YARMOUTH — Falling behind 2-0 before even getting a turn to bat didn’t put a damper on Yarmouth on Monday. The Clippers evened the score after one inning, then kept the momentum going long enough to hold off Poland, 5-3, in a WMC Class B South softball clash at Michael Brown Field. “The last two […]
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Local roundup: Kayla Allen wins gold at Penn Relays; Isaiah Harris part of two runner-up finishes
PHILADELPHIA — A couple of Lewiston Blue Devils, one current and one former, found success at the Penn Relays over the weekend. Kayla Allen, a senior at Lewiston High School, earned gold in the junior women’s 5-kilometer racewalk. In hot and humid conditions Saturday, Allen completed the course in 26 minutes, 45.34 seconds. It’s her […]
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Girls’ tennis: Deep Hebron ruling the MAISAD
Hebron Academy girls’ tennis coach Colin Griggs, center, is surrounded by his 2017 team, from left: Maddy New, Lauren Rousseau, Lena Olszewska, Griggs, Tounarouze El Yazidi, Hina Koharazawa, Xinyuan “Emma” Xu and Kirari Nakai. HEBRON — When it comes to MAISAD conference play, all the Hebron Academy girls’ tennis team knows how to do is […]
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H.S. Baseball: Winthrop fends off Mountain Valley
Winthrop High School’s Greg Fay dives into third base as Mountain Valley’s Garrett Garbarini waits for the throw from the outfield during their game in Winthrop on Saturday. WINTHROP — The advantage of playing at home in baseball is that the home team always gets a chance to answer. When Winthrop wasted a pair of […]
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H.S. Baseball: Mountain Valley squeezes past Monmouth in 11 innings
WINTHROP — Mountain Valley spent 18 innings trying to get a lead on Saturday. In their final at-bat of the day, the Falcons finally got that long-awaited lead — and a win. Playing its second game of the day (starting with a 5-4 loss to Winthrop), Mountain Valley took Monmouth Academy to extra innings, then […]
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Boys’ lacrosse: Lewiston thumps Massabesic, 18-2
Lewiston’s Alex Rivet shoots in one of his four goals during the Blue Devils’ 18-2 win over Massabesic on Saturday. LEWISTON — Coach Ben Fournier challenged the Lewiston boys’ lacrosse team to play up to the level to which it is capable after the Blue Devils suffered their first loss of the season. On Saturday, […]
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Roundup: Lewiston rallies past Mt. Ararat in softball
LEWISTON — Jordyn Rubin peppered four singles to help Lewiston to a 6-4 triumph over Mt. Ararat in softball action Saturday afternoon. The Blue Devils (4-1) bounced back from giving up four runs in the top of the third inning with a pair of tallies in the bottom of the frame, and rallied for another […]
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Gray-New Gloucester runs away from Freeport in WMC softball matchup
FREEPORT — Freeport’ softball team’s defense did its job and then some on Friday afternoon against Gray-New Gloucester. Twice early in the game, a flashy catch erased a based-loaded jam and kept the score tight. The only problem? Patriots’ pitcher Haley True hardly needed her defense at all. True limited the Falcons to five hits […]
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H.S. Softball: Monmouth, Boothbay make best of mismatch
MONMOUTH — It was a grind-it-out kind of game when Monmouth Academy and Boothbay faced off on the softball diamond Friday. Yet there were no nails bitten, no clutch hits, no tense at-bats. There was a winner, a loser, and two teams trying to process what they learned in the outcome — a 21-0, five […]
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PHOTOS: Lewiston girls’ lacrosse dominates Portland
LEWISTON — Lewiston High School finally played its home-opener Friday after a soggy week in central Maine. The Blue Devils ran out to a 7-0 lead in the first half and cruised to an 8-3 victory over the Bulldogs at Don Roux Field. Portland High School’s Sophia Leavitt, left, looks for running room around Lewiston […]