Shawn Warren said he had no problem moving past his disastrous finish in the first round of this week’s New England Amateur – over the course of his final four holes, he went from 7-under to 1-over – but that didn’t make Wednesday’s second round an easy one. The problem at The Woodlands Country Club […]
Lakes Region Weekly Sports
Annual loon count held last weekend
On Saturday between 7 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., teams of volunteers went out on area lakes to count loons, and their findings will be tallied by regional coordinators in the coming weeks to determine an estimate for the loon population in southern Maine, which will be analyzed by Maine Audubon. Susan Gallo, a wildlife biologist […]
Sebago-Long Lake hits the state tourn. circuit
The Cal Ripken 11-and-under state tournament takes place this weekend at Lishness Field in Brunswick, with Sebago-Long Lake’s squad one of three teams taking part. SLL will face Gorham in the opening round Friday at 3:00 p.m. The winner will face Skowhegan Saturday at 9:30 a.m. The SLL 9-and-under all-stars are also in action this […]
Sixth-inning rally sinks Windham 11s
Windham’s 11-year-old all-stars led until the bottom of the sixth inning, when two runs resulted in walk-off, 3-2 victory for Scarborough in a District 6 Little League baseball nail-bitter Saturday at South Portland. Holding onto a 2-1 lead after two innings, Windham used strong pitching and solid defense to hold off Scarborough rallies in the […]
Sixth-inning rally sinks Windham 11s
Windham’s 11-year-old all-stars led until the bottom of the sixth inning, when two runs resulted in walk-off, 3-2 victory for Scarborough in a District 6 Little League baseball nail-bitter Saturday at South Portland. Holding onto a 2-1 lead after two innings, Windham used strong pitching and solid defense to hold off Scarborough rallies in the […]
Lakes Region Sports Digest
St. Joe’s to establish endowment St. Joseph’s College and community partners, including media and sports organizations, will launch the Frank Fixaris Memorial Endowment at a press conference on Tuesday, July 18, at 10:30 a.m. in the Harold Alfond Center at the Saint Joseph’s campus in Standish. The endowment will perpetuate the legacy of Frank Fixaris, […]
On to regionals
The Standish girls softball all-stars recently came back after losing the opening game of a tournament in Waterville and won six in a row before dropping the final. As state runners-up, the team advances to regionals next weekend in Rhode Island. Front row, left to right: Dayna Lambert, Payton Curtis, Russ Milliet, Brooke Visser and […]
Game slips from Windham in 11 innings
It took 11 innings, but Windham fell to South Portland American, 4-3, Saturday in the District 6 Little League 12-year-old all-star tournament at Yarmouth. Someone had to lose. “The kids battled hard for 11 innings,” Windham coach Marty Laberge said. “I couldn’t ask for any more out of them. We made a few mistakes, but […]
Game slips from Windham in 11 innings
It took 11 innings, but Windham fell to South Portland American, 4-3, Saturday in the District 6 Little League 12-year-old all-star tournament at Yarmouth. Someone had to lose. “The kids battled hard for 11 innings,” Windham coach Marty Laberge said. “I couldn’t ask for any more out of them. We made a few mistakes, but […]
Comeback sinks Windham in tournament opener
Windham put men on base in every inning Saturday against Westbrook, but – except for Robbie Hamilton’s home run – they couldn’t bring those runners home. Westbrook put one run across to tie the game in the fifth and brought home another in the sixth to top Windham, 3-2, in the first round of the […]