ASHLAND – Justin Belanger’s single in the ninth inning scored Isaac Ward with the winning run to lift Ashland past Katahdin of Stacyville 9-8 in high school baseball action Tuesday.

Ward hit an RBI single in the ninth to tie the game at eight for Ashland.

Tyler Cote hit three singles while Jeremy Tarr added a double and a single with an RBI for the Hornets.

Evan McCarthy doubled and singled with three RBIs while Josh McGraw and Ethan Qualey each had two singles and an RBI for the Cougars.

Katahdin (9-4) 000 421 001 – 8 9 5

Ashland (11-1) 015 100 002 – 9 10 3

Kay and McCarthy; Belanger, Tarr (4) and Ward

Houlton 9, Stearns 4

At Millinocket, Chris Howland hit a single and drove in three runs to help lead Houlton past Stearns.

Ricky Stairs singled twice with an RBI while Hunter Caron added a triple for the Shiretowners.

Paul Rucci had a pair of singles for the Minutemen.

Houlton (10-2) 300 300 3 – 9 6 2

Stearns (8-4) 030 010 0 – 4 8 3

Cleary and Stairs; Pelkey, Bolduc (5) and Emerson

John Bapst sweeps Presque Isle

At Bangor, Nick Smith scored on an error in the bottom of the 10th as the Crusaders edged the Wildcats 5-4 in the opening game of a doubleheader at Husson College’s Winkin Complex. Bapst took the second game 9-3.

In the first game, Crusader reliever Nick Hubbard struck out nine and allowed just two hits with no walks in 8 1/3 innings. Casey Hull hit two doubles and a single while Alex Yates added a two-run single.

Logan York paced Presque Isle with a triple, and Dan McCue had two singles.

In the second game, Hull led John Bapst with a double and a single and his third stolen base of the doubleheader. Jon Gagnon singled twice and drove in a run while Chris Smith had an RBI single.

Seven different players each hit a single for the Wildcats.

(First Game)

Presque Isle 130 000 000 0 – 4 4 1

John Bapst 003 001 000 1 – 5 8 2

Ireland and Ford; N. Smith, Hubbard (2) and Yates

(Second Game)

Presque Isle (2-10) 000 000 3 – 3 7 3

John Bapst (8-5) 340 110 x – 9 9 0

Cassidy, Kingsbury (3), Bradley (4), Ford (6) and Chasse; Yates, Healey (3) and N. Smith

Winslow 5, Camden Hills 4

At Rockport, Chris Brown belted a solo home run and Brendan Reed a two-run single to lead Winslow to the victory.

Justin Lindie added a double and a single for the Black Raiders.

Noah Burke hit a solo homer, singled, and scored two runs for Camden Hills, and Miles Davee had a two-run single.

Winslow (11-2) 041 000 0 – 5 6 3

Camden Hills (10-3) 300 000 1 – 4 6 1

Siviski and Brown; Grinnell and Burke

Lee Acad. 7, Woodland 5

At Lee, four different Pandas contributed RBI singles during a six-run fourth inning.

Tyler Doty, Devan Parker, Dean MacDonald, and Travis Linscott all singled in a run in the fourth for Lee Academy. Kyle McLeod struck out 11 in a complete-game effort.

J.T. Kelleher paced Woodland with three singles and an RBI while Marc McLellan doubled, singled, and knocked in a run.

Woodland (7-6) 000 202 1 – 7 5 4

Lee (3-10) 000 601 x – 7 7 1

Brown, St. Pierre (4), James (7) and Sears; McLeod and MacDonald

Softball

Katahdin 19, Ashland 8

At Ashland, Ronni Robinson hit a three-run triple to spark a five-run second inning as Katahdin of Stacyville rolled to the win.

Kayla Stevens knocked a pair of RBI doubles while Jasmine Pelletier doubled and singled for the Cougars.

Macy Pelky singled twice, tripled, and knocked in two runs for the Hornets while Taylor Baker had three singles and an RBI.

Katahdin (11-3) 052 363 0 – 19 12 2

Ashland (2-8) 102 050 0 – 8 11 6

Smallwood and Bates; Flint, Chasse (7) and Chasse, Mayo (7)

So. Aroostook 22, Fort Fairfield 8

At Fort Fairfield, Kaylea Collier had a home run, two singles, and three RBIs to lead the Southern Aroostook Warriors of Dyer Brook to victory.

Liz Goodall had a triple, two singles, and one RBI for the Warriors. Rachelle Nadeau had a double, single, and one RBI.

Kelly Lynch led the Tigers with an RBI single.

