In a baseball context, Lisbon High School pitching ace Kyle Bourget destroyed the curve. Bourget received medical clearance to return 4 months and 16 days after suffering the injury in a football playoff game. He continued the amazing comeback Friday, spinning a complete-game three-hitter to lead the Greyhounds past Saint Dominic Academy, 2-1. “They said […]
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Boys’ lacrosse: St. Dom’s shuts out Mt. Blue
Defensively the Saints (1-0) allowed just five shots out of their sagging man-to-man defense, forcing numerous turnovers with goalkeeper Alex Michaud collecting four saves in net. Playing in front of Michaud, providing plenty of support were defenders Keenan Lynch, Rick Lacombe, Brendan Hanlon, Matt Curtis and at long stick middie Ben Trytek. “It’s really nice […]
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Girls’ lacrosse: Lewiston tops Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — When the Brunswick High School girls lacrosse team plays game No. 2 on Tuesday at Lewiston, first-year Dragons coach Alex Sullivan will have nearly her full compliment of players. However, in the teams’ opener Thursday, Sullivan’s shorthanded squad started slow and fell to the athletic Blue Devils, 12-8. “We were down three of […]
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H.S. boys’ lacrosse: Lewiston fends off Messalonskee rally
LEWISTON — The early lead looked promising. But Lewiston’s quick advantage felt like one of those relatively warm and sunny days in the middle of January. You just knew it wasn’t going to last. Sure enough, Messalonskee slowly erased the early deficit and gave the Blue Devils a battle down the stretch. Lewiston recovered and […]
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H.S. softball: Edward Little rallies past Lewiston
With the softball game tied Wednesday afternoon, Lewiston threatened to open the lead again with the bases loaded. When Meagan Gosselin’s hit toward right field appeared like it might drive in some runs, Edward Little’s Molly Murray roamed over from second and made a diving play on the ball. She calmly gathered it up and […]
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H.S. Baseball: Edward Little roars back, routs Lewiston
AUBURN — Helped by long bus rides south, creative scheduling and some marathon, cold days, Edward Little baseball overcame the lack of outdoor time that plagued other tri-county teams this preseason. “I don’t know how many games, but we had 50 innings, I think,” sophomore shortstop Jarod Norcross-Plourde said. It showed Wednesday, when EL rolled […]
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H.S. outdoor track: Lewiston sweeps opening meet
LEWISTON — The practice sessions for the high jump have been few and far between during the first few weeks of outdoor track season. Attempts had been so limited that Lewiston’s Jazy Dumas had meager expectations for Friday’s season-opening meet at Lewiston High School. “I was expecting to jump about 4-foot-8,” said Dumas, a sophomore. […]
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Richmond likely back on top in tough region
If there was a year to topple Richmond from atop the East-West Conference and Western Maine Class D, it might have been last year. The Bobcats had graduated nine seniors and had a young team entering the spring. Still, that group managed to keep the Richmond winning tradition alive with a second straight state title. […]
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2015 Western Maine Class C softball preview
The playoff race in Western Maine Class C is shaping up to be a competitive one this season. Madison, Telstar, Hall-Dale, Mountain Valley and Dirigo should all be strong clubs and could be among the top squads in the MVC and Western C field. The defending C state champs from Madison graduated five players, including […]