Ashland Rallies In 7th To Overcome Stearns For D North Softball Championship

The Ashland High School Hornets haven’t been behind very much this season en route to an undefeated record and the top seed in the Class D North softball ranks.On Wednesday night at Coffin Field in Brewer, they squandered a 5-0 lead in their Class D North championship game against Stearns of Millinocket and found themselves trailing by two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Stearns had scored seven runs in the sixth and seventh innings. But Ashland rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh to beat Stearns 8-7 and win its first Class D North regional softball tournament title since 2004. Ashland (17-0) plays in Saturday’s noon state title game against Searsport in Brewer. Second seed Stearns wound up 12-4. Willow Hall opened the seventh with a sharp opposite-field single to left for her first hit of the day. “I was very nervous.