SOUTH BERWICK — Eli Cowperthwaite threw a three-hitter with eight strikeouts and one walk to lead fifth-seeded Falmouth to a 7-0 win over fourth-seeded Marshwood in a Class A South baseball quarterfinal Thursday.

Sam Kidder had three singles and scored twice for Falmouth (15-3), which advances to play top-seeded Thornton Academy on Saturday. Sean Dilworth added a double and a single.

Reed Smaracko had two of the three hits for Marshwood (12-6).

SOUTH PORTLAND 11, BONNY EAGLE 6: Johnny Poole lined a two-run double in the first inning and finished with three RBI, leading the sixth-seeded Red Riots (13-5) past the 14th-seeded Scots (7-11) in a Class A South quarterfinal at South Portland.

South Portland scored three runs in the first and two in the second for a 5-1 lead, then extended it to 10-3 with a five-run fourth.

Bradley McMains allowed five hits and one earned run in six innings for South Portland, which advances to host Cheverus or Portland in the semifinals on Saturday.

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Nathan Morse went 3 for 3 for Bonny Eagle, and Mason Ryan had two hits and two RBI.

FREEPORT 10, GRAY-NEW GLOUCESTER 0: Blaine Cockburn and Zane Aguiar and combined on a one-hitter, leading the ninth-seeded Falcons (12-6) to a Class B South quarterfinal win over the 16th-seeded Patriots (3-15) in Freeport.

Cockburn hit the first batter of the game, then struck the next 11 before exiting after four innings. Aguiar gave up Gray-New Gloucester’s only hit.

Keigan Shea and Gus Wing each recorded multiple hits for Freeport, which ended the game on the mercy rule with a run in the sixth. Anthony Panciocco notched a double.

Freeport advances to the semifinals Saturday against No. 5 York.

YORK 12, CAPE ELIZABETH 6: Josh Gennaro, Austin Mather and Alex Nielson each drove in runs during a six-run 10th inning as the fifth-seeded Wildcats (12-6) outlasted the No. 4 Capers (10-8) in a Class B South quarterfinal in Cape Elizabeth.

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Cape forced extra innings by scoring two runs in the seventh, then extended the game again in the bottom of the eighth when Gannon Stewart scored on a squeeze bunt by Ben Pierce.

WELLS 1, LEAVITT 0: Hayden Barker reached on an error in the first inning and scored the only run on a groundout as the third-seeded Warriors (12-6) edged the No. 6 Hornets (9-9) in a Class B South quarterfinal at Wells.

Winning pitcher Owen Coggeshall allowed four hits in 6 1/3 innings. Zach Carpenter retired the only two hitters he faced for a save.

The Warriors will travel to second-seeded Greely for a semifinal on Saturday.

MT. ABRAM 2, SACOPEE VALLEY 0: Hunter Warren pitched a no-hitter with eight strikeouts for the third-seeded Roadrunners (14-3) in a Class C South quarterfinal win against the No. 6 Hawks (12-6) in Salem.

Warren also had an RBI.

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LACROSSE

NORTH YARMOUTH ACADEMY 16, ERSKINE ACADEMY 2: Christopher Hamblett collected six goals and an assist for the No. 4 Panthers (8-5) as they cruised past the 13th-seeded Eagles in a Class C opening-round game at Yarmouth.

Brayden Warde added three goals and two assists, Caleb Waterman had a goal and five assists, and Chas Rohde and James Tourigny each added a goal and two assists. Mason Bull, David Gall, Henry Bergeron and Luke Lathrop also scored.

The Panthers will host fifth-seeded Gray-New Gloucester in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

WELLS 17, FREEPORT 2: Connor Whitten led Wells with six goals, and Gavyn Petrie added five goals and an assist as the third-seeded Warriors (9-4) beat the 14th-seeded Falcons (1-12) in Wells to reach the Class C quarterfinals.

Preston Briggs finished with three goals and three assists.

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Colby Bourgoin and Dylan Hannan scored for Freeport.

FRYEBURG ACADEMY 14, WINSLOW 5: Myles Garland and Rohan Hikel each scored three goals as eighth-seeded Fryeburg Academy (7-6) advanced to the Class C quarterfinals with a win over No. 9 Winslow (6-6) in Fryeburg.

ST. DOMINIC 5, LINCOLN ACADEMY 4: The seventh-seeded Saints (5-7) got two goals just 15 seconds apart in the last four minutes to beat the No. 10 Eagles (2-8) in a Class C opening-round game in Auburn.

Kevin Gallic set up Devdan Young for the winner with 2:59 left, shortly after Lucas Pushard tied it with his fourth goal.

Will Farrell stopped eight shots for Lincoln.


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