WALES — Oak Hill lacrosse coach Dan Brannigan’s Wednesday afternoon dress code — black-and-gold hat, with a slightly dated, T-shirt-style Tim Thomas jersey — paid homage to his Stanley Cup playoff alliance. He might have been sending a subtle message to his team, too. “I keep telling them they’re like the Bruins,” Brannigan said, “because […]
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H.S. Roundup: Lisbon baseball rallies past Winthrop
LISBON — Kyle Bourget struck out 12 and scattered six hits as Lisbon defeated Winthrop 6-3 in MVC baseball action Tuesday. Joe Philbrick had three hits for Lisbon (6-2) The Greyhounds rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the third, plating all six runs in the bottom of the same inning. The Ramblers (3-4) scored three […]
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Girls’ Lacrosse: Eagles’ early flight too much for Devils
Lewiston showed substantial heart Tuesday afternoon after watching Messalonskee fill the net seven consecutive times in the first half at Don Roux Field. The Blue Devils crawled to within a pair on three different occasions after intermission before dropping a 12-9 KVAC and Class A East verdict. “From about the 13-minute mark of the first […]
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H.S. Softball: Ramblers cage Greyhounds
LISBON — Terri Trudell walked off the field on Tuesday shaking her head. She had just watched her Lisbon High School softball team battle tooth and nail with Winthrop, her pitcher Kailyn Hill toss 6 2/3 innings of no-hit ball, but the Ramblers celebrate a come-from-behind, 4-2 Mountain Valley Conference win. Winthrop (5-2) scored three […]
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High school roundup: Bucks double up
BUCKFIELD — Buckfield collected a pair of wins, 10-0 and 10-5, over Forest Hills in EWC baseball action Monday. Senior pitcher Jonah Williams had an outstanding game, striking out 10 and walking just one, while crossing the plate three times on offense in Game 1. Tyler Vallee registered a double in each game of the […]
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H.S. Baseball: Mustangs rally to overwhelm Ramblers, 10-5
WINTHROP — Unbeaten Monmouth Academy sent Nick Sanborn to the mound to try to put out a third-inning fire in Monday’s Mountain Valley Conference clash with rival Winthrop. The sophomore’s first two pitches can only be termed as accelerant. But Sanborn recovered and snuffed the Ramblers’ offense over the next three innings while the Mustangs […]
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H.S. softball: Rams edge Vikings in eight innings
SOUTH PARIS — The only person that may have noticed that nobody was covering third base was Alyssah Dennett. The Cony senior catcher had already advanced to second on a bunt in the eighth inning of a scoreless softball game Monday. She barely stopped at the base though. Seeing third vacant, she kept running, much […]
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H.S. Notebook: Track teams ramp up for conference meets
It was a busy week for area track and field teams. With conference championships little more than three weeks away, athletes are starting to ramp up for the bigger meets. On Tuesday, the Monmouth girls edged Boothbay in a five-team meet at Wiscasset High School. Izzy Lewis (200), Ashleigh Hartford (400), Sammy Grandahl (high jump) […]
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H.S. softball: New roles for Collins
WALES — For a senior veteran, Kelsey Collins is adjusting to a couple new roles this season. She was a junior all-conference player on the Mountain Valley Conference champions from Oak Hill last spring. Instead of picking up where she left off a year ago, Collins is changing things up. A year later, she’s not […]
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Local roundup: Smith, Saints drive off Roadrunners
AUBURN — Jacqueline Smith placed a hit right up the middle to score the runner from third as St. Dom’s edges past Mt. Abram 4-3 in dramatic fashion in a softball game Friday. St. Dom’s picks up its first win of the season with a strong defensive effort headed by Kym Johnson who snagged two […]