HAMPDEN — After losing his first pitching start this spring, Edward Little of Auburn’s Nate Pushard thought the simple approach would be best as he faced a youthful Hampden Academy club Saturday afternoon. The senior right-hander couldn’t have been more correct in that thinking, as he pitched a five-hit shutout to lift the Red Eddies […]
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H.S. Baseball: Johnson, Knights gut one out over Rangers
POLAND — Matt Rabasco’s speed and aggressiveness got him ¾ of the way around the basepaths in the fifth inning of Poland’s Western Maine Conference clash with fellow unbeaten Greely on Friday. Upon reaching third base, the Knights’ senior left fielder wasn’t too thrilled to learn those skills might be called upon again for the […]
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H.S. Baseball: Spruce Mountain snags first win in thriller over Lisbon
LIVERMORE FALLS — Pitchers are ahead of hitters? It’s to be expected when teams didn’t get outdoors until the third or even fourth week of April, but Spruce Mountain baseball took the tendency to an agonizing extreme. One unearned run and a single-digit hit total through three games outweighed three quality pitching performances and had […]
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H.S. Baseball: Hammond, Eddies freeze out Bulldogs
AUBURN — On a cold day, a pitcher who works quickly and efficiently is the best friend of fielder and fan alike. Edward Little’s Mike Hammond was the most popular person at Austin Field Wednesday after throwing just 63 pitches in a three-hit shutout of Lawrence. Hammond needed a little help from his friends, too. […]
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KVAC Baseball: Rodrigue, Eagles command Hornets
TURNER — Given the windy, raw conditions Monday, the question had to be asked — how did Erskine pitcher Ryan Rodrigue maintain such good control and stymie Leavitt for 6 1/3 innings? Rodrigue pressed his index finger to his neck to assure the inquisitor that pine tar wasn’t part of his repertoire. “I wasn’t going […]
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H.S. Baseball: Defense saves Dirigo in 4-2 win over Oak Hill
DIXFIELD — What we know after a blustery Monday afternoon at Harlow Park is that Oak Hill baseball is back, and that Dirigo hasn’t gone anywhere. A weird Mountain Valley Conference contest marked by base-running blunders in both directions ended with the two-time defending Class C champion Cougars on top, 4-2, and with both clubs […]
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H.S. Baseball: Greyhounds trample Wolverines
LISBON — Lisbon High School senior hurler Kyle Bourget remembered the two starts he had against Wiscasset last season. Both were losses, and the Greyhounds found themselves on the outside looking in come Western Maine Class C postseason time. Bourget didn’t allow history to repeat itself in his team’s Mountain Valley Conference season opener. The […]
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H.S. Baseball: Messalonskee wins chess match with Lewiston
LEWISTON — Sometimes you play the percentages, and sometimes the percentages play you. Leading 2-1 and embroiled in a fifth-inning jam Friday afternoon, Lewiston went by the book and walked two of Messalonskee’s most vaunted hitters, Jake Dexter and Zach Mathieu, with first base open. Each time, however, a game-of-inches base hit by Jonathan Wilkie […]
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Boys’ lacrosse Mtn. Valley 5, Mt. Blue 0 BETHEL — Coyote Freeman made 10 saves Thursday afternoon, leading Mountain Valley to a 5-0 shutout of Mt. Blue in Class B KVAC boys’ lacrosse. The game was played at Gould Academy due to wet field conditions in Rumford. Mountain Valley (1-0) scored two goals in a […]
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College Roundup: UMF sweeps Thomas to hit double-digit wins
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington baseball team rode a pair of quality performances out of its top two pitchers on its way to a North Atlantic Conference doubleheader sweep of Thomas College, 9-0 and 6-3, on Thursday afternoon at Hippach Field. UMaine-Farmington improved to 10-19 overall, the most wins for the program […]