FARMINGDALE — Once again, the Hall-Dale baseball team got off to a fast start. Akira Warren made sure it didn’t go to waste. Warren pitched a shutout in his first start of the season, striking out 12 and leading the Bulldogs to a 6-0 victory over Winthrop, their sixth straight win to open the season. […]
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HS Baseball Notes: Handy spring break for Bucks
Buckfield Shane St. Pierre makes a great catch on a deep fly ball to the outfield during Monday’s game against Richmond. (Sun Journal File Photo) Ben Keene has coached for Buckfield for two years (last year as an assistant), long enough to know that East-West Conference rival Richmond is the team many of his school’s […]
Local roundup: Spruce Mountain edges Hall-Dale softball
JAY — Grace Harmatys made a key catch in the seventh inning that allowed Spruce Mountain to pull out a narrow 4-3 victory over Hall-Dale in a hard-fought softball tilt on Wednesday. Callie Baker and Hailee Perkins led the Phoenix (2-2) with two hits apiece. Hannah Turcotte scattered six hits in seven innings to earn […]
Baseball: Hall-Dale dismisses Spruce Mountain
Spruce Mountain shortstop Nick Lombardi waits for the ball as Hall-Dale’s Akira Warren slides into second base in a baseball game at Griffin Field in Livermore Falls on Wednesday afternoon. LIVEMORE FALLS — Hall-Dale’s 10-run, third-inning flare-up was more than enough to ruin Spruce Mountain’s day. The undefeated Bulldogs (5-0) used five key hits and […]
H.S. Baseball: Greyhounds slug Raiders
Cole Bolduc of Lisbon beats the throw to Oak Hill third baseman Casey Dion while stealing third at Lisbon High School on Wednesday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) LISBON — After scraping enough runs together for a late rally past Dirigo on Tuesday, Lisbon left little doubt its offense was ready to hit against Oak Hill on […]
Gagne, Poland no-hit Yarmouth; Oxford Hills sweeps
Arianna Boulanger of Dirigo High School throws the discus during a meet in Wiscasset on Tuesday. (Eric Maxim/Brunswick Times Record) POLAND — Ally Gagne went the distance, struck out 10 and allowed no hits as Poland defeated Yarmouth 6-0 in a WMC softball contest Tuesday. Morgan Brousseau and Shelby LaFrinea each had a pair of […]
Hall-Dale baseball topples Monmouth in early-season tussle
Hall-Dale High School’s Jett Boyer slides under Monmouth Academy’s Carlos Garcia at second during a baseball game on Tuesday in Monmouth. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) MONMOUTH — It’s never too early for a grudge match. For some on the Hall-Dale baseball team, an early May showdown with a Monmouth team that got the best of it […]
What a month: Red Sox complete best April with win over Kansas City
BOSTON — Xander Bogaerts hit a grand slam over the Green Monster and the Boston Red Sox finished April with their most wins ever by beating the Kansas City Royals 10-6 on Monday night. Mitch Moreland hit a solo homer and had three hits along with Bogaerts for the Red Sox, who posted their 19th […]
Local roundup: Telstar’s Zachary Hill no-hits Boothbay
BETHEL — Zachary Hill pitched a complete-game no-hitter with nine strikeouts and one walk as Telstar notched a 1-0 victory over Boothbay in baseball action Monday afternoon. The Rebels committed two errors in the top of the seventh inning that nearly cost them the game, but they held on for the win. Hunter Crocker suffered […]
H.S. baseball: Johnson, Oxford Hills power past Leavitt
TURNER — Oxford Hills pitcher Troy Johnson fixed his struggling curveball before the first pitch then proceeded to pitch six innings of scoreless ball, as the Vikings defeated the Leavitt Hornets 16-1 on Monday to improve to 4-0 this baseball season. Johnson worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the first inning, […]