ELLSWORTH – Pat Kelley fashioned a one-hitter, striking out seven along the way, to lead Bucksport to a 3-0 high school baseball victory over Ellsworth on Thursday afternoon.

Adam Kaspala tallied two singles, a double and an RBI for Ellsworth while Andrew Hodge added a double.

Kyle McGeechan singled for Bucksport.

Bucksport (1-3) 000 000 0 – 0 1 3

Ellsworth (3-0) 010 002 x – 3 8 3

Klenowski and Wadleigh; Kelley and Jordan

Gardiner 7, Mount View 2

At Thorndike, Ron Kennerson hit a double, a single and drove in two runs to propel Gardiner by Mount View.

Adam Wheelock hit a home run and a single for the Tigers.

Josh St. Clair had a triple and a single with an RBI for Mount View while Ethan Jean posted an RBI double.

Gardiner (2-0) 011 003 2 – 7 9 1

Mount View (0-2) 000 110 0 – 2 7 5

Lavallee, Pobriwick (5) and Wheelock; Raven, Rednour (7) and Abbot

Foxcroft Acad. 9, Central 3

At Dover-Foxcroft, sophomore Ian Champeon pitched a four-hitter, had two singles and scored three runs to lead the Ponies to their third victory.

Tony Gabarro also singled twice and scored three runs for Foxcroft, while Jamie Nason had a single and two RBIs and Josh Conroy had an RBI single.

Ben Merrill doubled for Central of Corinth, while Jake Speed and Scott Kelley each singled and scored a run.

Central (3-3) 002 001 0 – 3 4 3

Foxcroft Acad. (3-2) 033 300 x – 9 10 0

Merrill, Collins (4) and Wilson; Champeon and Witham

Maranacook 25, MCI 0 (5 inns.)

At Pittsfield, Mike Rankin pitched a five-inning no hitter, striking out two and walking three, as the Black Bears cruised to victory.

Anthony Maffei stroked three singles, while Brian Bean, Mike Brennan and Ryan Martin posted two singles apiece for Maranacook of Readfield.

Maranacook (2-0) 004 (11)(10) – 25 25 2

MCI (0-1) 000 0 0 – 0 0 0

Rankin and Brennan; Rowe, West (4), Egerton (4), Miller (5) and Miller, Nadeau (5)

Mattanawcook 11, Presque Isle 1

At Lincoln, Tyson Tash had two singles and two RBIs while Tyler Tash had a double, single and one RBI to pace the Mattanawcook Academy Lynx past the visiting Wildcats.

Booky Nesin had two singles and an RBI for MA. Brady Vose hit a two-run double.

Dillon Kingsbury had two singles and an RBI for Presque Isle. Brennen Shaw also had two singles.

Presque Isle (1-2) 100 000 – 1 6 1

Mattanawcook (1-2) 070 301 – 11 10 1

Kingsbury, Braley (2), Chasse (5), Shaw (6) and Ford; Murchison and Smith, Crocker (5)

Forest Hills 7, Greenville 0

At Greenville, Jeff Mulhall pitched a one-hitter, striking out 18 batters as Forest Hills of Jackman shut out Greenville.

Dylan McNally hit two singles and drove in two runs to lead Forest Hills. Kevin Brackett added two singles and an RBI for the Tigers.

Keith Aucoine posted a single for Greenville.

Forest Hills (1-1) 100 002 4 – 7 11 0

Greenville (0-1) 000 000 0 – 0 1 3

Mulhall and McNally; St. Louis, Sikes (5) and Post

Penobscot Valley 10, PCHS 0

At Howland, Dylan Worster and Anthony Batchelder combined on a one-hitter as Penobscot Valley topped Piscataquis of Guilford.

Dylan Thompson hit two singles and drove in three runs for Penobscot Valley. Nevin Jipson hit two singles while Aaron Saucier had an RBI single.

Brad Russell tallied a single for Piscataquis.

Piscataquis (1-1) 000 000 0 – 0 1 6

Penobscot Valley (4-0) 002 404 x – 10 6 1

Cleaves, Lovell (4), Russell (6) and Shaufelt; Worster, Batchelder (6) and Jones

Softball

GV Buccaneers 17, Mtn. Valley 1

At Thomaston, sophomore Danielle Frye pitched a five-inning no-hitter to lead the Buccaneers to the season-opening victory.

Frye struck out nine and walked four. Ashley Geel knocked in four runs with three singles for Georges Valley, while Erin Judkins (three RBIs) and Liz Hall (two RBIs) each doubled and singled.

Mountain Valley (0-1) 1 0 0 00 – 1 0 3

Georges Valley (1-0) 0(17)0 0x – 17 11 0

Moore, Waite (2) and Akers; Frye and Smith

Old Town 17, MDI 2

At Old Town, Amy Singer hit a two-run home run in the third and added a two-run triple to pace Old Town’s 11-hit attack.

Sarah Wilcox also hit a two-run homer in the third for the Coyotes. Ashley Goodwin added a triple, single and four RBIs while Hilary Campbell had a double, single and two RBIs.

Ariel York singled twice for Mount Desert Island.

MDI (0-4) 02 0 00 – 2 5 3

Old Town (4-2) 05(11) 1x – 17 11 3

McKay, Parady (4) and Damon; Campbell and Singer, Cashon (4)

Mattanawcook 8, Presque Isle 1

At Lincoln, Tayla Trask tossed a one-hitter with 15 strikeouts to lead Mattanawcook Academy by Presque Isle.

Renee Libbey hit two singles and a double with an RBI for the Lynx. Bree Hanscom had a triple, a single and an RBI while Kristy Burleigh had two singles with an RBI.

Jodie Buckley singled for Presque Isle.

Presque Isle (2-1) 001 000 0 – 1 1 1

Mattanawcook (2-1) 001 421 x – 8 12 1

Coffin and Young; Trask and Gulesian

Messalonskee 7, Nokomis 6

At Oakland, Kristen Lawler drove in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Messalonskee past Nokomis of Newport.

Lauren Hachey hit two singles and drove in two runs while Juliana Fekete added two singles for the Eagles.

Sam Moore and Olivia Fuller each hit a double and a single while Patrice Cianchette had two singles for Nokomis.

Nokomis (2-3) 121 000 2 – 6 10 2

Messalonskee (2-3) 100 002 4 – 7 10 5

Cianchette and Moore; Hunt and Fekete

PVHS 8, Piscataquis 0

At Howland, Casey McCloskey pitched a four-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts and three walks as Penobscot Valley defeated Piscataquis Community High of Guilford.

McCloskey and Melissa Batchelder each had two singles to pace the Howlers.

Piscataquis (0-2) 000 000 0 – 0 4 1

Penobscot Valley (3-1) 203 210 x – 8 6 0

Currier and Green; McCloskey and LaChance

Maranacook 4, MCI 0

At Pittsfield, Sarah Maxwell (2-0) went the distance, allowing four hits and no walks while notching nine strikeouts, to lead Maranacook of Readfield past Maine Central Institute.

Maxwell also provided all the offense she’d need with a two-out, RBI single in the first.

Lydia Fortin hit a double to pace the MCI Huskies.

Maranacook (2-0) 100 000 3 – 4 7 1

MCI (0-1) 000 000 0 – 0 4 4

Maxwell and Shaw; Kennedy and Sousa