Casco native Kate Hall, of the University of Georgia followed her 2017 outdoor long jump championship up with a win Friday night at the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, jumping a personal best 22 feet, one inch. Hall earned All-American honors as the leader of a 1-2-3 Georgia finish in the […]
softball
Posted inLocal Sports, sj-web
Bobcat Beat: New Gloucester's Woods 25th at Nordic nationals
New Gloucester’s Kaelyn Woods, a sophomore at Bates College, finished 25th out of 40 skiers in the women’s classical technique race at the NCAA National Collegiate Ski Championships on Thursday in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Woods completed the 5-kilometer course in 16 minutes, 45.9 seconds. Her showing is Bates’ highest at the national championships in three […]
advertisement
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Patricia "Patty" Higgins
LEWISTON — Patricia “Patty” Higgins, of South Portland, unexpectedly passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 27, after complications from an illness. Patty was born Dec. 16, 1966, in Lewiston, the daughter of Rita Vachon and William “Buddy” Higgins and grew up in Sabattus. She graduated from Oak Hill High School, where she excelled as a student and […]
Posted inCommunity Sports, sj-web
Ingersoll Turf Facility announces softball league
AUBURN — “Come inside and play!” – Ingersoll Turf Facility has announced that registration is open for girls’ indoor softball until Nov. 26. This is the first year this is being offered to girls in the area, and the preliminary games that have been played have proven to be a lot of fun. The games […]
Posted inCommunity Sports, sj-web
Winthrop/Monmouth wins Oxford Hills High School Summer League title
PARIS — Winthrop/Monmouth High School won the 2017 Oxford Hills High School Summer League Championship. The team beat Lewiston 13-1 in the championship game while going 16-1 on the season. They captured their second straight league championship with a combined record of 33-1 over the past two league seasons.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston Fire Department wins first Heroes and Hitters Softball Tournament
The Lewiston Fire Department took home the championship win and bragging rights for the first Heroes and Hitters Softball Tournament Sunday afternoon. Lewiston and Auburn Fire and Police departments, along with local U.S. Army members, squared off against each other in an eight-game tournament of men’s slow-pitch softball. Sgt. 1st Class Richard Hangins, in partnership […]
Posted inCommunity Sports, sj-web
Auburn to host Men’s Draft League All-Star Game and Home Run Derby
AUBURN — The Auburn Recreation Department is announcing the first annual Men’s Slow Pitch Softball Draft League All-Star Game and Home Run Derby to be held Friday, August 4 at 6 p.m. at the Pettengill Park Softball Field in Auburn. The Draft League was a new program introduced by the Auburn Recreation Staff this summer. […]
Posted inLocal Sports, sj-web, SJVarsity
All-Region Softball: Waterman stepped in for Oak Hill
Oak Hill starting pitcher Sadie Waterman fires a pitch during a game this season. After not starting on the varsity team as a freshman, Sadie Waterman was thrust into the fire as a sophomore on the Oak Hill softball team — as the ace pitcher and the leadoff batter. Waterman got comfortable in her role, […]
Posted inLocal Sports, sj-web
UMaine softball player Alyssa Derrick wows social media with football toss
All Alyssa Derrick was doing on May 3 was tossing a football around an apartment complex parking lot. Little did the the third baseman for the University of Maine softball team know that her strong arm would lead her to become an internet sensation. Derrick, a sophomore for coach Mike Coutts’ Black Bears, has been […]
Posted inLocal Sports, SJVarsity
Bucksport rallies to edge Madison for Class C softball championship|
BREWER — The Bucksport High School softball team was on the brink of a monumental squander of a scoring opportunity in the fifth inning of Saturday’s state Class C championship game against Madison at Coffin Field in Brewer. The first four hitters produced singles but the Golden Bucks hadn’t scored because two missed bunts resulted […]