WINTHROP — Winthrop’s winning pitcher Matt Sekerak finds it comforting to know his supportive defense will stand behind him when things get rough on the mound. Two double plays and a run-down kept No. 7 Hall-Dale (12-6) off balance in a Western Maine Class C softball quarterfinal game on a breezy, muggy and warm Thursday […]
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High school baseball: Maranacook stays steady, outplays Lisbon in West C quarterfinal
LISBON — If the Lisbon baseball team had the ability to hop into a time machine and travel to the start of Thursday’s Western C quarterfinal baseball game against Maranacook, the outcome might have been a little different. The No. 4 Greyhounds entered the game as the No. 4 seed. they committed four early errors that proved costly as […]
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Class C West Baseball quarterfinals: Mike Bryant, No. 8 St. Dom’s dismiss No. 1 Dirigo
DIXFIELD — With apologies to LL Cool J: Don’t call it an upset. St. Dom’s has been here for years. Led by the live, rested arm of senior Mike Bryant, the Saints looked like the same baseball club Thursday they’ve been for a decade-and-a-half, no matter what the Heal Points or Class C West tournament say […]
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H.S. baseball playoffs: Dragons sidestep Devils
BRUNSWICK — With the way Brunswick ace John Parker and Lewiston senior righty Kyle Ullrich were pitching in Tuesday’s Eastern A preliminary baseball game, the biggest fear was if the game was going to get completed before the threatening weather arrived. But a perfectly-executed slap bunt by Dragons No. 8 hitter Pearson Cost loaded the […]
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Class C West Baseball prelim: St. Dom’s, Mitch Lorenz take out Madison
Nobody who has watched St. Dom’s baseball go to 11 Class C West championship games under coach Bob Blackman had any doubt what the Saints were going to do. Madison even knew, and it was destined to work, anyway. “I really wanted to score first,” Blackman said. “I felt that we could play better from […]
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H.S. Baseball Playoffs: Class C West bracket brutal for top seeds Dirigo, Winthrop
Nowhere in high school sports is the single-elimination format scarier for top-ranked teams and their coaches than baseball, the game in which a dancing curveball or a perilous hop can stymie the best on the wrong day. Easy to understand, then, why one potential quarterfinal matchup in Class C West quickens everyone’s pulse rate ever-so-slightly. […]
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H.S. Baseball Playoffs: Capsule previews of each region
Eastern Class A Local players to watch: Edward Little — Lew Jensen P/IF, Elijah Roe 1B, Jarod Norcross-Plourde P/IF, Brandon Varney C, Drew Lashua 2B, Austin Cox SS, Damien St. Pierre P; Oxford Hills — Blake Slicer P/OF, Brady LaFrance CF, Bailey West P/OF, Matt Smith C, Jake Spinhirn SS, Aiden Heikkinen OF; Mt. Blue — Colton Lawrence […]
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H.S. Baseball: Mike Bryant battles back to continue family tradition
After more than a decade of timely hits, diving catches and 1-2-3 mound innings from the band of four brothers, losing senior pitcher and shortstop Mike to a strained hamstring was a two-week struggle the Saints would just as soon forget. “He went down in the first inning of the second game, down to Boothbay,” […]
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H.S. Baseball: Lisbon, Bourget mystify Mountain Valley, clinch first-round bye
RUMFORD — A high-and-mighty, early-afternoon sun probably cost Kyle Bourget a no-hitter, but Thursday otherwise was a perfect day for his Lisbon baseball team. With a 10-0, five-inning shutout of Mountain Valley at Hosmer Field, Lisbon locked up No. 4 in the Class C West Heal Point standings. The Greyhounds (13-3) know the significance, because it’s […]
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High school baseball: Bangor holds off Edward Little for top seed
Coach Jeff Fahey’s defending state champions jumped out to an early lead and rode DeLaite’s dominant performance on the mound to a 4-1 victory over Edward Little of Auburn at Mansfield Stadium to secure the No. 1 seed for the regional playoffs that begin next week. “I’m very proud of my boys, we had a […]