Oxford Hills’ Kenzie Kahkonen scores on a passed ball as Mt. Ararat pitcher Camille Rowe loses her glove in the collision. (Brewster Burns photo) PARIS — Haley Dillingham hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning and Lauren Merrill gave up one hit as second-seeded Oxford Hills shut out seventh-seeded Mt. Ararat 12-0 in […]
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H.S. baseball: Shufelt pitches Gray-NG past Freeport in B South prelim
Freeport’s Colby Wagner slides safely into second base as Gray-New Gloucester’s Eli Winchester prepares to take the throw. (Eric Maxim/Brunswick Times Record) FREEPORT — Gray-New Gloucester High School senior Will Shufelt hoped that he might make a difference when his Patriots met sixth-seeded Freeport in a Class B South preliminary baseball game Tuesday. The right-hander […]
H.S. softball: Regional playoff previews
After being caught in a rundown Edward Little’s Caroline Hammond dives back to second, but not in time as Lewiston’s Emily Mousseau tags her out during a game in Auburn last month. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Class A North Players to watch: P Ashley Alward, Skowhegan, Sr.; P Sydney Ames, Skowhegan, Jr.; CF Madison Day, Oxford […]
H.S. baseball: Regional playoff previews
Buckfield’s Shane St. Pierre makes a great catch on a deep fly ball to the outfield during a game against Richmond in April. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Class A North Players to watch: C Tyler Parke, Bangor, Sr.; P/3B Zach Cowperthwaite, Bangor, Jr.; P/1B Colton Carson, Oxford Hills, Jr.; OF Hunter LaBossiere, Oxford Hills, Sr.; 1B/P […]
Finalists announced for 2018 Varsity Maine Awards
Edward Little Varsity girls basketball coach Chris Cifelli cheers his team on during the first half of a home game against South Portland in January. Cifelli is a Varsity Maine Award finalist for Coach of the Year, while the Red Eddies are a finalist for Female Team of the year. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal File Photo) […]
Class B state track: Leavitt's Daigle sprints to another state championship; MDI, York boys share title
Leavitt High School’s Nicole Daigle, center, and Gray-New Gloucester’s Madison Post, left, and Belfast’s Junne Robertson-McIntire compete in the 100-meter dash at the Class B state track championships at Foxcroft Academy on Saturday. Daigle won her second straight state title in the event. Robertson-McIntire finished third, and Post took fourth. (Michael G. Seamans/Kennebec Journal) DOVER-FOXCROFT […]
H.S. softball: Local teams finish right behind perennial powers in standings
Lewiston’s Emily Mousseau is out on a double play at first base as Oxford Hills’ Brooke Carson completes the play during a game in South Paris earlier this season. Oxford Hills and Lewiston finished second and third in Class A South. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal File Photo) The final softball Heal point standings look awfully familiar […]
Track and field state meet capsules
Class A Boys Area athletes to watch: Oxford Hills — Dawson Stevens (100, 200, javelin), Dominic Sclafani (1,600 run, 3200 run); Edward Little — Russell Allen (400, 800, 4×400 relay), Fabrice Mpoyo (100, 200), Connor Jackson (high jump, triple jump, 110H, 300H), Alex Thompson (pole vault, javelin, long jump); Lewiston — Asad Abukar (300H), Connor […]
Local roundup: Poland softball gets by York in eight innings
YORK — Morgan Brousseau ripped a single to left field in the top of the eighth inning, sending Amanda’lyn Gagne across the plate and securing 3-2 late-season softball win for Poland over York on Tuesday. Ally Gagne struck out eight for the Knights (9-7) and gave up five hits. Brousseau finished with two hits and […]
Poland girls win first conference track and field championship
NAPLES — Her arms may have failed Darcy Cochran, but never her legs. And depth didn’t fail the Poland girls, who won their first conference title. A sophomore from Cape Elizabeth, Cochran false-started before the 100-meter final of the Western Maine Conference track and field championships Saturday when she tipped forward from the blocks. “I […]