4-0 deficit and Luke Sterling’s suicide squeeze put the Red Eddies over the top with a 5-4 victory over Bangor in a baseball game Thursday. The scored was tied 4-4 going in the bottom of the eighth inning when Elijah Roe singled and Tyler Blanchard bunted. The Rams tried to get Roe at second but […]
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MPA approves 5 classes for high school basketball
ROCKPORT — Chris Young has worked on the front lines of the battle among Maine’s smallest high school basketball programs to remain competitive against ever-increasing odds. The assistant principal and athletic administrator from tiny East Grand School in Danforth has watched his teams struggle to keep pace as larger schools with dwindling enrollments have joined […]
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Dragons put end to Devils, losing streak
Brunswick — When Brunswick softball player Shelby Plourde crossed the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning to mark the Dragon’s 12th run, activating the 12-run mercy rule, she and her teammates almost didn’t know what to do. The 12-0 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win over Lewiston (0-4) ended what seemed like a never-ending […]
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Local roundup: Franchetti gives Cougars a lift
FAIRFIELD — Anthony Franchetti belted an RBI single in the seventh inning to plate Colton Lawrence and lift Mt. Blue to a 6-5 win over Lawrence on Wednesday. Lawrence led the Cougars (3-1) with three hits and four RBIs, while Franchetti and Ethan Andrews contributed with two hits apiece. The Bulldogs (2-2) were paced by […]
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High school baseball: Rookies help Gray-New Gloucester to win over Poland
Evan Harmer, a senior, making his first varsity start as a pitcher after starting at catcher for three seasons, allowed just two runs on five hits over six-plus innings, and sophomore Zack Mann one-upped him in his first varsity appearance, tossing three innings of no-hit relief to help lead Gray-New Gloucester to a 3-2, nine-inning […]
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H.S softball: Oxford Hills fends of Edward Little rally
She had warmed up a little earlier in the game, and when Edward Little closed the gap with each hit in the seventh, Whitman knew it might be a matter of time before she might be called upon to close out the game. Sure enough, with the tying run on and a potential winning run […]
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Boys’ Lacrosse: Maranacook/Winthrop stifles Gardiner
GARDINER — Maranacook/Winthrop goaltender Isaiah Weston knew he had big shoes to fill when he took over the starting job at the beginning of the year. The sophomore netminder had the tall order of replacing Zach Bessette, who helped guide the Hawks to an undefeated regular season during his senior season last year. Weston filled […]
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H.S. Baseball: Blake Slicer, Will Frank fling Oxford Hills past error-prone Edward Little
Six errors led to four runs without a hit in the Vikings’ half of the fifth inning Wednesday, spelling the difference in a 4-2 KVAC baseball verdict at Austin Field. “We didn’t hit the ball very well. We didn’t get any guys on, so when we finally could, we did make some things happen, and […]
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Local roundup: EL notches first boys’ lacrosse win of season
PARIS — Cam Nadeau, Ethan Nadeau and Ganan Mancini each scored a pair of goals, and goalie Jeff Frasca made nine saves as Edward Little notched its first victory of the season with 10-4 over Oxford Hills in a boys’ lacrosse game Tuesday. The Red Eddies jumped out to a 4-1 lead by halftime before […]
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H.S. Track and Field: Lisbon dominates first home meet in 14 years
LISBON — When Nicholas Harriman got out of class Tuesday, his immediate thought was to change into his track uniform and head to the bus for yet another road meet. It wasn’t until a fellow teammate told him there was no reason to head to the bus that it dawned on the Lisbon junior distance runner […]