Winthrop’s Bry Baxter, right, gives teammate Kayleigh Oberg a high five after she scored a run during Saturday’s playoff game against Monmouth. WINTHROP — Winthrop sent 10 hitters to the plate in the bottom half of the first inning, scoring six times, while Layne Audet scattered six hits throughout the rest of the game as […]
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Class A boys’ tennis championship: Lewiston ready to embrace the challenge against Falmouth
Lewiton’s No. 1 singles player Cole Ouellette returns a backhand against Brunswick’s Dasol Kim during Tuesday’s Class A North championship match in Brunswick. Lewiston boys’ tennis coach Tom LeBlond knows his team will have to play its very best from first singles all the way to second doubles Saturday when the Blue Devils go up […]
C South baseball: Ramblers nip Saints in 10 innings, 2-1
Winthrop’s Antonio Meucci holds up at third base during the Ramblers’ Class C South quarterfinal at Winthrop High School on Thursday. WINTHROP — St. Dom’s and Winthrop spent the bulk of Thursday’s Class C South quarterfinal waiting out the other side’s dominant starting pitcher. By the 10th inning, Jackson Ladd wasn’t waiting anymore. With runners […]
A North baseball: Red Eddies hold off resilient Blue Devils, 7-6
Lewiston’s Evan Cox runs to first base while Edward Little’s Grant Hartley catches the ball to make the out during the twin city match up at the Auburn Suburban Little League Park on Thursday evening. AUBURN — Edward Little saw its five-run lead evaporate in a stunning top of the sixth inning of Thursday night’s […]
Local roundup: Grover hits Buckfield baseball past Rangeley
RANGELEY — Junior first baseman Zack Grover was prolific at the plate, splintering three hits and plating four runners as Buckfield dispatched Rangeley 12-8 in the Class D South baseball quarterfinals Thursday afternoon. The Bucks (9-8) found themselves up by just one run, 6-5, after five innings when they rallied for four in the top […]
St. Dom’s falls to Waynflete in C South girls’ tennis final
St. Dominic Academy’s Hannah Phelan returns a shot as playing partner Laurel Christopher watches the action during her Class C South championship match against Waynflete at Bates College’s Wallach Tennis Complex in Lewiston on Thursday. LEWISTON — While a potential rubber match may be a few seasons away given the two teams’ senior-laden squads, Waynflete […]
Bangor edges Lewiston in A North quarterfinal
BANGOR — Bangor High School junior left-hander Lexi Cunningham had never pitched in a playoff game until Thursday when the fourth-seeded Rams hosted No. 5 Lewiston in the Class A North quarterfinals. She acquitted herself well. Cunningham tossed an unconventional 6 1/3 innings of four-hit, one-run ball to lead the Rams to a 2-1 victory […]
No. 1 Lisbon walks off on Sacopee Valley in C South baseball quarterfinal
LISBON — It was the rematch the Lisbon High School baseball team wanted, another shot at Sacopee Valley in the postseason. That chance at redemption from last year’s regional final walk-off loss to the Hawks came on Thursday as the top-seeded Greyhounds hosted No. 9 Sacopee in a Class C South quarterfinal. For five innings, […]
Monmouth softball holds off Sacopee Valley in C South quarter
Sacopee Valley’s Brynn Hink slides into home plate to score before Monmouth catcher Abby Ferland can field the throw during Thursday’s game in Monmouth. MONMOUTH — Emily Chasse kept the Sacopee Valley hitters off balance, scattering four hits over seven innings as the Mustangs held on for a 5-4 victory in a Class C softball […]
H.S. Softball: Morse knocks out Oak Hill in Class B South quarterfinal
WALES — Morse’s players their time, waiting for their chance to strike. While the Shipbuilders waited to score, Oak Hill wasted chances to do the same. Four innings of runners in scoring position translated to just one Raiders run. The Shipbuilders then tied the game in the fifth, and took the lead in a big […]