December 22, 2024
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Freudenberger knocks in winner

BANGOR – Kate Freudenberger’s triple off the center field fence drove home Amy Wadleigh with the game-winning run with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning as No. 2 Bangor edged No. 7 Nokomis of Newport 1-0 Thursday for an Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinal softball victory.

Sophomore Sam Bedore earned the pitching win, scattering five hits while striking out eight and walking no one.

Patrice Cianchette pitched a seven-hitter for Nokomis of Newport. She struck out six. Kori Mayo had two singles for the Warriors.

Nokomis (10-8) 000 000 000 0 – 0 5 0

Bangor (14-3) 000 000 000 1 – 1 7 0

Cianchette and Moore; Bedore and Dean

Cony 3, Hampden 0

At Augusta, back-to-back RBI doubles by Amy Jones and Megan Cloutier in the sixth inning pushed No. 3 Cony past No. 6 Hampden Academy.

Cony’s Cloutier scored the third run on a throwing error.

Jasmine Trott and Mika Wilson combined for the shutout.

Kaitlyn Haase hit a double to lead Hampden. Ashley Gott, Kate Plowman and Jill Carlisle singled. Lacey Littlefield recorded nine strikeouts.

Hampden (11-7) 000 000 0 – 0 4 1

Cony (14-3) 000 003 x – 3 5 1

Littlefield and Gott; Trott, Wilson (6) and Cloutier

Class B

John Bapst 4, Ellsworth 3

At Bangor, Kacy Harvey hit a two-run single in the fourth inning and a third run scored on a throwing error to lead No. 4 John Bapst over No. 5 Ellsworth.

John Bapst’s Hillary Laferriere drove in the first run in the fourth inning with a single. Whitney Sinclair and Ellen Umphrey each singled and scored.

Anna Seavy hit a single in the fifth inning for Ellsworth to score Lauren Peer, but the potential tying run was thrown out at the plate.

Peer doubled for the Eagles and Lily Cooper hit a bunt single and stole a base. Ashley Smith singled.

Ellsworth (12-6) 200 010 0 – 3 4 2

John Bapst (11-7) 000 400 x – 4 4 2

Smith and Richter; Jordan, Richard (3) and Perkins

Medomak 5, Hermon 2

At Hermon, Miranda Conary led off the sixth inning with a single and scored the winning run on a Kayla Santheson double to give No. 8 Medomak Valley of Waldoboro the upset of top-seeded Hermon.

Santheson added a single and scored a run on a Tessa Dodge sacrifice fly for the Panthers. Rachel Keefe tripled and Conary added another single.

Ashley Kelley hit a two-run double in the first inning for Hermon, and Jaimie Beers hit two singles.

Medomak Valley (13-5) 001 102 1 – 5 6 1

Hermon (12-5) 200 000 0 – 2 3 4

Vannah and Hunt; Kelley and Colpitts

Erskine 2, Mattanawcook 1

At Lincoln, Ashley Richardson’s two-run single in the top of the fourth proved to be just enough as the seventh-ranked Eagles of South China upset No. 2 Mattanawcook Academy.

Sam Morse, who gave up one run on seven hits, singled twice for Erskine.

Renee Libbey hit a run-scoring single for the Lynx, while Bree Hanscom produced two singles.

Erskine (12-5) 000 200 0 – 2 4 0

Mattanawcook (12-5) 000 001 0 – 1 7 3

Morse and Sigfried; Nicastro, Trask (6) and Bro. Hanscom

Winslow 12, Old Town 3

At Winslow, Katie Caron hit a triple and three singles while driving in three runs to lift No. 3 Winslow over No. 6 Old Town.

Liz Cheesman had two singles and four RBIs for Winslow and Kaite Bernard singled twice.

Ashley Goodwin tripled and singled with two RBIs for Old Town. Morgan Cossar hit three singles, and Whitney Leland had two singles and an RBI.

Old Town (11-7) 120 000 0 – 3 7 4

Winslow (15-3) 014 601 x – 12 12 2

Morin and Singer; Nolan and Fisher

Class C

Sumner 3, Penquis 2

At East Sullivan, Brenn Alexander scored the winning run from third on an infield error in the bottom of the seventh inning as No. 1 Sumner of East Sullivan survived a scare from No. 8 Penquis of Milo.

