PARIS — Oxford Hills coasted to a 7-0 KVAC victory over Lewiston on Monday afternoon, but it didn’t feel like a breeze unless you were counting the one wafting across Tim Bryant Memorial Field that made spectators scramble for their winter jackets. The Vikings never tattooed the baseball. In fact, the Blue Devils wound up with […]
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High School Baseball: Big first inning for Red Eddies in win against Mt. Blue
AUBURN — In the bottom of the first inning, Jarod Norcross-Plourde helped his own cause and Grant Hartley provided the insurance as the Edward Little defeated the Mt. Blue 9-0 in a Class A baseball game at Austin Field. Norcross-Plourde, Monday’s starting pitching for EL, drove in the game-winning run with a double to score […]
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High school roundup: Phoenix ride late inning rally to beat Hornets
JAY — Shane Pelletier gave Spruce Mountain the lead with a two-run double in a five-run sixth inning, helping the Phoenix get past the Leavitt Hornets, 6-5. Austin Gilboe picked up the victory in relief for the Phoenix (1-1) after Nate Goodine went the first five innings. Leavitt (0-2) was down 6-2 going into the […]
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H.S. Baseball: Kemble, Bangor shut out Lewiston
Kemble allowed a one-out, infield single in the bottom of the first inning on a slow roller to shortstop Kyle Stevenson, whose high throw to first likely wouldn’t have beaten Evan Cox to the bag. Kemble recovered and retired the next 10 batters in a dominant outing. “My fastball worked pretty well, and my curveball […]
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H.S. Baseball: Monmouth slugs, hustles past Dirigo
MONMOUTH — Monmouth Academy’s first trip through the batting order Friday afternoon against Dirigo High School ace Gavin Arsenault was a cluster of K’s. Six of the nine Mustangs struck out, each one down swinging. The next cycle, however, was a cacophony of contact. Gage Cote scored all the way from first on a single to […]
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Roundup: Leavitt softball opens with win
GARDINER — Catcher Kaitlyn DeBlois smacked a two run home run in the fifth inning as the Leavitt Hornets defeated the Gardiner Tigers in their softball opener, 5-1. The Hornets got single runs in the top of the first, third and seventh. Angela Daigle had a double in the third and also had a single […]
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High school roundup: Blue Devils collar Bulldogs
FAIRFIELD — Catcher Meagan Gosselin ripped a home run and Kallie May added a triple as Lewiston pounded out seven hits and plated three runs in the seventh inning to upend Lawrence, 6-3, in the first game of the season Wednesday. Danielle Cyr and Megan Theriault combined to strike out eight batters for the Blue […]
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H.S. Baseball: Edward Little outlasts Brewer in eight
AUBURN — Drew Lashua belted a game-tying double in the sixth inning Wednesday, but the Edward Little senior missed a home run by a fraction of an inch. His 330-foot bomb smacked the yellow, plastic, protective covering atop the right field fence and caromed back into play. Two frames later, in a deadlocked game of inches […]
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H.S. Baseball: Kennebunk puts away Gray-New Gloucester
The Gray-NG pitchers had a problem early on of putting the leadoff Kennebunk batter on, doing do in each of the first four innings. The first instance was harmless. Derek Smith smacked a first-inning double off of Gray-NG starter Daulton Corthell, but Corthell stranded him there by retiring the next three batters. Zander Kosmala then […]
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College Roundup: UMF baseball completes weekend sweep of Lyndon
FARMINGTON — University of Maine at Farmington baseball swept the weekend and season series with Lyndon State on Sunday by winning both games of a doubleheader at Hippach Field. The Beavers shutout the Hornets, 2-0, in the first game and came back to win, 6-2, in the second contest. In the bottom of the second […]