LISBON — The Monmouth Academy baseball team was on a roll, winners of nine straight contests heading into Saturday’s Class C South semifinal against top-seeded and undefeated Lisbon. The loss for the Mustangs was an 8-3 setback to the Greyhounds May 13, with Monmouth looking for retribution. Instead, it was Lisbon that just kept rolling, earning […]
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Playoff roundups: Lisbon with Class C South quarterfinal win over OOB
LISBON — Noah Austin ripped a ground-rule two-run double in the big fourth inning and added a double in the sixth, also driving in two runs. Lisbon pounded out nine hits, with Austin going 3-for-4. Hunter Brissette and DJ Douglass chipped in a pair of base-knocks in the win. On the mound, Lucas Francis tossed […]
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 […]
Class C track and field: Winthrop’s Schmelzer enjoys record-setting day
FARMINGTON — The competition raised Jillian Schmelzer’s game at the Class C track and field championship meet Saturday, and Schmelzer raised the bar for herself and others to come after her. The Winthrop junior won the girls 100- and 400-meter titles, set school records in three events and tied a state record in one at Mt. […]
HS Baseball: Greyhounds perfection
LISBON – Lisbon’s Noah Austin had exhausted his pitch count and was close to exhausting his right arm when he reached a 1-2 count against Hall-Dale’s Patrick Rush with the tying run standing at second base in the top of the sixth inning of Friday’s Mountain Valley Conference high school baseball showdown. Austin still had enough […]
Area roundups: Ridley earns 200th win in Lisbon’s victory
WINTHROP — DJ Douglass pitched five solid innings, and the Lisbon High School baseball team pounded out 14 hits as the Greyhounds rolled to a 10-2 Mountain Valley Conference win over Winthrop on Thursday. The victory gave Lisbon coach Randy Ridley his 200th coaching win and lifted the Greyhounds to a 15-0 mark, with Hall-Dale set […]
HS softball: ’Hounds pick up big win
WINTHROP — The first batter of the game Thursday, Lisbon’s Giana Russo, roped a hard-hit single into center field. The top four in the Greyhounds’ order then proceeded to go 0 for their next 12, letting the bottom half of the lineup provide any production it could get against Winthrop senior pitcher Layne Audet. But with […]
Baseball: Marshwood’s a team on the rise in Class A
The Hawks have won six straight, including an upset of No. 1 South Portland, and a no-hit gem against No. 3 Scarborough.
Area Roundup: Mt. Ararat tops Hampden in softball action
TOPSHAM — Amanda O’Neill, Ema Hawkes, Bella West and Jaden Lohr each singled in a run during a four-run second inning as the Mt. Ararat High School softball team hustled to a 7-0 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference victory over Hampden Academy on Monday. The Eagles are 2-13 and visit Brunswick today at 4 p.m. Megan Reed, […]
HS Baseball: Greyhounds ramble on, down Winthrop
LISBON – Hunter Brissette has relished the role he has been given by Lisbon High School baseball coach Randy Ridley. Brissette serves as Ridley’s leadoff hitter, the man who sets the table for the big bats that follow. On Saturday in a key Mountain Valley Conference matchup with Winthrop, Brissette set the table for a big […]