DIXFIELD — It is true that a team can’t count on winning very many games when it commits seven errors. But as Dirigo found out at Harlow Park Friday, the odds of victory increase when your opponent commits four costly miscues of its own and your shortstop ends the game with a great rally-snuffing catch. […]
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H.S. Baseball: Lewiston squeezes Mt. Blue in eighth
LEWISTON — The Lewiston coaching staff exhorted its young hitters with the words “right guy, right situation” for most of a raw, drizzly Friday afternoon. Never was the reading on the sincerity meter higher than when senior Matt Poulin stepped to the plate at Deschenes Field with the bases loaded and one out in the […]
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High school roundup: Vikings give Dragons the slip
BRUNSWICK — Nick Bowie walked with the bases loaded that sent Will Frank across the plate to give Oxford Hills a narrow 3-2 win over Brunswick in a mid-season KVAC tilt Thursday. Matt Beauchesne and Nick Attaliades-Ryan led the Vikings (4-2) with two hits each in a balanced attack. The Dragons (4-2) went scoreless until […]
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H.S. Roundup: Patriots sink Yachtsmen
GRAY — Brandon Hubbard scattered six hits and drew adequate run support as Gray-New Gloucester rolled to a 2-0 win over Falmouth. Justin McKenna led the Patriots (4-2) with a triple, while Tomas Wood belted an RBI single. Connor Aube led Falmouth (5-1) with a pair of hits. Carrabec 10, Telstar 0 BETHEL — Hunter […]
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H.S. softball: Raiders rally for fourth straight win
But instead of driving in runs, her line drive went right back to the pitcher to end the inning. “I was sort of down, but I knew we needed to get up,” the sophomore first baseman said. “We were down a little, but if we got ourselves up, we could win.” Two innings later, Sabine […]
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H.S. Baseball: Gagne’s gem, nearly perfect, keeps Monmouth unbeaten
MONMOUTH — Monmouth Academy’s pitching strategy so far this unblemished baseball season has been three innings and a cloud of dust. So every time Nate Gagne made the short walk from the Chick Field mound to the home dugout Wednesday afternoon, coach Eric Palleschi would inquire, “One more? You got one more?” By the end […]
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H.S. Roundup: Leavitt baseball squeaks past Gardiner
GARDINER — Leavitt took the lead early in the game Tuesday and its bullpen slammed the door in an 8-7 KVAC baseball over Gardiner. Mitchel Davis had a huge game at the plate, smacking two doubles and driving in four runs for the Hornets (3-3). Drew Gosselin threw four innings on the mound for Leavitt, […]
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H.S. boys’ lacrosse: Oak Hill shoots past Mountain Valley
WALES — Dan Brannigan has told his team it needs to shoot more. By now, his Oak Hill boys’ lacrosse squad is likely tired of hearing the cliche that 100 percent of the shots they don’t take won’t go in. Brannigan tends to preach that often in practice. So the Raiders did a little something […]
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H.S. Baseball: Poulin, Devils breeze past Vikings
PARIS — Lewiston’s Matt Poulin didn’t take the mound with an overpowering fastball or a mystifying array of breaking pitches Tuesday. But he did have two things behind him that favored a strike-throwing machine — a solid defense and a stiff breeze. Poulin pounded the strike zone, and the Blue Devils took advantage when Oxford […]
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PHOTOS: Lewiston tennis sweeps Edward Little
LEWISTON — Lewiston and Edward Little battled Tuesday for the second time this season, this time at Lewiston High School. The results remained consistent, though, as the Lewiston boys topped EL 5-0, while the Blue Devils’ girls defeated the Red Eddies, 5-0.