Oxford Hills coach Shane Slicer pulls his players together during a pitching change. Slicer is being inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday in Portland. (Brewster Burns photo) Four decades after being introduced to baseball, Shane Slicer’s passion for the sport remains strong. These days, the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School coach […]
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Legion baseball: Pastime edges Bessey Motors, 3-2
LEWISTON — Hunter Landry drove in the game-deciding run, then later threw the game-ending pitch in Pastime’s 3-2 victory over Bessey Motors in an American Legion baseball Zone 2 clash Sunday. Two of the top teams in Zone 2 were knotted at 1-1 in the fifth when Landry followed Brock Belanger’s RBI single with one […]
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Legion baseball: Bessey Motors beats Pastime in extras
LEWISTON — Thursday’s American Legion baseball game had a different intensity to it than most regular season games, with Bessey Motors and Pastime entering the top of the ninth inning tied at six as the top two teams in Zone 2. The two teams aren’t new to extras — they played 16 innings to decide […]
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Legion baseball: Bessey Motors beats Pastime in extras
LEWISTON — Thursday’s American Legion baseball game had a different intensity to it than most regular season games, with Bessey Motors and Pastime entering the top of the ninth inning tied at six as the top two teams in Zone 2. The two teams aren’t new to extras — they played 16 innings to decide […]
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Legion baseball: Bessey Motors revs past Rogers Post
Rod Bean of Bessey Motors moves over to third base during the sixth inning against Rogers Post 153 on Tuesday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) PARIS — It was evident for some time earlier in Tuesday’s American Legion baseball game, but the contrasting levels of execution between Bessey Motors and Rogers Post 153 was never more apparent […]
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American Legion baseball: Bessey Motors, Rogers Post split doubleheader
Rogers Post 153 baserunner Ben Cassidy slides into second for a stolen base as the throw was a little late getting to Bessey Motors’ Rodney Bean.(Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — In a tale of two games, Bessey Motors won a shootout with Rogers Post, 8-6, then lost a pitchers’ duel by a score of 3-1. […]
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American Legion baseball: Pastime wins showdown with Bessey Motors
Pastime’s Brodi Farinas is out upon reaching home plate as Bessey Motors’ catcher, Wyatt Williamson, fires the ball to first base. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PARIS — In last year’s American Legion Zone 2 title game it took Bessey Motors 16 innings to defeat Pastime for the title. Pastime head coach Jake Brown didn’t have to […]
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Legion baseball: Unbeaten Bessey Motors foils Franklin County
Franklin County second baseman Alex Philbrick reaches for the ball as Bessey Motors’ Brayden Bean (14) slides into the bag during Monday’s American Legion baseball game in Paris. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) PARIS — Bessey Motors immediately signed off in the bottom of the fifth inning Monday night after first baseman Ashton Kennison’s RBI single sent […]
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Legion baseball: Bessey Motors sweeps Locke Mills
PARIS — Colton Carson set the tone for Bessey Motors in a sweep of Locke Mills on Saturday. He threw a complete-game one-hitter in a 7-0 victory in game one, with six strikeouts and one walk. Johnny Pruett had two hits and an RBI in the win, while Ashton Kennison had a double and an […]
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Bradley Adkins
NORWAY — Bradley Adkins, 34, of Norway, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Feb. 28, at his home in Norway. He was born on April 8, 1983, in Fort Riley, Kan., and was raised by his grandparents, Gary and Rose Marie Robbins in West Paris. He attended schools locally and graduated from Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. He had […]