The ball gets by Bangor third baseman Megan Conner allowing Oxford Hills’ Makayla Starbird to score yesterday at the Gouin Complex in South Paris. PARIS — When defense plays a starring role in a softball game, it often means that there were costly errors. On Saturday, however, it was successful — and sometimes stellar — […]
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H.S. Baseball: Vikings glove big win over Rams
As Bangor’s Zach Ireland walks knowingly away (left) teammate George Paine and Oxford Hill’s Wyat Williamson look to the umpire for the call after Payne attempted to score from first on a ball hit deep to right-center. Payne was called out. PARIS — The Oxford Hills Vikings’ efforts to put pressure on Bangor’s defense usually […]
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Pole vault requires guts, timing and dedication
The runway having been run, the fiberglass pole having been planted and bent, and the body having been flicked higher than it could ever go on its own. Then comes the euphoric payoff of pole vaulting. “It feels pretty cool,” Edward Little assistant coach Jaclyn Masters said. “When you’re falling after clearing a bar, you […]
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Local roundup: Bates women’s rowing reaches NCAA finals
WEST WINDSOR, N.J. — The Bates College women’s rowing team followed through on the first day of the NCAA Championships. The Bobcats, ranked No. 1 in Division III, rowed to first-place finishes in their first and second varsity eight heats Friday on Mercer Lake. Bates hadn’t raced since winning the National Invitational Rowing Championship on […]
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Girls’ Lacrosse: Turner, Messalonskee tip Lewiston in OT
Lewiston’s Christine Chasse, left and Messalonskee’s Ally Turner battle for a faceoff during Friday afternoon’s game in Lewiston. LEWISTON — Ally Turner scored a memorable goal Friday against Lewiston. Not only did the Messalonskee junior score the 150th goal of her career, but the milestone marker was the game-winner of an 11-10 overtime victory in […]
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H.S. Baseball: Gray-New Gloucester’s Smith gets 400th career win
Every win this season is big for the Gray-New Gloucester Patriots baseball team, which is fighting for a playoff spot in the Class B South. Thursday’s 10-0 win over Waynflete had a little extra meaning, though. It was coach Brad Smith’s 400th career victory. Smith, whose coaching career started in Massachusetts in 1971 and included […]
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Monmouth girls, Lisbon boys win MVC track and field championships
Tori Spencer, left, of Monmouth Academy and Sydney Douglass of Lisbon High School compete during the 1600 meter racewalk during the MVC Championships in Lisbon on Thursday. Douglass passed Spencer on the final corner to win the event. Spencer came in second. LISBON — The Monmouth girls and Lisbon boys entered Thursday’s Mountain Valley Conference […]
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H.S. Softball: Buckfield gets back on track against Traip Academy
When Buckfield’s Hannah Shields slid into third and the ball scooted past Traip 3rd baseman, Cecelia Driscoll, right, Shields took off for home. Sirois looks like she will be tagged out at the plate after Driscoll picked up the ball and threw it to her catcher, Cala McEllin, but the throw was a little wide […]
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Softball: Edward Little powers past Mt. Ararat
Edward Little’s Anna LeBlanc is greeted at home by her teammates after hitting a fourth-inning home run in the Red Eddies’ 6-1 KVAC win over Mt. Ararat in Topsham on Wednesday. TOPSHAM — As the end of the high school softball season nears, teams are jockeying for position, looking to get hot at the right […]
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For Benson, return to Edward Little is about giving back
Oxford Hills AD Jeff Benson looks out at the rain coming down while on the phone lining up umpires at Gouin Complex last week after cancelling a pair of games PARIS — Jeff Benson is going back to Edward Little High School because he has never forgotten what it gave to him in his time […]