B6 Thursday, May 12, 2016, Bangor Daily News Levesque propels Madawaska past Ashland

ASHLAND — Alexis Levesque while Maddie Cumming and Emily two RBIs for 7-1 Winslow. Skowhegan 4, Brewer 2 Zack Bouchard pitched a six- poked a double and three singles Bubar had two each and all three For the 1-7 Huskies, Kali Doiron At Brewer, Skowhegan scored hitter for Stearns of Millinocket. on Wednesday afternoon to help drove in two runs for Southern doubled, singled and scored two three unearned runs in the first He struck out nine. Jeremy Wil- spearhead Madawaska to a 20-10 Aroostook of Dyer Brook. runs while April McAlpine had a inning and added an earned run in liams back him with two hits. high school softball victory over Hunter St. Pierre paced Fort Fair- single and an RBI. the second to defeat Brewer. Stearns 000-000-1 — 1 4 0 Ashland. field with two singles and an RBI. strong>MCI 000 050 1 — 6 8 2 Winning pitcher Sydney Ames Penquis 000-020-0 — 2 6 1 Aspen Cote HIGH Winslow 314 220 x — 12 14 3 led the Indians with two hits and Bouchard and Daigle; Martin whacked two sin- SCHOOL Stearns 14, Penquis 0 Bickford, Stevens (5) and an RBI. and Nickerson gles and a three-run ROUNDUP At Milo, Stearns’ Jess Girsa pitched Doiron; Libby, Gagnon (5) and For the Witches, Olivia Cattan homer for 5-3 Mada- a one-hitter over six innings to shut Richards, Demers (5) had an RBI single in the fifth, stole PVHS 9, Katahdin 2 waska and Emily out Penquis Valley. Girsa contributed second and took third and home At Howland, Thomas Spencer Boucher singled three times and offensively with two singles. Mattanawcook 17, Central 2 on wild pitches. Libby Hewes, Mi- singled, drove in a run and scored knocked in three runs. Audrey Dunstan doubled and At Lincoln, Katey Tolman drove kayla Henderson and Sydney three times to help the Howlers beat Laura Sturgeon paced Ashland singled for the 7-1 Minutemen of in three runs with two doubles and Hewes each added one hit. the Cougars. (4-1) by belting a three-run home Millinocket and Cassidy McLeod two singles to power the Lynx’s 15- Skowhegan 310 000 0 — 4 4 0 Dakota Batchelder fashioned a run and two singles with four total singled twice. hit attack. Brewer 000 020 0 — 2 4 3 five-hitter with 12 strikeouts and RBIs. Morgan Doughty had three Camryn Rolfe singled for the Audrey Tash doubled and sin- Ames and Reed; Chapman and only one walk for Penobscot Valley singles. Patriots (0-6). gled with three RBIs for Mat- Sellers (6-1). Ashland 002 062 2 — 12 15 2 Penquis 000 000 — 0 tanawcook Academy (6-3), while Johnny Littlefield singled with an Madawaska 404 057 0 — 20 18 0 Stearns 205 034 — 14 Kourtney Thurlow singled twice Baseball RBI and Grant doane singled and Pelletier and Paradis; Dougal (RBI) and Cheyanne Libby hit a Fort Kent 12, LCS/MSSM 6 scored three times. and Nadeau PVHS 5, Katahdin 3 triple and two singles to support At Fort Kent, Kris Theriault Rig Otero singled twice to lead At Howland, Malloree Work- winning pitcher Haley McLaugh- came up with four hits and stole Katahdin of Stacyville (1-5). Starter LCS/MSSM 23, Fort Kent 9 man rapped a triple and two sin- lin, who allowed five hits, two home in the win for the Warriors. Tyson Porter took the loss despite At Fort Kent, Jackie Peers tal- gles to spearhead the Howlers to earned runs and struck out six Brandon Theriault pitched striking out eight in three innings. lied 4 base hits and 2 RBIs to spark victory. with four walks. three inning for Fort Kent and hit Katahdin (1-5) 000 000 2 — 2 5 3 Limestone Community School/ Arianna McKinnon doubled Losing pitcher Lexi Reardon a solo home run. Trevor Carter PVHS (6-1) 201 033 x — 9 5 1 Maine School of Science and Math- and singled with an RBI for Penob- and Rachel Smith each singled and finished out the last four innings. Porter, Drew (4), Hartt (6) and Rein- ematics to the win. scot Valley and Elizabeth McKin- scored a run for Central of Corinth Kris Theriault had an RBI dou- hardt; Batchelder and McKechnie Kassee Albert collected four of non hit a triple and a single. (2-7). ble and a run-scoring single, while 20 hits for the Eagles, while Mor- Sophia Vetter, Georgia Landry Central 000 20 — 2 5 0 Jake Daigle homered and Ronald