The Farmington-based team starts off with a big inning and cruises to victory in an elimination game.
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American Legion baseball: Franklin Flyers fall to Comrades in state tournament opener
The Farmington-based team gets behind early and runs out of time to try and come back. The Flyers next face elimination Wednesday at 11 a.m.
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American Legion baseball: Franklin Flyers riding timely hitting into state tournament
Coach Rob Dippner will also be leaning on solid pitching and defense as the Farmington-based team opens tournament play after going 11-2 during the season.
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Life’s a drag for Auburn family
Don’t invite the Blossom family to dinner on a Friday night. They’re busy.
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Par for the Course: Improved Fairlawn gets some attention
The Poland course has chance to highlight the changes the club has made the past few years when it hosted a popular Portland sports radio show recently.
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Junior hockey: Twin City Thunder show improvement at USPHL Summer Showcase
The Thunder’s two squads lose openers then each win final two games at the event in Wayne, New Jersey. Also, Twin City enters in a business agreement with the Atlanta Madhatters.
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Lisbon’s Greg Moore named head coach of USA Hockey’s U-17 team
Former St. Dom’s and UMaine standout returns to the USA National Team Development Program, where he played two years and began his coaching career, after being let go by the Toronto Marlies of the AHL earlier this year.
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Junior hockey: Tough roster decisions ahead for Maine Nordiques
27 players on Nordiques’ protected list make Sunday’s main camp all-star game. The roster must be cut to 25 players by Aug. 31. Also, Ainsley Tuffy, a goalie committed to the Harvard women’s hockey team, plays well at main camp.
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Former Nordiques GM Eric Soltys excited to rejoin UMaine coaching staff
Soltys, who spent the the past four seasons as the Maine Nordiques’ general manager, left the organization to become an assistant on the Maine Black Bears coaching staff — a role he held in 2004-05.