Kemble allowed a one-out, infield single in the bottom of the first inning on a slow roller to shortstop Kyle Stevenson, whose high throw to first likely wouldn’t have beaten Evan Cox to the bag. Kemble recovered and retired the next 10 batters in a dominant outing. “My fastball worked pretty well, and my curveball […]
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H.S. Baseball: Monmouth slugs, hustles past Dirigo
MONMOUTH — Monmouth Academy’s first trip through the batting order Friday afternoon against Dirigo High School ace Gavin Arsenault was a cluster of K’s. Six of the nine Mustangs struck out, each one down swinging. The next cycle, however, was a cacophony of contact. Gage Cote scored all the way from first on a single to […]
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Roundup: Leavitt softball opens with win
GARDINER — Catcher Kaitlyn DeBlois smacked a two run home run in the fifth inning as the Leavitt Hornets defeated the Gardiner Tigers in their softball opener, 5-1. The Hornets got single runs in the top of the first, third and seventh. Angela Daigle had a double in the third and also had a single […]
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A-L Hall of Fame: Delahanty had some help along the way
John D. Delahanty, a former Lewiston High School standout athlete who did one tour in Vietnam as a U.S. Army intelligence officer, figures he is in good company with the rest of Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame’s finest. Delahanty played on three Lewiston High School football championship teams, beginning his sophomore year, in 1963, ’64 […]
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Boys’ Lacrosse: Lewiston blasts rival Edward Little
The game was originally supposed to be played at Walton Field in Auburn, but was moved to the turf in Lewiston for a better playing surface. The two rivals spent the first half of the opening quarter getting acquainted with each other, splitting four shots on goal evenly but none went in. Then the goals […]
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High school roundup: Blue Devils collar Bulldogs
FAIRFIELD — Catcher Meagan Gosselin ripped a home run and Kallie May added a triple as Lewiston pounded out seven hits and plated three runs in the seventh inning to upend Lawrence, 6-3, in the first game of the season Wednesday. Danielle Cyr and Megan Theriault combined to strike out eight batters for the Blue […]
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H.S. Baseball: Edward Little outlasts Brewer in eight
AUBURN — Drew Lashua belted a game-tying double in the sixth inning Wednesday, but the Edward Little senior missed a home run by a fraction of an inch. His 330-foot bomb smacked the yellow, plastic, protective covering atop the right field fence and caromed back into play. Two frames later, in a deadlocked game of inches […]
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High School Softball: Brewer rallies, but Red Eddies prevail in softball opener
AUBURN — Pitcher Sarah Hammond and the Edward Little Red Eddies were cruising through six innings in their opening softball game against the Brewer Witches on Wednesday afternoon at Auburn Suburban Little League. In the seventh inning, the Witches wouldn’t go down without a fight even though they were down 6-0. They sent eight batters […]
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H.S. Baseball: Kennebunk puts away Gray-New Gloucester
The Gray-NG pitchers had a problem early on of putting the leadoff Kennebunk batter on, doing do in each of the first four innings. The first instance was harmless. Derek Smith smacked a first-inning double off of Gray-NG starter Daulton Corthell, but Corthell stranded him there by retiring the next three batters. Zander Kosmala then […]
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High school softball: Phoenix fend off Black Bear rally
Phoenix coach Clint Brooks wanted his kids to stay calm and composed with a two-run lead on Maranaccok with three outs to get. That quickly changed when the Black Bears put two lead runners on base. “We talked about it before we went onto the field,” Brooks said. “I said, ‘Just remember, we’ve got a […]