LISBON — With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the seventh of a deadlocked game, there was no one Lisbon coach Randy Ridley wanted more at the plate than Austin Fournier. The Greyhound junior didn’t disappoint, dropping down a perfectly-placed bunt on a designed squeeze play to score Ryley Austin from […]
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H.S. softball: Oak Hill extends streak with win over Lisbon
LISBON – For a veteran team looking to have success this softball season, it wasn’t the most encouraging of starts for Oak Hill. The Raiders lost to some quality teams early and have been battling from the bottom of the Western B standings ever since. “It was a little scary,” junior center fielder Jamie Prue […]
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H.S. baseball: Falcons fend off Wolverines
WISCASSET — Over the first eight games of the Mountain Valley Conference high school baseball season, Wiscasset coach Mike Bowles has watched his team commit untimely errors and fail to take advantage of base runners in scoring position. For the defending Western Maine Class D champions, a 2-6 mark at the halfway point of the […]
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Local roundup: Eddies earn first lacrosse win of season
AUBURN — Edward Little was down 2-1 at the half before exploding with six goals in the second half to finish off Cony with 7-5 victory in a girls’ lacrosse game Tuesday. This was the Red Eddies’ (1-4) first victory of the season. Fran Harris and Morgan Knowlton each contributed two goals. Danielle Gagne, Grace […]
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H.S. track: Gamage is making giant leaps
LISBON — Coaches Doug Sautter and Carlo Kempton watched each other’s jaw drop. Drew Gamage had been getting better at the triple jump this season, but last Thursday, the Oak Hill senior took a giant leap into track history. “I was standing across the runway with coach Kempton, whose coached at Winthrop for years and […]
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Boys’ high school roundup: Oxford Hills cruises past Lewiston
PARIS — Oxford Hills erupted for three runs in the fifth inning and raced away to post a 6-2 victory over Lewiston in a chilly, damp KVAC baseball tilt Monday. Matt Smith led the Vikings (8-1) with two hits and one RBI, while Brady Lafrance, Aiden Heikkonen and Bailey West all had timely RBI singles […]
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High school girls’ roundup: Dirigo outlasts Lisbon in eight innings
DIXFIELD — Kelsey Hutchins cracked three hits, including a double, as Dirigo edged Lisbon 9-8 in extra innings in MVC softball action Monday afternoon. The Cougars pounced for a five-run sixth inning and held on for the one-point edge. Lisbon managed to score four runs in the top of the frame. Kallyn Hill was the […]
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H.S. Baseball: Dirigo wins pitching duel against Lisbon
DIXFIELD — Typically, it takes more than one hit to win a baseball game. But with Gavin Arsenault on the mound, Dirigo didn’t need a surplus of offensive production to bypass Lisbon on Monday. The Dirigo starting pitcher went all seven innings, scattering five hits while striking out 10 and walking just two in the […]
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High school baseball: Mountain Valley outguns Mt. Abram
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley’s Jacob Beauchesne and Tim Fitzgerald combined to throw a five-inning no-hitter Monday afternoon at Hosmer Field, helping the Falcons upend Mt. Abram 10-0 in a Mountain Valley Conference baseball game. Coming off a disappointing loss to Carrabec on Friday, Mountain Valley (4-3) was looking for something to spark the team entering a crucial […]
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Local roundup: Buckfield baseball, softball sweep Forest Hills
JACKMAN — Senior catcher Jared Eastman produced four hits in the first game, while Gerry Gagne and Ralph Dunn collected three hits each in the nightcap as Buckfield swept Forest Hills, 8-7 and 16-4, in EWC baseball action Saturday afternoon. Eastman had two doubles in the early innings of the first game and two triples […]