Sleepers and Police captured regular season titles in the Caribou Little League and are the top seeds in the post-season.
The quarterfinal round of the playoffs took place Monday with the Shop ’n Save eliminating the Woodland Eagles, 20-7, and Bank of Maine nipping S.W. Collins, 16-15, in National League action. The Woodland Tigers bested the Knights of Columbus, 22-8, in American League play.
The AL semifinals were held Tuesday. Sleepers played the Tigers, while Key Bank took on the Northstars.
The NL semifinal games will be played tonight, with the league championship contests scheduled for Friday.
The Little League championship will be a best-of-three series beginning Tuesday, July 17. Game two is set for Wednesday, July 18 and the third game, if necessary, is on Friday, July 20.
Final regular season standings: National League: Police (10-4), VFW (9-5), Shop ’n Save (8-6), Bank of Maine (6-8), S.W. Collins (6-8), Eagles (0-14). American League: Sleepers (13-1), Northstars (10-4), Key Bank (10-4), Knights of Columbus (4-10), Tigers (1-13).
The all-star games were played Saturday. The National League beat the American League in the 9-10 year-old game, 4-0. The American League defeated the National League, 13-11, in the 11-12 year-old game.
Noah Frost of Key Bank was the winner and Spencer McDuffie of Sleepers the runner-up in the home run derby.
The coaches game was a tight one, with the American League sneaking away with a 12-11 victory.
Summaries of Saturday’s three games are as follows:
National League 9- and 10-year-olds 4,
American League 0
In the first game of All-Star Saturday, three National League pitchers combined to allow only three hits and shut out the American League 4-0.
Parker Deprey of Shop ’n Save, Sydney Thompson of S.W. Collins and Brennan Poitras of Bank of Maine each threw two innings of shutout baseball, with Thompson picking up the victory and Poitras getting the two-inning save.
At the plate for the National League, Deprey had the big hit with a bases-clearing triple in the fourth inning to break a scoreless tie. Brevin Barnes of Bank of Maine had an RBI single in the fifth inning to drive in an insurance run. Poitras and Seth Roy, also of Bank of Maine, added singles.
The American League all-stars also had a very strong pitching effort, surrendering only four hits. Hayden Hunter of Sleepers went the first two innings, followed by single innings by Colby Bonville of Knights of Columbus, Riley Bouchard of the Northstars and Alex Bouchard, also of the Northstars.
Offensively, the American League could only muster three singles — one each by Carter Quist of the Northstars, Chris Cassidy of Sleepers, and Spencer Soucy of Key Bank.
American League 11- and 12-year-olds 13,
National League 11
The American League got a two-run single from Nic Sleeper of Knights of Columbus to retake the lead in the fourth inning and Josh Quist of the Northstars, the ninth pitcher, got the last out with the tying run on second base to hold on for a win over the National League.
Sleeper ended up with three hits in the contest. Other hitting stars for the winners included Brandon Manter of the Tigers and Noah Hixon of the Northstars with two hits each and Branden Masse of Key Bank with an RBI single.
On the mound, the nine American League pitchers combined for 14 strikeouts. Noah Rosado of Key Bank earned the victory.
For the National League, Dylan Paddleford of Police had three singles and three RBI to lead the attack. Bailey Griffeth of Police had two singles and Carter Conley of Shop ’n Save and Tyler Wright of S.W. Collins added RBI singles.
Matt Nadeau of VFW, Dan Randolph of S.W. Collins, and Evan Desmond of VFW each threw two innings for the National League, while Wright pitched one inning.
American League coaches 12,
National League 11
In the traditional coaches game to wrap up the day, pitchers Phil Caverhill of the American League and Hampton Jackson of the National League locked up in a classic battle, with the AL holding on for the close victory.
The hitting stars for the American League Coaches were father-and-son combination of EJ and Mason Huck, who each had two home runs. Matt Curry and Scott Jackson also added homers.
For the National League coaches, Gary Marquis and Steve Desmond each had two home runs and Dave Nadeau and Ghent Holdsworth each had one.
