BASEBALL Coach: Steve Shukie (third year, 30-12 overall record) 2022 record: 16-5 (Lost, 3-2, to Ellsworth in Class B state final) Top returning players: Zane Aguiar (Senior), Aidan Heath (Senior), Aaron Converse (Junior), Thomas Roy (Junior) Pivotal games: April 26 YARMOUTH, April 28 @ Cape Elizabeth, May 1 YORK, May 3 @ Gray-New Gloucester, May […]
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Waynflete Flyers Spring Sports Preview
BASEBALL (co-op with North Yarmouth Academy) Coach: Paul Grazia (10th year) 2022 record: 13-5 (Lost, 11-2, to Monmouth Academy in Class C South quarterfinals) Top returning players: Jack Byrne (Senior), Lincoln Smith (Senior), Cooper St. Hilaire (Senior), Daxton St. Hilaire (Senior), Cole Lambert (Junior) Pivotal games: April 24 MARANACOOK, May 8 @ Old Orchard Beach, May 12 SACOPEE […]
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Portland Bulldogs Spring Sports Preview
BASEBALL Coach: Kevin Winship (first year) 2022 record: 10-7-1 (Lost, 8-5, to Falmouth in Class A South quarterfinals) Top returning players: Henry Bibeau (Senior), Liam Fay-LeBlanc (Senior), Sam Payne (Senior), Reegan Buck (Junior) Pivotal games: April 21 @ TA, May 2 @ Cheverus, May 11 @ Falmouth, May 20 SOUTH PORTLAND, May 23 @ Scarborough, […]
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Number of sports officials dwindling to crisis level, but Alfond center seeks to train next generation in Waterville area
Alfond Youth & Community Center hosted a clinic Saturday to help bolster the ranks of local baseball and softball umpires. Leaders say there is a national shortage of sports officials caused by their poor treatment at the hands of coaches, parents and fans.
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Maine Voices: Pitchers and catchers report
A non-fan tries to introduce his son to the wide world of sports via the town baseball clinic. Things almost immediately don’t go as planned.
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Cape names new baseball coach
Donny Dutton replaces Glenn Reeves this spring.
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Tom Purcell: Rooting for my baseball heroes
It was one of the most awesome experiences of my childhood. It happened 50 years ago on an overcast day in Pittsburgh on Sept. 30, 1972. My Little League team had cheap-seat tickets in right field in Three Rivers Stadium. My dad and some coaches took us to the game and all of us had […]
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Raw Affiliation repeats as Wood Bat League champion
Raw Affiliation (a team sponsored by South Portland High School graduate Dylan Rottkov, aka Dylan Raw) recently won The Edge Wood Bat League tournament for the second year in a row. The team’s core of seniors, John Poole, Andrew Heffernan, Richie Gilboy and Nolan Hobbs, have put together quite the resume in their time as […]
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Bates College’s baseball team once played the Ku Klux Klan (and won)
At least two New Engand baseball teams after the Civil War were named after the KKK, including one in Bangor
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Portland Little League team wins state title
Age 9/10 all-stars off to regional tournament