AUBURN — Auburn Firefighters and Willis faced off in a showdown for first place in the Auburn Suburban Little League major division, with AFF coming out on top, 8-3.

Willis’ Caleb Hebert worked hard on the mound for five innings and Cole Butler finished up the pitching duties. At the plate for Willis (9-3), Nick Hathaway and Butler had hits, with the runs scored by Curtis Pelletier and Austin Brown.

Austin Cox worked the first 3 1/3 innings on the mound for the Firemen and went 2-for-3 at the plate. Tyler Blanchard pitched the final 2 2/3 innings and smacked two doubles and a single, going 3-for-3 at the plate.

Other hitters for AFF (10-2) were Noah Yarnevich and Noah Moreshead. Behind the plate for the firemen, Yarnevich earned outs for his team the hard way, picking off one on first base, throwing out two attempting to steal second and another attempting to steal home. AFF’s runs were scored by Yarnevich, Kyle Herald, Blanchard (3), Cox (2) and Moreshead.

In ASLL Minors, American Concrete entertained Dillingham and Sons for a hard fought game that ended in Dillingham’s favor, 9-8.

Nate McBride, George Romano, Gunner Winslow, Keenan St Pierre, Luke Josephson and Ricky Cote scored runs for Dillingham. Jacob Hodgman, Jake Arel, Nick Martinez, Joel Stubbs, Nick Hartley and Nick Tirrell answered for American.

Dillingham also pounded out a 19-3 minor division verdict over Pat’s Pizza. Will Cassidy had two hits for Pat’s. Patrick Myers pitched a solid first inning. For Dillingham, Romano had three hits and scored four runs. Cote was 4-for-4, including a double. Eli Fournier went 3-for-3 and scored three runs.

Elliot Ave.

LEWISTON — In a game that took two hours and 20 minutes to complete, Elite Auto “walked” away with a 5-2 extra-inning victory over United Ambulance in Elliot Ave. Little League Major Division action.

In what was a tight contest throughout, pitching proved United’s undoing, as Elite scored three runs in the top of the eighth inning on four walks and a pair of errors.

The game began as a true pitching gem. Jean-Luc Dostie threw four scoreless innings for United, allowing just two hits while fanning seven. Elite starter Evan Cox was nearly as good, keeping United off the scoreboard until the third inning.

Isaac Escobar drove in the game’s first run. Cox was chased in the third when Eddie Turgeon doubled to right center and Dostie drove him home to make the score 2-0.

Gage Cote came in to spell Cox on the mound, ending the rally with two of his eventual 13 strikeouts.

Elite’s patience at the plate paid off in the top of the fifth after Dostie was pulled for pitch count reasons. Reliever Jess Lopez struggled to find the zone. Brock Belanger opened the inning with a sharp knock up the middle, while four walks led to Lopez’s early exit, leaving the score tied at two.

Reliever Damien St.Pierre ended the threat with a strikeout. St.Pierre silenced Elite’s bats for two more innings as Cote did the same for Elite.

With two weekend games ahead of them, United (5-4) was forced to conserve their pitchers’ pitch counts. Escobar took the mound in the top of the eighth, walking four and striking out two. Combined with a pair of errors, Elite (6-4) scored three runs without the benefit of a hit. Cote polished off the game in the bottom of the eighth for the win.

Lopez and St.Pierre had the other hits for United. Logan Freve had a pair and Ben Gosselin got a base knock for Elite.

South Lewiston

LEWISTON — Gendron’s scored in the bottom of the sixth to beat Hammond 3-2 in South Lewiston Little League majors action.

Gendron’s took a 2-1 lead on a two-run single down the left field line by Jack Leblond. Hammond tied the game on a perfectly placed bunt by Garrett Poussard followed by a deep double by Colby Bilodeau to drive him home.

In the bottom of the sixth, Sam Blaisdell led off with a double and Caden Smith drove him home with a single.

Gendron’s had strong pitching performances by Austin Merritt with 10 strikeouts and Otis Caron. For Hammond, Jacob Strout pitched five solid innings, also striking out 10, and Jacob Labbe turned in some fine fielding plays.

Apple Valley Babe Ruth

READFIELD — Maranacook swept Turner Two, 7-4 and 15-9, in Apple Valley Babe Ruth baseball.

Carson Dalheim took the win over Tyler Chicoine in the opener. Top hitters for Maranacook were Richard Hall and Dalheim with two singles apiece and Tucker Whitman with a single and a double and two RBIs. Levi Morin had two singles and Brian Hiscock one hit for Turner,

Whitman took the win in the nightcap. Hiscock absorbed the loss. Whitman belted a double and a single and drove in four runs. Hall and Dalheim each added a pair of singles. Hiscock hammered out a pair of hits for Turner.