Zach Johnston opened Greely’s season with a five-inning no-hitter as the Rangers beat Fryeburg Academy, 10-0, in a Western Maine Conference baseball game Friday in Cumberland.
Johnston, a 6-foot-5 left-hander who has signed with Wake Forest, struck out 11 and walked none, though he did hit two batters.
Max Cloutier paced Greely’s 14-hit attack with three doubles. Marky Axelsen had two doubles and a single, and Ryan Kolbin added a double and two singles.
LAKE REGION 15, TRAIP ACADEMY 1: Mike Chase drove in five runs and combined with Matt Aker on a three-hitter as the Lakers won a five-inning season opener in Kittery.
Chase and Aker each hit a single and a double. Aker also scored three times.
Chase struck out five and gave up one hit over the first three innings.
Traip got its run in the fifth when Conor McPherson drove home Reid Alessi.
SOFTBALL
FRYEBURG ACADEMY 8, GREELY 2: The Raiders broke open a close game with six unearned runs to beat the Rangers in Cumberland.
Fryeburg took the lead in the top of the first when Camden Jones doubled and scored on a single by Katie McIntyre.
After Jones singled home a run in the second, Greely got on the board in the bottom half when Maia Wright drew a bases-loaded walk.
Fryeburg, though, got two runs in the fourth on an error, a wild pitch and Brooke Emery’s RBI single. The Raiders then pulled away with three runs in the sixth, as Greely committed three errors and Emily Walker hit an RBI single.
Abby Ontengco went the distance on the mound for Fryeburg, allowing two runs on nine hits while striking out six.
OXFORD HILLS 11: YARMOUTH 0: The Vikings scored six runs in the second inning and four in the third to run away with a five-inning victory in Yarmouth.
Allyson Day had a pair of RBI singles, and Miah Gallan hit a two-run single and a sacrifice fly.
BOYS’ LACROSSE
CAPE ELIZABETH 21, KENNEBUNK 4: Nick Gaudreau notched two goals and five assists, and Keegan Lathrop and Tiernan Lathrop both scored three times to help the Capers cruise past the Rams for a season-opening win in Cape Elizabeth.
Colin Campbell, Kaden Lee and Alex van Huystee chipped in two goals apiece. Keegan Lathrop and Campbell each had two assists.
Eli Soule and Jake Washburn recorded two goals each for Kennebunk.
MORSE 12, ERSKINE ACADEMY 7: Owen Tucker scored four goals and Sam Prager and Lucas Hardwick each added three as Morse/Boothbay won a season opener in South China.
Casey Kirkpatrick led Erskine with four goals and two assists.
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