POLAND — Lucas Johnson had a three-run blast to help propel Tri-Town to an 8-2 victory over Highland Green in Zone III American Legion Baseball on Thursday night. Billy Bickford also had a double to spark Tri-Town’s (1-0) offense. On the mound, Shawn Murphy pitched into the sixth inning, allowing three hits and striking out […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Knights nab Susi for girls’ job
Last summer, Michael Susi took a coaching job, moved, and had to learn the ropes of a new program, community and conference. This summer, he’s doing it again. The former Katahdin boys’ basketball coach has been hired to coach the girls’ hoops program at Poland. After taking a teaching and coaching job at the Stacyville […]
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H.S. softball: Richmond claims fifth straight title
STANDISH — Meranda Martin watched her older sister pitch and play for the Richmond Bobcats and win her share of championships in the process. It set the bar high for the freshman hurler. “I kept watching my sister play all four years, and I wanted to be out there playing with her,” Martin said. Martin […]
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Baseball: Buckfield seniors savor end of an era
STANDISH — The coach and his three seniors lingered at Larry Mahaney Diamond a little longer than everyone else. They exchanged handshakes, accepted hugs and posed for pictures together. Coach Joe McLaughlin and captains Owen Bennett, Keenan Stockdale and Jonah Williams didn’t seem to want to leave. When they finally did drive off the St. […]
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Class D West Baseball Championship: Wiscasset blanks Buckfield
Wiscasset won its first regional title in school history Wednesday afternoon, shutting out two-time defending champion Buckfield, 4-0, in the Class D West final at Mahaney Diamond. Tyler Bailey threw a four-hit shutout and struck out seven for the Wolverines (10-9), who will try to derail the Bangor Christian dynasty in Saturday’s state game at […]
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Western Class C softball: Madison shuts down Hall-Dale for regional crown
STANDISH — When Emily McKenney was asked prior to Tuesday’s game what her game plan was, she answered with a blank stare. “My pitching coach asked me what my strategy was, and I was like, ‘Um I don’t have one,’” McKenney said. No strategy? No problem for McKenney and the Madison Bulldogs. The senior pitcher […]
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Western Class C baseball: Sacopee Valley comeback stuns St. Dom’s
STANDISH — Sacopee Valley’s season has officially gone from storybook to sublime. For the second game in a row, the fourth-seeded Hawks rallied in the seventh inning to beat a Mountain Valley Conference foe on Tuesday, overcoming an early 2-0 deficit to defeat No. 3 St. Dom’s, 4-2, and win the Western C baseball title […]
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Western Class C baseball: Hawks find their respect
STANDISH — Sacopee Valley won more than its first Class C West baseball championship in 21 years this spring. It claimed the Mountain Valley Conference Invitational. And don’t you dare think the Hawks aren’t finding that part of the equation just as satisfying. “I feel like they were overlooking us,” senior pitcher Anthony Haskell said, […]
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H.S. Baseball: Buckfield’s Williams armed, ready
BUCKFIELD – Jonah Williams has spent most of his life watching baseball games from the highest point of every dusty diamond in this community. Almost every kid tries to pitch, of course. Williams made it apparent from an early age that being on the bump was destiny. “I just like being in control,” he said. […]
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H.S. Baseball: Saints followed Dostie to their goal
AUBURN — Patrolling shortstop for St. Dominic’s regional final-bound baseball team requires Caleb Dostie to have more range than he did protecting the net for the Saints’ regional champion hockey team. But the philosophy remains the same. The results are pretty close to identical, too. Dostie was the linchpin of the Saints’ defense late in […]