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Eddie Emerson, left, and Kyle Lemelin, freshmen at Lewiston High School, get ready to take on the “Dirty Birds” during the first annual Buttonwood Classic whiffle ball game in Lewiston on Thursday. Ten teams of three players each competed during the daylong tournament at “Emerson Park,” Emerson’s backyard on Buttonwood Lane. “Good, clean, happy fun is what we have here today,” said Emerson’s mother, Beth, who provided burgers, hot dogs and watermelon for 30 teenage boys. Eddie Emerson, 14, started planning the tournament three weeks ago, putting up fencing along the base lines, and ordering team shirts and first-place medals.
Jake Downing, left, Madison Jalbert, Max Bolduc and Jake Bosse make umpire calls from an upstairs bedroom behind “Emerson Park” on Thursday. The room was converted into a press box for umpires and score-keeping during the first annual Buttonwood Classic whiffle ball game. Downing is visiting from Connecticut. Jalbert, of Lewiston, is a freshman at St. Dominic Regional High School in Auburn. Bolduc is a freshman at Lewiston High School and Bosse, of Greene, is a freshman at Hebron Academy.
Tommy LePage, a sophomore at Lewiston High School, crosses home plate as he scores a run for the “Dirty Birds” during the first annual Buttonwood Classic whiffle ball game in Lewiston on Thursday.
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