Baseball
Van Buren 11, Limestone 10
At Van Buren, Connor Lapierre’s sacrifice fly to center scored what would be the winning run for Van Buren as the Crusaders pulled out the win over Limestone/Maine School of Science and Mathematics.
The game ended with a popup to the first baseman, who caught it after previously dropping a throw that would have been the third out.
A.J. Edgecomb went the distance on the mound and gave up no earned runs. He also had three singles and an RBI for the Crusaders. Kyle Hews had two singles and two RBIs and Caleb Roy singled twice.
Aaron St. Pierre doubled and singled for the Eagles. Nate Berube had two singles and three RBIs. Nick Whitehead, Nate Tucker, and Austin Dow Smith each singled twice.
Limestone/MSSM (2-9) 500 202 1 —10 10 2
Van Buren (3-8) 430 211 x —11 11 10
St. Pierre, Whitehead (3) and Morgan; Edgecomb and Vaillancourt
Katahdin, Bangor Christian split
At Stacyville, Brandon Robinson pitched a five-inning, three-hitter in the Cougars’ 11-1 first-game victory, while Tyler Alexander scattered three hits in the Patriots’ 7-2 win in game two.
In the opener, Mark McGraw slammed a three-run home run and a two-run double to pace Katahdin behind Robinson, who struck out seven. Brady McNally rapped a double and two singles while Kolby Gallagher hit a solo homer and a single.
Tyler Alexander doubled and singled to lead Bangor Christian.
In the second game, Alexander fanned seven and was backed by five runs in the first two innings. Tim Whitaker and Ben Curosia each doubled and singled for the Patriots.
Chris Cloukey hit an RBI single and Gallagher singled and scored to pace Katahdin.
(First Game, 5 inns.)
Bangor Christian 000 10 — 1 3 6
Katahdin 420 05 — 11 13 0
Harvey and Alexander; Robinson and Savage
(Second Game)
Bangor Christian (6-6) 320 002 0 — 7 9 3
Katahdin (8-3) 000 000 2 — 2 3 5
Alexander and Poulin; Cunningham, McGraw (4) and Robinson
So. Aroostook 16, Washburn 0
At Washburn, Travis Casey pitched a two-hit shutout in leading Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook past Washburn.
Dakota Sleeper had two singles and three runs scored for the Warriors. Chris Casey had an RBI double and an RBI sacrifice bunt. Cody Robinson doubled and Travis Casey allowed three walks and struck out seven.
Nick Bragg and Justin Howe singled for the Beavers.
So. Aroostook (11-1) 475 00 — 16 7 1
Washburn (0-13) 000 00 — 0 2 5
T. Casey and C. Casey; McLaughlin, Viola (3), Bragg (5) and Howe
Wisdom 20, Ashland 0
At Ashland, Ryan Blanchette hit a double, single and a second-inning two-run homer to total four RBIs and lead Wisdom of St. Agatha to victory over Ashland.
Curtis Picard had a single and a three-run home run for the Pioneers. Dustin Guerrette added a single and a solo home run to total three RBIs. Kody Chamberlain struck out eight while walking two to record a two-hit shutout.
Lucas Hafford and Allan Michaud singled for Ashland.
Wisdom (9-3) 059 42 — 20 15 3
Ashland (3-8) 000 00 — 0 2 7
K. Chamberlain, Paradis (3) and Albert; Ward, MacDonald (3) and Hafford
Calais 14, Machias 0
At Machias, Jesse Clark drove in six runs with four singles and Dylan Carter doubled, singled twice and drove in a pair of runs as Calais triumphed.
Adam Geel doubled and singled and had an RBI and Jeremy Beers singled twice and drove in two runs. Dylan Ramsdell also singled twice.
Geel and Josh Gillespie combined on a two-hitter over five innings with 11 strikeouts and no walks.
Sam Whitney and Matt Jenkins singled for Machias.
Calais (9-2) 402 62 — 14 15 1
Machias (4-6) 000 00 — 0 2 2
Geel, Gillespie (4) and Carr; Richards, Whitney (4) and Hooper
Schenck 12, Piscataquis 6
At Guilford, Ryan Thompson hit a three-run triple to highlight a seven-run seventh inning that allowed Schenck of East Millinocket to rally past Piscataquis to earn its first win.
Schenck’s Thompson also hit a single and a fifth-inning two-run double while recording 12 strikeouts. Seth Witmer hit two singles and drove in three runs.
Yaal Kand paced the Pirates with a two-run homer in the fifth and an RBI double in the first. Nick Schmiedlehner added two singles and an RBI.
Schenck (1-8) 100 040 7 — 12 8 3
Piscataquis (1-13) 210 021 0 — 6 6 3
Thompson and Albert; Stockley, Kand (5) and Bailey
Washington Acad. 13, Searsport 3
At East Machias, Mike Lenfestey went 4-for-4 with two doubles, two singles and four RBIs to lead Washington Academy to victory over Searsport.
Ryan Schoppee hit a two-run double and a three-run homer for the Raiders. Brett Lyons had a single and a solo home run.
Buddy Ellis doubled and singled for Searsport. Josiah Brazier hit two singles and Shane Seekins doubled.
Searsport (6-5-1) 101 10 — 3 7 0
Washington Acad. (8-4) 160 42 — 13 14 2
Faunce, Harvey (4) and Brazier; Sawyer an Lenfestey
Ellsworth 11, Sumner 1
At Ellsworth, Thomas Sawyer (2-0) pitched a three-hitter, struck out seven batters, and walked two to pace the Eagles past Sumner of East Sullivan.
