HOULTON – Natasha Ritchie hit an RBI single to cap a three-run seventh-inning rally Saturday as the Houlton Shiretowners eked out a 9-8 high school softball victory over Calais.

Anna Lenentine tripled, doubled, singled, and drove in two runs for Houlton.

For the Blue Devils, Emily Wilk hit a home run, two singles and two RBIs. Chrisy Driscoll added two singles.

Calais (6-1) 112 004 0 – 8 5 2

Houlton (5-1) 100 104 3 – 9 10 4

Ellington, Perry (4) and O’Brien; Ritchie and A. Lenentine

Old Town sweeps Presque Isle

At Presque Isle, Erin Reardon singled with two outs in the eighth inning, scoring Jamie Gomm, to give Old Town the 4-2 win in the first game. Old Town won the second game 12-0.

In the first game, Reardon doubled and singled to drive in a run for Old Town and Gomm struck out six and walked none.

Shawna Nadeau hit two singles and scored both Presque Isle runs.

In the second game, Monica Hussey hit two home runs and singled twice for four RBIs for Old Town. Alicia Day hit a triple and a double with two RBIs and Amanda Littlefield singled twice.

Danielle Dyer doubled for Presque Isle.

(First Game)

Old Town 200 000 02 – 4 6 1

Presque Isle 001 001 00 – 2 5 3

Gomm and Higgins; Grenier and Dyer

(Second Game)

Old Town (6-3) 150 033 – 12 12 0

Presque Isle (3-4) 000 000 – 0 3 4

Hussey and Day; Grenier, Delong (6) and Dyer

Van Buren 20, Cen. Aroostook 7

At Van Buren, Casey Caron hit a three-run home run as the Crusaders came away with a victory.

Nikki Ouellette added three singles.

Stevie Fletcher and Jessica Grew each had a home run for the Panthers of Mars Hill.

Cent. Aroostook 204 10 – 7

Van Buren 346 52 – 20

Rideout, Collins (4) and Larrabe; Lajoie and Caron

Bangor Christian wins two

At Stacyville, Amber Leathers doubled and singled in the Patriots’ 11-3 opening-game win, the hit a bases-loaded triple in the second game as Bangor Christian went on to win 20-16.

In the first game, Lindsay Albert had a single and a double and Shelly Martin had two singles for the Cougars.

In the second game, Annie Babineau singled and tripled for the Patriots.

Brook Smallwood had three singles for Katahdin.

(First Game)

Bangor Christian 003 710 0 – 11 5 1

Katahdin 011 010 0 – 3 4 6

Babineau and Leathers; Green, Violette (3), Smallwood (6) and Bates, Duffy-Stanley (4)

(Second Game)

Bangor Chr. (5-3) 035 148 x – 20 6 8

Katahdin (1-6) 725 120 1 – 16 13 8

Babineau and Leathers; Violette, Martin (1), Smallwood (4), Green (6), Martin (6) and Duffy-Stanley

So. Aroostook 17, Ft. Fairfield 12

At Dyer Brook, Audrey Charette hit three doubles and a single to drive in six runs to power Southern Aroostook to the victory.

Makenzie Hardy doubled and singled with two RBIs for the Warriors and Christine Lawlor had two singles and three RBIs.

Melissa Bubar hit a double and a single to knock in three runs for Fort Fairfield and Ellie Arato also doubled and singled with two RBIs.

Fort Fairfield (4-1) 321 132 0 – 12 9 4

So. Aroostook (7-2) 332 045x – 17 15 8

Strout, Guiou (5), Strout (6) and Arato; Collier and Hardy

MDI 5, John Bapst 4 (11 inns.)

At Husson College in Bangor, Nia Megguier doubled, singled twice and drove in a run as the Trojans took a tight win.

Chelsea Dow provided a single, a double and an RBI. Becca Goff had one RBI and singled twice. Stephanie Shuster also had two singles for Mount Desert Island.

Kim Meagher singled four times and drove in three runs for the Crusaders. Heather Lafferiere had an RBI single to tie the game in the eighth.

MDI (4-3) 000 020 110 01 – 5 10 2

John Bapst (4-3) 100 200 010 00 – 4 11 3

Megguier and Stanley; Wadleigh and Sleeper

Brewer 4, Bucksport 1

At Brewer, Christine Thoms and Kim Foster each hit a double and a single with an RBI to help lead Brewer to the win.

Jordan McLean had two singles for the Witches and Anna Corey hit an RBI single behind winner Sarah DeFilipp, who pitched a three-hitter.

Brittni Adams tripled for Bucksport and Kristi Allen had an RBI single.

Bucksport (7-2) 010 000 0 – 1 3 2

Brewer (8-1) 210 001 x – 4 8 2

Hall, Smith (6) and Andrews; DeFilipp and Bennoch

Brewer 16, Nokomis 5

At Newport, Jordan McLain tripled, doubled and drove in four runs to power the Witches.

Amy Freeman chipped in with a solo home run and double for the Witches and Christine Thoms added two singles. Bekka York hit an RBI double.

Joyce Holland had an RBI single for the Warriors.

Brewer (7-0) 031 081 3 – 16 10 2

Nokomis (1-6) 000 110 3 – 5 3 12

McLain and Thoms; Farnham, Bragdon (6) and Holland

Foxcroft Acad. 21, Piscataquis 9

At Dover-Foxcroft, Coral Goggins hit a two run home run and a single for the Ponies.

Randi Kennedy had an RBI single and a double.

Pam Bailey singled to bring in to runs for the Pirates of Guilford. Heather Woodbury had two singles and an RBI.

