CARIBOU – Vinni Nesin hit an RBI single in the eighth inning to give Mattanawcook Academy a 4-3 win over Caribou in the first game of a high school softball doubleheader Saturday.

The Lynx of Lincoln also won the second game 13-1 in five innings.

In the first game, Brooke Hanscom had a double and two singles for Mattanawcook. Hillary Pelkey tripled and doubled and Nesin totaled three singles.

Deni Nicastro and Taylor Trask combined for 13 strikeouts.

Caribou’s Ali Richards hit a double and two singles and Serena Grier doubled.

In the second game, Trask allowed one run on three hits and no walks while striking out seven through five innings for the Lynx.

Pelkey and Bree Hanscom each had three singles for the Lynx. Brooke Hanscom chipped in two singles.

Ashley Doucette, Chelsea Bouchard and Grier singled for Caribou.

(First Game)

Mattanawcook 000 000 31 – 4 11 1

Caribou 000 001 20 – 3 7 1

Nicastro, Trask (7) and Hanscom; Doucette and Ouellete

(Second Game)

Mattanawcook (11-2) 113 62 – 13 12 1

Caribou (4-8) 001 00 – 1 3 3

Trask and Gulesian; Grier and Ouellette

Lee 10, Piscataquis 2

At Lee Friday, Aarika Ritchie hit two doubles, a single and scored two runs to help lift Lee Academy over Piscataquis of Guilford.

Kellsey Grass doubled and singled with two RBIs and two runs scored for Lee. Becca Burrill added two singles and two RBIs.

Julia Shaffer had two singles and a double with an RBI for the Pirates.

Piscataquis (0-12) 002 000 0 – 2 4 4

Lee (7-4) 111 034 x – 10 10 5

Currier and Soden; Harris and Ritchie

Brewer 15, Lawrence 3

At Fairfield Friday, Meghan McLain hit a three-run home run in the first inning to help push Brewer past Lawrence.

Leah Jackson tripled and singled with two RBIs for the Witches. Amanda Ryan added two singles and an RBI.

Lawrence’s Megan Lovely hit a two-run homer in the first inning and added two singles.

Brewer (11-1) 402 612 – 15 8 1

Lawrence (1-12) 200 001 – 3 4 1

Ryan and Jackson; Routhier, Vigue (6) and Vigue, Marcoux (6)

Mattanawcook 10, Central 1

At Lincoln Friday, Hillary Pelkey hit two singles and drove in two runs to help push Mattanawcook Academy past Central of Corinth.

Deni Nicastro had two singles and an RBI for the Lynx and Bree Hanscom added an RBI double.

Kaitelynn Stymiest led Central with an RBI double.

Central (7-5) 100 000 0 – 1 3 4

Mattanawcook (9-2) 420 004 x – 10 7 3

Haney, Rudzinski (6) and Morin; Nicastro, Trask (6) and Bro. Hanscom, Gulesian (6)

Orono 2, Dexter 0

At Dexter Friday, Sonya Forst and Vanessa Leture scored on back-to-back plays in the fifth inning give Orono the win over Dexter.

Orono’s Amanda York drove in Leture on a single and Leture had three singles.

Michelle Chapman singled and recorded nine strikeouts and didn’t walk a batter for Dexter. Six other hitters had a single apiece.

Orono (6-7) 000 020 0 – 2 5 1

Dexter (6-5) 000 000 0 – 0 7 3

Pavento and Fox; Chapman and Conway

Hermon 3, John Bapst 0

At Husson College in Bangor Friday, Hermon’s Debbie Colpitts outdueled John Bapst’s Devan Richard as the Hawks earned a crucial Class B victory.

Colpitts struck out nine and walked none while giving up just two hits.

Erin Arnold, who drove in a run with a single in the sixth, scored on a wild pitch, along with Amanda Page in the second. Monica Gallant tripled and singled.

Kacy Harvey and Hillary Laferriere each singled for John Bapst. Richard struck out nine and walked three.

Hermon (8-4) 020 001 0 – 3 3 0

John Bapst (7-4) 000 000 0 – 0 2 3

Colpitts and Page; Richard and Perkins

Penobscot Valley 3, Penquis 2

At Howland Friday, Julie Theriault’s two-out double in the sixth plated Kirstie Dawson with the winning run.

