PI-Caribou games are Tuesday at CHS
By Kevin Sjoberg
Sports Reporter
The Presque Isle and Caribou baseball teams have an important battle looming this coming Tuesday. Both teams have key games prior, but the Wildcats and Vikings are closely ranked in the latest Eastern Maine Class B standings, with Caribou (3-3) in 13th place in Presque Isle (2-4) in 14th. Only the top 13 teams qualify for the ‘B’ playoffs, making the showdown at Caribou High School a critical one.
The Wildcats hosted Houlton yesterday afternoon and will entertain John Bapst in a doubleheader Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. before meeting up with the Vikes.
In softball, Fort Fairfield is rolling with a 6-1 record. Coach Jamie Selfridge’s team hosts Fort Kent Thursday, Ashland Saturday and Wisdom Monday with hopes on building on their impressive streak, which has them at No. 2 in EM Class D.
The PI and Caribou softball teams also meet up on Tuesday. Caribou won all three games last season, including a prelim, but the Wildcats are ahead of the Vikings in the most recent standings.
Summaries of some of the baseball games played through Monday, May 6 are as follows:
Wisdom 13, Ashland 0 — In a game played at St. Agatha Monday, Malcolm Milligan’s single was the Hornets’ lone hit as the Pioneers eased to their sixth consecutive win to begin the season.
Ashland 8, Madawaska 7 — The Hornets battled back from a 6-0 deficit to win for the first time this season Thursday at Madawaska. Ashland’s Michael Cook had two hits and three RBIs to fuel the comeback, while Tyler Chasse got the win on the mound by fanning 11 in his complete-game performance.
Wisdom 3, Fort Fairfield 0 — On Thursday, the Pioneers remained hot behind Nathan Boynton’s three-hit shutout. He struck out 13 Tiger batters, with Ryan Pelkey, Austin Bernier and Nathan Guimond collecting Fort’s only hits. Bernier was the hard-luck loser, allowing three hits in his six innings of work.
Limestone-MSSM 11, Central Aroostook 1 — Chris Bernier and Tyler Morgan collaborated on the four-hitter last Wednesday in a game called after 4-1/2 innings due to the 10-run rule. Conor Todd doubled and Dylan Murray had a single to drive in the lone Panther run.
Southern Aroostook 14, Ashland 0 — The Hornets suffered their second shutout loss of the week last Tuesday as they managed only two hits the entire game. Jeremy Caron and Nick Belanger had Ashland’s hits, both singles.
Hodgdon 12, Washburn 2 — The Hawks showed why they are the No. 1-ranked team in EM Class D as they dominated the Beavers at home last Tuesday. A seven-run rally in the fourth was the key as Hodgdon unleashed a 16-hit attack. Keagan Page took the pitching loss and Nick Bragg had two hits for the Beavers.
A review of various softball games played through Monday, May 6 are as follows:
Ashland 12, Wisdom 8 — Macie Belanceau had three hits, including a triple, while teammates Rachel Gillis and Allyx Beaulier also hit safely three times in the Hornets’ road win Monday.
Fort Fairfield 18, Washburn 6 — The Tigers rallied late to down the Beavers at home Friday. Kelsey Turner scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth inning off a Sydney Churchill RBI single for the key blow. Abbey Player and Sarah Watt had three hits each for FF, while Carmen Bragg and Nicole Olson each had three singles for the Beavers, who fell to 3-1 but are still in third place in the EM ‘D’ standings.
East Grand 20, Central Aroostook 19 — The Vikings won the slugfest at Mars Hill Thursday, despite being outhit, 23-15. Michaela King and Karli Levesque had four hits each for the Panthers, who fell to 2-3 on the campaign.
Fort Fairfield 14, Wisdom 7 — The Tigers doubled up on the Pioneers Thursday as Jordann Coiley struck out eight batters. Alexis Coiley, Emily Blaisdell and Autumn Parady led FF with three hits apiece.
Ashland 8, Madawaska 4 — Marissa Chasse drove in a pair of runs on a double and a triple, while Kim Baker added a triple and a single as the Hornets won the Thursday afternoon home game.
Limestone-MSSM 29, Central Aroostook 3 — The Eagles prevailed last Wednesday as Madeline Williams’ four hits powered the 23-hit onslaught.
Whitnie Bradbury had a hit and scored a run for CA.
Presque Isle 32, Fort Kent 0 — Shea Brown had four hits and Karlee Bernier contributed three more as the Wildcats cruised to the road win last Wednesday.
Ashland 30, Southern Aroostook 15 — The Hornets came out on top in the high-scoring affair last Tuesday. Belanceau had three hits and Kayla Cote added two hits and four RBIs.
Fort Fairfield 22, Madawaska 21 – The Tigers needed extra innings last Tuesday to outlast the Owls. Abbey Player’s RBI single in the bottom of the eighth scored Kelsey Turner for the difference-making run. Player had three other hits in the game.
