PITTSFIELD – Kristen Sousa scored on an infield pop that landed between the pitcher and the catcher with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning as Maine Central Institute edged Belfast 1-0 in high school softball action Monday.
Mandy Kennedy, who earned the win in relief, hit the popup that plated Sousa. Jordan Kennedy struck out 17 and allowed just two hits in the pitchers’ duel. Hilary Bickford and Sousa each singled for the Huskies, who stranded runners in the seventh, eighth, and 10th innings.
Belfast’s Stephanie Whittier fanned 13 and gave up four hits. Brianna Webster and Brooke Reed each singled for the Lions.
Belfast (3-4) 000 000 000 00 – 0 2 3
MCI (5-3) 000 000 000 01 – 1 4 3
Whittier and Brown; J. Kennedy, M. Kennedy (10) and Sousa
Lee Acad. 13, DI-Stonington 0
At Lee, Brooke Harris pitched a five-inning no-hitter, striking out five and walking one as Lee Academy won its third game.
Amanda Gifford singled twice, knocked in a run, and scored another for the Pandas, who took advantage of nine Deer Isle-Stonington walks and one hit batsman.
Aarika Ritchie singled, scored three runs, and drove in another for the Mariners, and Katelyn Mallett singled and scored.
DI-Stonington (2-5) 000 00 – 0 0 6
Lee Acad. (3-4) 391 0x – 13 4 0
Powers, Haskell (3) and Garcia, Robbins (2); Harris and Ritchie
Piscataquis 18, Foxcroft 5
At Dover-Foxcroft, Tracy Dewey had two singles and four RBIs to lead the Piscataquis Pirates of Guilford past Foxcroft Academy.
The Pirates scored 12 unearned runs in the game.
Lindsay Chase and Megan Crocker hit back-to-back home runs in the third inning for the Ponies.
Piscataquis (1-4) 105 363 – 18 6 5
Foxcroft Acad. (0-6) 012 200 – 5 7 16
Wood and Tilton; Clapp and Theoharidis
Penobscot Valley 6, Penquis 4
At Howland, Casey McCloskey pitched seven innings allowing two hits with 10 strikeouts to lead Penobscot Valley past Penquis of Milo.
Kristie Dawson had a single with a pair of RBIs while Jamie Milton, Melissa Batchelder and McCloskey each added a single for the Howlers.
Erica Lyford had a triple with two RBIs while Morgan Royal added a double for Penquis.
Penquis (3-3) 000 021 1 – 4 2 3
PVHS (4-0) 023 010 x – 6 4 3
Lyford and Gunther; McCloskey and Lavertu
Skowhegan 4, Old Town 3
At Old Town, Brittany Gould led off the top of the eighth with a double, then Sam Gray and Crystal Johnson belted back-to-back RBI singles to lift Skowhegan past Old Town.
Gray added a triple and Gould notched a single. Caitlin Steward tallied 16 strikeouts.
Ashley Goodwin had two singles and an RBI and Devin Levesque doubled for the Coyotes.
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Old Town (0-8) 000 100 02 – 3 5 3
Steward and Gray; Morin and Singer
Dexter 6, Bangor Christian 3
At Bangor, Michelle Chapman struck out 12 batters and Jana Kenney singled twice with two runs scored to lead Dexter past Bangor Christian.
Becky Johnson added two singles for the Tigers.
Jillian French struck out 12 and notched two singles and a run for the Patriots.
Dexter (5-0) 330 000 0 – 6 8 0
Bangor Christian (4-3) 000 030 0 – 3 4 1
Chapman and Kenney; French and Bragg
Stearns 7, Orono 4
At Orono, Deanna Michaud belted a solo homer to go along with a double, single and two RBIs to lead Stearns past Orono.
Katie Mills chipped in two singles for the winners.
Emily Balaban-Garber smacked a single and a double and Samantha Perkins added two singles for the Red Riots.
Stearns (5-1) 300 021 2 – 7 10 1
Orono (2-5) 000 110 2 – 4 7 4
O’Toole and Willey; Pavento and Woodbrey
Nokomis 4, Brewer 2
At Brewer, Tricia Cossar belted a two-run double in the top of the fifth as Nokomis held off Brewer for the win.
Danielle Grey chipped in two singles and two runs scored for the Warriors of Newport.
Dominique Defilipp hit three singles and Julie Lorenz added a singled and an RBI. Jordan McLain struck out 14 for the Witches.
Nokomis (6-2) 200 020 0 – 4 5 2
Brewer (6-2) 101 000 0 – 2 9 3
Cianchette and Cossor; McLain and Risser
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DI-Stonington 13, Lee 0
At Lee, Collin Ciomei and Rob Brown led off the game with back-to-back home runs to get the Mariners started en route to the five-inning triumph.
