STANDISH — Sacopee Valley won more than its first Class C West baseball championship in 21 years this spring. It claimed the Mountain Valley Conference Invitational. And don’t you dare think the Hawks aren’t finding that part of the equation just as satisfying. “I feel like they were overlooking us,” senior pitcher Anthony Haskell said, […]
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H.S. Baseball: Saints followed Dostie to their goal
AUBURN — Patrolling shortstop for St. Dominic’s regional final-bound baseball team requires Caleb Dostie to have more range than he did protecting the net for the Saints’ regional champion hockey team. But the philosophy remains the same. The results are pretty close to identical, too. Dostie was the linchpin of the Saints’ defense late in […]
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H.S. Playoff Notebook: Saints’ tradition marches on
The emotion in the eyes of St. Dom’s junior pitcher Mike Bryant was hard to miss Saturday after he struck out 11 and delivered two bases-loaded walks at the plate in an 8-4 Class C West semifinal win over Dirigo at Harlow Park in Dixfield. It’s easy to understand why. Without his heroics, the third-seeded […]
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Class C West Baseball Semifinal: St. Dom’s dismisses Dirigo
DIXFIELD — Mike Bryant spent his Saturday afternoon climbing out of holes. On the mound, where the St. Dom’s junior fell behind Dirigo by three runs, five batters into the first inning. And in the batter’s box, where Gavin Arsenault and Kaine Hutchins made a habit of putting him in a no-ball, two-strike conundrum. “Mike […]
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H.S. baseball: Saints shake Ramblers in West C quarterfinal
AUBURN — For the third consecutive year, the Winthrop High School Ramblers traveled to St. Dominic Academy in the Western Class C baseball playoffs. In 2012, the Ramblers won a back-and-forth, two-run game in the quarterfinal round. Last year, the Saints came away with their own two-run victory in the regional semifinal. On Thursday, the […]
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H.S. tennis: Ramblers stop Saints; Phoenix advance; Devils fall
“I was just thinking, ‘Go back to the basics, get it in, don’t make stupid mistakes,’” Chamberland said. “I wanted to try and tie it up so I could have a better chance.” She tied it up, and then some, rattling off five consecutive game victories to take the first set. She then produced a […]
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H.S. boys’ lacrosse: Lewiston boosts tourney hopes
Lewiston finished the regular season with a 15-7 win over St. Dom’s, giving the Blue Devils a 5-7 mark to end the year. “We took care of it on our end,” Lewiston coach Ben Fournier said. “We won last week and today. So that’s what we had to do. We got it done and we’ll […]
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H.S. Tennis: Leavitt, McCarthy make it a Falmouth sweep; Silverman tops Hammond in semifinals
The Brunswick senior gutted out a first-set win over Falmouth’s Olivia Leavitt and went ahead two games in the second, destined to atone for last year’s loss to Leavitt in the state singles final. But Leavitt had the last laugh Monday, rallying to win six straight games to force a third set, where she battled […]
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H.S. Tennis: Hammond slices into the semifinals; Smith, Grignon, Letourneau bow out
WATERVILLE — Running laps and wind sprints practice after chilly practice this season at St. Dominic Academy helped condition freshman Bethany Hammond for Saturday’s marathon day of tennis at the MPA singles championships. Three matches and three wins later, Hammond is on her way to the Maine Principals’ Association state singles tournament semifinal round in […]
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H.S. Tennis: Rain shortens first day of singles tourney; Letourneau, Smith among those advancing
Lewiston freshman Cole Ouellette went through it all Friday in his first foray into the MPA state singles tourney. And he came away from the experience ready to do it all over again. After breezing through his round-of-48 match against Alex Chamberland of Winthrop, 6-1, 6-2, Ouellette fell behind quickly in his second-round contest against […]