Vikings sweep Shires in tennis
The Caribou boys and girls tennis teams continued their winning ways Tuesday, shutting out the host Houlton Shiretowners. Both Viking squads are now 2-0 on the young season.
On the baseball diamond, Hodgdon blanked visiting Washburn 24-0, while the Hawk softball squad was victorious 23-3 over the Beavers.
The following is a recap of games and matches played Tuesday.
Tennis
Caribou boys 5, Houlton 0 — At Houlton, the individual results, with Caribou players listed first, were: in singles, Alec Cyr defeated Nolan Porter, 8-0; Gabriel Rand beat Owen Gallop, 8-2; and Parker Deprey bested Devin Ivey, 8-0.
Shire Devin Ivey prepares to return a shot during Tuesday’s tennis match against Caribou. (Joseph Cyr)
In doubles, Emerson Duplissie-Cyr and Bailey Griffeth defeated Tim Youngfellow and Nate DeLucca 8-0; and Seth Beidelman and Aidan Plante bested Justin Hogan and Jeron Gentle, 8-4.
Caribou girls 5, Houlton 0 — At Houlton, the individual results, with Caribou players listed first were: in singles, Gabrielle Marquis defeated Rebecca Mooers, 8-0; Kelly Nicklaus bested Sydney Lorom, 8-0; and Ashley Matlock downed Maddie Grant, 8-0.
In doubles, Conner Spencer and Hailey Holmquist beat Tessa McCormick and Nadja Messerschmidt, 8-0; and Ciara Richards and Danielle Hanson defeated Carolyn Hannigan and Grace Johnson, 8-0.
Softball
Penobscot Valley 11, Katahdin 5 — At Howland, the Cougars fell to PVHS in a rematch of last year’s quarterfinal game. Lilly Cullen pitched the loss for Katahdin, surrendering 11 earned runs on 15 hits and three walks, with four strikeouts.
- McKechnie pitched the win for the Howlers, allowing five runs (three earned), on three hits and six walks, with 12 strikeouts.
Pacing Katahdin offensively were: Lindsay Drew, two hits; and Josie Brownlee, one hit. Drew and Erin Lake both had two stolen bases. Leading the way for PVHS were L. Ireland and L. McKechnie, both with three hits; and M. Brown and M. Banks with two hits apiece.
Hodgdon 23, Washburn 3 — At Hodgdon, Taylor Desrosiers belted a home run and added two doubles to propel the Hawks to the lopsided win. Megan Russell tripled twice and singled twice for the Hawks.
Alexis Carney and Jacquilin West each singled twice to lead Washburn.
Southern Aroostook 9, Fort Fairfield 5 — At Fort Fairfield, Kylie Vining struck out 15 in a commanding performance inside the pitching circle. The Southern Aroostook bats came alive in the seventh inning to record seven hits and plate six runs as the Warriors of Dyer Brook rallied to beat the Tigers.
Individual offensive results for SACS were not reported.
Makaila Beck had two hits for Fort Fairfield.
Houlton 16, Orono 14 — At Orono, the Shires beat Orono in a high-scoring game. Individual results were not reported.
Baseball
Katahdin 19, Penobscot Valley 2 — At Howland, Katahdin blasted the Howlers in a five-inning game shortened via the mercy rule. Cooper Drew pitched the win, scattering two earned runs on three hits and one walk, with seven strikeouts.
Leading the hit parade for the Cougars were: Brody Guiggey (double, single, 5 runs scored), Dalton Hart (2 doubles), Drew (2 singles), John McNally (2 singles), Blake Howes (double, single) and Chase Tapley (single, double).
For PVHS, J. Littlefield, J. Folster and Z. Doore each had one hit.
Hodgdon 24, Washburn 0 — At Hodgdon, Ben Tuttle, Wyatt Foster and Kyle Carver combined for five innings of no-hit baseball as the Hawks cruised to the five-inning victory.
Dillon Buzzell led Hodgdon offensively with three doubles and five RBIs, while Jordyn Merritt provided three singles and four runs scored.
Washburn results were not reported.
Fort Fairfield 8, Southern Aroostook 3 — At Fort Fairfield, Carter Bruce scattered nine hits and tossed the complete game as the Tigers beat the Warriors. Joe Bernard doubled and singled and Malcolm Langner singled twice for Fort Fairfield. Ryan Player legged out a triple.
Noah Altvater led Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook with a double and two singles and Gavin Vining hit two singles.
Orono 3, Houlton 2 — At Orono, the Shires fell in their season-opener in extra innings. Shire Cam Graham started and went six and two-thirds innings before giving way to reliever Pat Howe.
“We played good defense, only one error and that runner did not score, and we pitched pretty well too,” Houlton coach Jim Castner said. “However, we did not hit enough. We put up two runs in the first and that was it. The reason we lost is because the ‘Baseball Gods’ were not on our side. We hit the ball on the screws five or six times right at Orono fielders. Also close calls did not fall our way.”
Castner said the team was unhappy with the loss, but were positive and are hungry for their next game.
“They knew it was unrealistic to go back-to-back 16-0 regular seasons, so they are not down,” he said. “I am confident we can be a dominant baseball team.”
The following games were slated to be played Wednesday, April 26 but now have make-up dates. Houlton at Caribou baseball and softball has been postponed to Thursday, at 4 p.m., while Ashland baseball and softball is scheduled to be at Southern Aroostook on Wednesday, May 3 at 3:30 p.m.
Serving up a shot is Caribou’s Parker Deprey during Tuesday’s tennis match against Houlton. (Joseph Cyr)
Focused on the ball is Houlton’s Maddie Grant during Tuesday’s tennis match against Caribou. (Joseph Cyr)
