Spruce Mountain’s Logan Moffett is tagged out at home plate by Lisbon’s catcher Noah Austin during Friday afternoon’s baseball game in Livermore. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LIVERMORE FALLS — In Friday’s rapidly moving pitchers’ duel, it only seemed fitting that a lead would evaporate in an instant. Spruce Mountain rallied for three runs in the sixth, […]
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Local roundup: Kearing's homer helps Mt. Abram baseball beat Dirigo
SALEM — Luke Kearing smashed a two-run home run in the fourth inning that allowed Mt. Abram to salvage a 8-7 baseball win over Dirigo on Monday. Kearing led his squad with two hits in the contest, while Kenyan Pillsbury also belted out a pair of hits. Evan McKay contributed two hits for Mt. Abram. […]
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Timeout: Look for Daigle at Harvard Yard in September
Gravitas can’t be measured, but you can see it and hear it in Spruce Mountain senior Jordan Daigle, who unknowingly acquired this particular skill as an exceptional and civic-minded student — and a talented athlete. According to our good friends at Oxford Living Dictionaries, gravitas means “dignity, seriousness, or solemnity of manner.” Gravitas eludes some […]
Posted insj-web, Softball, Varsity Maine
Winthrop shuts down Spruce Mountain behind Audet's 10 k's
According to Winthrop softball coach Chuck Gurney, pitcher Layne Audet was throwing 51 miles-per-hour in the first inning. In the seventh inning, the radar showed the same. Audet used that speed to strike out 10 Spruce Mountain batters en route to a 4-1 win over the Phoenix in a pivotal matchup that had playoff implications […]
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Roundup: Lewiston baseball edges Brunswick; Spruce Mtn. sweeps Mtn. Valley
BRUNSWICK — After each team scored a run in the first inning, Lewiston was able to scrape together a run each in the fourth and fifth innings to hold off Brunswick 3-2 in a Class A North baseball game on Tuesday. Ben Chasse of Lewiston (4-3) pitched 1 2/3 innings in relief and earned the […]
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Local roundup: Mt. Abram baseball rallies past Spruce Mountain
JAY — Sam Storer belted a well-timed RBI double in the sixth inning that ignited a seven-run rally as Mt. Abram edged Spruce Mountain in a hard-fought baseball tilt Monday. Ben Dibiase and Hayes Warren led the Roadrunners (4-3) with two hits and two RBIs each. Warren picked up the win after relieving Storer in […]
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H.S. roundup: Leavitt softball rallies past Lawrence
FAIRFIELD — Leavitt rallied for three runs in the third frame and managed to hang on for a 6-5 victory over Lawrence in a hard-fought softball tilt Friday. Emily Swan led the Hornets with three hits, including a double, while Leah Maheux belted out a pair of hits. The Bulldogs were paced by Haley Holt […]
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H.S. softball: Spruce Mountain escapes Monmouth Academy in nine innings
Spruce Mountain’s Haley Turcotte slides safely into home as Monmouth Academy’s Abby Ferland waits for the ball in the first inning during a softball game in Monmouth on Friday. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) MONMOUTH — Spruce Mountain softball coach Clint Brooks was so proud of his team’s 3-1 victory over talented Monmouth Academy that not even […]
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Baseball: Hall-Dale dismisses Spruce Mountain
Spruce Mountain shortstop Nick Lombardi waits for the ball as Hall-Dale’s Akira Warren slides into second base in a baseball game at Griffin Field in Livermore Falls on Wednesday afternoon. LIVEMORE FALLS — Hall-Dale’s 10-run, third-inning flare-up was more than enough to ruin Spruce Mountain’s day. The undefeated Bulldogs (5-0) used five key hits and […]
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Tennis news and notes: Teams still feeling the effects of the weather
For teams across the region, it has been a slow start to the tennis season as Mother Nature has played havoc with the schedule since the season officially got underway on April 12. There are some teams, like the Mountain Valley boys, who had their first regular season match this past Saturday against Hall-Dale — […]