Bessey Motors pitcher Blake Slicer celebrates after the final out of a 9-7 victory over Gardiner in Paris on Tuesday. Bessey Motors catcher Wyatt Williamson heads out to meet Slicer, while Gardiner’s Kolton Brochu turns toward his dugout. PARIS — All summer long, the teams in Zone 2 playing American Legion baseball in the state […]
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American Legion baseball: Luksza, Bessey Motors shut down Pastime, 5-0
AUBURN — Just like that, Janek Luksza’s no-hitter was broken up. With one out remaining in the late-season contest between two zone leaders, Pastime and Bessey Motors, Luksza threw a 0-1 pitch to second baseman Evan Cox. The swing sent the ball to the shortstop’s right, forcing him to slide and make a tough throw […]
Rogers sweeps Bessey Motors in American Legion Baseball doubleheader
AUBURN — Runs were plenty in both games of the Rogers Post and Bessey Motors doubleheader at Austin Field Tuesday night, and Rogers Post made the most of it. Tyler Libby ripped a single in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 2 to lift Post 153 to a 7-6 win and a sweep […]
Pastime Club sweeps Rogers in American Legion baseball doubleheader
Rogers Post 153 third baseman Gavin Bates, left, stops a low throw as Patime Club’s Gage Cote slides into third safely behind him during the teams’ American Legion baseball doubleheader at Pettengill Park in Auburn on Saturday. AUBURN — Cooper Millett doesn’t see a lot of at-bats for Pastime Club yet as a younger member […]
American Legion baseball: Carson, Bessey Motors shut down Pastime
Bessey Motors’ Colton Carlson fires the ball over the plate at a game with Pasttime’s baseball team at Gouin Athletic Complex in South Paris on Wednesday afternoon. PARIS — Colton Carson started Wednesday’s American Legion baseball game mad, but finished it quite happy. The Pastime batters, meanwhile, were left scratching their heads. Carson tossed a […]
American Legion baseball: Bessey Motors swipes sweep of Locke Mills
Bessey Motors catcher Wyatt Williamson tags out Locke Mills’ Josh Eliot while Zachary Hill looks on during the second game of an American Legion baseball doubleheader in Paris on Saturday. PARIS — Bessey Motors had to wait three hours to start its American Legion baseball doubleheader against Jackson Silver Post of Locke Mills due to […]
Legion baseball: Pastime edges Rogers in seventh
Pastime first baseman Reid Cote waits for the ball as Rogers Post 153’s Mason Brushwein slides back safely during a pickoff attempt during Thursday’s legion game at Auburn Suburban. AUBURN — Very rarely do baseball games turn from pitching duels to slugfests as quickly, and dramatically, as Thursday night’s Roger’s Post and Pastime matchup. Through […]
American Legion baseball: Rogers Post rallies past Locke Mills
AUBURN — After going the first three innings without a hit, Rogers Post changed its fortunes in the fourth inning. A no-hitter for Jackson Silver Post of Locke Mills pitcher Caleb Clarke came to a screeching halt, as did the Locke Mills club’s undefeated start in a 6-3 loss to Rogers Post of Auburn in […]
American Legion baseball: Rogers Post puts away Gardiner
GARDINER — Damien St. Pierre the batter helped out Damien St. Pierre the pitcher Monday night in Rogers Post’s 6-4 American Legion baseball victory over Gardiner. St. Pierre had two hits, including a double, while also pitching a complete-game six-hitter. Jake Arel also had a double as part of a two-hit game, and Austin Cox […]
River Valley legion topples Augusta
RUMFORD — Dylan Desroches had three hits Saturday to pace River Valley to a 6-2 victory over Augusta in opening-week American Legion baseball action Saturday, earning its first win of the season. Luke Lueders, Cam Godbois, and Cooper Chiasson each had two hits while Gavin Arsenault had a double. Augusta (1-2) took a 2-0 lead […]