AUBURN — Junior pitcher Jarod Norcross-Plourde smashed a two-run home run and struck out 11 as Edward Little captured a 4-2 victory over Messalonskee in baseball action Wednesday afternoon. Grant Hartley doubled in the fourth inning for the Red Eddies (16-1). Christian Beliveau pinch ran for Hartley and scored the game-winning run. Senior designated hitter […]
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Class A North softball: Hampden gets jump on Lewiston
The Broncos belted out five hits and scored three runs in the first inning. That provided Hampden the kind of lift it wanted and put the Blue Devils in a hole. “That was awesome for us,” senior first baseman Mikala Leland said. “All season, we’ve been getting behind and then having to come back in […]
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High school softball: Lunney leads Rebels into tourney
Asked to step into the varsity coaching job at Telstar for a year or two until another coach felt he was ready for the task, Lunney was reluctant. But he accepted. Nearly 30 years later, Lunney is still coaching the Rebels — and dreading the bus rides. “It’s just a temporary assignment,” Lunney said with […]
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High school softball tourney overview
Class A North With just two seniors and many players in new positions, it was going to take some time for Oxford Hills to build some steam this season. The Vikings stumbled through a 3-4 start but rapidly improved toward a strong finish. Oxford Hills is peaking at the right time, just like it hoped. […]
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H.S. Softball: Red Eddies errors lead Lewiston to victory
AUBURN — Lewiston couldn’t capitalize Edward Little’s errors in the first three innings, and it looked like they might pay for it. In the sixth, though, Lewiston took advantage of the Eddies’ defensive mistakes in a 2-1 victory in the Battle of the Bridge softball game at Auburn Suburban Little League. EL had five errors […]
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High school roundup: Oxford Hills baseball, softball sweep
PARIS — Andrew Fleming scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the fifth inning as the Oxford Hills Vikings defeated the Mt. Blue Cougars 2-1 in a KVAC contest Thursday. Fleming had a double in the game. Jake Beauchesne hit a double in the bottom of the second and scored Oxford Hills’ (10-5) first run […]
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Apple Valley Babe Ruth results
Turner 13, Greene/Leeds 2 Turner Babe Ruth defeated Green/Leeds 13-2 in five innings.David Herman picked up the win on the mound while Cole Morin led Turner with four hits, which included a double and three singles. Cody Duguay was losing pitcher and Brent Grant scored Greene/Leeds two runs. He also had two hits. Winthrop 3, Maranacook […]
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H.S. Softball: Vikings take advantage of Lewiston’s mistakes
LEWISTON — The Oxford Hills Vikings scored in various ways in a 7-1 victory over the Lewiston Blue Devils in a KVAC softball action Monday afternoon. “The first couple of runs, I think it was on their errors,” Oxford Hills coach Cynthia Goddard said. “We started to hit that produced our own (runs). Erika did […]
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High school softball: Oak Hill rallies past Telstar
WALES — After two missed bunt attempts, Grace Sabine was a little relieved to be able to swing away Friday, but that didn’t mean the pressure was any less. The Oak Hill senior had the winning run on third and had tried to make a suicide squeeze happen, but both attempts went just foul. So […]