Staff Writer
On Saturday, the Viking baseball team took their tenth and eleventh wins in a home doubleheader against Central, with Caribou taking the first game 11-8, and the second game 8-6.
Staff photo/Abigail Hunt
Tiger Austin Dufour watches his ball fly through the air in Fort Fairfield’s home game against Southern Aroostook. In the Tiger’s most recent game against the Warriors, Dufour hit one of two team home runs but the Tigers lost 17-7.
Game one went to Eric Brown as Cameron Anderson hit a two-run single to start the Vikings’ fourth inning comeback. Matt Kinney doubled and singled and Chad McCarthy stepped in with the save.
Game two saw Ted Walker lead with a three-run homer and Pat Thibodeau with two singles and two RBIs as the Vikings came from behind again to secure the win.
The Wildcat/Viking rivalry met on the baseball and softball diamonds May 19 in Caribou for the first time this season. In baseball, Caribou defeated Presque Isle 12-4, as the Vikings stormed to a 5-2 lead by the third inning. Thibodeau took the mound for the Vikings, doubling and singling in two RBIs. Thibodeau allowed 11 hits but, along with relief pitcher McCarthy, held the Wildcats to three runs until the fifth inning, when Presque Isle scored its fourth and final run. Leading the Wildcat offense was Matt Chasse, who contributed two singles, a double and two RBIs. Brennen Shaw singled twice but took the loss and Eric Morris also had two singles for the Wildcats. Scoring runs every inning but the third, the Vikings kept distancing themselves, with Anderson leading Caribou with a double, two singles and four RBIs. Two more runs came in off a Brandon Caverhill hit as the Viking recorded two singles and a double.
The Caribou and Presque Isle softball teams had a much closer match and, though the Lady Vikings led 5-4 at the top of the seventh, the Lady Wildcats went on a five-run rally to take the game 9-7. Krista Coffin took the win.
Caribou kept Presque Isle scoreless for the first three innings as the Lady Vikings took a 1-0 lead in the third, but one of Caribou’s four total errors cost the Lady Vikings the game when Presque Isle drove in three runs at the top of the seventh to take the lead and eventual victory. Caribou’s last at-bat saw two runners home but left the Lady Vikings with a two-run deficit, moving them to their seventh loss this season. Offensively, for Caribou, Ashley Doucette hit three singles and a double, and Jamie Martin moved around the field with three stolen bases and three singles. Kristen Espling sent two runners home on a double and Madison Outing had an RBI triple.
