MONMOUTH — Nate Gagne had a proposal for coach Eric Palleschi before the season. “I just want to pitch,” Gagne said. “I don’t want to hit. I don’t want to field. I just want to pitch.” Palleschi heard Gagne’s pitch and raised his own offer. “I’ll try to make it so you can pitch every […]
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H.S. Lacrosse Playoffs: Unfinished business for Devils
Sam Cote and Laurianne Murphy have spent their entire Lewiston lacrosse careers knocking at the door. A bounce here. An inch or two there. Oh-so-close to putting the Blue Devils in the state championship conversation. Wednesday afternoon, the two seniors get one more chance to leave their mark. No. 5 Lewiston (7-5) opens what should […]
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Eastern A softball: Cony and Skowhegan have showed power; Vikings lurk
Local players to watch: Crystal West, Sr. P, Oxford Hills (12-4), Anna Winslow, Jr. 1b, Oxford Hills (.453, four home runs), Annika Kahkonen, Jr. C, Oxford Hills (.388), Shannon Fillebrown, Jr. OF, Oxford Hills (.468); Kennedy Hubbard, Sr. OF, Edward Little (.547, 29 hits, 17 runs), Danny Rock, Sr. SS, Edward Little (.365, 13 RBI), […]
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H.S. softball: Lisbon peaking into playoffs
LISBON — Terri Trudel kept telling her team to hang in there. She wanted her Lisbon softball team to keep working hard, keep believing in themselves and know that good things were on the way. “I felt like a broken record after games,” Trudell said. “I felt like I was saying the same things over […]
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Western Class B: All roads lead through Cape Elizabeth
Local players to watch: Annie Castonguay, Sr. 1b, Leavitt (.451, 19 RBI), Emily Perkins, Sr. OF (.439, 15 RBI), Livie Gilbert, Jr. C, Leavitt (.391, 7 RBI), Kaitlyn Deblois, Soph DP/1b, Leavitt (.521, 15 RBI), Abbie Robertson, Fr P (8-5, 25 earned runs, 2.13 ERA, 48 strikeouts, nine walks); Michaella Arsenault, Jr. 2b, Poland (.364), […]
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Western C softball: Pitching tough, but Bulldogs favored
Local players to watch: Cat Ouellette, Sr. C/SS, Winthrop, Krissy Doughty, Sr. P, Winthrop; Jessie Dirago, Sr. P, Telstar (10-4, 1.55 ERA, 174 strikeouts), Autum Morin, Sr. 3b, Telstar (.364), Sadie Ellsworth, Jr. C, Telstar (.333), Becca Howard, Soph SS, Telstar (.341, 18 RBI); Katelyn Olsen, Soph P, Dirigo, Ellen Wainright, Jr. P, Dirigo, Emma […]
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H.S. softball: Playoff peek
All four regional championship teams have the opportunity to repeat this season in Western B, C and D, and in Eastern A. But a number of teams hope to alter that history as the softball tournaments go into in full swing this week. Skowhegan, Greely, Madison and Richmond all have the chance to defend their […]
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Western D softball: Young Bobcats still have the edge
Local players to watch: Hannah Gallant, Sr. 1b, Buckfield, Alannah Knox, Sr OF, Buckfield, Arrabine Dunn, Sr. 3b, Buckfield; Taylor Esty, Jr. P, Rangeley, Tori Letarte, Sr SS, Rangeley, Blayke Morin, Soph. C, Rangeley. Favorites: Richmond graduated nine seniors but hasn’t missed a beat from last year’s state championship. The Bobcats have a younger team […]
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KVAC softball championship: Oxford Hills fall
AUGUSTA — Emma Fitzgerald and Kayla Johnson scattered three hits each as Skowhegan trekked to a 6-2 victory over Oxford Hills in the KVAC softball championship Saturday afternoon. The Vikings (12-5) scored a run in each of the first and third innings for a 2-0 lead, going into the sixth inning. Anna Winslow roped a […]
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Purple reign: Waterville makes it clean sweep in Class B
BREWER — It was a matter of Purple Reign at the State Class B track meet Saturday. Coach Ian Wilson’s Waterville High School girls and boys track teams continued their dominance of Class B track as the Waterville girls won their eighth straight state title and the boys won their third in four years and […]