BANGOR — The team in red went by the name Post 51, not Messalonskee, although there were enough Eagles on the Oakland-based American Legion baseball squad to make Bessey Motors of Oxford Hills nervous after three springs worth of mixed results on the high school diamond. Summer heat, a few additions on both sides, and […]
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Legion Baseball: Bessey bashes Fayette-Staples, advances
Hard to believe that it has been four years since Bessey Motors appeared in the American Legion baseball state tournament. The Oxford Hills-based team doesn’t need a reminder and wasn’t about to let the small matter of a play-in game interfere Saturday afternoon. Bessey banged out 14 hits to back the complete-game pitching of Mike […]
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Zone 3 Legion quarterfinal: Bessey holds off Windham
PARIS — Bessey Motors’ reward for earning the top seed in the American Legion Zone 3 tournament was a first-round matchup with Windham, the defending state champion boasting a pitching staff that threw a no-hitter to win this year’s Western Class A title. After falling behind 5-0 early, Windham proved to be a feisty foe. […]
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Legion baseball: Bessey Motors drives off with championship
PARIS — Undefeated Bessey Motors (15-0) used six hits and strong defense to beat Pastime 5-1 and carry off the regular-season championship Thursday evening. Bessey’s Ryan Godin, who went four innings, got the win on the mound. Ty Martin and Dalton Rice each had two singles. Brady Lafrance doubled for Bessy. For Pastime (12-5), Ryan […]
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Legion Baseball: Bessey takes two from Tri-Town to stay unbeaten
POLAND — Ty Martin had five hits Saturday, leading Bessey Motors to a doubleheader sweep of Tri-Town, 6-1 and 5-0, in a battle of the only two remaining undefeated teams in Zone 3 American Legion baseball. Riley Chickering pitched a complete game in the opener and homered in the nightcap in support of Ryan Godin […]
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American Legion: Bessey gets Frank with defense to top Locke Mills
Frank found a groove after a rocky first inning and shut Locke Mills down with the help of some excellent glove work by his teammates for the complete game six-hitter. “The defense was solid,” Frank said. “Ty (Martin) at third was really good. Martin made several fine plays on an array of grounders, bouncers, choppers […]
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Legion baseball: Bessey Motors holds off Rogers Post, 9-5
AUBURN — Kicking off a stretch of nine games in six days, Bessey Motors could have used a laugher Thursday. And after 5½ innings, it looked like it might get a few chuckles at the expense of William J. Rogers Post 153. Rogers’ five-run sixth inning brought the levity to a halt, however, and Bessey […]