YORK — Everything fell into place for the York High School baseball team during last season’s run to the Class B state championship. It took one tournament game for the Wildcats’ magic to run out this spring. Dalton Therrien led off the top of the seventh inning with his second home run of the game, […]
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H.S. lacrosse: Freeport edges Oak Hill
FREEPORT — It was supposed to be easy. The second-seeded Freeport High School boys’ lacrosse team, playing out of the boys’ lacrosse-talented Western Maine Conference, was going to run roughshod over the seventh-seeded Oak Hill Raiders of the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference. Think again. The Falcons did come away with an Eastern Maine Class B […]
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Eastern A Baseball: Vikings survive Blue Devils’ comeback
PARIS — Brady LaFrance’s first swing in the bottom of the seventh inning was one of the ugliest anyone has seen this season. His second swing was the most beautiful the Oxford Hills Vikings have seen this season, if not in the last several. LaFrance’s two-out gap shot drove home Ty Martin with the winning […]
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H.S. softball: Vikings roll past Eagles
PARIS — As muddied as the Class A softball waters have been this season, Oxford Hills knew it couldn’t let Messalonskee hang around long. After scoring on one error in the fourth inning to snag a one-run lead, the Vikings went on a tear in the fifth, converting four hits, three errors and a hit […]
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H.S. softball: Dirago denies Dirigo
BETHEL — It was the kind of game that Jessie Dirago would probably prefer to forget, but it is one she remembers all too well. Dirago’s Telstar Rebels lost to Dirigo in the Western C semifinal round a year ago. Add in a regular-season loss to the Cougars this season, and Wednesday’s rematch had the […]
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Class B East Boys’ Lacrosse Quarterfinal: Maranacook/Winthrop stays unbeaten, ousts NYA
READFIELD — For the relatively short history of Maine high school lacrosse, players from outside Cumberland County might have been willing to sign away their future first-born child or cut a deal with the netherworld for a chance to beat North Yarmouth Academy. Now, the undefeated cooperative program from Maranacook/Winthrop has done it twice in […]
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H.S. Baseball: Monmouth’s Fletcher named finalist for Mr. Maine Baseball Award
Monmouth Academy senior Kyle Fletcher is one of seven finalists for the Dr. John Winkin “Mr. Baseball” Award. The award is presented annually to the top senior baseball player in the state. The finalists were announced Thursday by the Maine High School Baseball Coaches Association and also include: Valley C Dylan Belanger, Sacopee Valley P/3B […]
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H.S. softball: Hampden ousts Mt. Blue
HAMPDEN — The bottom of the order was productive for the Hampden Academy Bronco softball team during the regular season and that continued in their Eastern Maine Class A prelim against Mt. Blue High School of Farmington on Tuesday. Sophomore first baseman Courtney Dunton and sophomore pitcher Mikala Leland, the Nos. 8-9 hitters in the […]
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H.S. softball: Mountain Valley pounds Sacopee Valley
RUMFORD — Lindsay Marston scattered three hits in seven innings and drew ample run support, as Mountain Valley overpowered Sacopee Valley, 12-0, in a Western Class C Prelim tilt Tuesday. Sydney Petrie and Aly Carlton led the Falcons (12-5) with two hits and three RBIS apiece. Karissa Murphy also contributed with two hits and two […]
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H.S. softball: Monmouth advances past Lisbon
Her drive toward deep left in the second inning felt good when it left the bat. As the senior catcher was supposed to be focused on running the bases, it was too tempting to keep an eye on her hit. Beck stopped watching when it landed on the other side of the left-centerfield fence. “I’ve […]