HOULTON – Natasha Ritchie belted hit five singles and drove in five runs as Houlton unleashed a 21-hit attack to cap a schoolgirl softball sweep of visiting Fort Kent 23-12 Friday.

Houlton won the first game 3-2.

In the first game, Ritchie gave up no earned runs, two hits, and four walks while striking out 12 in notching the win. Anna Lenentine hit a solo home run in the sixth inning. Vallerie Lenentine hit two singles and Rebecca Skehan tripled.

Nicole Saucier and Melissa Morneault both singled for Fort Kent.

In the second game, Anna Lenentine had three singles and a double with three RBIs for Houlton. Aimee Guy hit a pair of singles with three RBIs and Kasey Cleary had three singles.

Mindy Morneault hit a grand slam in the first inning for Fort Kent. Ashley Desjardins and Jessica Nadeau both hit two singles with two RBIs.

(First Game)

Fort Kent 011 000 0 – 2 2 2

Houlton 000 002 1 – 3 8 2

Minzy, Mel. Morneault (6), Pelletier (7) and Min. Morneault; Ritchie and Cleary

(Second Game)

Houlton (8-1) 450 060 8 – 23 21 4

Fort Kent (4-3) 440 013 0 – 12 9 3

Guy, Ritchie (3), Guy (4) and Cleary; Michaud, Minzy (3) and Min. Morneault

Cen. Aroostook 15, Washburn 10

At Mars Hill, Sami Brewer hit a triple and two singles and knocked in three runs to lead Central Aroostook to the win.

Jocelyn Carvell had a triple and two singles with a RBI for the Panthers and Megan DeGraw doubled and singled with a RBI. Destin Larrabee hit two singles with a RBI.

Liza Maynard hit a pair of singles for Washburn and Jamie Abar had a RBI double.

Washburn (4-3) 003 114 1 – 10 7 7

Cen. Aroostook (1-4) 370 032 x – 15 17 15

Burtt and Abar; Long, Collins (7) and Carvell

So. Aroostook 18, Limestone 17

At Dyer Brook, Christine Brewer singled, stole second and scored on a wild throw in the eighth inning to give Southern Aroostook the win.

Meghan McLaughlin hit a double and two singles with three RBIs for Southern Aroostook. Brandi Crandall had a double and two singles and Nicki Lyons hit three singles with two RBIs.

Ashley Brooker hit a double and three singles for Limestone and Vicki Mulherin had a double and two singles to knock in two runs.

Limestone (4-3) 341 431 10 – 17 13 5

So. Aroostook (5-6) 822 001 41 – 18 13 3

Michaud and Brooker; Collier, Brewer (4) and C. McLaughlin

Madawaska 14, Van Buren 13

At Madawaska, the Owls scored the game-winning run on a walk while Rosa Londono had two singles, a double and four RBIs to help fuel the offense.

Erin Pelletier added a double and a single for Madawaska.

Danielle Gagnon led the Van Buren offense with two singles, a double and an RBI while Amy Vaillancourt contributed with two singles and a double.

Van Buren (0-6) 004 090 0 -13 13 3

Madawaska (1-7) 108 005 x -14 14 6

Woodland 12, Shead 10

At Eastport, Alicia Vose hit a pair of singles and drove in two runs to help Woodland to the win.

Kelsey Snowman hit a RBI single and scored two runs for Woodland and Brittany Seeley had two RBIs.

Samantha Davis hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning and had a double with five total RBIs for Shead. Brittany Lingley tripled, doubled, and singled.

Woodland (3-8) 006 400 2 – 12 5 1

Shead (2-5) 130 240 0 – 10 8 4

Vose and Clark; Lingley and Dewitt

George Stevens 11, MDI 7

At Blue Hill, Liz Tyler had two singles, including an RBI to send home what would be the game-winning run in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Brandi Winters hit a triple and scored the game-winner while Christy Moon added two-run double.

Jess Norwood hit a single and a triple to help lead the George Stevens Academy effort while Jamie Daugherty added a home run. Stephanie Schuster chipped in with a two-run triple while Bracey Barker had an RBI double.

