while striking out 11 and walking one while Molly Thompson’s RBI double in the sixth supplied the game-winning run as Penobscot Valley earned a pivotal Class C softball victory, 2-1, over Orono Wednesday.

Molly Woodward scored on a passed ball in the second for Penobscot Valley.

Chloe Paul singled for the Red Riots. Sara Pavento surrendered two runs on four hits.

Orono (5-4) 000 001 0 – 1 1 4

Penobscot Valley (6-4) 010 001 x – 2 4 2

Pavento and Che. Paul; McCloskey and LaChance

Bangor Chr. 3, DI-Stonington 0

At Deer Isle, Jillian French pitched a one-hitter, striking out 17 and hitting a batter, to spearhead the Patriots.

Bekah Smith and Whitney Holmes each singled and scored a run for Bangor Christian. Chelsea Brasslett had a run-producing fielder’s choice.

Goldie Garcia hit a fourth-inning single for Deer Isle-Stonington’s only hit behind loser Anika Powers, who scattered four hits and struck out four.

Bangor Christian (8-2) 011 100 0 – 3 4 0

DI-Stonington (2-5) 000 000 0 – 0 1 0

French and Brasslett; Powers and Robbins

Brewer 8, Mt. Blue 0

At Farmington, Amanda Ryan spun a six-hitter, striking out five and walking none while the Witches played error-free ball behind her in earning their ninth victory.

Allie DeFilipp had two singles and two RBIs and Leah Jackson three singles and an RBI for Brewer. Allie’s sister Dominique chipped in with a pair of singles.

Kelly Yardley and Amelia Allen both singled twice for the Mt. Blue Cougars.

Brewer (9-1) 004 202 0 – 8 10 0

Mt. Blue (2-8) 000 000 0 – 0 6 1

Ryan and Jackson; Williams, Bartlett (3) and Allen

Hampden 4, Messalonskee 0

At Oakland, Lacey Littlefield and Michelle Wells combined on a three-hitter, striking out 11 as Hampden earned its eighth shutout of the spring.

Eva Shannon laced a two-run double in the fourth while Kate Plowmann hit an RBI single and Kasey Belcher a fielders choice RBI in the seventh for the Broncos.

Julianna Beckett doubled and singled for Messalonskee.

Hampden (8-2) 000 200 2 – 4 6 1

Messalonskee (5-5) 000 000 0 – 0 3 1

Littlefield, Wells (6) and Gott; Hunt, Smith (7) and Beckett

Bangor 16, Lawrence 0

At Fairfield, Amy Wadleigh doubled twice to knock in three runs and teamed up with Erin Dean on a two-hitter as Bangor upped its record to 9-1.

Nicole Stairs tripled and singled to knock in a run, and Amy Hackett had an RBI double and RBI single for the Rams.

Megan Lovely had two singles for Lawrence.

Bangor (9-1) 221 038 – 16 12 2

Lawrence (1-9) 000 000 – 0 2 5

Wadleigh, Dean (6) and Dean, Redman (6); Bickford, Routhler (5) and Vigue

Penquis 20, Piscataquis 0

At Guilford, Erica Lyford tossed a one-hitter with 10 strikeouts to lead Penquis of Milo by Piscataquis.

Lyford tallied a triple, a double, a single and six RBIs for the Patriots. Kayla Webb had two singles with two RBIs while Britnee Genther added a double and a single.

Emily Knights hit a single for Piscataquis.

Penquis (7-1) 643 70 – 20 8 0

PCHS (0-7) 000 00 – 0 1 6

Lyford and Genther; Shaffer and Soden

Stearns 25, Schenck 2

At East Millinocket, Becca Leavitt hit two doubles, three singles and drove in five runs to power Stearns of Millinocket.

Angela Levesque pitched a one-hitter with no earned runs for the win.

Kristine Tracy tallied two singles, a double and three RBIs for Stearns while Mikaela Rosebush added two singles, a double and an RBI.

Ashley Grant hit a bunt single for Schenck.

Stearns (5-4) 92(10) 13 – 25 23 1

Schenck (0-7) 020 00 – 2 1 5

Levesque and Albert; Kaprice, King (3) and Hobbs

Lee Acad. 7, Dexter 2

At Dexter, Brooke Harris hit three singles and drove in a run to lead Lee Academy by Dexter.

