BANGOR — The team in red went by the name Post 51, not Messalonskee, although there were enough Eagles on the Oakland-based American Legion baseball squad to make Bessey Motors of Oxford Hills nervous after three springs worth of mixed results on the high school diamond. Summer heat, a few additions on both sides, and […]
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Legion baseball: Small’s return played big part in Pastime returning to states
LEWISTON — If there is one thing Alex Small can’t stand, it’s a quiet dugout. Which is why when its Pastime Club’s turn to hit, Small can usually be heard from all corners of the ballpark encouraging his teammates, or encouraging his teammates to encourage their teammates. Small keeps the chatter going when he takes […]
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Legion Baseball: Bessey bashes Fayette-Staples, advances
Hard to believe that it has been four years since Bessey Motors appeared in the American Legion baseball state tournament. The Oxford Hills-based team doesn’t need a reminder and wasn’t about to let the small matter of a play-in game interfere Saturday afternoon. Bessey banged out 14 hits to back the complete-game pitching of Mike […]
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Legion baseball: Bessey, Franklin County start state tournament this weekend
If recent American Legion state tournament history is any indication, its good to be from Zone 3 this time of year. The tournament returns to Bangor for the first time since 2005, starting Saturday with two win-or-go-home play-in games at the Winkin Complex on the Husson University campus, including one featuring Zone 3 regular-season champion […]
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Zone 3 Legion Final: Pastime wins 4th in a row with walk-off
STANDISH — Watching a 7-1 lead slowly slip away Tuesday night didn’t soften Pastime Club’s resolve or its aggressiveness. Which is why when Ryan Riordan represented the winning run at second in the American Legion Zone 3 final, he knew he would be getting the green light to try to score on any kind of […]
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Zone 3 Legion quarterfinal: Bessey holds off Windham
PARIS — Bessey Motors’ reward for earning the top seed in the American Legion Zone 3 tournament was a first-round matchup with Windham, the defending state champion boasting a pitching staff that threw a no-hitter to win this year’s Western Class A title. After falling behind 5-0 early, Windham proved to be a feisty foe. […]
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Legion baseball: Bessey Motors drives off with championship
PARIS — Undefeated Bessey Motors (15-0) used six hits and strong defense to beat Pastime 5-1 and carry off the regular-season championship Thursday evening. Bessey’s Ryan Godin, who went four innings, got the win on the mound. Ty Martin and Dalton Rice each had two singles. Brady Lafrance doubled for Bessy. For Pastime (12-5), Ryan […]
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Zone 3 Legion Baseball: Pastime, Tri-Town split
POLAND — Since joining Tri-Town this season after a stint with Bessey Motors, Ian MacFawn has wanted nothing more than to contribute to the offense. “I haven’t really had any great at bats,” MacFawn said. “I actually can’t even recall a hit, to be honest with you.” The Fryeburg Academy graduate had two big hits […]
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Zone 3 Legion Baseball: Unbeaten Bessey rolls past Rogers, 10-4
SOUTH PARIS — With one week left in the Zone 3 American Legion regular season schedule, virtually everyone has gone from trying to play catch-up with front-running Bessey Motors to jockeying for position in order to avoid the zone favorites for as long as possible in the playoffs. Unbeaten Bessey created more distance between itself […]
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Zone 3 Legion Baseball: Rogers puts heat on early in 11-1 win over Tri-Town
AUBURN — Number-nine hitters with Tyler Blanchard’s resume are easy to find in American Legion baseball. Blessed with blazing speed, they can create a lot of havoc if they put the ball in play. Of course, with most No. 9 hitters, that’s usually a big ‘if.’ But it wasn’t for Rogers Post 153 on Tuesday […]