The Biddeford Tigers lost two competitive regular-season games to Scarborough this spring, but won the game that counted most, Tuesday’s Western Maine Class A softball final. Coach Leon Paquin’s club ended the Red Storm’s 42-game winning streak and earned a date with Eastern Maine champ… Read More
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    HAMDPEN – Cody Johndro’s two-run home run in the third inning lifted Hampden to a 3-1 American Legion baseball victory over Steamboat Petroleum of Waldo County at Bordick Park Thursday night. Josh Tardiff hit a solo homer in the fourth for Hampden and also doubled… Read More
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    BREWER – The Medomak Valley of Waldoboro softball team has enjoyed a magical journey through the Eastern Maine Class B playoffs, as the eighth-ranked Panthers have upset top-seeded Hermon and No. 4 John Bapst of Bangor on their way to the Eastern Maine finals. Momentum… Read More
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    Curt Smith, who recently completed his senior season at the University of Maine, has garnered another postseason honor. The first baseman has been named to the American Baseball Coaches Association Northeast Region first team, it was announced Wednesday. Smith and Mike Stephan of Stony Brook… Read More
    SEARSPORT – Tyler Miles hit a home run, a double and a single with two RBIs to spark Steamboat Petroleum of Waldo County to an 8-2 American Legion baseball victory over the Calais Suns Wednesday. Josh Nickerson doubled and singled with an RBI and Miles… Read More
    HERMON – Winterport’s Billie Allen answered a challenge and pocketed an extra $70 for her efforts at the Wacky Wednesday race card at Speedway 95. Track co-owner Del Merritt offered an additional $50 to any woman who won the Double O race in the Little… Read More
    Ian Edwards of Bangor and Kyle Stilphen of Gardiner are among four finalists for the 2008 Dr. John Winkin Award symbolic of the state’s Mr. Baseball. That award will be presented at approximately 6 p.m. on June 27, just before the 17th annual Larry Mahaney… Read More
    BREWER – Wednesday night’s Eastern Maine Class D softball championship game brought together two of the top pitchers in the region. The duel between the two senior standouts lasted only 21/2 innings. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
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    BANGOR – Pitching on the big stage of an Eastern Maine Class A baseball final being witnessed by a thousand or more fans can be a daunting challenge. But Brewer righthander Greg Higgins gradually rose to that occasion Tuesday night, pitching a six-hitter while his… Read More
    BREWER – The Calais softball team demonstrated tremendous enthusiasm Tuesday night, chanting incessantly from the outset during their Eastern Maine Class C championship game. The second-seeded Blue Devils took advantage of their carefree approach, scoring four runs in the first inning then holding on for… Read More
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    TRENTINO, Italy – The U.S. National Team was hoping to repeat last year’s medal-winning performance in the ream relay competition on Tuesday’s opening day of competition at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships but had to settle for an eighth-place finish. The foursome of Georgia… Read More
    Erin Flynn of Hancock, a senior at John Bapst of Bangor, capped off her high school tennis career with a second-place finish in the girls singles division of the New England High School Tennis Championships at West Hartford, Conn. Flynn, who reached the semifinals of… Read More
    The Maine Principals’ Association on Monday revised its schedule for the Eastern Maine Class A baseball and softball championships, moving Tuesday’s games from Augusta to Mansfield Stadium in Bangor and Coffin Field in Brewer. The changes were prompted by the geographic reality all four teams… Read More
    Dick Fortier of Caribou arrived in Greenville on Saturday afternoon, eager to take a daylong ride in Dan Legere’s drift boat. Fortier admitted he’d never been in a drift boat before, and had done a bit of research to see what he was getting into. Read More
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    ASHLAND – Woodland’s Shelby Bassett pitched a no-hitter, but top-seeded Ashland scratched out a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to earn a 1-0 victory in their Eastern Maine Class D softball semifinal. Taylor Baker reached on a walk and scored the game’s… Read More
    STACYVILLE – Tom Anderson hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning to score pinch-runner Richard Qualey tagged from third base and beat the throw home to cap a four-run rally to lead No. 2 Katahdin to an 11-10 victory over No. 11 Deer Isle-Stonington… Read More
    Often times much of a high school baseball team’s success is crafted during the offseason, particularly through the American Legion schedule that spans each summer. But because of the success of several Eastern Maine high school teams this spring, the start of the 2008 American… Read More
    Maine’s finest high school track and field athletes put on a show at Saturday’s New England championship meet at Thornton Academy’s Hill Stadium in Saco. Pine Tree State athletes combined for eight first-place finishes – Jesse Labreck of Messalonskee in Oakland and Greely of Cumberland… Read More
    BELFAST – Scott Benzie, who has nearly two decades of basketball coaching experience at the high school and college levels, has been named the new boys varsity basketball coach at Belfast Area High School. Benzie, whose nomination was approved Thursday night by the SAD 34… Read More
