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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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C South baseball: Ramblers rally to shock Hawks in eighth, win prelim game
WINTHROP — Sam Figueroa’s foul fly ball didn’t take long to travel a few feet beyond the first base dugout, but it was more than enough time for Carson Camick to decide he could trust his instincts. Camick tagged up on the short fly and beat the throw home with a head-first dive at the […]
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H.S. baseball: Monmouth holds off Mt. Abram’s late rally
Devon Poisson sprints to first base as Mt Abram catcher Ben Debiase throws the ball during Tuesday’s baseball in Monmouth. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) MONMOUTH — Looking ahead almost cost Monmouth in a Class C South preliminary round baseball game against Mt. Abram on Tuesday. Monmouth starter Avery Pomerleau was cruising for the first six innings. […]
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H.S. baseball: Regional playoff previews
Buckfield’s Shane St. Pierre makes a great catch on a deep fly ball to the outfield during a game against Richmond in April. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Class A North Players to watch: C Tyler Parke, Bangor, Sr.; P/3B Zach Cowperthwaite, Bangor, Jr.; P/1B Colton Carson, Oxford Hills, Jr.; OF Hunter LaBossiere, Oxford Hills, Sr.; 1B/P […]
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H.S. Baseball: Favorites, underdogs have reason to believe as tournament begins
Monmouth’s first baseman, Trevor Flanagan, loses the ball as Mountain Valley’s Dylan Desroches gets back on the base earlier this season in Rumford. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Recent history in the state baseball tournament gives both the top seeds and Cinderellas something to cling to as the 2018 playoffs begin next week. Five of the eight […]
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Oxford Hills, Lewiston ranked in Varsity Maine baseball and softball polls, Edward Little baseball fourth
The top 10 baseball and softball teams in Maine, as voted on by reporters from the Press Herald, Central Maine Newspapers, Sun Journal, Forecaster, Times Record and Journal Tribune, with first-place votes in parentheses, followed by total points. BASEBALL Bangor (6) 60 South Portland 51 Oxford Hills 45 Edward Little 35 Lewiston 34 Wells 27 […]
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H.S. baseball: Hall-Dale slips by Lisbon
Lisbon third baseman Lucas Francis makes a basket catch of a pop fly ball against Hall-Dale on Wednesday in Farmingdale. The Greyhounds fell to the Bulldogs 3-2. (Bob Conn/Brunswick Times Record) FARMINGDALE — To say the least, the Lisbon and Hall-Dale baseball teams are becoming real familiar with each other. On Thursday, the teams will […]