ASHLAND – Jeremy Tarr doubled, singled and drove in two runs while striking out 11 to lead Ashland to an 8-1 high school baseball victory over Central Aroostook of Mars Hill on Thursday.

Carl Nemer tripled and scored two runs for the Hornets. Lucas Belanger hit an RBI double and Tyler Cote added an RBI single.

Logan McCarthy singled and scored on a Black McCarthy RBI ground out in the first inning for the Panthers.

Cen. Aroostook (8-5) 100 000 0 – 1 4 3

Ashland (12-1) 121 202 x – 8 8 0

B. McCarthy, McLaughlin (4) and L. McCarthy; Tarr and Belanger

Fort Fairfield 8, Hodgdon 5

At Hodgdon, Josh Churchill hit two singles and scored two runs to help lift Fort Fairfield over Hodgdon.

Matt Cresenzo hit an RBI single for Fort Fairfield and Josh Booth scored two runs.

Jamie Ryan had a double, single and three RBIs to lead Hodgdon.

Fort Fairfield (10-3) 020 302 1 – 8 7 2

Hodgdon (0-14) 002 030 0 – 5 4 4

Dufour and Towle; Ryan and Brombosz

Calais 12, Houlton 1

At Houlton on Wednesday, Roman Hall spaced six hits and struck out five and helped his own cause with a double, a single and two RBIs to power the Blue Devils to victory.

Jeremy Tarr doubled and singled with two RBIs and Jordan Leeman singled twice.

Levi Prosser posted two singles to lead Houlton.

Calais (11-3) 000 283 – 12 7 3

Houlton (6-8) 100 000 – 1 6 6

Hall and Tarr; Hill, Longstaff (7) and Harvey

Bangor 17, Messalonskee 7

At Oakland, Ryan Larochelle’s two-run double and RBI singles by John Cox and Jimmy Burns keyed a seven-run first inning for Bangor.

Larochelle hit three singles to go with his double and knocked in three runs. Kyle Vanidestine had four singles, Kyle Savage and Shane Walton had a double, two singles and two RBIs each, Cox had two singles and three RBIs and Burns had two singles and an RBI.

Chris Farrar tripled and doubled and had two RBIs for the Eagles. Matt Stuart and Joe Dumont each doubled and singled and combined to drive in three runs and Josh Gilbert added two singles and an RBI.

Bangor (12-3) 705 32 – 17 19 3

Messalonskee (6-9) 302 20 – 7 12 6

Clarke, Hansen (3) and McDade; Farrar, Hall (2) and Jacobs

Old Town 16, Mattanawcook 6

At Old Town, the Coyotes scored 12 unearned two-out runs in the second inning to avenge an 11-5 loss.

Tyler Cates’ two-run single and RBI singles by Colin Ziegenbein and Dana Leland keyed the 12-run inning.

Leland drove in three runs with a double and a single, Cates had three singles and two RBIs and Kevin Demmons had a single and two RBIs.

Tyson Tash doubled and singled and had an RBI for MA. Lance Bernier had two singles and Booky Nesin had a two-run double.

Mattanawcook (9-5) 104 10 – 6 6 4

Old Town (9-5) 0(12)0 04 – 16 7 4

Coggins, Laird (2) and Jake Smith; Wasson, Shanley (4) and Leland

John Bapst 6, Ellsworth 5

At Husson College in Bangor, Aaron Healey and Casey Hull stroked RBI singles in the bottom of the ninth inning, with Healey’s being the game-winner, as John Bapst rallied for the victory.

Healey went the distance in earning the pitching win, throwing 125 pitches while striking out nine and walking four.

Ryan Carr tripled in a run to cap a two-run rally in the seventh for Bapst to send it to extra innings. Jon Gagnon preceded Carr’s hit with an RBI single.

Hull added a double and a single for the Crusaders.

Dylan Wilbur laced an RBI triple while Adam Kaspala doubled and singled (RBI) for the Eagles. Brad Folmer singled twice.

Ellsworth (11-3) 000 012 011 – 5 8 1

John Bapst (11-3) 000 100 212 – 6 11 4

Hodge and Carter, Kelley (8); Healey and Smith

Softball

Hodgdon 17, Fort Fairfield 16

At Hodgdon, Dayna Tidd reached on an error and eventually scored on a double steal with two outs, capping a nine-run sixth inning that lifted the Hawks to victory.

Amanda Ryan rapped a single and a two-run double to spark the rally for Hodgdon, which had trailed 15-8. Taylor Hovey hit a run-scoring single and Sam Lycette singled and scored three runs to back winning pitcher Whitney Wallace.

Shannon Towle doubled and singled to lead Fort Fairfield. Maryl Shaw singled twice and Stacy McNamee hit a triple.

Fort Fairfield (4-10) 170 502 1 – 16 8 2

Hodgdon (5-10) 402 209 x – 17 5 7

York, Hebert (6) and Churchill; Wallace and Ryan

Ashland 14, Central Aroostook 7

At Ashland, Mindy Chasse doubled twice and plated four runs to help the Hornets remain unbeaten.

Taylor Baker slammed a three-run home run and an RBI single behind winning pitcher Rylee Graham, who singled three times with an RBI.

Latisha Neece paced Central Aroostook of Mars Hill with a triple, a single and three RBIs. Sarah Long singled twice.

Cen. Aroostook (6-8) 001 105 0 – 7 4 1

Ashland (13-0) 421 007 x – 14 14 0

Graham, Mosher (5), Graham (6) and Estabrook; Flint and Chasse

Presque Isle 23, Fort Kent 0

At Fort Kent, Kayla Legassie doubled and singled with three RBIs to lead the Wildcats to the road victory.

Jodie Buckley added a double and two RBIs for Presque Isle.

Krystal Cyr and Taylor Boucher each singled for Fort Kent.

Presque Isle 131 6(12) 23 4 0

Fort Kent 000 00 0 2 7

Coffin and Young, Gervais (4); Bard, Taylor (3), Boucher (4), Plourde (4) and Morris

Woodland 7, Washington Acad. 4

At Woodland, Shelby Bassett hit two singles and drove in a run to help push Woodland past Washington Academy of East Machias.

Bassett earned the win while striking out nine for the Dragons. Kelsey Burtt had a double, single and an RBI.

Jocelyn Corey hit an RBI triple in the fifth inning for the Raiders. Andi Flannery followed with an RBI double and Irene Lewey added an RBI single.

Washington Acad. (11-4) 001 030 0 – 4 6 1

Woodland (10-5) 403 000 x – 7 5 1

Wood and Espling; Bassett and Nicholas

Hermon 3, Central 1 (10 inn.)

At Corinth, Ashley Kelley struck out 21 and scattered seven hits and Hermon scored a pair of two-out runs in the 10th inning on an infield error to collect the triumph.

Kelley didn’t walk anybody.

Hilary Haney pitched a two-hitter for Central, striking out nine and walking nine.

Ally Wharton and Amanda Page each singled for Hermon while Kristie Collins doubled and singled for Central and Brooke Washburn doubled and scored the Red Devils’ run.

Hermon (10-4) 100 000 000 2 – 3 2 3

Central (8-6) 010 000 000 0 – 1 7 1

Kelley and Colpitts; Haney and Morin