GARDINER — Josh Daigle crossed home plate with the winning run off a Sam Godfrey single as Leavitt edged Gardiner 5-4 in walk-off fashion. The Leavitt offense was held scoreless until the sixth inning, where it rallied for four runs to take a lead. Gardiner answered back to tie things up in the final frame, […]
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H.S. softball: Kane completes Cougar comeback
FARMINGTON — Being down early didn’t seem to affect the Mt. Blue softball team Tuesday. The Cougars just shrugged off the early deficit and gradually worked their way back into the game. “We knew we could come back,” sophomore outfielder Caitlin Kane said. “We’d been in that situation before.” After rallying from behind once against […]
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H.S. Baseball: Ramblers repel Raiders in wild one
WALES — Jared Hanson didn’t have much zip remaining in his right arm, and Winthrop’s reserves of energy and self-confidence weren’t exactly filled to the rim. The Ramblers blew one three-run lead to reach extra innings Tuesday at Oak Hill’s Fairchild Field, and the Raiders were one line drive away from inflicting that indignity again, […]
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High school roundup: Ryan rescues Roadrunners
Staff Reports SALEM — Arthur Ryan belted an RBI single in the third inning to give Mt. Abram a 3-2 victory over Mountain Valley in a soggy MVC baseball tilt Monday. Ryan also picked up the mound win for the Roadrunners (4-7), giving up six hits in six innings of work. Hunter York had a […]
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H.S. softball: EL scores early and often to beat Lewiston
LEWISTON — Before Molly Murray even threw her first pitch Monday, the Edward Little hurler already had a lead to work with. Pitching wasn’t an easy endeavor as the Red Eddies played their rivals from Lewiston. With a steady rain, wind gusts and chilly temperatures, it was a struggle at times. “Having a good lead […]
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H.S. Baseball: Devils wash over Eddies, 11-1
LEWISTON — Lewiston’s modus operandi is to put pressure on opposing defense, and the Blue Devils welcome anything that adds to that pressure. Monday’s drizzle and slick field conditions were the perfect complement to that formula. Lewiston mixed in another efficient mound effort from Matt Poulin to pick up an 11-1 win over rival Edward […]
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H.S. Notebook: Rare loss didn’t slow Saints
St. Dom’s bounced back from its first loss of the season, 4-3 at Wiscasset on May 7, in impressive fashion. The Saints have won four in a row and sit atop the Western Class C Heal Points with a 9-1 record. They’ve handed their two closest pursuers, Dirigo and Monmouth, their only losses of the […]
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H.S. Girls’ Tennis: Devils bounce back in big way
LEWISTON — To say that Lewiston girls’ tennis is back deceptively implies that it ever went away. The only losing season in Anita Murphy’s hall-of-fame coaching career ended with the Blue Devils sneaking into the 2013 Class A East playoffs, thanks to a late-season win over Mt. Blue. “I never told the girls that if […]
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H.S. girls’ tennis: Lewiston, St. Dom’s, Mt. Blue, Spruce Mtn. singles emerge from qualifier
LEWISTON — Kyleigh Letourneau was rushing through the early stages of her Region 4 tennis singles qualifier match at Bates College’s Merrill Gym on Saturday, and it was no mystery why. “I have prom after this, so I think my mentality was, ‘OK, the faster you’re done, the faster you get to go home,’” the […]
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H.S. Baseball: Rice, Vikings conquer Eagles
PARIS — Oxford Hills spent the first half of the high school baseball season going through the motions, and its record reflected that. With unbeaten Messalonskee, the two-time defending Eastern A champions, visiting Gouin Athletic Complex Friday, the Vikings had all the inspiration they needed to turn their focus, emotion and overall game up a […]