softball
Wounded Warrior softball team tours Maine
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Each one remembers the date. For Josh Wege, it was Oct. 4, 2009. He was in a light armored vehicle in Afghanistan when it rolled over an improvised explosive device — which, after nearly a decade and a half at war, many Americans know better by the acronym IED. Wege, then […]
H.S. softball: Skowhegan slugs way to A crown
The Skowhegan softball team wanted Thornton Academy to know what to expect Saturday afternoon and a barrage of hits and runs in the first inning signalled that effectively. “I think it let them know that this was going to be a contest,” Skowhegan coach Lee Johnson said. “They weren’t just a team showing up and […]
Class D softball: Martin, Richmond dismiss Limestone
BREWER — Richmond High School freshman right-hander Meranda Martin did something no pitcher has been able to do this season during Saturday’s state Class D softball final: hold Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics to fewer than seven runs. She held the Eagles to five runs on nine hits and the Bobcats used […]
H.S. softball: Madison tops Calais for Class C crown
Madison’s freshman second baseman thought she had produced a measly two-out single Saturday, but as she legged it around the bases, her hit to right became something far greater. “When I hit it, I didn’t think it was going to go that far,” Wood said. “I thought I was just going to get a base […]
H.S. softball: Richmond claims fifth straight title
STANDISH — Meranda Martin watched her older sister pitch and play for the Richmond Bobcats and win her share of championships in the process. It set the bar high for the freshman hurler. “I kept watching my sister play all four years, and I wanted to be out there playing with her,” Martin said. Martin […]
Western Class C softball: Madison shuts down Hall-Dale for regional crown
STANDISH — When Emily McKenney was asked prior to Tuesday’s game what her game plan was, she answered with a blank stare. “My pitching coach asked me what my strategy was, and I was like, ‘Um I don’t have one,’” McKenney said. No strategy? No problem for McKenney and the Madison Bulldogs. The senior pitcher […]
H.S. softball: Bulldogs edge Falcons in 10 innings
FARMINGDALE — Eva Shepherd didn’t get exactly what she wanted but it was what she and her Hall-Dale teammates needed. The Bulldogs shortstop had the winning run standing at third base Monday and the bat and destiny in her hands. “Usually I’m so nervous,” Shepherd said. “I was just thinking about getting a single. Of […]