BANGOR — Bangor High School senior pitcher Emily Reilly said her team has been focusing on delivering two-out hits this season. “We’ve been saying, ‘Two outs, so what,’” said Reilly after her Rams scored eight two-out runs to beat Oxford Hills of South Paris 10-2 in a battle of the top two teams in the […]
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Derrah’s dashes lift Bangor past Oxford Hills
BANGOR — Baserunning is one of those second-tier basics of baseball behind pitching, hitting and defense. But it can make the difference in a game between peers. Jordan Derrah raced all the way home from first base after an errant throw in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday, giving Bangor a dramatic 5-4 victory […]
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Local roundup: Beers brings home Roadrunners’ victory
AUBURN — Bailey Beers scored on an overthrow when Brook-lyn Millbury made a sacrifice bunt to give Mt. Abram a 1-0 mid-season victory over St. Dom’s. Katie Jordan gave up just two hits and struck out 12 to notch the shutout. Johanna Cullenberg went the distance for St. Dom’s (1-9) and was tagged with the […]
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H.S. Softball: Telstar takes advantage of Dirigo miscues in win
BETHEL — All signs pointed to Friday’s Mountain Valley Conference softball clash between Telstar and Dirigo being full of offensive fire power. It, of course, turned out to be pitcher’s duel instead. Telstar pitcher Olivia York silenced Dirigo’s bats, tossing a complete-game four- hitting and striking out nine in the Rebels’ 5-1 victory. York retired […]
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H.S. Baseball: Maranacook takes out Spruce Mountain after Max McQuillen pinch homer provides lift
READFIELD — Max McQuillen missed Maranacook’s first nine baseball games with two fractures in his back. It sounds serious, because it is. One swing Friday afternoon against Spruce Mountain was pretty much all McQuillen was medically cleared to take. And one was all he needed. McQuillen’s no-doubt pinch home run to right field with one out […]
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Local roundup: Bucks take Hawks out for walk
BUCKFIELD — Sacopee Valley and Buckfield battled for eight innings before Alexis Bennett walked and brought home Abby Shields with the winning run, giving the Bucks a 4-3 victory in a softball game Thursday. The score was tied 3-3 before the Bucks (7-2) loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth. Bennett walked and […]
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H.S. Baseball: EL, Norcross-Plourde take out another top team, shut out Messalonskee, 2-0
AUBURN — The mythology that KVAC baseball might feature Bangor and Messalonskee at the banquet table and everybody else scrambling for crumbs has been shattered. For that, everyone can at least partially thank Edward Little. The Red Eddies now have beaten both preseason favorites after Thursday’s 2-0 shutout of the Eagles at Austin Field, a verdict […]
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Local roundup: Lashua steers EL to 2-1 win
BRUNSWICK — Drew Lashua had a hand in both runs scored for Edward Little in the 2-1 victory over the Brunswick Dragons Wednesday afternoon in eight innings. His RBI double in the top of the sixth inning scored Austin Cox to give the Red Eddies the 1-0 lead. In the top eighth, he stole second […]
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Boys’ lacrosse: Brunswick asserts KVAC dominance, topples unbeaten Lewiston
Wednesday, the young squad got a look at how far they still have to go. Six different Brunswick players scored — Kyle Woodruff and TJ Sullivan had three each — as the senior-laded Dragons rolled to a 12-3 win over Lewiston in a battle of previously unbeaten teams. “They’re a great team, they have a […]
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H.S. baseball: Mt. Blue stuns Oxford Hills
FARMINGTON — Colton Lawrence hit a high-bounding ball to the left side of the infield to score the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning, giving Mt. Blue a stunning, 10-9 win over Oxford Hills in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference baseball game at Hippach Field on Wednesday afternoon. Oxford Hills (8-2) entered […]