Mattanawcook 10, Central 4 ganne Emery posted three hits and and Lindsay Drew hit singles for MA 136 7x — 17 15 1 Collins had an RBI double. At Lincoln, the Lynx scored six two RBIs. Katahdin of Stacyville. Gordon McCulloh drilled a runs in the first three innings to take For the Warriors, Macey Katahdin 011 010 0 — 3 Dexter 23, Lee 3 three-run home run for Limestone control of the game and avenge an Thibodeau stroked 3 hits, while PVHS 111 011 x — 5 At Lee, Kolby Kain smacked a Community School/Maine School early-season loss to the Red Devils. Alisha Guimond, Sylvie Guimond Cintron and Hamm; McKinnon home run and hit two doubles to of Science and Mathematics. He Carter Ward, Brady Pepin, Scott and Lea Pelletier provided two and McKechnie help propel Dexter to its sixth win took the loss on the mound, strik- Jipson and Logan Thompson contrib- apiece. of the year. ing out 12. uted two hits apiece for 7-3 Mattanaw- Winslow 12, MCI 6 Skyler Theodore collected two cook Academy to support Corbett Ar- SAHS 12, Fort Fairfield 4 At Winslow, Liz Pullen hom- doubles and a single for the Tigers, Penquis 2, Stearns 1 nold, who scattered six hits through At Fort Fairfield, Kate Slauen- ered, singled twice and drove in while Kaylee Harris added two sin- At Milo, Jeremy Martin pitched six innings to pick up the win. white collected three hits and an three runs to propel the Black gles. a four-hitter and gave up only one Dakota Miller and Andrew RBI to support the pitching of Kyle Raiders past Maine Central Insti- For the Pandas, Kaylie Sawtelle run to lead the Patriots. Speed each had two hits for Cen- Vining (11 strikeouts) as the War- tute of Pittsfield. hit two singles, while Grace Cowan Claytie Prebble and Collin Beck- tral of Corinth (4-5). riors prevailed. Natalie Greene and Ashley La- chipped in with a hit and scored ett each contributed two hits and Central 000 310 0 — 4 6 3 Taylor Libby posted three hits chance each added two singles and two runs. scored a run for Penquis. MA 204 112 x — 10 13 4 Harper appeals 1-game suspension ECSU beats USM

THE SPORTS XCHANGE in conference Bryce didn’t play nice with an umpire and it came back to bite him. tourney opener Major League Baseball suspended Washington Na- tionals outfielder Bryce BOSTON — Eastern Con- with a three-run home run Harper for necticut State roughed up and an RBI single, while D.J. one game MAJOR University of Southern Scavone knocked in three and fined LEAGUES Maine pitchers for 16 hits, runs with two doubles and a him an un- including seven for extra single. Alex Zachary (2 disclosed amount after his bases, on RBIs) homered and doubled run-in with home-plate um- Wednesday COLLEGE for the winners, while Chad pire Brian Knight during to post a ROUNDUP Adams (double), Tim Budd the ninth inning of Monday 13-6 victory (double) and Pat Sirois con- night’s 5-4 win over the De- in the first round of the Lit- tributed two hits apiece. troit Tigers in Washington. tle East Conference Baseball Alexander White stroked Harper appealed the sus- Championships at Monan a three-run double in sup- pension and was allowed to Park. port of Jordan Muchin (5-1), play Wednesday night The Warriors (20-17) who spaced 10 hits and three against the Tigers. BRAD MILLS | USA TODAY scored four runs in the first runs through 5ª innings to The 2015 National League Washington Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper (34) reacts toward home plate umpire inning against USM ace get the win. Nick Rascati Most Valuable Player was Brian Knight (not pictured) as first baseman Clint Robinson (25) is greeted by teammates Shyler Scates and never and Sam Kosterich covered ejected during Monday’s after hitting a walk-off homer against the Detroit Tigers during the ninth inning at Nation- looked back, putting up the last 31/3 innings. game after teammate Danny als Park on Monday. crooked numbers in three Scates (7-2) surrendered Espinosa was called out on other innings. eight hits and seven earned strikes. According to the prefer it be done quickly,” unspecified ligament prob- Norris returns Fifth-seeded ECSU advanc- runs in only 41/3 innings for rules, Harper was supposed the right-handed Arrieta lem. after cancer surgery es to