MDI (5-4) 030 112 0 – 7 7 5

George Stevens (9-2) 002 540 x -11 8 3

Megquier, Barker (5) and Daugerty; Allen and Grindle

Searsport 7, Sumner 6

At Searsport, Linsey Seekins scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning on a suicide squeeze by Tara Lee Webster to give Searsport the win.

Webster threw eight strikeouts through four innings on the mound for Searsport. Teresa Cameron hit two doubles with two RBIs. Megan Brassbridge had two doubles and a single and Sarah Cook hit a pair of singles with a RBI.

Lauren Robinson had two singles and scored four runs for Sumner. Jackie Danico hit a RBI single and Rachel Robinson singled.

Sumner (2-11) 102 010 2 – 6 4 5

Searsport (5-4) 120 012 2 – 7 11 4

Tucker and L. Robinson; Cameron, Webster (4) and Shute, Seekins (4)

Dexter 21, PCHS 2

At Guilford, Sarah Carnes hurled a four-hitter, striking out 11 and not walking anybody, and Amanda Pullen drove in four runs with a triple and three singles to pace a 22-hit attack.

Brittany Veazie had four singles and an RBI for Dexter, Carnes knocked in three runs with a triple and two singles and Nikki Chapman doubled twice and delivered three runs.

Tedianne Guleski tripled and singled for Piscataquis of Guilford.

Dexter (11-1) 500 043 9 -21 22 0

PSHS (2-7) 002 000 0 -2 4 4

Carnes and Wyman; Emery and Guleski

PVHS 7, Mattanawcook 0

At Lincoln, Shannon Drost and Ranoy Rockley each hit a pair of singles and knocked in a run for Penobscot Valley.

Shannon Pietras had three singles for Mattanawcook Academy and Arikka Knights and Kasse Brown each had two singles.

Penobscot Val. (3-8) 010 020 4 – 7 6 2

Mattanawcook (8-3) 000 000 0 – 0 8 8

Batcheler and Hallett; Brown and Knights

Central 9, Bangor Christian 4

At Corinth, Shawna Bell had a single, a triple and four RBIs to help pace the Central offense.

Renee Trafton had a home run and a single for three RBIs while Jodi Harvey added two singles, a double and an RBI. Katie Stinson chipped in with two singles.

Annie Bableau hit a triple for Bangor Christian while Amber Leathers, Kara Hartman and Gabby Eastman contributed with a single apiece.

Bangor Christian (5-5) 300 100 0 -4 5 1

Central (9-1) 300 303 x -9 10 1

Hartman and Leathers; Smith and Bell

Schenck 9, Stearns 6

At East Millinockett, Ashley Peabody hit a double and two singles to help lead Schenck to the win.

Jessica Day added three singles while Jennifer Davis had two singles.

Rashell Deabay led the Stearns effort with two doubles while Katie Jones contributed with two singles.

Stearns 000 100 5 -6 10 3

Schenck (2-7) 201 231 x -9 10 3

Jones and Osborne; Rideout and Chasse

Bangor 4, Hampden 3

At Bangor, Jenn Dall gave up only one earned run and no walks while striking out six to lead the Rams to the victory.

Kate Turner doubled and singled to drive in a run for Bangor. Megan McCrum doubled and Hannah Whitney had a RBI single.

Evon Hudspeth and Danielle Billings each hit a pair of singles for Hampden.

Hampden (2-6) 000 003 0 – 3 6 1

Bangor (5-3) 001 210 x – 4 6 3

Littlefield and Scrhage; Dall and Baker

Baseball

SAHS 14, Limestone 2

At Dyer Brook, Cory Shields doubled, singled and drove in four runs to power Southern Aroostook.

Zack Austin chipped in with a triple, single and two RBIs for SAHS and Griffey Hardy singled twice and drove in a run. Eben McGary added a triple and two RBIs.

Jason Fontaine singled and drove in two runs for Limestone.

Limestone 020 00 – 2 3 1

So. Aroostook 464 0x – 14 8 1

Suitter, Manner (4) and Fontain; Shields, Austin (2) and McGary

Washburn 8, Central Aroostook 6

At Mars Hill, Sam Harris hit two RBI singles to help give Washburn its win over Central Aroostook.

