BREWER — With a couple of runs and some great escapes in the first two innings, the Telstar softball team had reason to be optimistic Saturday. The Rebels were up early on Bucksport and kept the Bucks off the board after battling through a pair of threats. Telstar, however, couldn’t keep the Bucks at bay […]
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Class A baseball: Bangor repeats with win over South Portland
But the Bangor High School baseball team will remember its 5-4 victory over South Portland in Saturday’s Class A state final as the ultimate in survival tests. Coach Jeff Fahey’s Rams rallied twice from early deficits, then withstood a late flirtation with self-destruction at Morton Field to emerge with their second consecutive state title and […]
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Class C baseball final: St. Dom’s bashes Bucksport for fifth title
BANGOR — The inability to string together hits and put up crooked numbers was the elephant in the box score for Saint Dominic Academy baseball all season, especially against top-flight competition. At the best possible time, in the environment where it mattered most, the elephant turned into a three-ring circus Saturday, complete with all the requisite […]
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High school lacrosse: Brunswick tops South Portland for Class A crown
“(Sophomore Christian) was a lefty attackman, and then he turned out to be a gifted LSM,” the elder Glover said. “I watched him go after it with his brother, and I said, ‘Oh, he’s pretty good going both ways.’” Late in the third quarter of Saturday’s Class A state championship game, any second guesses coach […]
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High School softball: Telstar peaks at the right time
STANDISH — Nearly every hitter in the Telstar softball lineup trudged back to the dugout during the team’s first meeting with Madison this season. The Rebels struck out 11 times, and only two hitters in the order avoided the sting of a strikeout in a 2-1 loss. That was something the Rebels knew they had […]
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Class C baseball championship: Saints no underdog, but they wear label well
AUBURN — Not many high school baseball teams knock off the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in a region to reach a state championship game. We know Saint Dominic Academy has never done it in a baker’s dozen years of excellence under the watchful eyes of Coach Bob Blackman, because, well, the Saints are always […]
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Class C baseball championship: Mitch Lorenz, Gavin Bates charge up Saints’ title hopes
AUBURN — One of the standard questions when a baseball team is scouting its opponent in a state championship game is, “Yeah, but have they used up their ace?” Technically, Saint Dominic Academy did. Mike Bryant went the distance Wednesday night in a 5-1 victory over Winthrop for the Class C West title, meaning that he […]
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Class C softball championship: Ellsworth, Telstar’s great catch behind the plate
STANDISH — When Sadie Ellsworth arrived in high school, she wasn’t sure when or if she might do some catching for the Telstar softball program. She had played outfield in middle school. There were other catching candidates, and Ellsworth didn’t even own a catcher’s mitt. By spring, circumstances evolved and the softball rookie found herself […]
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Class C West baseball: St. Dom’s outlasts Winthrop for seventh regional crown in 13 years
STANDISH — After a night of agonizing missed opportunity after missed opportunity, Saint Dominic Academy finally watched the right guy walk to the plate at the right time. Senior Mitch Lorenz greeted Winthrop reliever Ben Allen with a one-out single to right field in the seventh inning, scoring Ray Mosca and Mike Bryant with the go-ahead […]
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High School softball: Telstar stuns Madison for seventh Western C championship
STANDISH — With each batter in the first inning Wednesday, Telstar’s message grew louder. It wasn’t a polite, tap-on-the-shoulder reminder to top seed and defending state champion Madison. It was more like a smack-in-the-mouth warning. “We wanted to try to get ahead,” Telstar coach Jim Lunney said. “I like being the visiting team. If you […]