Dawson had opened the sixth with a double, then the next two batters struck out before Theriault’s hit.

Dawson also had a pair of singles among her three hits, and Casey McCloskey picked up the win, striking out 12 and walking only three.

Erica Lyford tripled and scored on Morgan Royal’s single in the top of the sixth to tie the game. Lyford also scored in the fourth on a passed ball.

Penquis (9-2) 000 101 0 – 2 2 1

Penobscot Valley (9-4) 020 001 x – 3 5 3

Lyford and Genthner; McCloskey and LaChance

Baseball

Caribou, Mattanawcook split

At Caribou, Caribou scored three runs in the fourth inning to break the scoreless tie and defeat Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln 3-1 in Saturday’s first game. The Lynx won the second game 5-2.

In the first game, Patrick Thibodeau allowed one run on three hits and no walks while striking out seven for Caribou.

Jon Noyes hit a two-run double in the fourth inning for the Vikings and Cameron Anderson added two singles.

Tyler Tash hit a single and a seventh-inning home run to pace Mattanawcook.

In the second game, Tyler White hit a two-run single in the first inning to lead the Lynx. Josh Murchison doubled and singled and Tash singled twice.

Thibodeau had two singles and an RBI for Caribou. Jarryd Rossignol hit an RBI triple.

(First Game)

Mattanawcook 000 000 1 – 1 3 0

Caribou 000 300 x – 3 4 1

Tash and Smith; Thibodeau and Sager

(Second Game)

Mattanawcook 301 001 0 – 5 7 0

Caribou 011 000 0 – 2 9 3

Murchison and Smith; McLaughlin, Brown (2) and Sager

Dexter 6, Orono 5

At Dexter, the Tigers rallied from a five-run deficit after four innings to pull the win Friday.

Ethan Woodman scored the winning run in the seventh off an A.J. McGowan single.

Woodman hit a two-run single in the fifth inning for Dexter. Rick Stewart singled twice and McGowan added a double.

Anthony Cyr hit a single and an RBI double to lead Orono. Brandon Levasseur singled twice and Jake Stoddard hit an RBI single.

Orono (6-7) 021 200 0 – 5 7 1

Dexter (7-4) 000 023 1 – 6 6 3

Kilpatrick and Perry; McGowan, Woodman (4) and Stewart, Gelzinis (4)

Brewer 5, Lawrence 1

At Fairfield Friday, Greg Higgins allowed no earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out eight to lead the Witches over the Bulldogs.

Jon Thoms had two singles and two RBIs for the Witches. Chase Daniels hit a two-run double, and Eric White hit two singles and drove in a run.

Ryan Manzo led Lawrence with an RBI single.

Brewer (11-2) 002 000 3 – 5 8 1

Lawrence (4-9) 100 000 0 – 1 3 4

Higgins and Bush; DeRaps, Flynn (7) and Hersom

Penobscot Valley 15, Penquis 1

At Howland Friday, Anthony Batchelder allowed four hits in five innings while striking out five batters and walking none to lead the Penobscot Valley Howlers past Penquis of Milo.

Joe Gilley had two doubles and two RBIs for the Howlers while Batchelder had two doubles and one RBI. Kyle Dickey hit a three-run double.

Brad Brown hit an RBI double for the Patriots.

Penquis (2-9) 100 00 – 1 4 3

Penobscot Valley (8-5) 318 3x – 15 11 1

Venable and Brown; Batchelder and Jones, Theriault (3)

Piscataquis 13, Lee Acad. 6

At Lee Friday, Brandon London smacked a three-run double while Richie Tompkins drove in three runs with two doubles to lead Piscataquis of Guilford to the win.

Bryan Russell added two singles for the Pirates.

A.J. Harris knocked an RBI double for Lee Academy. Dean MacDonald singled twice and Lee Cropley had a double and a single.

Piscataquis (5-7) 210 072 1 – 13 9 4

Lee (2-9) 000 015 0 – 6 8 9

Tompkins and Shufelt; Harris and MacDonald