Belfast Lions defeat Mount View for 10th victory

May 19, 1992 6:00 am

BELFAST – Belfast improved its schoolboy baseball record to 10-4 here Monday with a 9-3 victory over Mount View of Thorndike.

Bob Withee doubled and singled for the Lions, while Kurt Payson singled twice and winning pitcher Cliff Littlefield hit a two-run single.

For the 4-7 Mustangs, Jeb Furbush doubled and singled. Wally Furrow and Josh Hubbard each singled twice.

Mount View 002 010 0 – 3 11 3 Belfast 301 140 0 – 9 9 2

Littlefield and Curtis; Hughes and Curtis

Orono 17, MDI 8

At Mount Desert, Orono pushed its record over the .500 mark with a win over Mount Desert Island.

Mark Thibodeau knocked in two runs with three singles and Zac Pelleriti provided a double and a single (two RBIs) for the 7-6 Red Riots. Nate Ballard, Aaron Pyle and Robbie Sinclair combined for the win.

For 4-11 Mount Desert Island, Mike Clark cracked a two-run home run and a double and Brian Graves plated two runs with a double and a single.

Orono 402 340 4 – 17 14 1 MDI 200 024 0 – 8 10 5

Ballard, Pyle (6), Sinclair (6) and Pelleriti; Clark, Farley (3), Lawson (7), Myers (7) and James

Brewer 5, Hampden 0

At Brewer, Jeff Millett (2-1) pitched a three-hitter to pace the Brewer Witches to the victory over Hampden Academy.

Greg Crossman singled twice for two RBIs to pace the offense of the 8-4 Witches. Chris Horr doubled twice and had an RBI.

Mike Tardiff, Keith Polo, and Rob Perley each singled for the 5-9 Broncos.

Hampden 000 000 0 – 0 3 3 Brewer 102 200 x – 5 7 2

Harris and Polo; Millett and J. Fogg

John Bapst 16, Hermon 2

At Husson College in Bangor, Maurice Day slammed a three-run homer in the second inning to help lead the host John Bapst Crusaders’ 17-hit attack.

Alex Peters led off the game with a home run in the first inning for the 6-6 Crusaders. Matt McDevitt had two doubles and three singles. Kevin Mahon doubled and had two singles.

Hermon 000 010 1 – 2 8 2 John Bapst 240 415 x – 16 17 0

Scripture, Raymond (5) and Shaw; Mahon and McDevitt

Searsport 7, DI-Stonington 5

At Deer Isle, three errors, two passed balls, and a walk allowed the Searsport Vikings to score three runs in the top of the seventh and post the come-from-behind win.

For the 3-10 Vikings, Mel Grant knocked a two-run home run in the third inning and Ken Lavin added a two-run single. Lavin also pitched a four-hitter for the win.

Ryan Jones hit an RBI double for the 1-9 Mariners.

Searsport 202 000 3 – 7 4 2 DI-Stonington 000 050 0 – 5 4 4

Lavin and Ashey; Jones and Morey

GSA 15, Sumner 9

At East Sullivan, Jamie Sherman’s run-scoring double and RBI singles by Jonas Allen and Adam Gray sparked a four-run fifth inning that erased a 6-4 deficit and led George Stevens Academy to its 10th win in 13 games.

Gerry Gray had four singles for GSA; Sherman had a pair of singles to go with his double; Allen had three singles; Matt Haney had a two-run homer and a single; Adam Gray had a double to go with his single; J.T. Loomis doubled and singled and Brian Willey singled twice.

Wally Coombs, Rusty Potter, Micah Richardson and Aaron Naumann had two singles each for 6-7 Sumner of East Sullivan.

GSA 022 043 4 – 15 19 0 Sumner 320 103 0 – 9 12 4

Murphy, Haney (2), Grindle (6) and Willey; Jordan, Parritt (4), Warren (5) and Naumann

Central-EC 14, Penquis 8

At Milo, Irving Crocker knocked in the go-ahead run with a two-out double in the top of the sixth inning as the Red Devils from East Corinth upped their record to 8-4.

Toby Pineo cracked three singles and drove in two runs for Central. David Green, John Allen, Paul Speed, and Tony Wolverton each had two singles. Pitcher Rob Rogalski picked up the win in relief.

For Penquis, 4-7, Troy Chase struck out 14 in the losing effort. He also had two singles and a double.

