The weather was challenging, but Midcoast athletes had a strong spring
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Area athletes named to KVAC All-Star and Academic Teams
Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Spring Awards CLASS A BASEBALL ALL CONFERENCE First Team Hunter Lohr Mt. Ararat Second Team Austin Damon Mt. Ararat Henry Burnham Brunswick CLASS B BASEBALL ALL CONFERENCE First Team Jackson Walker Morse Asa Hodgdon Morse ALL ACADEMIC Cameron Daly Brunswick Hunter Lohr Mt. Ararat CLASS A SOFTBALL ALL CONFERENCE First Team […]
Pitching clinic to be held in Bowdoinham
BOWDOINHAM — The 2019 Mike Toomey Pitcher Development Clinic is set for June 24-26 at North Field at the Bowdoinham Community School at 66 Ridge Road in Bowdoinham. There will be two sessions based on age groups. Pitching Clinic One is for ages 8-11 and will go from 9 a.m. – 11a.m., Clinic Two is […]
Lisbon downs Topsham junior legion, 8-1
LISBON — With the Lisbon High School baseball team just coming off a state championship, several of its players kept the cleats on and switched jerseys to the newly formed junior legion team, Post 209. Nick Ferrence, a member on the Greyhounds championship squad this past season as a freshman, threw a complete game, scattering six hits […]
Class B South Softball Quarterfinal: Kulis paces ’Builders
WALES — The stress on Dory Kulis’ face was replaced with a wide smile when the winning pitcher’s Morse High School teammates rushed the circle to congratulate her. Kulis, who crushed a two-run homer in the first inning, notched her eighth strikeout to fend off Oak Hill in the bottom of the seventh inning. Her performance […]
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 […]
Class B South baseball: Morse advances with 6-1 win over Oak Hill
BATH —When high school baseball teams hit the playoffs, most likely gone are double-digit victories, 10-walk games and poor defensive play. Good pitching and timely hitting take center stage. Put aside a few walks and a miscue here and there, Morse benefitted from strong pitching and timely hitting to take down Oak Hill, 6-1 in a […]
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 […]
Freeport’s Cat Gould earns silver in the Class B 100
BREWER — When Anna Reny crossed the finish line of the 300-meter hurdles at the Class B state track and field championship Saturday, she was pretty sure she had set a Cony High School record. Turns out, Reny did a little better than that. With her time of 45.12 seconds, Reny set the Class B girls […]
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 […]