play the winner of the USM. Sam Stauble and Nick to leave the dugout after said Wednesday morning at Chacin has made five Left-hander Daniel Norris UMass Dartmouth-Plymouth Dibiase each collected three being tossed, but the next Wrigley Field. “If it’s going starts this season and has a was called up to join the De- State game in a 7 p.m. contest singles and an RBI, while batter, Clint Robinson, hit a to happen, get it over with. 1-2 record with a 5.40 ERA in troit Tigers for the first time on Thursday. No. 2 Southern Nick Bowie (double, RBI) game-winning home run Let’s go play. Sometimes it 26 2/3 innings. His career since undergoing cancer Maine (29-12) takes on top and Brandon Martins posted and Harper ran onto the can be an uncomfortable record is 41-51 with a 3.82 surgery last fall. seed UMass Boston (26-13) in two hits each. field with others players to situation having to talk ERA in 134 appearances, in- To make room on the ros- a noon elimination game in Jake Glauser added a run- celebrate. about things like this, cluding 118 starts. ter before a game with the the six-team, double-elimina- scoring single and a sacri- While on the field, Harper around your teammates The 23-year-old McCre- Washington Nationals, the tion tourney. fice fly for the Huskies, who pointed toward Knight di- when we’re trying to beat ery, a 6-foot-8 prospect, Tigers optioned outfielder Alex Parkos paced ECSU finished with 14 hits. rected expletives at him. the Padres today.” pitched in the Arizona Fall Tyler Collins to Triple-A To- MLB officials said the sus- Strasburg, 27, signed his League the past two years in ledo. pension resulted from “his seven-year extension with the Angels’ organization Norris had surgery in Oc- actions following his ejec- the Nationals on Tuesday. and posted a 4.31 ERA in 31 tober for a cancerous growth Patriots’ Edelman had tion, including returning to The right-handed Strasburg relief appearances. In 2015, in his thyroid but returned the field.” has never had a sub-3.00 he had a 2.61 ERA in 16 this spring and was compet- In 33 games this season, ERA over a full season of games with 14 walks and 28 ing for the No. 5 spot in the second foot surgery Harper is batting .252 with starts and is 5-0 with a 2.76 strikeouts in 18 2/3 innings. starting rotation until he 10 home runs and 27 RBIs. ERA this season. suffered a back injury. Last year, he belted 42 hom- The 30-year-old Arrieta is Frazier receives 5 stitches Beginning the season THE SPORTS XCHANGE Patriots had signed Steward ers and drove in 99 runs 22-1 with a 0.92 ERA over his Chicago White Sox third with Toledo, Norris strug- as a free agent on April 22. while batting .330. last 27 starts. He has a 6-0 re- baseman Todd Frazier re- gled to an 0-3 record with a New England Patriots Steward, 23, has played one cord with a 1.13 ERA this year. ceived five stitches for a cut 9.98 ERA in 15 1/3 innings, wide receiver Julian Edel- NFL season, recording one Arrieta seeks more money on his lower lip after diving but he is still considered one man had surgery on his left tackle and one assists while Chicago Cubs ace Jake Braves deal Chacin to Angels into the stands while trying of the organization’s top foot during the offseason, playing in seven games for Arrieta thinks he deserves The Atlanta Braves trad- to catch a foul popup during pitching prospects. but he is expected to be back the Buffalo Bills in 2015. more than the seven-year, ed starting pitcher Jhoulys Wednesday’s game against in time for training camp, $175 million extension given Chacin to the Los Angeles the Texas Rangers. Tigers call up Norris ESPN reported Wednesday. Rams safety arrested for to Stephen Strasburg of the Angels in exchange for Frazier hit his mouth on a The Detroit Tigers called The recent procedure was suspicion of DUI Washington Nationals. minor league pitcher Adam seat when he jumped into up left-hander Daniel Norris the second surgery on his Los Angeles Rams safety The reigning Cy Young McCreery. the crowd while tracking from Triple-A Toledo and left foot within the past year. T.J. McDonald was arrested Award winner, less than The Angels were in need the foul ball in the fourth in- sent outfielder Tyler Collins