Central-EC 402 006 2 – 14 14 1 Penquis 112 030 1 – 8 7 5

Green, Pineo (5), Rogalski (6) and Crocker; Chase and Sickler

Foxcroft 10, Dexter 3

At Dexter, the Ponies of Foxcroft Academy had only six hits but made them count. Mike Smith hit a grand slam in the second for the Ponies and Ed Smith clipped a two-run home run in the third. The win boosted FA to a 10-2 mark.

The 2-10 Tigers got a triple from Brian McKenney, a double from Kirby Reardon and a single from John Watson as their only hits off Deron Smith, and Trent Smith who finished up in the seventh.

Foxcroft 442 00 0 – 10 6 1 Dexter 001 002 0 – 3 3 5

D. Smith, T. Smith (7) and M. Smith; Watson, Farnham (4) and Reardon Jason Poitras keys Crusaders past Warriors

VAN BUREN – Jason Poitras’ one-out squeeze bunt delivered Jay Amato in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Van Buren a 6-5 come-from-behind schoolboy baseball victory over Community of Fort Kent here Monday.

Amato had walked and moved to third on two wild pitches before Poitras bunted him home. Poitras pitched 2 2/3 innings of no-hit, shutout relief ball, striking out four and not walking anybody, to notch the win.

Jeff Kaleta hit a two-run single in the three-run fourth inning for 5-7 Van Buren and scored the tying run on a wild pitch. Ted Smith hit a solo homer for the Crusaders and Tom Power had a run-scoring single.

Aaron Berthiaume had a solo homer and a single and two RBIs for the 6-7 Warriors.

Community-Fort Kent 300 200 0 – 5 4 4 Van Buren 011 300 1 – 6 4 4

L. Berthiaume and Michaud; C. Poitras, J. Poitras (5) and Beaulieu

Limestone 13, SAHS 9

At Dyer Brook, Gary Carr singled twice and drove in three runs to help the Limestone Eagles defeat host Southern Aroostook.

Ryan Sharts had two singles and two RBIs for the 5-6 Eagles. Craig O’Neal hit two doubles. Robert McDougal struck out nine and pitched a nine-hitter for the win.

Brett Russell doubled twice and had two RBIs for the 10-2 Warriors. Aaron Bouchie doubled and singled for an RBI. Matt Burpee hit a two-run double and Kyle Fox had an RBI triple.

Limestone 202 123 3 – 13 10 0 So. Aroostook 233 100 0 – 9 9 6

McDougal and Ortiz; Fox and Shields

Houlton 8, Presque Isle 4

At Houlton, Heath Gentle allowed four Presque Isle runs in the first three innings before settling down to pitch no-hit ball the rest of the way as the Shiretowners upset the visiting Wildcats.

Houlton, 6-8, exploded for five runs in the fourth inning highlighted by doubles from Gentle, Joey Sewell and John Melton. Gentle went 3-for-4 with five RBIs while Corey Suitter drove in two runs.

Jay Haywood was the only repeat hitter for the 11-3 Wildcats with two singles. James Lawler took the loss.

Presque Isle 202 000 0 – 4 6 3 Houlton 000 512 x – 8 8 2

Lawler, Kinney (4) and Haywood; Gentle and Wilmot

Fort Fairfield 14, Wisdom 11

At Fort Fairfield, Bob Stull singled twice and drove in three runs to help lead a 15-hit attack as the host Tigers downed Wisdom of St. Agatha.

Eric Cunningham and Marc Dorsey each had two singles and an RBI for the 11-1 Tigers. Shawn Rogers also hit two singles. Shawn Willette (2-0) came on in relief in the fourth and got the win.

For the 2-10 Pioneers, Jamie Guerrette had three singles and two RBIs while Eric Bouchard added two singles and an RBI.

Wisdom 012 001 7 – 11 6 6 Fort Fairfield 145 031 x – 14 15 6

Bouchard and Pelletier; Stull, Willette (4), Bernier (7) and DeMerchant, Dumont (5)

Hodgdon 9, CAHS 8

At Mars Hill, Scott Tidd had an RBI double during a four-run seventh inning as Hodgdon rallied to win.

Avon Stewart (one RBI) and Chad Merritt singled three times each for the 6-6 Hawks, while Jered Stewart and Andy Albert doubled and singled. Mike Cain got the win in relief.

Johnny Moore knocked in four runs with a double and two singles for 3-8 Central Aroostook. Jeremy York had a double and a single and Derek Townsend two hits behind loser Hume Pierce.

Hodgdon 111 011 4 – 9 14 5 Central Aroostook 030 012 2 – 8 10 2

J. Stewart, M. Cain (4) and Merritt; Pierce and Boyd

‘Guagus 7, Woodland 2

At Harrington, the Narraguagus Knights rode to their 11th win in 12 games behind the pitching of Willard Bailey, now 5-0.