Bryant Ciomei knocked a two-run double and Jon Eaton an RBI double for Deer Isle-Stonington.
Ryan Beers and Devan Parker both singled for the Lee Academy Pandas.
Deer Isle-Stonington 331 24 – 13 9 0
Lee Acad. 000 00 – 0 2 6
Garcia, Hardie (4) and Eaton; Beers, Doty (5) and MacDonald
Mount View 9, Rockland 6
At Thorndike, Ross Curry slapped a two-run double and Ben Raven an RBI double to spark a seven-run fourth inning for the Mustangs.
Josh St. Clair singled twice and doubled for Mount View, and Wade Spaulding singled twice.
Josh Elwell had two singles and two RBIs for the Tigers, and Derek Tripp hit three singles and doubled.
Rockland (5-4) 000 113 1 – 6 9 0
Mount View (4-3) 010 701 x – 9 12 2
Meklin, Elwell (5) and Sleeper; Miles and Ripley
MCI 4, Belfast 3
At Pittsfield, Adam Connors slapped a two-run double in the first inning to lead Maine Central Institute to the win.
Victor Quint doubled, singled and scored two runs while Trevor Rowe added two more singles and a run scored for the Huskies.
Jake Arthers hit an RBI double for Belfast.
Belfast (3-4) 010 011 0 – 3 2 3
MCI (2-6) 200 110 x – 4 6 3
Dutton and Carr; Quint and Saucier
Stearns 9, Orono 5
At Orono, Justin Pelkey hit a two-run home run in the first inning as Stearns of Millinocket defeated Orono.
Jeff Osborne doubled and singled twice while Cory Barnett added a double and a single for Stearns.
Sean Babin hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning, and Jared Bussell had two singles and an RBI for Orono.
Stearns (4-2) 410 103 0 – 9 15 1
Orono (3-4) 001 121 0 – 5 5 3
Emerson, Pelkey (5) and Osborne; Babin and Perry
Penquis 13, Penobscot Valley 2
At Howland, Nick Emery hit a two-run home run and singled to lead the Patriots of Milo past the Penobscot Valley Howlers.
Kiel Larson chipped in with an RBI single for the Patriots.
Nevin Jipson hit a solo home run for the Howlers, and Ryan Ware added two singles.
Penquis (3-3) 280 21 – 13 5 0
PVHS (2-2) 100 10 – 2 4 6
Brown, Venerable (4) and Gero; Saucier, Gilley (1), Worster (2) and Thompson
Bangor Christian 6, Dexter 3
At Bangor, Jared Theriault notched two singles and drove in a run to lead Bangor Christian past Dexter.
Mike Smith and Adrian Durkee each hit a single with an RBI, and Jon Johnson drove in a run on a sacrifice fly for the Patriots.
Rick Stewart doubled, singled, and drove in a run, and Dan Beatham singled with an RBI for the Tigers.
Dexter (4-2) 000 001 2 – 3 7 1
Bangor Christian (4-4) 330 000 x – 6 5 2
Stewart, McGowan (2), Baxter (5) and Beatham, Stewart (2); Potter and Dougherty
Foxcroft Acad. 5, Piscataquis 4
At Dover-Foxcroft, Adam Dow plated Josiah Richard with a single in the bottom of the 10th to lift Foxcroft Academy past Piscataquis of Guilford.
Dow added an RBI double, and Richard had an RBI single. Abe Landry singled, doubled, and drove in a run, and Josh Boone tallied an RBI for the Ponies.
Roy Burdin notched two singles and Nathan Johnston singled with two RBIs. Tobey Cleaves chipped in an RBI for the Pirates.
Piscataquis (1-4) 020 110 000 0 – 4 5 4
Foxcroft Acad. (1-5) 200 200 000 1 – 5 6 4
Johnston, Zimmerman (6), Tracy (10) and Robinson; Bellamare, White (5), Weymouth (6), Landry (7) and Weymouth, White (6)
Brewer 17, Nokomis 1
At Brewer, Prentiss Swett knocked a solo home run and a two-run triple as Brewer rolled past Nokomis of Newport.
Brad Brown hit a two-run triple for the Witches; Tommy Jackson and Matt Helfen each added RBI doubles.
Derek Amoroso and Isaac Osborone had a single apiece for Nokomis.
Nokomis (0-8) 000 10 – 1 2 3
Brewer (5-3) 752 3x – 17 16 0
Gould, Osborne (2), Nadeau (4) and York; Burnham, Bissell (5), Nicknair (5) and Jackson, Bush (5) and Thompson (5)
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