September 21, 2024
BANGOR DAILY NEWS (BANGOR, MAINE

Barrows, Wiberg lift Mariners past Tigers

DEER ISLE – Ben Barrows singled to score Adam Haskell with one out in the eighth inning Wednesday, lifting Deer Isle-Stonington to an 11-10 high school baseball victory over Sumner of East Sullivan.

Josh Weed singled during the winning rally for the Mariners, who got a double, two singles and five RBIs from Nick Wiberg. Wade Dunham had a three-run double in the hosts’ 10-run fourth inning.

Ben Barrows earned the win in relief, striking out 10.

Steve Kinghorn crushed a grand slam and a single for Sumner of East Sullivan. Jason Soule smacked a three-run homer and a single.

Sumner (0-1) 007 030 00 – 10 7 1 DI-Stonington (1-0) 000 (10)00 01 – 11 7 4

Welch, Bickford (4) and Bickford, McDevitt (4); Wiberg, Barrows (4) and J. Weed

Piscataquis 11, Central 3

At East Corinth, Brody McKenney struck out 14 and walked three in a complete game to earn the Pirates’ season-opening win.

McKenney boosted his own cause with three singles, a double and drove in two runs for Piscataquis Community of Guilford.

Brandon Townsend singled and drove in a run for Central.

Piscataquis (1-0) 030 080 0 – 11 11 1 Central (0-1) 000 003 0 – 3 3 2

McKenney and White; Ladd, Partridge (5), Allen (5), Salvia (6) and Houston, Townsend (7)

Camden-Rockport 11, Rockland 3

At Camden, Mike MacDonald gave up one earned run and struck out 10 to earn the win.

MacDonald also knocked a two-run single to spark a rally in the second. Joah Peck slammed a run-scoring double.

Travis Reynolds had three hits including a double for Rockland.

Camden-Rockport (1-1) 000 001 0 – 3 6 4 Rockland (2-1) 260 011 x – 11 5 4

Reynolds (2), Prescott (4), Curtis (6) and Prescott, Peters (5); MacDonald and Peck

Erskine 15, Mount View 3

At South China, Craig Belanger struck out 10 in four innings and helped his cause with a double and three RBIs as the Eagles won.

Josh Ferran and Brian Reay stroked two hits each for the winners.

Pete Quimby singled twice for Mount View of Thorndike and Josh Grass added a two-run single.

Mount View (0-2) 102 00 – 3 5 3 Erskine (2-0) 270 6x – 15 11 0

Gow, Hatch (4) and Wentworth; C. Belanger, Parenteau (5) and Coons

Maranacook 11, Belfast 10

At Belfast, Tony Creek scored the go-ahead run from third on an error to give the Black Bears of Readfield the win.

Nick Waddell had a two-run homer to power Maranacook and Jeff Reed added a double, single and two RBIs. Creek had two hits.

For Belfast, Alan Blood led the way with a double and two singles. Roland Littlefield and Joe Holmes provided three hits each, while Gregg Bouchard had two.

Maranacook (1-1) 204 203 0 – 11 5 3 Belfast (1-2) 340 111 x – 10 14 4

Knowles and Blaisdell; Holmes and Blood

George Stevens 9, Searsport 7

At Blue Hill, Dave Marancik had a single and two RBIs to lead the Eagles four-hit attack.

Chris Pickering added a single and RBI for George Stevens Academy.

Matt Cox spanked a two-run homer for Searsport while Pat Kenney added two hits and two RBIs.

Searsport (0-1) 023 200 0 – 7 7 6 George Stevens (2-0) 432 000 x – 9 4 3

Cox (3) and Rybarczyk and Tripp; West, T. Cole (4), S. Cole (7) and Byrd

Bucksport 8, John Bapst 2

At Bucksport, Chris Soper pitched five innings of no-hit ball to pick up the win for the Golden Bucks.

Soper was taken out after the fifth after throwing 74 pitches and gave way to Buzz Simpson, who finished off the win. Soper had seven strike outs and walked four batters.

Greg Gobel and Tom Pollard each had a single, a double and two RBIs to lead Bucksport.

Scott Tremble had an RBI double for the Crusadors of Bangor.