Aarika Ritchie and Kelsey Grass each posted a two singles for the Pandas.

Allyssa Crane, Amy Conway and Eva Wing each hit a single for Dexter.

Lee Acad. (4-4) 022 300 0 – 7 10 7

Dexter (5-3) 000 010 1 – 2 3 6

Harris and Ritchie; Chapman and Patterson

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Brewer 13, Mt. Blue 2

At Farmington, Prentiss Swett had a pair of RBI singles and Mike Kotredes added a two-run double to lead Brewer past Mt. Blue.

Caleb Smith knocked an RBI triple for the Witches, and Chase Daniels plated a run with a double. Eric White doubled and singled to drive in another run.

Bobby Dudley had two singles and Alex Wallace a double for Mt. Blue.

Brewer (9-1) 623 02 – 13 11 2

Mt. Blue (2-8) 020 00 – 2 7 4

Daniels and Bush; Gilbert, Smith (2), Harevelo (5) and Schnack, Witt (2)

Bangor Chr. 11, DI-Stonington 3

At Deer Isle, Phil Dougherty doubled, singled twice and drove in three runs as Bangor Christian rolled.

John Johnson had two singles, a double and RBI and Tyler Alexander a double for the Patriots.

Collin Ciomei hit a solo homer and Eben Powers an RBI single for the Mariners.

Bangor Christian 110 402 3 – 11 8 5

Deer Isle-Stonington 201 000 0 – 3 3 6

Johnson, Theriault (3) and Alexander; Powers, Pinkham (4) and Ciomei

Piscataquis 12, Penquis 7

At Guilford, Bryan Russell had two singles and a double to drive in two runs to lead Piscataquis past Penquis of Milo.

Brandon Emerson and Nolan Lovell each singled twice while Toby Cleeves had a triple and a single.

Chad Baker had two singles for the Patriots.

Penquis (0-7) 202 201 0 – 7 7 0

Piscataquis (3-5) 050 043 x – 12 11 2

Venable, Larson (3) and Brown; London, Vleeves (3) and Shufelt

Messalonskee 2, Hampden 1

At Oakland, Matt Stuart tossed a complete game, allowing one run on three hits to lead Messalonskee by Hampden.

Nick Curato had a single and an RBI for the Eagles.

Shawn Smith pitched seven innings for Hampden, giving up three hits and one earned run.

Hampden (5-5) 000 001 – 1 3 0

Messalonskee (4-6) 000 101 – 2 3 1

Smith and Stephens; Stuart and Hall

Orono 8, Penobscot Valley 6

At Howland, Chris Cyr smacked a two-run home run to spark Orono.

John Doughty tallied two singles and an RBI while Ben Stout had a double for the Red Riots.

Joe Gilley doubled and singled with three RBIs while Nevin Jipson had a home run and a single for Penobscot Valley.

Orono (5-4) 122 001 2 – 8 9 1

PVHS (6-4) 004 001 1 – 6 9 4

Kilpatrick and Perry; Saucier, Jones (7), Gilley (7) and Jones, Thompson

Dexter 11, Lee Acad. 10

At Dexter, Ethan Woodman’s two-run double in the bottom of the seventh lifted the Tigers past the Lee Academy Pandas.

A.J. McGowan laced a two-run homer while Rick Stewart tripled and singled to drive in three runs for Dexter. Gavin Cote hit four singles and drove in four runs.

Brandon Crocker hit a two-run double and Ryan Beers a solo homer and RBI single for Lee. A.J. Harris doubled and singled to knock in three runs.

Lee (2-6) 021 015 1 – 10 9 2

Dexter (6-3) 130 401 2 – 11 10 3

Crocker, Doty (4), Harris (5) and MacDonald; McGowan, Woodman (3) and Stewart, Gelzinis (3)

Mount View 15, Rockland 0

At Rockland, Cody Raven fashioned a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts and no walks to propel the Mustangs to victory.

Raven helped his own cause with a double and two singles. Keil Lemieux singled twice for Mount View of Thorndike and Ian Campbell hit a two-run home run.

Dave Searle’s single with one out in the fifth was Rockland’s only hit of the game.

Mount View (4-3) 022 056 – 15 12 2

Rockland (1-7) 000 000 – 0 1 2

Raven and Abbott; Morrill, Searle (3), Jarrett (6) and Nelsen