Pastime completed a comeback a week in the making Friday night, handing Bessey Motors its first loss of the American Legion baseball season. Brock Belanger came around to score in the bottom of the 12th inning on a Caleb Dostie double to lift Pastime to a 9-8 win over Bessey. With the win, Pastime improves […]
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Riley Chickering perfect game bid broken up in 7th inning
AUGUSTA — Riley Chickering had himself a game. Chickering was perfect through six innings as Bessey Motors defeated Augusta 1-0 in American Legion Baseball action. Kolbe Cummings broke up the perfect bid with a lead-off blooper into right field in the bottom of the seventh. Chickering went seven innings, striking out eight and allowing no […]
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American Legion Baseball: Bessey Motors walks off on Tri-Town
PARIS — Bessey Motors remained unbeaten Wednesday — barely. Nick Attaliades-Ryan drove a double deep to right field to plate Jake Spinhern with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning as Bessey edged Tri-Town 5-4 at the Gouin Athletic Complex. Spinhern was on second after a fielder’s choice earlier in the inning […]
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Legion Baseball: Bessey Motors’ Chickering making most of final American Legion season
For the past five summers, Chickering has reunited with his fellow Oxford Hills teammates as a member of the Bessey Motors American Legion baseball team, a consistent title contender. Playing under the Bessey name is becoming somewhat of a trend for Chickering since he started playing college baseball at the University of Maine at Farmington […]
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American Legion Notebook: Bessey Motors leads competitive Zone 2 at season’s halfway point
Bessey Motors came one win away from its ultimate goal of winning the American Legion state championship last season, falling to Bangor in a winner-take-all title game. The Zone 2 powerhouse hasn’t lost since. Nearly halfway through the 18-game regular season and the state runners-up are unblemished through eight contests. It began with a doubleheader […]
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Legion Baseball: Bessey Motors handles Gardiner behind 9-run inning
It didn’t stop there as Bessey Motors rallied off 11 unanswered runs after trailing early in a mercy-rule shortened 11-1 victory over Gardiner in an American Legion contest Friday. “When we get down we get right back up,” Bessey Motors’ Matt Smith said. “We don’t waste time. We get ahead quick, usually.” Most of the […]
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American Legion Baseball: Changes abound as season gets under way
American Legion baseball in Maine has a bit of a different look to it this season, and with that new look comes an element of unpredictability and intrigue. Gone is the five-zone format that’s graced the American Legion landscape for the past six years, now condensed to four zones due to lower turnouts across the […]
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American Legion baseball: Farmington, Tri-Town split opening-day twin bill
POLAND — Amos Herrin went the distance for Farmington in Game 1 of their doubleheader against Tri-Town in a 6-1 victory. He allowed one run on two hits and struck out 12. He was perfect into the fourth until he let a Billy Bickford triple to lead of the inning. An Ethan Cailler sac fly […]
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Police: Panel clears officer who shot Lovell man
PARIS — A statewide panel has cleared a sheriff’s deputy any wrongdoing in a shooting in Lovell last month, Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant said Monday. Gallant said Monday a panel of former and current police authorities from across the state found Cpl. George Cayer’s action’s justifiable and the department’s policies instructing officers on how to […]
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Legion baseball: Bessey, Franklin County start state tournament this weekend
If recent American Legion state tournament history is any indication, its good to be from Zone 3 this time of year. The tournament returns to Bangor for the first time since 2005, starting Saturday with two win-or-go-home play-in games at the Winkin Complex on the Husson University campus, including one featuring Zone 3 regular-season champion […]