BREWER – When the Brewer Witches wiggled out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam by surrendering just one run to Skowhegan in the top of the second inning, there was a feeling amid the crowd at a steamy Coffin Field that the top-ranked softball team in Eastern Maine Class… Read More
BANGOR – On the final day of the Eastern Maine Class A regular season, the Bangor High softball team played a close game against Cony of Augusta. Despite an attempted rally, Bangor fell short. The No. 2 Bangor Rams got another shot at the No. Read More
BREWER – Sometimes, all it takes is one play to change the momentum of a softball game. That adage proved correct eight pitches into Thursday’s Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinal between top-ranked Brewer and No. 8 Oxford Hills of South Paris at Coffin Field. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
AUGUSTA – Skowhegan softball coach Lee Johnson would like to be able to say this was all part of an elaborate plan he had, coming all the way back a .500 regular-season record, the No. 12 playoff seeding, and a preliminary playoff game on the road, but that… Read More
BANGOR – The Lawrence softball team showed Tuesday afternoon it knows how to piece together runs. Bangor managed to do that, too, but one run in the bottom of the seventh wasn’t enough to keep the No. 8 Rams’ season going. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
STANDISH – The Biddeford Tigers scored three unearned runs and those proved to be the difference as they defeated Cony of Augusta 5-2 in the Class A state softball final Saturday. It was Biddeford’s first state softball championship. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
AUGUSTA – Monica White struck out nine and hit an RBI double as the No. 2 Cony Rams knocked off the defending Class A state champion Messalonskee Eagles of Oakland 3-0 in the Eastern Maine Class A softball championship game at Cony Park. Messalonskee was… Read More
AUGUSTA – Monica White pitched a five-hit shutout and added two singles and a run scored as the second-seeded Cony Rams ousted No. 7 Hampden Academy 3-0 in a Class A regional softball quarterfinal Friday. Cony will host No. 6 Skowhegan in a semifinal tonight… Read More
BREWER – The postgame celebration was somewhat muted; no screaming or pig pile or fist-pumping. But that may have been because the Brewer softball team set off all the sparks it would need during the game. The young Witches, who have relied this year on… Read More
BREWER – Another late-inning rally, another trip to the Eastern Maine Class A final for the Brewer softball team. Jordan McLain and Christine Thoms combined to provide both offense and defense as the No. 1 Witches earned a 2-1 victory over No. 5 Messalonskee of… Read More
BANGOR – Clarice Pepper has been Messalonskee High’s starting pitcher for the last four seasons. When she took the circle for Friday’s Eastern Maine Class A softball quarterfinal against Bangor, Pepper put her considerable experience to good use. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
BREWER – The Leavitt softball team knew very little about its opponent in Thursday evening’s Eastern Maine Class A championship game. But pitcher Sam St. Hilaire did have one critical bit of information about Brewer, and she used it to her advantage. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
STANDISH – Darlene Perry tripled and finished with four RBIs to lead the Leavitt of Turner softball team to a 15-1 victory and the Class A state championship over Biddeford Monday evening at St. Joseph’s College. The Eastern Maine champion Hornets pounded out 14 hits,… Read More
BREWER – The Skowhegan softball team got off to the kind of start teams dream about in the typically low-scoring world of championship softball. The first three batters the Indians sent to the plate got hits. They scored three runs on their first time through… Read More