The Falcons (0-2) loaded the bases in the first inning and the seventh inning, but were held scoreless in both frames. The first three batters of the game reached, on an error and a pair of walks issued by Cougars (1-1) starter Cooper Chiasson. The sophomore right-hander got out of the jam with back-to-back strikeouts, […]
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High school softball: Falcons deny Cougars
This season, the junior is increasing the heat as she steps into the pitcher’s circle for the Falcons. With ace Lindsay Marston graduated, Laubauskas is the heir to the pitching duties this season, and she made her debut Monday against Dirigo. “I was a little nervous because this is basically my first year of actually […]
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H.S. Baseball: Oxford Hills pounces on mistakes, shuts out Lewiston
PARIS — Oxford Hills coasted to a 7-0 KVAC victory over Lewiston on Monday afternoon, but it didn’t feel like a breeze unless you were counting the one wafting across Tim Bryant Memorial Field that made spectators scramble for their winter jackets. The Vikings never tattooed the baseball. In fact, the Blue Devils wound up with […]
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High School Baseball: Big first inning for Red Eddies in win against Mt. Blue
AUBURN — In the bottom of the first inning, Jarod Norcross-Plourde helped his own cause and Grant Hartley provided the insurance as the Edward Little defeated the Mt. Blue 9-0 in a Class A baseball game at Austin Field. Norcross-Plourde, Monday’s starting pitching for EL, drove in the game-winning run with a double to score […]
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Local roundup: Girouard’s single lifts Lewiston
PARIS — Makayla Girouard belted an RBI single in the eighth inning to give Lewiston a 2-1 win over Oxford Hills in softball action Monday. Megan Theriault scattered seven hits for the Blue Devils (2-1) to earn the win. Emily Mousseau pounded out two hits for Lewiston, highlighted by a triple. Cody Akers went the […]
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Traip tramples Buckfield in baseball
BUCKFIELD — Traip earned their first win of the season with an 11-0 triumph over Buckfield in baseball action Saturday afternoon. The Bucks (0-2) remained competitive until a series of fifth inning errors eventually put the Rangers (1-1) up by more than 10 points, and failed to rally any runs in the bottom of the […]
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Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame: Capone known for reversals of fortune
Lewiston High School, with a proud tradition of eight prior state championships and enrollment numbers that dwarfed most programs in Maine, looked like the perfect location. Then came consecutive two-win seasons, piggybacked by defeats in triplicate to begin the 1985 campaign. Young and driven, Capone, who originally assumed that LHS would be a brief blip […]
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High school softball: Buckfield rallies past Traip in seventh inning
BUCKFIELD — What began as a pitcher’s duel Saturday quickly evolved into a softball slugfest. And it was the one-two punch of Mackenzie Richardson and Kali Litchfield that delivered the knockout blows in the final at-bat. Down by two runs entering the bottom of the seventh inning, Buckfield rallied for a thrilling 8-7 win over Traip. […]
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High school softball: Dirigo opens with win over Monmouth
Her Dirigo softball team loaded the bases in the top of the first but instead of breaking the game open early, Monmouth held the Cougars to just one run. It was a close game the rest of the way, but that was okay by Olsen. “Those are the fun games for me as a pitcher,” […]
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High school roundup: Phoenix ride late inning rally to beat Hornets
JAY — Shane Pelletier gave Spruce Mountain the lead with a two-run double in a five-run sixth inning, helping the Phoenix get past the Leavitt Hornets, 6-5. Austin Gilboe picked up the victory in relief for the Phoenix (1-1) after Nate Goodine went the first five innings. Leavitt (0-2) was down 6-2 going into the […]