Shelby Fowles singled in the first inning and came around to score to give Penquis a 1-0 lead.

Sumner scored twice in the fifth, as Morgan Traxler tripled and scored on a single by Angela Leach to highlight the rally.

Tashia Daley scattered four hits and struck out 10 batters to earn the win. Traxler finished with a triple and a single, while Leach singled twice.

Erica Lyford pitched a four-hitter with five strikeouts for Penquis. Christin McKenzie singled twice.

Penquis (13-3) 100 001 0 – 2 4 3

Sumner (14-3) 000 020 1 – 3 4 2

Lyford and Genther; Daley and Higgins

Washington Acad. 2, Orono 1

At East Machias, Kristina Garland scored the game-winning run on an Orono fielding error in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift the No. 4 Raiders past the No. 5 Red Riots.

Andi Flannery added a triple for Washington Academy.

Sara Pavento, Jill Tuell and Sonya Forst each hit a single for Orono.

Orono (9-8) 000 000 1 – 1 3 3

Washington Acad. (13-4) 100 000 1 – 2 6 2

Pavento and Fox; Wood and Espling

Houlton 5, Lee Acad. 3

At Houlton, Nikki Eastman hit a two-run double and pitched a four-hitter to spark No. 3 Houlton by No. 6 Lee Academy.

Erika Lackey hit two doubles and a single while Lainey Herring had two singles for the Shiretowners.

Amanda Gifford, Heather Sappier, Brooke Harris and Karin Bird each hit a single for the Pandas.

Lee Acad. (12-6) 000 120 0 – 3 4 2

Houlton (13-4) 121 100 x – 5 8 1

Harris and Ritchie; Eastman and Murray

Calais 6, Penobscot Valley 4

At Calais, Courtney Hill singled twice and knocked in two runs to help push No. 2 Calais past No. 7 Penobscot Valley of Howland.

Tony Cole singled twice and scored a run for the Blue Devils. Macey Gillespie hit a double and scored a run.

Julie Theriault hit a two-run double in the sixth inning to pace the Howlers. Kristie Dawson tripled and singled and Casey McCloskey had two singles.

Penobscot Valley (11-7) 000 004 0 – 4 9 2

Calais (14-3) 002 400 x – 6 9 2

McCloskey and LaChance; Clark and Wilkinson

Class D

Bangor Christian 23, Hodgdon 0

At Bangor, senior Jillian French and junior Monica Alexander combined to pitch a no-hitter to lift No. 3 Bangor Christian to the shutout of No. 11 Hodgdon.

The righthanders allowed no runs on four walks and 11 strikeouts.

Bangor Christian’s Moriah Bach hit two doubles and a single to drive in four runs, and Becca Smith had two singles, a double and four runs scored.

Chelsea Brasslett, Kelly Robinson and French each had two singles and three RBIs. Libbey Long added a double and three RBIs.

Sam Lycette walked three times to pace Hodgdon.

Hodgdon (7-11) 000 00 – 0 0 6

Bangor Chr. (14-3) (11)66 0x – 23 18 1

Wallace and Ryan; French, Alexander and Brasslett

WM Class C

Georges Valley 12, Madison 0

At Thomaston, Danielle Frye pitched a two-hit shutout with eight strikeouts to power No. 1 Georges Valley by No. 8 Madison.

Brittany Worcester hit three singles with two RBIs while Nicole Poland had two singles and a double for Georges Valley. Ashley Geel tallied a home run and a double with two RBIs and Aley Watts had a home run and a single with two RBIs. Liz Hall posted two singles and two RBIs, while Jessica Keating added two singles and an RBI for the Buccaneers.

Amanda Costa and Jessica Hayden each hit a single for Madison.

Madison (9-8) 000 000 – 0 2 3

Georges Valley (16-0) 221 322 – 12 17 1

Lichtenfels and Hayden; Frye and Smith

Baseball

Class B

John Bapst 14, Bucksport 6

At Winkin Complex in Bangor, Aaron Healey improved his record to 8-1 with five solid innings of work and contributed to his own cause with two singles, a double, and six RBIs to lead John Bapst past the Golden Bucks.