Lucas Hafford added two singles for the Beavers.

Jeff Clockedile had three singles for Central Aroostook while Brian Grew chipped in with two singles and an RBI.

Washburn (4-2) 105 100 1 -8 6 3

Central Aroostook (2-2) 200 030 1 -6 8 6

Carter, Milton (4) and Hafford; Grew and Gonzalez

Van Buren 13, Madawaska 3

At Madawaska, Tyler LaPierre, Jeremy Chasse and Sean Violette each hit a double and a single to help lead Van Buren to victory.

Mike Corbin and Andy Martin had two singles apiece for the Crusaders.

Peter Gerard hit an RBI triple for Madawaska while Steve Guerette had two singles. Billy Roy doubled.

Van Buren 203 322 1 -13 12 2

Madawaska (4-4) 120 000 0 – 3 6 6

LaPierre and Hews; Gerard, P. Roy; B. Roy and Gendreau

Houlton 12-17, Fort Kent 1-2

At Houlton, Jordan Hill pitched a four-hitter in the opener and Corey Lewis, Ben Pierce and Jeff Lenentine teamed up on a three-hitter in the nightcap.

In the first game, the opener, Hill struck out six and walked one and Erik O’Connell sparked an 11-hit attack with a double, two singles and three RBIs.

Ben Tweedie drove in three runs with a pair of singles and Andy Brown also singled twice and knocked in a run.

Jared Boucher had an RBI single for Fort Kent.

In the nightcap, Ben Pierce’s two-run triple highlighted a seven-run fourth inning rally that broke open a close game.

Brown had three singles and an RBI for Houlton, O’Connell tripled and singled and had two RBIs, Tweedie contributed two singles and two RBIs and Lenentine doubled and singled.

Tyler Marquis had two singles for Fort Kent.

(First Game)

Fort Kent 100 00 -1 4 4

Houlton 103 8x -12 11 1

Michaud and Pinette; Hill and Sylvia

(Second Game)

Houlton (5-4) 012 77 -17 15 0

Fort Kent (1-6) 200 00 -2 3 4

Lewis, Pierce (4), Lenentine (5) and Piece, Sylvia (4); Boucher, Nadeau (4) and Pinette

Mount View 6, Camden Hills 3

At Thorndike, Mark McCorrison had two singles and two RBIs to help lead Mount View to the win.

Aaron Lewis contributed with a two-run single for the Mustangs.

Tom Dennen led the Camden Hills effort with a single, a double and two RBIs while Pat Aylward added two singles.

Camden Hills (3-10) 100 000 2 -3 7 2

Mount View (9-4) 201 300 x -6 6 3

Clark and Dennen; Mayer and Brown

PCHS 7, Dexter 6

At Guilford, Dan Macomber’s two-run double and an error on the play produced three runs as Piscataquis Community High School of Guilford built a 7-3 lead and withstood a seventh-inning rally to avenge a loss to the Tigers earlier this season.

PCHS erased a 3-0 deficit with four runs in the bottom of the first to take the lead for good on Josh Luellen’s two-run single and RBI singles from Darin Speck and Mike Burnett.

Tyler Tracy doubled and singled for Piscataquis with Luellen and winning pitcher Speck contributing two singles apiece.

Adam Russell had three singles and an RBI for Dexter and Chris Rabideau had an RBI single while also pitching four-plus innings of shutout relief.

Dexter (9-4) 300 000 3 -6 11 2

PCHS (4-6) 430 000 X -7 11 2

Day, Rabideau (2) and Stone; Speck and Macomber

Shead 14, Woodland 1

At Eastport, the Tigers took advantage of Woodland errors to score 12 runs in the second and third innings.

Wes Ellington led Shead with two singles and two RBIs, and James Macdonald added an RBI double.

Aaron Moody topped the Dragons with two doubles and an RBI.

Woodland 000 01 – 1 3 7

Shead 157 1x – 14 6 0

Hunt, Roussel (3) and Pike; Maloney, Macdonald (3) and Cummings