BANGOR — Some incomplete innings by Lewiston’s offense and a couple of unrelenting innings by Bangor’s ended the fourth-seeded Blue Devils’ season Saturday. Zach Ireland went 4-for-5 with five RBIs and Zach Murray added four hits, including a double, to power the top-seeded Rams past Lewiston, 14-6, in the Class A North baseball semifinals at […]
Baseball
Posted inBaseball, sj-web, Varsity Maine
H.S. baseball: Luksza, Vikings hold steady to defeat Eagles in A North semifinals
Oxford Hills starter Janek Luksza follows through on a pitch against Mt. Ararat during the Class A North semifinals at Gouin Athletic Complex on Saturday. (Lee Horton/Sun Journal) SOUTH PARIS — As wind gusts whipped across Gouin Athletic Complex and turned insufficiently anchored objects into unguided missiles on Saturday, Janek Luksza remained unshakable in the […]
advertisement
Posted inBaseball, sj-web, Varsity Maine
H.S. baseball: Four-run third helps Maranacook beat Lisbon, reach regional final
LISBON — Maranacook always had an answer Saturday in a Class C South regional semifinal baseball game against Lisbon. When the Greyhounds scored, the Black Bears responded the next half inning. Then Maranacook landed a haymaker in the top of the third to put the game out of reach en route to a 7-4 victory. […]
Posted inBaseball, Varsity Maine
Vikings, Devils, Eddies top-five in Varsity Maine baseball poll; Oxford Hills, Lewiston in softball rankings
The top 10 baseball and softball teams in Maine, as voted on by reporters from the Press Herald, Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel, Sun Journal, Forecaster, Times Record and Journal Tribune, with first-place votes in parentheses, followed by total points. Through games of 6/6/18 BASEBALL 1. Bangor (6) 60 2. South Portland 53 3. Oxford Hills 47 […]
Posted inBaseball, sj-web, Varsity Maine
H.S. baseball: Buckfield roughs up Rangeley in D South quarterfinals
Rick Kraske of Buckfield comes home to score Thursday as Rangeley catcher Callahan Crosby waits for the throw home during the Class D South quarterfinal in Buckfield. (Lee Horton/Sun Journal) BUCKFIELD — Perfect timing for the Buckfield baseball team. The Bucks finally had the entire roster playing Thursday, and they played well in their 13-3 […]
Posted inBaseball, sj-web, Varsity Maine
H.S. baseball: Big play turns the tide for Mt. Ararat against Edward Little
AUBURN — Edward Little had it all set up. Scoreless in the bottom of the fifth inning in Thursday’s Class A North baseball quarterfinal with Mt. Ararat, the Red Eddies had runners on second and third with one out. As Eagles reliever Hunter Lohr released the pitch, pinch runner Nick Hathaway broke for home, with […]
Posted inBaseball, sj-web, Varsity Maine
H.S. baseball: Hall-Dale takes care of business against Winthrop in C South quarters
Winthrop’s Carson Camick snags a liner during against Hall-Dale on Thursday in Farmingdale. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) FARMINGDALE — Last year, the season ended too soon for the Hall-Dale baseball team. Cole Lockhart and his teammates didn’t need to remember it. They never forgot. “That game last year has always been in the back of our […]
Posted inBaseball, sj-web, Varsity Maine
A North baseball quarterfinal: Cox, Belanger lift Devils past Broncos
Lewiston’s Hunter Landry gets his foot on first base too late as Hampden Academy’s Oliver Kent catches the ball to force him out at Thursday’s quarterfinals in Lewiston. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — If not for a 1-0 loss at Hampden Academy on May 18, Lewiston would have been riding a 13-game winning streak into […]
Posted inBaseball, sj-web, Varsity Maine
H.S. baseball: Maranacook defeats St. Dom's in C South quarterfinals
READFIELD — Maranacook coach Eric Brown said St. Dominic Academy was the last team he wanted to see in Wednesday’s Class C South quarterfinal matchup. And with good reason. The Saints have a storied playoff history under coach Bob Blackman that includes seven state championship appearances and five titles. But this year, it’s the Black […]
Posted inBaseball, sj-web, Varsity Maine
H.S. baseball: Shufelt pitches Gray-NG past Freeport in B South prelim
Freeport’s Colby Wagner slides safely into second base as Gray-New Gloucester’s Eli Winchester prepares to take the throw. (Eric Maxim/Brunswick Times Record) FREEPORT — Gray-New Gloucester High School senior Will Shufelt hoped that he might make a difference when his Patriots met sixth-seeded Freeport in a Class B South preliminary baseball game Tuesday. The right-hander […]