WINTHROP — Mountain Valley spent 18 innings trying to get a lead on Saturday. In their final at-bat of the day, the Falcons finally got that long-awaited lead — and a win. Playing its second game of the day (starting with a 5-4 loss to Winthrop), Mountain Valley took Monmouth Academy to extra innings, then […]
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Roundup: Edward Little stuns Skowhegan in softball
SKOWHEGAN — Emma Lashua tripled and scored and produced an RBI in the fifth inning to lead Edward Little to a 3-1 victory over Skowhegan in softball action Friday afternoon. Pitcher Kylie Bureau led off the fifth with a walk and scored on an RBI triple by Lashua. Lashua scored on an RBI single by […]
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UMaine Farmington splits baseball doubleheader with Thomas
Thomas College’s Rett Adams tags out University of Maine at Farmington’s Trevor Hisler during Game 2 of a doubleheader at Hippach Field in Farmington on Thursday. FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington and Thomas College took advantage of timely hitting and solid pitching to turn the tables on each other in a North […]
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Local roundup: Desroches’ sacrifice lifts Mountain Valley over Telstar
RUMFORD — Dylan Desroches drove in Jacob Beauchesne with a long sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Mountain Valley a 5-4 baseball win over Telstar on Thursday. Beauchesne doubled to start the inning and advanced to third on a wild pitch. The Rebels (1-2) tied the contest in the top […]
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College baseball: Holmes, Wong help Husson continue winning
Lewiston High School graduate Mike Wong, an infielder at Husson University, throws the ball against Norwich.Former Dirigo High School standout Ben Holmes is in his senior season as a pitcher at Husson University. Ben Holmes and Mike Wong took different paths to the Husson University baseball team, but the local products from Central Maine have […]
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Roundup: Gray-New Gloucester edges Wells in WMC baseball action
GRAY — Josiah Rottari scored both of Gray-New Gloucester’s runs in a 2-1 victory over Wells in an early-season WMC contest Tuesday. Rottari reached on an error in the bottom of the second, moved to second when Jake Winchester was hit by a pitch and scored on a William Shufelt single.In the bottom of the sixth, he […]
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College baseball: Bates tops Trinity
Bates College shortstop Asher MacDonald tags Trinity’s Ben Reinisch out as he tried to steal second base when a pitch in the dirt bounced off the chest of Bates catcher Jack Arend, but the Bates catcher scooped it up and fired a perfect strike for the out. LEWISTON — Saturday morning, Connor Russell was sitting […]
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High School Baseball: Rams hold off pesky Devils in opener
BANGOR — The Bangor High School baseball team battled through raw, damp conditions and a pesky challenge from Lewiston to open its season with a 7-5 victory over the Blue Devils on Friday at Mansfield Stadium. The three-time defending Class A state champions had their original opener at Oxford Hills of South Paris postponed Wednesday, […]
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UMF scholar trying to line up optimal batting order
FARMINGTON — Sean Cabaniss spends his days doing what rabid fans of America’s pastime dream of: boiling down pro baseball lineups into mathematical formulas. The University of Maine at Farmington fifth-year student and Wilson Scholarship recipient is on a quest to discover an optimal Major League Baseball lineup through a research project. “I wouldn’t be […]
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Local roundup: Eddies fall to Witches in 10 innings
AUGUSTA — Koby Rogerson belted an RBI single in the 10th inning that plated Josiah Cyr and gave Brewer a 2-1 victory over Edward Little in an early-season baseball matchup Wednesday. Rogerson led the Witches (1-0) with a pair of hits and the winning RBI, while Josh Pellegrino and Jon Wheaton also belted out two […]