Sometimes, the schedule can be the cruelest part of a sports season.

Take the Wiscasset High School girls varsity softball schedule for example.

During the week of Wednesday, May 6 to Monday, May 11, the Wolverines had to play three of Western Maine Class C's top four teams.

That presented the Wolverines (1-7) with a veritable gauntlet of some of the best softball teams in the state.

Wiscasset played Telstar (6-2) May 6 in Bethel, where the fourth-seeded Rebels were able to blank Wiscasset, 12-0.

Wiscasset then hosted Dirigo (6-2), but the third-seeded Cougars pulled out the 14-0 win Friday, May 8.

Wiscasset traveled to Hall-Dale's (7-1) turf on Monday, May 11, but the Bulldogs showed why they are the second ranked team with a 35-1 victory.

On the plus side, Wiscasset remains within striking distance of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Class D playoffs, and the Wolverines won't face top-seeded Class C Monmouth Academy until May 20.

Baseball victim of hard-luck losses

Despite being outscored by only four runs total, the Wiscasset High School boys varsity baseball team dropped three games from Friday, May 6 to Monday, May 11.

The Wolverines (2-6) dropped a pair of one-run games, and lost a third game by only two runs.

Wiscasset traveled to Bethel to play a resurgent Telstar squad (2-6) May 6. Despite finishing in the lower half of the standings the last two years, the Rebels have shown some life in 2015, as they were able to upset Wiscasset by a 9-8 score.

The Wolverines came home Friday, May 8 to play the second-seeded Dirigo Cougars (7-1). Dirigo, usually a Class C powerhouse, actually fell behind, 2-1, to Wiscasset as the Wolverines were able to follow pitcher Tyler Bailey's lead.

But, the Cougars wouldn't stay down for long, and rallied to come away with a 4-2 win.

Wiscasset then traveled Monday, May 11 to play eighth-seeded Hall-Dale (5-3), where the Bulldogs were able to take advantage of playing on their home turf and won, 2-1.

Despite the losses, Wiscasset remains in fifth place in Western Class D. The Wolverines will have a chance to make up ground with four of the next five games coming at home.