Winthrop’s Layne Audet, left, and Monmouth’s Emily Chasse are rivals during the high school softball season, but will be teammates this summer for the Maine Illusion travel team. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) With the amount of knowledge dueling aces Layne Audet of Winthrop and Emily Chasse of Monmouth had on each other, it almost seemed like […]
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Winthrop shuts down Spruce Mountain behind Audet's 10 k's
According to Winthrop softball coach Chuck Gurney, pitcher Layne Audet was throwing 51 miles-per-hour in the first inning. In the seventh inning, the radar showed the same. Audet used that speed to strike out 10 Spruce Mountain batters en route to a 4-1 win over the Phoenix in a pivotal matchup that had playoff implications […]
Roundup: Lewiston baseball edges Brunswick; Spruce Mtn. sweeps Mtn. Valley
BRUNSWICK — After each team scored a run in the first inning, Lewiston was able to scrape together a run each in the fourth and fifth innings to hold off Brunswick 3-2 in a Class A North baseball game on Tuesday. Ben Chasse of Lewiston (4-3) pitched 1 2/3 innings in relief and earned the […]
H.S. baseball: Monmouth wins back-and-forth game with Winthrop
WINTHROP — When the Monmouth and Winthrop baseball teams hook up the games are rarely dull. In a contest reminiscent of last June’s playoff game, the teams traded hits, runs and errors Monday afternoon. When the dust settled, Monmouth had a 12-7 victory thanks to some key hits off the bench and a clutch relief […]
H.S. softball: Winthrop scores early, then holds off Monmouth
Winthrop second baseman Moriah Hajduk looks toward first after forcing out Monmouth’s Mariah Herr during the Ramblers’ 4-3 win in Winthrop on Monday. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) WINTHROP — Layne Audet got just the start from her offense that she needed, but her no-hit bid in the circle soon turned into no room for error against […]
H.S. baseball: Warren, Hall-Dale shut down Winthrop
FARMINGDALE — Once again, the Hall-Dale baseball team got off to a fast start. Akira Warren made sure it didn’t go to waste. Warren pitched a shutout in his first start of the season, striking out 12 and leading the Bulldogs to a 6-0 victory over Winthrop, their sixth straight win to open the season. […]
Softball Notes: Leavitt gets familiar with new foes
Leavitt coach Fred Apt holds baserunner Leah Maheux up at third base as the ball comes in from the outfield to Paige O’Connell of Fryeburg Academy in Turner last Saturday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal File Photo) Leavitt softball coach Kevin Leonard called it “frustrating” that his team’s schedule used to only include fellow Kennebec Valley Athletic […]
H.S. softball: LeBlanc one-hits Winthrop in Madison win
The ball bounces out of the glove of Winthrop’s Kate Perkins as Madison’s Emily Edgerly slides into second with a stolen base during Wednesday afternoon’s game in Winthrop. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Winthrop’s Danielle McClure is tagged out on a very close play by Madison’s Marah Hall during a stolen base attempt. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Madison’s […]
Lewiston woman still in serious condition day after East Winthrop crash
A Lewiston woman was still in the hospital and listed in serious condition Tuesday afternoon after she was badly injured in a three-car crash on U.S. Route 202 in East Winthrop one day earlier. A spokeswoman for Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston said the woman, Deborah Salvador, 67, was listed in “serious condition.” The spokeswoman couldn’t […]
Lewiston woman taken to CMMC with ‘serious injuries’ after Route 202 crash
A Lewiston woman was badly injured Monday afternoon after police say that a car she was driving through East Winthrop on U.S. Route 202 careened into the back of a truck that was waiting to turn left, causing a three-car wreck that closed the busy road. The woman, Deborah Salvador, 67, had to be extricated […]