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    Hanging around the batting cage anywhere, much less Fenway, is not a bad way to pass the time and hear some good stories as well. Pitcher Chad Bradford of the Orioles gave up the 500th home run to Manny Ramirez in Baltimore last week and… Read More
    Bangor all-sports radio station WZON (620 AM) came away from the annual Maine Associated Press (AP) Broadcast Association awards banquet last month with an .833 batting average. The Sports Zone left with three firsts, a second, and two thirds, winning prizes for six of the… Read More
    Two youth soccer teams representing the Hampden-based Blackbear United Football Club have qualified to compete in the U.S. Youth Soccer Region I Championships to be held beginning June 26 in Greater Portland. Blackbear United’s Under-12 boys and Under-12 girls squads both earned berths in the… Read More
    Families or individuals looking thinking about getting into kayaking, along with those who are already passionate about the sport, might want to head to L.L. Bean in Freeport June 21-22 for the company’s 27th annual PaddleSports Festival. This year’s event will feature a variety of… Read More
    KITTERY – Following are the 3,015 permit winners in this year’s moose hunt drawing who were randomly selected by computer to participate in the 28th annual hunt starting in September. The list of permit winners contains the following information, in order: name, town, county, the… Read More
    KITTERY – Zachary Provost of Sabattus didn’t plan on heading to the Kittery Trading Post on Thursday night. He had entered the state’s annual moose lottery seven previous times and hadn’t had any luck. He had other plans. Then he decided to add another stop… Read More
    BANGOR – Brennan Perry and the other seniors on the Hampden Academy baseball team had come up empty during four years of varsity competition against Bangor. But given one final opportunity during their Eastern A quarterfinal at Mansfield Stadium on Thursday, the Broncos ended that… 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
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    BREWER – Just 10 days ago, Brewer’s Witches jumped on Edward Little pitching early, seized momentum, and never let it go. In Thursday afternoon’s rematch at the Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinal game on Heddericg Field, the top-seeded Witches scored twice in the first, but… Read More
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    DYER BROOK – Darin Flewelling hit a double, two singles and drove in two runs as fourth-ranked Southern Aroostook built a 7-0 lead and held on for a 7-5 Eastern Maine Class D baseball quarterfinal victory over No. 5 Fort Fairfield Thursday. Rob Toothaker had… Read More
    BANGOR – Kate Freudenberger’s triple off the center field fence drove home Amy Wadleigh with the game-winning run with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning as No. 2 Bangor edged No. 7 Nokomis of Newport 1-0 Thursday for an Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinal softball… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – Dillon Wilbur hit a two-run triple in the sixth inning to tie it at 13-13 and Ryan Maddocks brought Wilbur home with a sacrifice fly to give No. 3 Ellsworth the 14-13 Eastern Maine Class B baseball quarterfinal win over No. 6 Waterville Thursday. Read More
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    WATERVILLE – Colby College will host the McNally Senior All-Star field hockey game June 28 in conjunction with the Maine Games. The game, featuring the state’s top senior high school players from 2007, starts at 7:30 p.m. and will be preceded by the Maine Field Hockey Association Alumnae… Read More
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    WINSLOW – Katie Caron’s squeeze bunt in the bottom of the seventh inning capped a two-run rally as No. 3 Winslow dodged No. 14 Belfast’s upset bid and the Black Raiders prevailed 6-5 in an Eastern Maine Class B softball prelim. Beth Fisher contributed an… Read More
    Riley Masters of Bangor, Hilary Maxim of Old Town and Ben Sinclair of Brewer head up a healthy contingent of Maine track and field stars competing in Saturday’s New England Championships. The Maine athletes won’t have to go very far this year, as this year’s… Read More
    BRUNSWICK – Knox native Adrienne Shibles on Wednesday was named the head women’s basketball coach at Bowdoin College. Shibles, a 1987 graduate of Mount View High School in Thorndike, replaces Stefanie Pemper, who resigned in April to become the head coach at the United States… Read More
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    CHICAGO – Fryeburg Academy’s Hannah Hill was named the 2007-08 Gatorade Maine Softball Player of the Year. The 5-foot-5 junior pitcher started 15-1 with a 0.19 ERA and 221 strikeouts in 108 innings this season. She led the Raiders to a 15-1 record heading into… Read More
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    HAMPDEN – Lacey Littlefield pitched a three-hit shutout with 16 strikeouts to lead No. 6 Hampden Academy to a 1-0 high school softball victory over No. 11 Leavitt in Class A prelim action Tuesday. Kasey Belcher hit a leadoff double in the third inning and… Read More
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    ELLSWORTH – Anna Seavey hit a second-inning grand slam to spark a seven-run inning and lead No. 5 Ellsworth to a 13-8 high school softball victory over No. 12 Central in a Class B prelim Tuesday. Lily Cooper had two bunt singles and two RBIs… Read More
    MILLINOCKET – Porter Gervais hit two singles, a double and a sacrifice fly and finished with four RBIs to give No. 11 Houlton an upset win over No. 6 Stearns, 8-3, in an Eastern Maine Class C baseball prelim Tuesday. Hunter Caron had two singles… Read More