PARIS — Bessey Motors’ runners spent Saturday morning sliding into bases like a child at a water park. The team stole 19 bases throughout their doubleheader sweep with 12-0 and 11-0 victories over Locke Mills. Game 1 was all Bessey. Bessey pitcher Troy Johnson threw five innings of three-hit, scoreless ball, and five innings was […]
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Local roundup: UMF names McKay as new head softball coach
FARMINGTON — Director of athletics, fitness, and recreation Julie Davis announceed the hiring of Kat McKay as the University of Maine at Farmington’s new head softball coach. “We are most excited about the leadership, network and experience Kat brings to our program,” Davis said. “We are certain she has the skill set to guide our […]
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American Legion baseball: Zone 2 a challenge this season
The high school baseball season is over, but many players are entering the 2016 American Legion baseball campaign in mid-season form. Maine’s Legion baseball landscape is split into four zones. Due to lower player turnout this season, among other factors, the zones were again adjusted prior to the 2016 season. Some teams were consolidated, others […]
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Boys’ basketball: Last-second shot falls shy as Spruce Mountain falls to Lincoln
JAY — Spruce Mountain had a long range prayer to reach overtime against Lincoln after trailing by double digits midway through the fourth quarter on Tuesday night. When that shot at the horn didn’t fall in, sealing the Eagles’ 52-49 KVAC Class B boys’ basketball victory at the Phoenix Dome, Spruce Mountain coach Scott Bessey couldn’t […]
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Zone 2 Legion quarterfinals: Nick Bowie’s blast helps Bessey Motors overcome nine errors in 14-7 win
PARIS — The format now switches from single-elimination to double-elimination for the semifinalists in the Zone 2 American Legion baseball tournament. No matter for the top-seeded team. Bessey Motors cannot afford, or stomach, another performance like Tuesday afternoon. Bessey blew a 6-0 lead and committed nine errors before battling back to take out No. 8 Highland […]
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Legion Baseball: Bessey Motors sweeps Franklin County on pair of walk-offs
PARIS — Two top teams. Two extra-inning games. Two walk-off wins for Bessey Motors. Bessey Motors entered Saturday’s doubleheader against Franklin County with a slim, half-game lead in the Zone 2 standings over the visiting Flyers. It has a little more breathing room after a pair of 4-3 nine-inning victories. Jake Spinhirn delivered the first walk-off […]
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Legion championship: Bangor closes out Bessey
BANGOR — This was a celebration 35 years in the making for the Bangor American Legion baseball program. So even if a stubborn Bessey Motors of South Paris club forced the Comrades to play an extra game Sunday, they weren’t about to let their summer-long ambition go unfulfilled. The deciding chapter of that mission was […]
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Legion Baseball: Beauchesne bolsters Bessey into final day with 4-3 walkoff win
BANGOR — Three columns comprise the report card on every baseball scoreboard. Each conveyed a bizarre reality at the end of Saturday’s American Legion state tournament elimination game. And the relentless Bessey Motors middle infield of Nick Attaliades-Ryan and Matt Beauchesne played a pivotal role in every step of the trifecta. Beauchesne laced a walkoff […]
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Legion Baseball: Bangor bashes Bessey into elimination bracket, 10-0
BANGOR — As if their dominant pitching and air-tight defense throughout the American Legion state tournament weren’t enough, the Bangor Comrades started tattooing the baseball Friday night. Bessey Motors bore the brunt of that barrage, falling 10-0 in the winners’ bracket final at Winkin Complex. Hunter Boyce went 3-for-4, and his RBI single off Zack […]
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Legion Baseball: Mageles masterful as Bessey Motors stays perfect at states
BANGOR — Another day, another gem from Mike Mageles at Winkin Complex. The left-handed Lake Region product pitched a four-hit shutout Thursday afternoon, keeping Bessey Motors of South Paris undefeated in the American Legion baseball state tournament with a 4-0 win over Brewer. Mageles, who also pitched a complete game in Bessey Motors’ play-in game […]