FORT FAIRFIELD, Maine — Presque Isle’s junior girls’ softball team captured the title in the Maine Potato Blossom Festival tournament by beating Fort Fairfield 8-6 in the finals.
The event, a three-team affair which also included Caribou, was played Thursday, July 13, at the Charlie Lockhart Field. Girls between the ages of 8 and 12 were eligible to compete.
Presque Isle won the championship mostly because of a huge offensive rally in the second inning. Trailing 1-0, PI put seven runs on the board by sending 11 batters to the plate.
Sophia Stephenson, Emily Straetz, Morgan Seward, Ava Stacey, Shai Theriault, Abby Johnston and Bella Quirino all reached base and scored runs during the uprising.
Fort Fairfield came back with four runs in the top of the third and another in the fourth to get back in contention, but PI added a fourth-inning run (scored by Quirino) and Johnston held FF scoreless from the mound over the final two frames.
Camryn Ala reached safely four times and scored two runs to lead Fort Fairfield at the plate.
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- The Fort Fairfield junior girls’ softball team was the runner-up in the Maine Potato Blossom Festival tournament on July 13. Team members are, in front from left, Lydia Gorneault, Hannah Chartier, Emma Bragg, Morgan Castonguay and Brianna Osterblom. Middle row, Sarah McShea, Camryn Ala, Brittany Bragg, Kassidy Gorneault and Audrey Milliard. Back, coach John Ala and Emily Ala. (Kevin Sjoberg)
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- Emily Straetz fields a ground ball and runs to first base for the putout during the Maine Potato Blossom Festival junior girls softball tournament played Thursday, July 13, in Fort Fairfield. Straetz’s Presque Isle team won the championship. (Kevin Sjoberg)
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- Camryn Ala of Fort Fairfield takes a swing at a pitch during the Maine Potato Blossom Festival junior girls softball tournament held July 13. Ala’s team was the runner-up in the event, with Presque Isle taking top honors. (Kevin Sjoberg)
