Buckfield left fielder Margaret Bragg makes a running catch in foul territory during Wednesday’s game against Greenville High School in Standish. Bragg made an out on the play. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) STANDISH — Buckfield coach Sandy Albert had no interest in pulling her team down from Cloud 9 after beating eight-time regional champion Richmond in […]
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H.S. softball: Greenville fights back, beats Buckfield for D South title
Buckfield assistant coach Dan Jack sends Julia Dow home for a fourth inning run against Greenville High School on Wednesday. Dow’s run cut Greenville’s lead to 7-3. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) STANDISH — A two-run top of the first inning fired up Buckfield in Wednesday’s Class D South softball regional final. The problem for the Bucks […]
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H.S. softball: Oxford Hills knocks off Skowhegan for A North title
Oxford Hills pitcher Lauren Merrill (6) holds up her hand in victory after striking out Skowhegan’s Wylie Bedard (15) to win the Class A North softball championship game at Winslow High School on Tuesday. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) WINSLOW — Scoring four runs against Skowhegan proved to be impossible during the regular season, but Oxford […]
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H.S. softball: Oxford Hills' Kahkonen sisters embracing final season together
Sisters Kenzie, left, and Kori Kahkonen play softball at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Kori Kahkonen sat on the bench watching one of the lowest points of older sister Kenzie’s career. Fast-forward a year and the sisters will be in the field together for what they hope is one of the highest points […]
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H.S. softball: Fast-starting Madison back in C South final after dispatching Winthrop
Winthrop’s Sam Allen slides safely into second base before Madison’s Whitney Bess can apply the tag in a Class C South semifinal Saturday in Madison. (Michael G. Seamans/Kennebec Journal) MADISON — Every team talks about starting quickly. Not every team can do it. The unbeaten Madison softball team has turned the quick start into an […]
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H.S. softball: Skowhegan's Alward shuts down Edward Little in A North semis
SKOWHEGAN — For a few moments Saturday, it looked as if Edward Little hitters might catch up to Skowhegan ace Ashley Alward. Chantal Ouellette led off the second inning with a vicious line drive that Alyssa Everett picked off in right field, then Anna LeBlanc drove a ball near the top of the 10-foot fence […]
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H.S. softball: Merrill leads Vikings at plate, on mound, defeats Broncos
Oxford Hills’ Kenzie Kahkonen gets ready to tag out Hampden Academy’s Brooklyn Scott, who was trying to stretch a double into a triple during Saturday’s Class A North semifinal at Gouin Athletic Complex. (Lee Horton/Sun Journal) PARIS — Lauren Merrill took the circle for second-seeded Oxford Hills and allowed only five Hampden Academy base runners […]
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H.S. softball: Greely edges Gray-NG 1-0 in Class B South semifinal
Gray-New Gloucester shortstop Lydia Espling tags out Greely’s Kelsey Currier trying to steal second during the Rangers’ win in a Class B South semifinal in Gray on Saturday. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) GRAY — Mistakes are magnified during a pitchers’ duel, and even more so in the playoffs. Greely was the beneficiary of “one little hiccup,” […]
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H.S. Softball: Buck the trend: Buckfield ends Richmond's eight-year title run
RICHMOND — Eight straight years, eight seasons of Class D South dominance for the Richmond High School softball Bobcats. That is the mountain that faced No. 3 Buckfield in Friday’s Class D South semifinal against second-seeded Richmond. In many of those seasons of the Bobcat dynasty, it was the Bucks that ultimately suffered the fate […]
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Vikings, Devils, Eddies top-five in Varsity Maine baseball poll; Oxford Hills, Lewiston in softball rankings
The top 10 baseball and softball teams in Maine, as voted on by reporters from the Press Herald, Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel, Sun Journal, Forecaster, Times Record and Journal Tribune, with first-place votes in parentheses, followed by total points. Through games of 6/6/18 BASEBALL 1. Bangor (6) 60 2. South Portland 53 3. Oxford Hills 47 […]