Seth Cote had a double, three singles and four RBIs for the Eagles. Andrew Hodge had an RBI double.
Mike Crowley, Brandon Tenney and Lucas Harmon each singled for the only hits by the Tigers.
Sumner (4-7) 000 010 — 1 3 5
Ellsworth (8-2) 010 253 — 11 10 0
Dyer, Tenney (4), Crowley (6) and Tenney, Crowley (4), Tenney (6); Sawyer and Carter
Bangor 8, Messalonskee 5
At Oakland, back-to-back home runs by Kyle Savage and Adam King in the top of the third inning propelled the unbeaten Rams to their 13th victory of the season.
Savage’s shot, a three-run blast to center field, and King’s solo homer to right erased an early 2-0 Messalonskee lead.
Savage also doubled and finished the game with four RBIs, while King had a double and a single to go with his home run. Winning pitcher Joe Stanevicz and Dylan Morris each added an RBI single for the Rams while Jack Stacey drove home a run with a sacrific
e fly.
Stanevicz worked into the seventh inning to improve his record this spring to 5-0. The lefthander allowed three earned runs on three hits with five strikeouts and three walks before giving way to reliever Jesse Wood.
Dylan Foster led Messalonskee with a double, single and two runs scored, while Cale Knox drove home two runs for the Eagles.
Woodland 1, Narraguagus 0
At Woodland, the Dragons’ Jordan Perry fired a three-hit shutout, outdueling the Knights’ Kam Jordan, who scattered four hits.
Perry, who stroked two singles, struck out 14 and walked two to pace Woodland. The Dragons scored in the first inning when Andy Brown singled, stole second, took third on a fielder’s choice and scored on Perry’s sacrifice fly.
Jordan, who singled twice for Narraguagus of Harrington, struck out six and walked three.
Narraguagus (5-6) 000 000 0 — 0 3 0
Woodland (5-6) 100 000 x — 1 4 0
Jordan and Moore; Perry and Brown
Brewer 7, Skowhegan 0
At Brewer, Kyle McLain pitched a one-hitter with seven strikeouts and no walks as Brewer beat Skowhegan.
Tyler Desjardins had a single and double with two runs scored while Blake Birmingham, Nick Moore and Tyler White had two singles apiece for Brewer.
Henry Ametti singled for Skowhegan.
Skowhegan (2-8) 000 000 1 — 0 1 4
Brewer (7-4) 010 222 x — 7 9 1
Hayden, Burke (6) and Ametti; McLain and Moore
Waterville 13, MCI 0
At Pittsfield, J.T. Whitten hit two doubles and two singles to knock in two runs and lead Waterville past Maine Central Institute.
Tim Locke allowed three hits, two walks and hit a batter while striking out six to record the shutout for Waterville. Josh Gaudette doubled and singled with three RBIs and Mark Bakim hit a two-run triple.
Ryan Crocker, Casey Egerton and A.J. Denis singled for the Huskies.
Waterville (11-1) 303 07 — 13 13 0
MCI (1-11) 000 00 — 0 3 4
Locke and Soucy; Egerton, Denis (4) and Ogden
Orono 10, Dexter 7
At Dexter, Jake Stoddard’s RBI single capped a four-run rally in the seventh inning as Orono earned the win.
Phil Benoit had a double, single, RBI and scored three runs for the Red Riots while Cam Dwyer singled in a run and Charlie Boyle doubled in another.
Vinny Malinauskas hit a two-run double for Dexter. Dylan Graffam had two singles and two RBIs and Casey Jordan an RBI single.
Orono (7-6) 101 130 4 — 10 8 3
Dexter (2-10) 101 221 0 — 7 9 5
Benoit, Kilpatrick (4) and Rios; Jordan, Graffam (5) and Graffam, MacDonald (5)
Shead 5, Narraguagus 4
At Woodland, Shead of Eastport scored five unanswered runs to rally past Narraguagus of Harrington.
Timmy Barnes hit a two-run home run in the fifth and followed with a two-run single in the sixth for the Tigers. Tyler Mitchell added an RBI single in the fifth.
Kam Jordan hit a double and a run-scoring single for the Knights, who lost 1-0 to Woodland earlier. Ryan Hatt singled twice.
Narraguagus (5-7) 102 100 0 — 4 8 3
Shead (10-1) 000 032 x — 5 6 3
Moore, Dublin (6) and Dublin, Jordan (6); Demolet, Bowen (4) and Garnett
Houlton wins two
At Houlton, junior Ian Gervais recorded 10 strikeouts in leading Houlton to a 13-2 victory over Hodgdon in the Shiretowners’ second game.
Houlton also beat Fort Kent earlier 7-3.
In the first game, Mike Ring tripled and doubled to knock in a run for Houlton. Hunter Hanning hit two singles with an RBI.
Brady Lizotte led Fort Kent with an RBI single.
In the second game, Parker Sanderson had a double, single and two RBIs for the Shiretowners. Jordan Bragan also doubled and singled with one RBI and Tanner Caron hit two singles and drove in a run.
Ryan Wellington hit a two-run single to pace Hodgdon. Levi Scott singled.
(First Game)
Fort Kent (4-6) 000 002 1 — 3 2 3
Houlton 220 102 x — 7 7 3
Paradis, Hartt (4), Soucy (7) and Soucy, Paradis (4); Anderson and Harvey
(Second Game)
Hodgdon (3-8) 002 000 — 2 2 6
Houlton (6-7) 211 216 — 13 10 1
Lunn, Wallace (2), Wellington (3), Gough (6) and Gough, Hudson (6); Gervais and Harvey, Woodworth (5)