John Bapst (0-2) 000 001 1 – 2 3 4 Bucksport (3-0) 102 041 x – 8 11 1

Zaitz, Susi (5) and Freeman; Soper, Simpson (6) and Gilley, Roi (7)

Hermon 15, Ellsworth 7

At Ellsworth, Scott Totter had two singles and a double to lead the Hawks over Eagles.

Mark Alaimo and John Schoppe added a two single and a double for Hermon.

Ellsworth was lead by Phil Hodkins who had a two-run double.

Hermon (2-1) 202 212 6 – 15 14 2 Ellsworth (0-2) 021 130 0 – 7 9 6

Reynolds and Perry, Nyby, Hardison (7) and Donaldson

Washington Acad. 5, Machias 1

At East Machias, Mike Fergerson drove in three runs to help the Raiders top the Bulldogs.

Nick St. Pierre crafted a two-hit win with five Ks and no walks for the Raiders season-opening win.

Andrew Feeney had a single and double for Machias.

Machias (0-1) 000 100 x – 1 7 2 Washington Academy (1-0) 310 010 0 – 5 5 0

Stevens (7) and Buck, Morey (5); St. Pierre, Kates (4) and Wood (6), J. Kates, St. Pierre

Woodland 5, Narraguagus 0

At Harrington, Tony Robb pitched a six-hit shutout as Woodland opened the season with a Downeast Athletic Conference victory.

Robb struck out four and walked four while being backed by errorless defense. Jerry Hiland plated two runs with a fifth-inning double. Ryan Thornton provided an RBI single.

Chad Berry tripled and doubled for Narraguagus behind Adam Meyer, who scattered three hits. He fanned 10 and walked six.

Woodland (1-0) 100 130 0 – 5 3 0 Narraguagus (0-1) 000 000 0 – 0 6 1

Robb and Seavey; Meyer and Worcester

Softball

Orono 11, Stearns 10

At Orono, Heidi Ferguson scored on a passed ball in the sixth inning to deliver Orono’s win.

Ferguson paced the Red Riots with a single, double and two RBis, Asheley Simpson singled twice and drove in a run, and Laura Keating had two singles.

Meredith Oliver had three singles for Stearns of Millinocket.

Stearns (0-2) 302 203 0 – 10 6 6 Orono (1-2) 442 001 x – 11 7 5

Wilson and Legassey; L. Ballard, Simpson (5) and Ferguson

George Stevens 3, Searsport 2

At Blue Hill, Sara Haney stroked a two-run home run in the fifth inning to give George Stevens the victory.

Heidi Carroll earned the win against Searsport’s Sarah Webster, with each throwing a four-hitter. Carroll struck out 12 and walked one, while Webster struck out 13 and did not issue a walk.

Emily Lewandowski provided an RBI single in GSA’s three-run inning.

Shanna Gerry rapped an RBI single for the Vikings.

Searsport (0-1) 000 002 0 – 2 4 3 GSA (2-0) 000 030 x – 3 4 2

Webster and Barton; Carroll and Lewandowski

Ellsworth 12, Hermon 2

At Ellsworth, the Eagles’ efficient offense earned the win.

Lyndsey Patten stroked an RBI double, Layne McDonald singled and drove in two runs and Cassie Merchant doubled and singled. Kelly Griffiths had a base hit and an RBI, and Joni Pinkham had two singles.

Hermon’s Sarah Devlin doubled and singled and Katy Calligan singled and had an RBI.

Hermon (0-3) 011 000 0 – 2 5 4 Ellsworth (2-0) 550 020x – 12 7 4

Stevens and Stairs; Lemar and Griffiths

Central 18, Piscataquis 2

At East Corinth, Sarah Matulis doubled, singled and drove in three runs to pace Central in a mercy-rule shortened, five-inning game.

Maria Cookson struck out six and walked one for the Red Devils’ win.

Jane Burdin doubled for Piscataquis of Guilford.

Piscataquis (0-1) 000 11 – 2 1 2 Central (1-0) 1(11)6 0x – 18 11 0

Smiley and Kelly; Cookson and Matulis

Bucksport 14, John Bapst 6

At Bucksport, the Golden Bucks put together an 18-hit attack and Nikki Sheehan had nine strikeouts in the romp.

Bucksport’s Christy Jellison stroked a double, two singles and two RBIs, Sheehan had two singles and an RBI, and Kelly Downes had two singles and two RBIs. The Bucks also got two hits apiece from Jana Wardwell, Kelsey Wardwell and Jamie Gilman.

