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 ELLSWORTH – The #6 Hermon Hawks softball team being on a roll is putting it mildly. On Friday, they eliminated #3 MDI in extra innings, and turned around Saturday and knocked off #2 Ellsworth 4-3. Hermon's Molly Simcox started the game at catcher, went to third base in the second, singled in what would become the winning run in the second as well. Another outstanding game for Simcox. (Photo by Ron Hawkes/MSR) Click here to view the Photo Gallery from this game! Next up will be #8 Winslow who has been on a roll themselves, eliminating #5 Lawrence and #1 Nokomis. The Regional Final game is scheduled for June 14 at Brewer High School for an 8 p.m. game. The winner of the Regional will face either #1 York or #2 Gardiner from the south division for the Class B State Softball Championship. Saturday in Ellsworth the Hawks got a big blast from Lyndsee Reed in the first inning and six innings of unbelievable relief pitching from Katie Fowler. In the top of the first Reed smacked a two-run

Hermon –The Hermon girls relied on their pitching and solid defense to take a lead and hold it, giving up just one run in the top of the seventh as the Hawks take a 4-1 win over the Mariners of Rockland. The Hermon Hawks storm the field to start the Round of 16 play-in Game with Oceanside of Rockland. The Hawks took the 4-1 win to advance. (Photo by Ron Hawkes/MSR) Click Here to View The Full Photo Gallery! Hermon will next either be on the road at #3 Mount Desert Island or hosting #14 Foxcroft Academy as they take on the winner of that game. Oceanside finishes its season at 5-12 with the loss.  In the circle for Hermon, freshman Katie Fowler got the start going three innings allowing just two hits, no walks, while striking out two. Fowler threw 27 pitches, 20 for strikes. Junior Lyndsee Reed pitched four to finish the game. She allowed one hit and one run with three walks while striking out three.  For Oceanside, hard throwing Grace Pratt went the distance allowing seven hits, all sin