TURNER — It didn’t take long for the Leavitt softball team to find itself in a hole Monday afternoon. Maranacook belted a pair of hits to start the game, scored single runs in each of the first two innings and could have had more. The early deficit didn’t seem to fluster the Hornets at all. […]
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H.S. Notebook: Ramblers on the rise in MVC softball
Winthrop has started the season 2-0 with two impressive wins. The Ramblers opened the year at Mountain Valley and beat the Falcons 11-3. Then Winthrop rallied to beat Telstar Friday with an exciting 3-2 win. It came on a three-run homer by Cat Ouellette in the bottom of the seventh with two outs. “We did […]
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H.S. Track and Field: Eddies built for speed, once again
AUBURN — The tradition of elite sprinters on the Edward Little boys’ track and field never died, according to coach Ryan LaRoche. It just bounced away for a while. “The athletes that we had over the last few seasons were pretty good sprinters, but they were more willing to do other events like the hurdles […]
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Pushard, Eddies put Broncos on hold
HAMPDEN — After losing his first pitching start this spring, Edward Little of Auburn’s Nate Pushard thought the simple approach would be best as he faced a youthful Hampden Academy club Saturday afternoon. The senior right-hander couldn’t have been more correct in that thinking, as he pitched a five-hit shutout to lift the Red Eddies […]
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High school roundup: Red Eddies sidestep Broncos
HAMPDEN — Molly Murray got it done both at the plate and on the rubber in Edward Little’s 3-2 victory over Hampden Academy in softball action Saturday afternoon. She had a double and picked up the win as she came in the fifth to pitch. Sarah Hammond went deep for Edward Little. Hannah Farrington also […]
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H.S. softball: Ouellette HR stuns Telstar
WINTHROP — For much of Friday’s softball game, the only thing that moved around the infield was the pitcher’s rubber. Winthrop’s Krissy Doughty and Telstar’s Jessica Dirago were engaged in a pitcher’s duel in their Mountain Valley Conference showdown. Even when the pitcher’s rubber was deemed too close after the first inning and moved back […]
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H.S. Baseball: Johnson, Knights gut one out over Rangers
POLAND — Matt Rabasco’s speed and aggressiveness got him ¾ of the way around the basepaths in the fifth inning of Poland’s Western Maine Conference clash with fellow unbeaten Greely on Friday. Upon reaching third base, the Knights’ senior left fielder wasn’t too thrilled to learn those skills might be called upon again for the […]
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H.S. Baseball: Spruce Mountain snags first win in thriller over Lisbon
LIVERMORE FALLS — Pitchers are ahead of hitters? It’s to be expected when teams didn’t get outdoors until the third or even fourth week of April, but Spruce Mountain baseball took the tendency to an agonizing extreme. One unearned run and a single-digit hit total through three games outweighed three quality pitching performances and had […]
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Girls’ roundup: Spruce Mountain comes down on Lisbon, 7-3
JAY — Emily Keene scattered just two hits and Spruce Mountain played solid defense as the Pheonix defeated Lisbon 7-3 in MVC softball action Friday afternoon. Hayley Doyen led off the bottom of the third for the Pheonix (3-1) with a single. Following a walk and an infield hit, Kailee Newcomb knocked in a pair […]
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Boys’ roundup: Perreault, Devils whip Witches
ORONO — Nick Perreault pushed the victory for the Blue Devils, crossing the plate twice, as Lewiston went on to top Brewer 4-1 in a boys’ varsity baseball match up. Matt Poulin received the win on the mound for the Blue Devils (2-2), while helping his own effort at the plate with a pair of […]