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 […]
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Class A baseball: Bangor makes it four in a row in extra innings
(L-R) Bangor High School (16) Karl Sund, (10) Noah Tappan (23) Nick Cowperthwaite and (22) Derek Fournier celebrate with the trophy after defeating Falmouth High School for the class A State Championship, Saturday at Fred Morton Field in Augusta. Photo by Terry Farren AUGUSTA — Derek Fournier’s pop single to center field in the bottom […]
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H.S. Baseball: Yarmouth downs Old Town for first Class B state title
STANDISH — The matchup on paper for the Class B baseball state championship looked to be heavily in Old Town’s favor. The Coyotes were not only the No. 1 seed coming out of the North region, but they were also the defending state champions. Yarmouth, meanwhile, was the No. 9 seed from the South and […]
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Class C Baseball: Orono rallies for 4 in 7th to stun Lisbon
Members of the Orono High School baseball team and their fans celebrate after Connor Robertson scored the winning run to cap a four-run, seventh-inning rally to beat Lisbon 4-3 in the Class C baseball state championship game at Mansfield Stadium in Bangor on Saturday. BANGOR — It all started when Orono’s survival instincts kicked in. […]
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Class D baseball: Searsport walks off on Bangor Christian
STANDISH — Mitchell Philbrook saved his best for the final at-bat of his high school career. The Searsport High School senior helped his Vikings three-peat in dramatic fashion Saturday afternoon, launching a two-out, solo home run well over the left-field wall in the bottom of the ninth as Searsport edged Bangor Christian 6-5 at Saint […]
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H.S. Baseball: Title games have familiar feel
Familiarity is the theme of three of the four state championship baseball games being played Saturday, whether it’s familiar opponents or familiar storylines. The one game that doesn’t come close to a been there, done that feel is the Class C championship (2 p.m., Mansfield Stadium in Bangor) pitting Lisbon (15-4) against Orono (13-6). In […]
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Lisbon seniors hoping to leave on top
Tyler Halls reacts after his seventh-inning one-run double drove in an insurance run against St. Dominic Academy last season. LISBON — Somewhere there are two runner-up medallions waiting for Nate Havlicek and several of his Lisbon baseball and football teammates to add them to their trophy cases. Havlicek, a senior, doesn’t know the whereabouts of […]
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Kelly’s pinch-hit leads Phillies past Sale, Red Sox 1-0
PHILADELPHIA — Pinch-hitter Ty Kelly doubled home the only run in the eighth inning of a pitchers’ duel between Philadelphia’s Nick Pivetta and Boston’s Chris Sale to lead the Phillies to a 1-0 victory over the Red Sox on Thursday night. Sale (8-3) was cruising until a one-out single by Andrew Knapp set the stage […]
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Rogers Post defeats River Valley in American Legion baseball opener
RUMFORD — Grant Hartley’s two-run home run in the seventh highlighted a four-run inning in Rogers Post’s 8-7 victory over River Valley on Thursday. River Valley made a come back in the bottom of the inning, scoring three times, but left the tying and go ahead runs on second and third. Rogers Post (1-0) scored […]
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C South Baseball: Greyhounds bust out in sixth to win first C South crown
STANDISH — The Lisbon Greyhounds treat all two-out rallies the same, but not all two-out rallies are created equal. Top-seeded Lisbon exploded for seven unearned runs with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning to pull away from No. 6 Monmouth, 12-5, in the Class C South final at St. Joseph’s College’s Larry Mahaney […]