Piscataquis (0-6) 400 32 – 9 6 5

Foxcroft Acad. (2-6) 655 05 – 21 12 4

Galuski and Bailey; Goggin and Rice, Benson (3)

Baseball

Presque Isle sweeps Old Town

At Presque Isle, Chad Lavway, Kyle Gagnon and Adam Swanson hit consecutive singles to open the game as the Wildcats amassed 17 hits on their way to a 16-4 victory in the first game of a doubleheader. Presque Isle won the second game 4-3.

In the first game, Gagnon collected three singles, a double and four RBIs. Swanson had a single, a double and two RBIs. For the Indians, Josh Macho singled three times.

In the second game, Gagnon singled three times to pace the Wildcats. Chris Parsons and Derrek Belanger had a double and a single each while Jeff Cole and Tim Morrison each singled twice.

Old Town’s Cory Estes had two singles with an RBI.

(First Game)

Old Town 003 01 – 4 6 6

Presque Isle 415 6x – 16 17 3

Lucas and Dupuis; Gagnon and Parsons

(Second Game)

Old Town (1-8) 003 000 0 – 3 5 0

Presque Isle (5-3) 001 021 x – 4 13 0

Dill, Emerson (4) and St. Louis; Lavway and Parsons

Madawaska 4, Washburn 0

At Washburn, Peter Gerard tossed a no-hitter, allowing only four walks while fanning 15 to lead Madawaska to the win.

Gill Cyr hit three singles and Billy Roy added a pair of singles for Madawaska.

Seth Milton struck out six and walked two for Washburn.

Madawaska (5-2) 100 002 1 – 4 8 1

Washburn (4-1) 000 000 0 – 0 0 6

Gerard and Jandreau; Milton and A. Thompson

Cen. Aroostook 11, Van Buren 6

At Van Buren, Adam Crew hit a grand slam in the first inning and also singled to drive in six runs and help power Central Aroostook of Mars Hill to the win.

Eric Martinez hit a double and two singles with two RBIs for the Panthers and Bryan Grew hit a two-run double.

Dustin Cyr had a double and two singles with an RBI for Van Buren.

Central Aroostook (3-1) 530 011 1 – 11 8 5

Van Buren (3-3) 400 011 0 – 6 8 7

Martinez, Clockedile (1) and Grivois; Hews, Gagnon (4) and Gagnon, Taylor (4)

Katahdin splits with BC Patriots

At Staceyville, Frank Grass singled and stroked two doubles as Katahdin beat Bangor Christian 13-7 in the first game of a doubleheader. The Patriots won the second game 14.4

In the first game, Bangor Christian’s Willy Hinckley doubled twice.

In the second game, D.J. McCleary led the Patriots with three doubles and a single. Pat Willet hit a home run and a double.

Steve Blake and Josh Frost had two singles and a double each for the Patriots.

(First Game)

Bangor Christian 300 100 3 – 7 8 4

Katahdin 300 037 x – 13 10 5

Phinney and Hinckley; Willett and McCarthy

(Second Game)

Bangor Christian (1-7) 143 51 – 14 20 5

Katahdin (2-4) 301 00 – 4 4 7

Frost and McCleary; McCarthy and Anderson

MDI 15, John Bapst 13

At Bangor, Andy Pooler and Justin Garver both scored in the top of the eighth inning on a throwing error to help lead Mount Desert Island to the win.

Dan Lyon doubled twice for MDI and Garver had two singles. Pooler singled twice.

George Keefe hit three singles and a double to drive in four runs for John Bapst. Dan Leighton also had three singles and a double with two RBIs and Alex Means tripled, doubled, and singled with two RBIs.

MDI (4-5) 122 412 12 – 15 10 1

John Bapst (3-3) 920 010 10 – 13 20 11

Pooler, Garver (1), Willis (5) and Lyons; Means, Tardiff (4) and Hathaway

Foxcroft Acad. 14, Piscataquis 5

At Dover-Foxcroft, Josh Withee belted a three-run homer run and a three-run triple to propel the Ponies.

Josh Pelletier hit two home runs in the third inning, totalling three RBIs. Matt Carey singled twice and doubled with an RBI while Tyler Stakuts homered.

Josh Luellen knocked out a grand slam and a single to bring in all five runs for Piscataquis of Guilford.

Piscataquis (0-7) 004 010 0 – 5 3 0

Foxcroft Acad. (4-3) 319 010 x – 14 12 2

Burdin, Jardine (3), Baillard (4) and Robinson; Freeman and Conway

Brewer 10, Bucksport 0

At Brewer, Matt Grimes hit two doubles and a single with an RBI to lead Brewer to the victory.

Kevin McAvoy had two singles and a RBI for the Witches and Andy Otis singled twice behind Andrew Patterson, who pitched a six-hitter. J.T. Davis doubled.

Wade Hopkins and Robbie Pushard each singled twice for Bucksport.

Bucksport (5-3) 000 000 – 0 6 4

Brewer (8-1) 001 342 – 10 11 1

Robichaud, Gifford (6) and Remizh; Patterson and Peasley

Brewer 11, Nokomis 7

At Newport, Kevin McAvoy and Matt Grimes each drove in three runs to power the Witches by the Warriors.

McAvoy tripled and doubled while Grimes tripled and singled. Jeff Miller singled three times.

Josh Vile singled twice and had an RBI for Nokomis. Tyler MacKenzie and Seth Bradstreet each added a single and double.

Brewer (7-1) 100 014 5 – 11 12 1

Nokomis (1-6) 210 000 4 – 7 8 3

Thibodeau, Economy (6) and Caldwell; Jacques, Hawthorne (7), Donaldson (7) and MacKenzie