Alton Wallace banged two doubled good for two RBI for the Knights, Bailey had a double and single, Mark Leighton two singles and two RBI and Dan Curtis a double.

For the 5-8 Dragons, Chris Manza and Bryan Roffey both had two singles.

Woodland 000 020 0 – 2 7 3 Narraguagus 002 320 x – 7 9 2

Sherman and Martell; Bailey and Fletcher

Machias 24, Lubec 2

At Machias, senior Francis Houde took the mound for the first time in his career and pitched five-inning one-hitter with six strikeouts and four walks.

Bud Sprowl had a solo homer and a single for the 4-8 Bulldogs, Lucas Stuart and Eric Houde each doubled and singled, and Francis Houde had three singles.

Adam Davis had the lone hit for the 0-11 Hornets.

Lubec 200 00 – 2 1 3 Machias 477 6x – 24 13 1

Blanch, Mahar (3), Porter (4) and Davis; F. Houde and Scribner, Cherry (5)

Katahdin 12, Ashland 8

At Sherman Station, Katahdin’s Garth McNally (4-1) allowed just one earned run and struck out 12 batters as the Cougars downed Ashland in a game marred by 17 errors.

Josh Cullins belted a two run homer in the fourth inning for the 6-3 Cougars. Jason Qualey singled, doubled and drove in two runs, while Adam Curtis and Randy Cyr each singled twice.

Ashland, 7-6, got two hits apiece from Rick Caron, Josh Ash and loser Aaron MacLean. The Hornets loaded the bases in the sixth inning with nobody out but McNally rebounded to strike out the the next three Ashland batters.

Ashland 025 010 0- 8 8 9 Katahdin 140 313 x- 12 8 8

MacLean and Jackson; McNally and Duffy

Calais 8, WA 1

At Calais, Chris Sherrard slugged a solo homer and a two-run single and Matt Cassidy hurled a two-hitter, striking out 14, as the Blue Devils improved to 9-2.

Cassidy aided his own cause with a solo homer for Calais, while Jeff Hinton slapped two singles.

For Washington Academy of East Machias, 7-5, Brian Chamberlain and Tim Seeley both singled.

Washington Academy 000 001 0 – 1 2 3 Calais 220 022 x – 8 9 0

Crosman, Armstrong (3), Feeney (5) and Chamberlain; Cassidy and Parks

GSA 15, Sumner 9

Wally Coombs, Rusty Potter, Micah Richardson and Aaron Naumann had two singles each for 6-7 Sumner of East Sullivan.

GSA 022 043 4 – 15 19 0 Sumner 320 103 0 – 9 12 4

Murphy, Haney (2), Grindle (6) and Willey; Jordan, Parritt (4), Warren (5) and Naumann

LEAVE ON BOTTOM Jonesport-Beals sweeps

At Deer Isle-Stonington Saturday, Jonesport-Beals pitchers Shawn Johnson and Joe Moores each hurled a one-hitter, lifting the Royals to 17-0 and 4-2 victories over the Mariners.

In the opener, Johnson struck out 15 batters and belted a two-run homer to help his cause for the 8-2 Royals. Darren Alley homered and singled (two RBIs) and Elliott Peabody doubled and singled.

The 1-8 Mariners were paced by Corey Webb, who doubled.

In the second game, Moores fanned 16 Mariner hitters. Mike King socked a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh to snap a 2-2 tie and provide the winning run.

For DI-S, Darrell Brown singled.

(First Game) Jonesport-Beals 202 402 7 – 17 10 1 Deer Isle-Stonington 000 000 0 – 0 1 11

Johnson and Libby; Brown and Morey (Second Game) Jonesport-Beals 020 000 2 – 4 4 2 Deer Isle-Stonington 020 000 0 – 2 1 5

Moores and Libby; Harmon, Libby (5), Harmon (6) and Morey

leave on bottom Wisdom 7, Madawaska 6

At St. Agatha on Saturday, the host Pioneers rallied for five runs in the seventh to defeat the Owls.

Glen Paradis cranked a solo homer for the 7-6 winners to back pitcher Chad Hanlin, who scattered seven hits. Jamie Guerrette chipped in with a double and single and Eric Bouchard doubled.

Jim Keller singled twice and drove in a run for the 2-9 Owls.

Madawaska 030 011 1 – 6 7 5 Wisdom 100 100 5 – 7 10 4

Albert and Hebert; Hanlin and Pelletier Miles powers Pirates to win over Schenck

EAST MILLINOCKET – Jason Miles belted a homer and three singles, driving in five runs and powering Piscataquis Community to a 21-6 schoolboy baseball win over Schenck Monday.