Kyle Gallant had three singles and three RBIs for the Crusaders. Casey Hull had a double, a single, and two RBIs. Charlie Merritt, Jon Gagnon and Andrew Casey each had two singles.

Tyler French had two singles and two RBIs while Tim Nason added an RBI single for Bucksport.

Bucksport (9-9) 200 301 0 – 6 4 3

John Bapst (14-3) 120 335 x – 14 16 4

French, Bowden (4), Klenoski (6) and Wadleigh; Healey, Gallant (6) and Smith

Old Town 5, Caribou 2

At Old Town, Cory Wasson scattered seven hits for one earned run, no walks and three strikeouts on 82 pitches to give No. 4 Old Town the win over No. 5 Caribou.

Tyler Cates hit two singles, stole three bases and scored two runs to lead Old Town. Jason Smith hit an RBI double and Josh Coffin added an RBI single. Colin Ziegenbein had an RBI suicide squeeze.

Caribou’s Pat Thibodeau allowed three earned runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out six.

Thibodeau doubled and singled with a run scored for the Vikings. Eric Brown hit an RBI single and Seth Sager singled twice.

Caribou (11-7) 001 100 0 – 2 7 3

Old Town (12-6) 102 002 x – 5 7 1

Thibodeau and Sager; Wasson and Leland

Gardiner 7, Mattanawcook 4

At Gardiner, Roland Kennerson and Forrest Chadwick each hit an RBI double to spark a first-inning rally that lifted No. 2 Gardiner past No. 7 Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln.

Chadwick also earned the pitching win, working into the seventh inning before getting relief help from Kyle Stilphen.

Tyler Tash had a two-run home run in the fifth inning for Mattanawcook, while teammates Tyson Tash and Peter Coggins each doubled.

Kennerson had two doubles for Gardiner.

Mattanawcook (12-6) 000 030 1 – 4 7 3

Gardiner (14-3) 500 101 x – 7 9 0

Tys. Tash and Crocker; Chadwick, Stilphen (7) and Wheelock

Class C

George Stevens 6, PVHS 3

At Blue Hill, Ebb Walton doubled, singled and drove in two runs to help lead No. 1 George Stevens Academy to victory over No. 9 Penobscot Valley of Howland.

Nick Saunders hit an RBI double in the fourth inning for the Eagles.

Aaron Saucier hit a two-run single in the sixth inning to pace the Howlers. Joe Gilley and Anthony Batchelder each singled twice.

Penobscot Val. (10-8) 000 002 1 – 3 5 6

George Stevens (15-2) 002 301 x – 6 6 4

Worster and Thompson; Hale and Marks

Orono 11, Dexter 7

At Orono, Ben Stout hit a solo homer in the second, doubled and singled to pace the No. 4 Red Riots past, No. 5 Dexter.

Brandon Levasseur had two singles and two RBIs for the Riots. John Doughty had two singles and an RBI and Kirk Francis singled twice.

Rick Stewart had two singles and an RBI for the Tigers. C.J. Giles singled twice and Mike Gelzinis added a two-run triple.

Dexter (11-6) 100 030 3 – 7 10 1

Orono (8-9) 110 523 x – 11 12 5

McGowen and Stewart; Winter and Perry

Class D

Ashland 13, Bangor Chr. 3

At Ashland, top-seeded Ashland scored nine runs in the fourth inning and four more in the fifth inning to defeat No. 9 Bangor Christian.

Nick Gimbel hit two singles and knocked in two runs to lead the Hornets. Tony Baker doubled and singled with an RBI and Jacob Paradis added a single, an RBI and two runs scored. Henry Milligan singled and scored three runs.

Jon Johnson and Phil Dougherty each hit RBI singles for Bangor Christian.

Bangor Christian (8-10) 002 01 – 3 3 5

Ashland (15-1) 000 94 – 13 9 0

Potter, Theriault (5) and Alexander; J. Belanger and L. Belanger


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