High school round up

The Houlton Lady Shires edged visiting Stearns, 7-6 on Monday at Community Park.
The Lady Shires built a 6-2 lead after the third, highlighted by Brittany Guiod’s solo blast in the second inning, but the Minutemen narrowed the scoring gap by scoring three fourth-inning runs. The Lady Shires picked up the winning run in the bottom of the fourth to escape with the win.
    Lainey Herring continued to be a threat from the plate as she tripled and singled twice to drive in a pair of runs. Ace Nikki Eastman took the win with 12 strikeouts to her credit.
The Houlton Shiretowners didn’t fare as well on Monday, as the visiting Minutemen took a 13-7 win over their host.
Stearns held a 9-0 lead until the bottom of the third when Houlton cracked the scoreboard for three runs. The Shiretowners pulled to within 12-7 at the end of the sixth, but couldn’t overtake the visitors.
Ryan Hill stroked a two-run triple and Jordan Bragan singled and scored a run for Houlton.
In other action, the Washburn Lady Beavers swept East Grand in a doubleheader, 20-5 and 37-8; both games lasted only five innings.
In the opener, East Grand allowed 11 walks and the Beavers capitalized, taking a 12-1 lead in the third.
Courtney Lloyd singled twice to drive in two runs for East Grand and Chelsee Norris had a pair of hits.
Trailing 9-5 in the second game, the Lady Vikings watched Washburn break the game open in the second inning by scoring 14 runs en route to the win.
Nikki Tuck led East Grand with two singles and an RBI.
On the boys’ side, Washburn swept East Grand in two very close contests, 8-6 and 10-9.
The Vikings and Beavers were tied at 5-all in the fifth inning before Washburn knocked in three sixth-inning runs en route to the win.
Dave Cropley had two singles and a double to bring in three runs, while Steeves singled three times to drive in a run and Aaron Henn singled twice for an RBI.
In the second game, it wasn’t until the bottom of the seventh when a winner was declared, as Washburn’s Sebastian Viola singled, stole a base and scored the winning run on a wild pitch.
Steeves and Jesse Nichols each hit run-scoring singles for East Grand.
On Saturday, the East Grand Vikings were blanked 21-0 by host Shead of Eastport.
The Vikings reached Shead for only three hits, as Kaleb Dicker, Matt Stones and Jordan Crone all singled in the game.
In Friday’s action, the Houlton Shiretowners routed host Madawaska, 20-5 behind Hunter Caron’ s triple and two singles to drive in four runs. Porter Gervais singled twice to bring in three runs, while Josh Harvey tripled.
The Shiretowners led 6-1 after the third and then capped off the game in the sixth inning by erupting for 10 runs.
The Katahdin Cougars swept Bangor Christian in a doubleheader 14-9 and 24-12 in Stacyville.
In the opener, Josh Guiggey and Josh McGraw each doubled twice to drive in three runs. Andy Kay hit two doubles and a single, while Evan McCarthy singled twice and had two RBIs.
Bangor Christian led 3-2 after the third, but the Cougars took the lead in the fourth inning, scoring four runs before putting the game out of reach in the bottom of the sixth, bringing in eight runs.
In the second game, Kay led the Cougar offense with two triples to knock in four runs, while Mark McGraw collected three singles to drive in four runs. Ethan Qualey doubled twice and singled twice to plate three runs and McCarthy had two doubles and single for two RBIs. Josh McGraw chipped in with a double and single for three RBIs.
The game was close in the sixth, as the Cougars held a slim 15-12 lead, but over the next two innings, Katahdin scored nine runs en route to the win.
Last Friday in girls’ action, the Lady Cougars were on the other side of the coin, as they lost their doubleheader to visiting Bangor Christian, 8-0 and 14-2.
In the opener, the Patriots’ Jillian French struck out 19 as she fashioned a two-hit shutout. Reaching French for hits were Lacey Pelletier and Felisha Robinson.
In the second contest, Kayla Stevens singled and scored for Katahdin, while Melissa Duffy also added a single.
In Madawaska, the Houlton Lady Shires picked up a 16-4 victory behind Taylor Bailey’s two-run home run, two-run single and run-scoring double. Brittany Guiod singled twice, doubled and drove in two runs, while Lainey Herring and Madison Lezotte each singled three times and drove in a run each. Vanessa Sanderson chipped in with a pair of hits.
Last Thursday, the Hodgdon Hawks stayed close to the visiting Fort Fairfield Tigers, but came up short, losing 8-5.
The game was knotted at 2-all after the third, but the Tigers took the lead on a three-run fourth inning. The Hawks rallied to tie the game again in the fifth, but the Tigers escaped from Hodgdon by knocking in two runs in the top of the sixth.
Jamie Ryan had a double, single and three RBIs to lead Hodgdon.
In girls’ action, Hodgdon edged visiting Fort Fairfield, 17-16.
The Lady Tigers held a 15-8 lead until the bottom of the sixth when Hodgdon erupted for nine runs in the comeback effort. Amanda Ryan stroked a single and a two-run double to spark the rally and Dayna Tidd capped off the inning, as she reached base on an error and scored on a double steal with two outs.
Hodgdon’s Taylor Hovey hit a run-scoring single and Sam Lycette singled and scored three runs to back winning pitcher Whitney Wallace.
The Houlton High School teams played a doubleheader last Wednesday, with the first game  against Calais, followed by a nightcap with Hodgdon.
In the afternoon session, the Houlton boys played ragged and ended up losing 12-1, after playing Calais to a one-run game on the road.
Levi Prosser led Houlton with two singles in the game.
On the girls’ side, Houlton erased both opponents, blanking Calais, 9-0 and then overpowering Hodgdon, 23-7.
In the afternoon, the Lady Shires went ahead 4-0 to open the game and extended their lead with back-to-back two-run innings late in the game to seal the win. Nikki Eastman hurled a one-hitter, striking out 10, and  helped her own cause with two run-scoring singles in the game.
Eastman’s effort was backed by Herring’s bat, as she belted a three-run homer and Bailey nailed a two-run home run.
Against Hodgdon, Herring and Bailey continued their offensive prowess, as Herring rapped two homers and a single, while Bailey hit another homer, two singles and drove in seven runs.
For Hodgdon, Lycette doubled and knocked in two runs.
In other action, the Southern Aroostook Warriors shut out Greater Houlton Christian Academy, 8-0, as Dakota Sleeper fashioned a two-hitter, striking out 16.
Josh Branscombe hit a two-run single, as Rob Toothaker, Andy Sholler and Sleeper each had a run-scoring single for the Warriors.
For the Eagles, Chad Duff and Caleb Little each hit a single.