MONMOUTH — They won close, and they won easy. No matter the score, though, the Monmouth Academy baseball just simply won during the regular season. Sixteen games, 16 wins. It was a fitting no-loss record for a team that didn’t suffer any losses to graduation last year. The Mustangs brought back the same talented roster […]
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High school baseball: Postseason preview
Class A North Two-time defending state champion Bangor finished the season at the top of the A North standings, edging out second-seeded Edward Little, which like the Rams compiled a 15-1 record. The Red Eddies dealt Bangor its only blemish, 1-0 late in the season in Bangor. EL looked dominant until getting mercy-ruled and no-hit […]
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Saints win MVC baseball championship
WATERVILLE — Hunter Hughes smashed a two-run double in the third inning, steering St. Dom’s (15-2) to Mountain Valley Conference baseball title and a 5-1 victory over Monmouth Academy (16-1) on Thursday. Gavin Bates and Riley Volpe combined to pitch a one-hitter, with Bates getting the win. Bates also tripled in the game. Hughes had […]
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H.S. Baseball: Monmouth silences Winthrop, clinches undefeated regular season
MONMOUTH — Winthrop had two chances on the last day of the regular season to get a win and clinch a spot in the playoffs. The Ramblers, playing games back-to-back games at Monmouth Academy, narrowly lost to Madison in nine innings. Then, Monmouth starting pitcher Nick Sanborn took away any chance of a win in […]
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H.S. Baseball: Edward Little finishes off rival Lewiston
AUBURN — In baseball, the curveball giveth and the curveball taketh away. It did both for Edward Little’s Jarod Norcross Plourde, and it made for a pair of crucial moments in the Red Eddies’ 3-1 KVAC baseball win over Lewiston at Austin Field on Friday. Norcross Plourde collected one of the Red Eddies’ (15-1) three […]
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High school roundup: Oxford Hills baseball, softball sweep
PARIS — Andrew Fleming scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the fifth inning as the Oxford Hills Vikings defeated the Mt. Blue Cougars 2-1 in a KVAC contest Thursday. Fleming had a double in the game. Jake Beauchesne hit a double in the bottom of the second and scored Oxford Hills’ (10-5) first run […]
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Apple Valley Babe Ruth results
Turner 13, Greene/Leeds 2 Turner Babe Ruth defeated Green/Leeds 13-2 in five innings.David Herman picked up the win on the mound while Cole Morin led Turner with four hits, which included a double and three singles. Cody Duguay was losing pitcher and Brent Grant scored Greene/Leeds two runs. He also had two hits. Winthrop 3, Maranacook […]
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Baseball: Wiscasset shakes off Lisbon
WISCASSET — The beginning of Gregg Wood’s first season leading the Wiscasset High School baseball team was like a roller coaster ride. The Wolverines had good days and bad days, ups and downs, big wins and tough losses. On Wednesday at home against Mountain Valley Conference rival Lisbon, Wood’s squad showed just how far it […]
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H.S. Baseball: Oxford Hills knocks off Edward Little with no-hitter
“It feels great. I haven’t thrown one of those before, so it was awesome to get one,” said Johnson, a sophomore who didn’t think the abbreviated game did anything to dull his achievement on the mound. Johnson allowed just three base runners, including a pair of walks in the second inning and a harmless lead-off […]
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Baseball: Lisbon swats Carrrabec
LISBON — Solid pitching and timely two-out hitting are often the keys to a successful baseball team. Lisbon displayed both on Wednesday, a deadly combination that led to a 9-2 Mountain Valley Conference high school win over Carrabec. Lefty hurler Tyler Halls struck out six of the first eight Cobras he faced, finishing with 11 […]