STANDISH — The Freeport High School baseball team had played in a lot of close games this year on its way to winning the Class B South region, and Saturday’s State Final against Ellsworth was no different. Starting pitcher Matt Burnett’s sacrifice fly in the top of the fifth broke a scoreless tie as the Ellsworth righty pitched […]
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Baseball: Class A finalists feature tough pitching staffs
In other state championship games, Freeport goes for its first title in Class B and Lisbon looks to avenge its Class C loss to Orono two years ago.
Freeport seeks first baseball state championship Saturday
First-year coach Kyle Goodrich preaches a team-first philosophy that has the Falcons on an eight-game win streak heading into the game against Ellsworth.
Freeport baseball: Oh brother, it’s a family thing
FREEPORT — Throughout the season when taking a look at the Freeport High School baseball team lineup, it is easy to be a bit confused. Up and down the lineup, fans will find three sets of brothers taking up two-thirds of the Falcons’ lineup card. “I’ve known these six kids a long time,” first-year varsity coach […]
HS Baseball: Cockburn duo pitch Freeport to B Final
STANDISH – Heath Cockburn had it going on the hill for the Freeport High School baseball team at Saint Joseph’s College on Tuesday. Through 4 2/3 innings, the junior right-hander had seven strikeouts and had held top-seeded York to just five hits and a run, holding a 2-1 lead. Still, first-year Freeport coach Kyle Goodich […]
Class C girls lacrosse: NYA wins OT thriller in Freeport, 17-16
FREEPORT — If you were looking for offense with neither team holding more than a two-goal lead at any point, Saturday’s Class C girls lacrosse quarterfinal between North Yarmouth Academy and Freeport at Joan Benoit Samuelson Track and Field was the place to be. Natalie Farrell took a pass from Helen Hamblett and scored the winning goal […]
Class B South baseball: Falcons swing their way into the B South semis
FREEPORT — To win baseball games you need to score runs. To get runs, you need baserunners, and baserunners can get on base in many ways. Freeport took advantage of six walks and a hit batter, pounding out 11 hits, including seven in a decisive five-run fifth on its way to a 10-3 victory over Wells […]
Class B Tennis Regional: Clippers put away Falcons
PORTLAND – High school tennis can be cruel. With five matches being contested at the same time at the APEX Racket and Fitness Center on Thursday, the Freeport Falcon boys were able to see the fate that was coming all around them. With Yarmouth leading on courts 1, 2 and 4, the Clippers made the Falcons’ […]
Class C boys lacrosse prelim: Freeport explodes in second half for 20-5 win
FREEPORT — Upset-minded No. 10 Lincoln Academy rolled off the bus on Wednesday and kept up with the seventh-seeded Falcons over the first 24 minutes, trailing by only two goals at the halftime break. But Freeport scored three goals in the first four-and-a-half minutes of the second half, totaling nine in the frame to pull away […]
Onto the postseason: Playoff fields set in baseball, softball, lax; tennis regionals this week
BRUNSWICK — The spring was not kind to those who love being outside, enjoying what is typically a wonderful time to live in Maine. It was wet, cold, and certainly not the type of things we like to see for the spring high school sports season. Rainouts and muddy, soft fields, certainly made it a challenge […]
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