CARIBOU – On Aug. 2, the Northern Maine Community Recreation Association 10-12 Baseball Tournament was held, and host Caribou captured first place in the six-team, single-elimination event.
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Donovan Savage of Caribou slides safely into third base under the tag of Mars Hill’s Cameron Todd during a first-round game in the Aug. 2 Aroostook County championship tourney held at the Rotary Field in Caribou. Caribou went on to claim the title in the six-team event.
Presque Isle and Caribou matched up in the title game that proved to be a great battle between the two talented teams.
It was a pitchers’ duel between Presque Isle’s Andrew Paterson and Caribou’s Justin Ouellette for the first four innings. Paterson struck out the side in the top of the first inning and had 10 strikeouts in the game. Ouellette looked unbeatable as well, striking out 14 Presque Isle batters.
Caribou scored three times in the top of the fourth inning, as Ouellette singled, Reece McDougal doubled to right and Hunter Millard reached on a hit and later scored himself.
Presque Isle answered in the bottom of the fifth as both Jason Bartley and Josiah Morse reached base and scored to cut the lead to one.
Caribou managed to score some insurance runs in the sixth inning as Michael Hunter singled, followed by hits from Ouellette and McDougal. All three scored to put Caribou up, 6-2. Presque Isle put up a fight in the bottom of the sixth and both Paterson and Nick Bartlett scored runs, but Presque Isle came up two runs short.
Caribou defeated Mars Hill and Ashland to reach the title game, while Presque Isle got past Fort Fairfield in the first round and Madawaska in the second to make it into the championship.
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Members of the Caribou baseball team that won the Aug. 2 10-12 Aroostook County Championship were, in front from left, Taylor Miller, Donovan Savage, Ben Ezzy, Michael Hunter and Riley McDuffie. Back row, coach Dustin Damboise, Oliver Gerrish, Reece McDougal, Connor Plourde, Ricky Sheldon, Justin Ouellette, Tyler Raymond, Hunter Millard and coach Arik Jepson.