According to the report, this for suspicion of driving two years from free agency, of help in their starting rota- ning. He came away without back to Toledo after he had surgery was considered a under the influence of a sub- also said he is not ready to tion after losing Garrett the ball but holding his been called up Monday. “cleanup procedure” and is stance other than alcohol. give a hometown discount to Richards to Tommy John mouth and immediately Norris is 0-3 with an ERA not expected McDonald, 25, was arrest- stay with Cubs. elbow replacement surgery headed toward the dugout. of 9.98 this year in four to affect NFL ed in Woodland Hills, Cali- “In a perfect world, I’d and Andrew Heaney with an He was listed as day-to-day. starts for Toledo. Edelman’s NOTEBOOK fornia, early Tuesday morn- 2016 season. ing after police questioned Edelman was seen recent- him for hitting a parked car. ly wearing a boot on his foot After being taken to a police White says UFC ‘working on expanding’ while riding a motorized ve- station, officers determined hicle to get from place to McDonald was allegedly place in New York City. under the influence of a sub- BY CINDY BOREN According to ESPN’s re- with 9 percent and the Abu “As far as the UFC being Edelman broke his left stance that could be a pre- THE WASHINGTON POST port, “somebody” may have Dhabi government’s Flash for sale, I’ve said this a mil- foot in a game in November. scription drug or narcotic. shown up with something Entertainment, with 10 per- lion times, we get offers on He had surgery at that time McDonald was booked for Although UFC President like that kind of cash. Dar- cent, are minority owners of the UFC all the time. It and screw was inserted into a misdemeanor charge and Dana White said again ren Rovell reported Tuesday UFC, whose parent compa- started in 2010. We got our his foot. He missed the rest released on $300 bail. He is Wednesday that the mixed that there ny is Zuffa LLC. first offer for the company, of the regular season, but due in court June 3, accord- martial arts behemoth is not were at least White declined to say which was over $1 billion, returned for the postseason. ing to the Los Angeles Coun- for sale, he left plenty of wig- four bidders whether there might be a and we turned it down,” he Edelman, who turns 30 on ty Sheriff’s website. gle room. and that talks partial sale. said. May 22, played in nine regu- The Rams selected McDon- “We’re not up for sale,” were in the “Obviously, if I’m in the ESPN and other outlets lar-season games in 2015, ald with a third-round pick in White, a native of Hermon, “advanced” middle of a deal right now, indicate that Dalian Wanda, and caught 61 passes for 692 the 2013 NFL Draft out of USC. Maine, said on “The Dan stage. That there’s a lot of confidenti- a Chinese conglomerate, has yards and seven touch- Last season, he played in 11 Patrick Show.” “We’re al- might be a ality involved in it,” White emerged as the front-runner downs. In two playoff games, games, recording 63 tackles, ways working on deals and tempting said. “We’re working on to buy UFC, with WME/ he had 17 receptions for 153 one sack and one forced fumble. our expansion globally. I’ve profit for White expanding. We’re working IMG, China Media Capital yards and no scores. McDonald suffered a season- been saying since this thing brothers Lo- on growing the company and The Blackstone Group ending shoulder injury late last came out, no, we’re not for renzo and Frank Fertitta, and moving into other ter- also bidding. Aside from a Patriots release Steward season and underwent surgery. sale, but let me tell you who own more than 80 per- ritories like China and big payday, it isn’t certain The New England Patri- He has started 37 games with what. If somebody shows up cent of the privately held Japan, Korea. So, yeah, what a sale might mean for ots released linebacker Tony 221 tackles, four sacks, two in- with $4 billion, we can talk. company and purchased it we’re always working on White, who has become the Steward, the team an- terceptions and two fumble re- We can definitely talk.” for $2 million in 2001. White deals. public face of UFC. nounced Wednesday. The coveries in his three seasons.