Regular season ends today for local softball squads

Regular season ends today

for local softball squads

    The Presque Isle Wildcats may have taken themselves out of playoff contention after losing both games of a home doubleheader against Bucksport Monday. The Wildcats are 6-9 and in 11th place in Eastern Maine Class B, and need a victory at Caribou this afternoon in their final game to even have a slight chance of creeping into the top 10. 

    In EM Class D, Ashland and Central Aroostook have identical 8-6 records and are fourth and fifth, respectively, in the standings. The Hornets were scheduled to take on Katahdin yesterday in their final regular season game, while CA hosted Fort Fairfield yesterday and are to play Wisdom today in St. Agatha.
    The top nine teams qualify in ‘D’ and Fort Fairfield (4-11) still has a slight chance to get in, but needs a win over CA in its finale and some other breaks to fall its way in order to do so. Washburn completes its slate at home against East Grand this afternoon and hopes to break into the win column for the first time after an 0-15 start.
    The preliminary round of the playoffs gets under way Tuesday, June 8, with the quarterfinals set for Thursday, June 10 and the semifinals Saturday, June 12.
    Summaries of games played through Monday are as follows:
    Bucksport 5, Presque Isle 3 – At Presque Isle Monday, Abby Yeo struck out 12 batters to lead Bucksport to 5-3 victory in the first game of a doubleheader.
     Alecia Palmer doubled and singled and drove in two runs for Presque Isle, which was able to muster only four hits in the contest against Bucksport pitching.
    Bucksport 9, Presque Isle 5 – In the second game, Rochelle Pelletier doubled twice and drove in three runs as the Bucks completed the sweep.
     Chandler Guerrette singled twice for Presque Isle.
    Madawaska 14, Fort Fairfield 6 – At Fort Fairfield Monday, Erin Dugal ripped three triples and drove in five runs to lead Madawaska to victory over Fort Fairfield.
    Courtney Churchill had a double and a single and an RBI for Fort Fairfield. Emily Weissman singled twice and knocked in a run.
    Ashland 12, Madawaska 0 — At Ashland Friday, Whitney Donovan threw a no-hitter as the Hornets stung Madawaska. Donovan struck out eight and walked four. Brooke LaBelle had a triple, two singles and three RBIs. Melissa Ellis added a triple, single and three RBIs and Jessica Jimmo hit two singles and drove in a run.
    Presque Isle 28, Fort Kent 0 —At Fort Kent Thursday, Krista Coffin pitched a two-hitter and hit a home run and three singles with five RBIs as Presque Isle blanked Fort Kent. Alicia Palmer and Karlee Bernier each added two singles and two RBIs and Chandler Guerrette singled twice for Presque Isle. Mary Grace Morris doubled and Brianna Thibodeau singled for Fort Kent.
    Katahdin 14, Ashland 2 — At Stacyville Thursday, Myah Smallwood tossed a seven-hitter, striking out five and walking three, and Melissa Duffy, Kali Rush and Dani-Beth Cyr had two singles and two RBIs each for the Cougars. Melinda Ellis had an RBI single for Ashland.
    Southern Aroostook 8, Central Aroostook 6 —At Dyer Brook Thursday, Shelby Hartin hit a two-run single to bring in the tying and go-ahead runs to lift Southern Aroostook over Central Aroostook. Elizabeth Goodall had three singles and two RBIs for the Warriors. Kristen Long had a single with two RBIs for the Panthers. Page Garrison also singled and drove in a run.
    Limestone-MSSM 5, Fort Fairfield 4 — At Limestone Thursday, Ashlynn Kelley knocked in Danielle Pelkey in the bottom of the seventh inning for the game-winning run as the Eagles beat Fort Fairifeld.
    Jasmine Cote (7 innings, 4 runs, 7 hits, walk, 3 strikeouts) pitched the win for Limestone-MSSM, while Sarah Hebert (7 innings, 5 runs, 4 hits, 9 walks, 2 strikeouts) took the loss.
    Courtney Churchill led the Tigers with a double, triple, RBI and run. Victoria St. Pierre paced the Eagles with a double and 2 RBIs.
    “This was a close game both teams played very strong defense,” Fort Fairfield coach Jamie Selfridge said.
    Central Aroostook 12, Madawaska 10 — At Mars Hill May 26, the Panthers rallied in the bottom of the sixth inning thanks to Chelsea Hartin’s two-run single with the bases loaded, capping a five-run rally. Machaela King added two triples with three RBIs for the Panthers, while winning pitcher Kristen Long singled twice with two RBIs.
    Kelly Dugal had three doubles and three RBIs for Madawaska, while Nicole Cyr doubled and singled twice and Amanda Nadeau singled with an RBI.