SAHS (5-5) 254 600 5 – 22 14 1

Fort Fairfield (3-9) 003 302 0 – 8 4 5

Nadeau, E. Goodall (7) and L. Goodall; York, Hebert (3) and Churchill, Chasse (6)

Stearns 8, Houlton 2

At Millinocket, Christine O’Toole pitched a six-hitter and Stearns teammate Deanna Michaud took care of the offense with a three-run homer in the sixth, a triple, a single, and four RBIs.

Amy Collinsworth hit two singles and Shannon Somers hit a two-run single for the Minutemen.

Nikki Eastman singled twice for the Shiretowners.

Houlton (6-6) 001 010 0 – 2 6 2

Stearns (10-2) 200 015 x – 8 9 0

Eastman and Herring; O’Toole and Leavitt

Lee Acad. 8, Woodland 7

At Lee, Aarika Ritchie tripled, singled, drove in a run, and scored twice to lead Lee Academy by Woodland.

Dana Houghton, Amanda Gifford and Morgan McGaw each hit a pair of singles. Houghton had two RBIs for the Pandas while Gifford had one.

Ariel Knights doubled and singled with an RBI while Julia Nicholas added a two-run single for the Dragons.

Woodland (7-6) 000 025 0 – 7 8 0

Lee Acad. (7-6) 241 100 x – 8 10 4

Bassett and Flaherty; Harris and Ritchie

Sumner 14, George Stevens 0

At East Sullivan, Nicky Sargent pitched a five-inning no-hitter for Sumner to earn the shutout over George Stevens Academy of Blue Hill.

Kayla Higgins hit a two-run home run and an RBI triple while Hollie Stanwood had three singles and an RBI. Ashley Pennartz tripled and singled with a pair of RBIs for the Tigers.

George Stevens 000 00 – 0 0 1

Sumner (9-2) 550 4x -14 14 1

Clapp and Theohardis; Sargent and Higgins

Medomak 5, Lincoln Acad. 3

At Newcastle, Tessa Dodge had an RBI double and RBI single to lead the Panthers of Waldoboro past Lincoln Academy.

Abby Sandblom doubled and singled to knock in a run for the Panthers.

Cassie Lincoln singled twice for the Eagles.

Medomak (8-4) 100 111 1 – 5 5 1

Lincoln Acad. (1-12) 002 001 0 – 3 6 1

Vannah and Ambridge; Lincoln and Flint

Greenville 25, Averill 13

At Greenville, Leslie Harris hit a triple, a single, and a home run and drove in four runs for the Lakers.

Greenville erupted for 12 runs in the first inning to take the early lead.

Lauren Fling added a home run and a single while Brittany Boucher and Mackenzie Wyman each hit two singles for Greenville.

Sara Mack hit four singles while Sue Ann Shiffer had three for the Beavers.

Averill 004 18 -13 13 12

Greenville (12)34 6x -25 11 5

Leighton and Mack; Muzzy and Wilson

Hampden Acad. 2, Bangor 1

At Hampden, two-out, run-scoring singles by Nellie Wood and Michelle Wells in the bottom of the seventh rallied the Broncos past Bangor.

It was Hampden Academy’s second 2-1 win over Bangor this season.

Kate Plowman and Lacey Littlefield had one-out singles to start the rally and Mikki Libbey put down a sacrifice before Wood and Wells delivered.

Tawnya Godinez tripled and scored on Sam Besse’s single in the second for Bangor’s run.

Wells and Littlefield combined on a seven-hitter, striking out six and walking three.

Wood had a triple and two singles, Ashley Gott doubled and singled, and Wells singled twice for Hampden Academy.

Godinez had a single to go with her triple. Besse and Courtney Stevenson had two singles each.

Besse hurled a 10-hitter. She struck out four and didn’t walk anybody.

Bangor (10-4) 010 000 0 – 1 7 0

Hampden (10-3) 000 000 2 – 2 10 0

Besse and C. Stevenson; Wells, Littlefield (3), Wells (5), Littlefield (6), Wells (7) and Gott

Bangor Chr. 3, Jonesport-Beals 1

At Bangor, Jillian French allowed one run on four hits with 11 strikeouts to lead Bangor Christian by Jonesport-Beals.

Kelly Robinson had an RBI single for the Patriots.

Tina Beal had a double and a single for the Jonesport-Beals.

Jonesport-Beals (6-3) 000 010 0 – 1 4 0

Bangor Chr. (9-4) 120 000 x – 3 4 0

Alley and Church; French and Brasslett