Kristi Millard had two singles and an RBI, and Stacy Rudnicki added a single and triple for John Bapst.

John Bapst (1-1) 001 113 0 – 6 10 2 Bucksport (3-1) 540 050 x – 14 18 3

Bender (3), Smart (6) and Beckett; Sheehan and Wardwell

Mount View 5, Erskine 2

At South China, Naomi Gillette rapped a run-scoring double to tie the game and Angel Brown’s sacrifice fly put Mount View ahead for good during a three-run rally in the fifth inning.

Lisa Parsons doubled and singled to back winner Michelle Ludden for the Mustangs of Thorndike.

Tabi Blair had two singles and an RBI and Renee Carter added an RBI single for Erskine Academy. Mount View (2-0) 000 131 0 – 5 7 1 Erskine (1-1) 100 100 0 – 2 7 2

Ludden and Brown; Farrington and Simpson

Maranacook 9, Belfast 1

At Belfast, the Black Bears of Readfield played error-free ball and Jamie Pruett pitched a two-hitter to earn the win.

Kate Morrison had two singles and one RBI for Marranacook.

Sarah Berry and Darci Brown each had a hit for Belfast.

Maranacook 010 224 0 – 9 6 0 Belfast 000 001 0 – 1 2 5

Pruett and Maffe; Vaughn, Woods (5) and Berry

Sumner 41, DI-Stonington 1

At Deer Isle, the Tigers of East Sullivan pounded out 20 hits to down the Mariners.

Joslyn Brenton had four hits, including a double and added four RBIs for Sumner. Tema Rogers and Danielle Martin each had two hits and two RBIs. Brenton pitched a complete game to pick up the win.

Angela Douglass had a homer in the fourth to account for the lone Deer Isle-Stonington run.

Sumner (1-0) 339 (11)93 3 – 41 20 0 DI-Stonington (0-1) 000 100 0 – 1 3 11

Brenton and Willey; Hardy, Douglass (5) Hardy (7) and Baasch, Stone (5)

Brewer 5, Old Town 2

At Brewer Tuesday, Kristen Frey pitched a six-hitter and walked one to power the Witches.

Leslie Trott had a base hit while Emily Sevigny and Kristy Pluard each had a run-scoring single.

Old Town’s Brandy Knapp smacked a triple and Lisa Dyment add Old Town’s Brandy Knapp smacked a triple and Lisa Dyment added a single.

Brewer (1-0) 000 500 x – 5 6 3 Old Town (0-1) 101 000 0 – 2 6 3

Frey and Brigalli; Drinkwater and Day, Ferland (2)

Ellsworth 17, Orono 3

At Ellsworth Tuesday, Racheal Smallidge had a triple, base hit and five RBIs to power the Eagles’ nine-hit attack.

Lynda Patten added two singles and one RBI for Ellsworth.

Orono’s Heidi Ferguson had a single, triple and one RBI to lead the Red Riots.

Orono (0-1) 001 002 0 – 3 4 7 Ellsworth (1-0) 200 294 x – 17 9 2

Simpson and Ferguson; Patten and Roy

Narraguagus 10, Woodland 9

At Harrington, Melissa Hurlbert delivered a two-out, two-run single in the sixth inning to give Narraguagus the margin of victory.

Holly Strout paced the Knights with a triple, two singles and an RBI. Laura Morse had a double and a single with an RBI, while April Wallace and Heidi Lyons added two hits each. Lindsay Portrie earned the win in relief.

Loser Rachel Wearne doubled twice for Woodland. Angie Robb and Meredith Tourtillotte had two hits each.

Woodland (0-1) 301 301 1 – 9 6 5 Narraguagus (1-0) 210 115 x – 10 10 3

Wearne and Robb; Morse, Portrie (5) and Lambert

Machias 10, Washington Acad. 1

At East Machias, Carolyn Luce’s two singles and three RBIs led the Bulldogs to the win.

Sheri Pritchard, Jordan Wood and Shirley Moe added two singles for Machias’ season-opening win.

Monika Guptill drove in a run for Washington Academy.

Machias (1-0) 016 210 0 – 10 8 0 Washington Acad. (0-1) 100 000 0 – 1 6 3

McCarthy and Romei; Cates and Akoa


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