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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College roundup: CMCC women beat SMCC, finish with unbeaten conference record
AUBURN — The Central Maine Community College women’s basketball team finished off a second consecutive undefeated Yankee Conference season with an 87-53 win over Southern Maine Community College on Monday. Alex Bessey scored 17 points and tallied nine assists, eight rebounds, four blocks and two steals for the Mustangs (26-1, 16-0). Brooke Reynolds scored a […]
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Boys' basketball: Mountain Valley cuts Spruce Mountain loose in OT
JAY — Mountain Valley junior forward Keegan Davis didn’t get rattled whenever he drove to the basket and into stiff resistance from Spruce Mountain’s defense. But Davis’ composure served him well and inspired his Falcons in overtime. Mountain Valley took advantage of few key turnovers and escaped with 71-64 victory in a Mountain Valley Conference boys’ basketball before […]
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Boys' basketball: Mountain Valley passes on Spruce Mountain
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley’s dizzying passing game and pinpoint shooting allowed the Falcons to go up, over and around persistent Spruce Mountain in a boys’ basketball game Tuesday night. There always seemed to be an open man just inside the key for the Falcons, who held off the Phoenix with an inspiring 63-53 victory at […]
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Boys' basketball: Spruce rallies in second half to top Dirigo
JAY — Spruce Mountain coach Scott Bessey stood there shaking his head and wondering why his team out of sorts in the first half Wednesday night. But after Bessey shared his inspiring words with the undefeated Phoenix at halftime, Spruce Mountain played at more deliberate pace in the third quarter and eventually shook off the […]
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State Legion tournament: Bessey edges Pastime in elimination game
BANGOR — Even if Bessey Motors forgot coach Shane Slicer’s message to be more aggressive at the plate Friday, Pastime Club pitcher Lucas Francis wasn’t giving it much choice in the matter. Francis threw nothing but strikes to start the elimination game, so Bessey hitters started swinging earlier in counts and started finding gaps. They were […]
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State Legion tournament: Farnham, Coffee News hold off another Bessey Motors comeback
BANGOR — Bessey Motors’ flare for late-inning dramatics in the post-season carried over into its state American Legion tournament opener on Wednesday. But tempting fate only gets one so far in a double-elimination tournament, as Bessey learned Thursday. Gary Farnham tossed 8 1/3 shutout innings and Noah Missbrenner closed it out with the tying runs in […]
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Girls’ basketball: Alex Bessey a relentless, versatile force for Spruce Mountain
JAY — It wasn’t her best game, her coach admitted, but Alex Bessey still scored 22 points. Mt. Blue’s defense was physical and focused on slowing her, and she and her Spruce Mountain teammates were struggling — probably an understatement — to make shots, or even get decent looks. But Bessey still scored those 22 […]
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Field hockey: Bessey points Phoenix in right direction
Whenever the Phoenix swarmed the Eagles’ net, Bessey was smack dab in the middle of the crowd, allowing her to score back-to-back goals in the first half and another one in the second. It was an inside job on most of the goals for the Phoenix, who dominated the game from start to finish. “Team […]
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Bessey’s Slicer dices Locke Mills in American Legion tournament opener
PARIS — American Legion playoff games in Maine go a full nine innings. Those two extra innings did not phase Bessey Motors lefty Blake Slicer, who threw a six-hit, complete-game shutout to beat Locke Mills 4-0 in the first round of the Zone 2 baseball tournament. “We played well defensively and had a hell of […]