BUCKFIELD

Danny Stewart scored on a passed ball in the top of the seventh inning to lift the Richmond High School baseball team to an 8-7 East-West Conference win over rival Buckfield on Tuesday.

Trailing 7-6 in the seventh, the Bobcats (12-1) tied the game as Zach Small tripled and scored on a ground ball by Nate Kendrick. Stewart followed with a double, and two passed balls later Richmond had the lead.

Buckfield (7-7) put two runners in scoring position in the home half of the seventh, but reliever Brendan Emmons (five innings, eight strikeouts, four walks) struck out the final Bucks hitter to preserve the win.

Small was a home run short of the cycle, while Kendrick had a pair of doubles, Stewart a double and two singles, Emmons two singles and Tristin Shea a double.

Small started on the hill for Richmond. He went two innings on three strikeouts and three walks. He allowed five runs, but just three were earned as the Bobcats committed four errors.

Jake Krasker had three hits, including a double for Buckfield. Tyler Gammon went all the way, allowing 12 hits and five walks with two strikeouts.

Richmond is scheduled to visit Valley on Friday at 4 p.m.

Boys lacrosse

WATERVILLE — Connor Smith scored seven goals to power Messalonskee to an 18-10 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win over Mt. Ararat at Thomas College in Waterville.

Mt. Ararat fell to 6-5 and visits Lewiston this upcoming Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

Leading 5-4 after a wild first quarter, Messalonskee out-scored Mt. Ararat, 5-0, in the second for a 10-4 halftime lead. Colin Kinney added four goals in the win, with Aden Balboni picking up two goals and four helpers, and Austin Pelletier chipping in a goal and three helpers.

Connor Brown and Jason Magno each scored four goals for Mt. Ararat, with Brown adding two assists. Nick Canter picked up a goal, Steven Schuman a goal and two helpers, and Orion Sargent two assists.

In goal, Mt. Ararat keeper Parker Lacey had 12 saves, while Messalonskee’s Dawson Chaily had 10 stops.

The host Rangers rode five goals from Andrew Lawrence to a Western Maine Conference win over Freeport at Cumberland.

The Falcons, who dropped to 2-7 and hosts Yarmouth on Friday at 4 p.m., received a pair of goals from Connor Dostie in the loss.

Ben Kennedy had a hat trick for Greely (3-7).

Softball

BRUNSWICK — Lawrence tallied four runs in the sixth inning of a close game against Brunswick as the Bulldogs defeated the Dragons, 7-2 in KVAC play Monday.

Lawrence opened the game by scoring two runs, with the big hit a two-run double provided by Lauren Lambert.

Brunswick responded as leadoff hitter Allie Eck dropped a single in right field, stole second base and raced home on Shelby Plourde’s triple to right-center field.

Lawrence scored another run in the fourth inning to advance its lead to 3-1 as Haley Holt, who had walked, raced home on Camryn Caldwell fielder’s choice.

Bulldog pitcher Lilly Herrin, featuring an impressive fastball, kept the Dragons off the scoreboard until the sixth inning when Shea Sullivan walked. Sullivan advanced to second base on a misplayed blast to left field off the bat of Ketty Stinson. Freshmen Alexis Guptill scored Sullivan with a single.

With runners on second and third base and no outs, the Dragons squandered an opportunity to narrow the score as Herrin struck out three straight Brunswick hitters.

Sullivan took the loss for Brunswick as she struck out seven batters while limiting the Bulldogs to seven hits.

Herrin struck out nine as Brunswick collected seven hits as well. Plourde was Brunswick’s lone repeat hitter, as she singled in seventh inning to go along with her triple.

Brunswick is 0-12 and visits Brewer Thursday at 4:30 p.m.