When the American Legion Baseball season started this summer, Shane Slicer thought his team at Bessey Motors had a pretty good opportunity for success. “I thought we had a good team,” said Slicer. “I knew some other teams had some young kids. So that eliminated them from being as strong as us. We’re probably one […]
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Legion baseball: Rogers Post sweeps Andy Valley
The latter hasn’t come easily for the Rogers Post 153 American Legion baseball team recently. “The bats have been struggling a little bi,” pitcher-third baseman Nate Pushard said. “We’ve struggled in situational hitting — trying to get guys in. We can get guys on pretty consistently, but getting them around to home plate is what […]
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Legion baseball: Pastime advances to title game
LEWISTON — What was a bit of a struggle Sunday, Corbin Hyde made look pretty easy. The Pastime pitcher gave his team a splendid start as his club advanced to Monday’s Zone III championship game. Hyde blanked Rogers Post for much of its semifinal as Pastime built an early lead and held on for a […]
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Legion baseball: Locked in for semifinals
HARRISON — It was a day of extra innings and resilience for Locke Mills on Saturday. Twice, the team watched leads slip away, only to bounce back and win in extra innings. Locke Mills not only won its play-in game in that fashion, but also toppled Bessey Motors in its Zone III quarterfinal, 5-4. “We’ve […]
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Legion baseball: No time to rest
There isn’t a great deal of rest for weary arms. With the Zone III regular season ending Thursday, most of the teams are back at it Saturday for the zone playoffs and the right to earn a spot in next week’s state tournament. With a steady dosage of rained out games late in the season — […]
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Legion baseball: Pastime blanks Bessey
LEWISTON — Eddie Emerson’s start went so well Thursday, it paled in comparison to the chaotic nature of his pregame preparations. Emerson pitched four shutout innings and helped Pastime blank Bessey Motors 5-0 in the regular-season finale. The victory helped Pastime clinch second place and earn a bye in the upcoming Zone III tournament. “This […]
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Legion roundup: Pastime drops tough one to Smith-Tobey
BATH — Despite belting out 13 hits and plating four runs in the top of the first inning, Pastime Club of Lewiston stalled Tuesday in its bid to earn the top seed in the Zone III American Legion baseball tournament, suffering a 5-4 loss to Smith-Tobey. Smith-Tobey, which draws its players from Morse High School, […]
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Legion baseball: Windham blanks Bessey Motors
PARIS — Just when it looked as though Bessey Motors might escape the third inning, things went in the other direction — literally. A seemingly harmless hit up the middle with two outs deflected off the pitcher and changed destination. It found space between third and short. Instead of a final out, the seeing-eye single […]
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Legion Baseball: Bethel nine splits with Rogers
AUBURN — As the bases filled up with runners in the final inning Saturday, it started to feel all too familiar. Bethel watched Rogers Post rally to load the bases in the first game of its doubleheader and score the winning run. So when history began to repeat itself in the second game, Kyle Peterson […]