Argo Regan had three singles and three RBI for the 9-5 Pirates of Guilford, while Anthony Licata doubled and singled twice for two RBI. Pitcher Curtis Graffam went the distance.

For Schenck, 0-11, Tony Gantnier doubled and singled. Ray Houston tripled.

PCHS 281 046 – 21 16 2 Schenck 040 020 – 6 8 7

Graffam and Regan; Coon, Thompson (4) and Stanley

Lee 20, PVHS 1

At Lee, Ron Coombs extended his hitting streak to eight hits in his last eight at bats Monday while also pitching the Lee Panadas past the Penobscot Valley Howlers of Howland.

Coombs went 3-for-3 with two singles and a two-run homer to go with a 4-for-4 in his last game and a hit in his last time up the game prior to that. Coombs raised his mound mark to 5-0 with a solid stint, allowing one hit while striking out eight in four innings.

Jamie Phelps had a sizzling plate performance for the 12-1 Pandas with six RBIs on a 3-for-3 day which included a three-run homer, a two-run homer, and an RBI single.

Mike Noble had a solo HR and single and Steve Coombs a double and single for Lee.

The Howlers, 4-9, got a leadoff single from Jemery Durost and a sixth-inning single by Craig Dube.

PVHS 100 000 0 – 1 2 7 Lee 844 211 x – 20 18 1

Leveille, Artes (4) and Audibert; R. Coombs, Ham (5), Gifford (6) and Knowles, McLeod (6)

Central-EC 14, Penquis 8

At Milo, Irving Crocker knocked in the go-ahead run with a two-out double in the top of the sixth inning as the Red Devils from East Corinth upped their record to 8-4.

Toby Pineo cracked three singles and drove in two runs for Central. David Green, John Allen, Paul Speed, and Tony Wolverton each had two singles. Pitcher Rob Rogalski picked up the win in relief.

For Penquis, 4-7, Troy Chase struck out 14 in the losing effort. He also had two singles and a double.

Central-EC 402 006 2 – 14 14 1 Penquis 112 030 1 – 8 7 5

Green, Pineo (5), Rogalski (6) and Crocker; Chase and Sickler

Foxcroft 10, Dexter 3

At Dexter, the Ponies of Foxcroft Academy had only six hits but made them count. Mike Smith hit a grand slam homer in the second for the Ponies and Ed Smith clipped a two-run home run in the third. The win boosted FA to a 10-2 mark.

The 2-10 Tigers got a triple from Brian McKenney, a double from Kirby Reardon and a single from John Watson as their only hits off Deron Smith, and Trent Smith who finished up in the seventh.

Foxcroft 442 00 0 – 10 6 1 Dexter 001 002 0 – 3 3 5

D. SMith, T. SMith (7) and M. Smith; Watson, Farnham (4) and Reardon

PCHS sweeps PVHS

At Howland on Saturday, Piscataquis Community of Guilford came up with seventh-inning rallies in both games while sweeping host Penobscot Valley.

In the first game, Anthony Licata smacked a three-run home run in the seventh to lift the 8-5 Pirates to a 19-18 victory. In game two, Craig Bryant led off the ninth inning with a pinch-hit double, stole third and scored on a wild pitch to cap PCHS’ 7-6 win.

In the opener, Licata paced the Pirates with the homer and a single, and Carl Larson rapped a solo homer and a single. Adam Shearer, Jason Miles, Matt Thomas and Kam Kimball contributed two hits apiece behind relief winner Jason Miles.

Carlton Thurlow knocked in five runs with three singles for the 4-8 Howlers, while Jason Leveille had a three-run homer and a double. Rob Paradis singled three times, with Ryan Reed and Craig Dube adding two hits each.

In the nightcap, Jim Audibert and Paradis stroked three-run homers in the sixth to tie it 6-6, only to have the Pirates rally behind Bryant.

Shearer singled three times and went the distance for PCHS, while Licata had a single and two RBIs.

Brian Alley doubled and singled and Reed singled twice for PVHS behind loser Paradis.

(Saturday’s First Game) Piscataquis 066 111 4 – 19 14 6 Penobscot Valley 003 744 0 – 18 14 6

Thomas, Licata (3), Miles (5) and Regan; Emery, Alley (3) and Audibert (Saturday’s Second Game) Piscataquis 000 140 101 – 7 10 3 Penobscot Valley 000 000 600 – 6 10 2

Paradis and Audibert; Shearer and Regan