FREEPORT — Josh Burke was just hoping to get a couple starts on the mound this year for the Freeport baseball team. Flip the calendar ahead two months and Burke has already made two starts in the playoffs, and on Saturday will make a third — in the Class B state championship game. Burke’s change […]
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Baseball state championships: Mostly favorites in finals, but some surprises
The Northern Maine baseball playoffs played out like they were supposed to on paper, with the top seeds in each class advancing to the state championships. That was partly the case in southern Maine, except Sacopee Valley in Class C was an underdog who then ended another underdog story, and in Class B, Freeport flipped […]
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H.S. Baseball: Bangor continues on championship run
As freshmen in 2013, Bangor’s Trevor DeLaite and Kyle Stevenson didn’t get to lift a Class A baseball state championship trophy over their young heads. The Rams lost in the Eastern Maine semifinals to eventual state runner-up Messalonskee that year. It’s been a series of trophies ever since. DeLaite and Stevenson, and six of their […]
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Class D South baseball: Reynolds leads Searsport back to states over Valley
STANDISH — Troy Reynolds was setting them down early. The Searsport senior had 11 strikeouts through the first four innings on his way to 15 total in a seven-inning, complete game effort to lead the Vikings to a 6-2 victory over Valley at Larry Mahaney Diamond at St. Joseph’s College on Wednesday in the Class […]
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Class A North baseball final: DeLaite, Bangor dominate Edward Little
AUGUSTA — Bangor wasted a prime scoring opportunity in the bottom of the first, but the two-time defending state champs didn’t waste chances in the next two innings, scoring five runs across the two frames in a 8-0 victory over Edward Little in the Class A North baseball regional final at Morton Field on Tuesday. […]
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Family drives Lisbon to baseball regional final
LISBON — It was never Lisbon baseball coach Randy Ridley’s intention to have his whole infield with the name Austin, it just worked out that way. And work out it has for a Greyhounds team that has made an underdog run all the way from the No. 6 seed to Tuesday’s Class C South regional […]
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Class A North semifinal: Edward Little baseball edges Mt. Ararat
AUBURN — It is the dream that many baseball players have growing up — Final inning, tie game, bases loaded, two outs, full count. A hit, your team wins. An out, we play on and someone else will have to be the hero. Edward Little’s Grant Hartley took a 3-2 pitch from Mt. Ararat reliever […]
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H.S. Baseball: Lisbon regroups, upsets St. Dominic Academy
AUBURN — After two errors led to two runs in the bottom of the first inning, Lisbon settled itself down. The sixth-seeded Greyhounds cleaned up their defense, moved on from the frame, and their bats then came alive late to No. 2 St. Dominic Academy 4-2 and move on to next week’s regional final. “It […]
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High school playoffs: Edward Little holds off Messalonskee in baseball
AUBURN — Junior pitcher Jarod Norcross-Plourde smashed a two-run home run and struck out 11 as Edward Little captured a 4-2 victory over Messalonskee in baseball action Wednesday afternoon. Grant Hartley doubled in the fourth inning for the Red Eddies (16-1). Christian Beliveau pinch ran for Hartley and scored the game-winning run. Senior designated hitter […]
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H.S. Baseball: Francis, Lisbon knock out Carrabec
He pitched five solid innings and paced the Greyhounds at the plate as well in a 4-2 victory over Carrabec in a Class C South preliminary-round game at Doughty Diamond. Francis’ first hit of the game — a two-out double to deep left-center in the bottom of the first went for naught. His second was […]