PORTLAND When left-handed pitcher Dedgar Jimenez arrived in Portland last July, his impact was immediate — Eight games (seven starts), 5-0 record, 2.91 ERA. This season, after taking another loss Sunday, Jimenez is 1-5 with a 5.81 ERA. A couple of pitches, here and there. Jimenez, 22, struck out seven and walked one Sunday, but […]

SOUTH HIRAM Brynn Hink’s two-run first-inning homer provided a quick lead, and Lakyn Hink laced a three-run double during an eight-run third as second seeded Sacopee Valley (16- 2) downed third-seeded Lisbon (13-5), 12-2, in a Class C South high school softball semifinal on Saturday. Brenna Humphrey and Brynn Hink had two hits each for […]

RICHMOND Last year, it was easy. The Richmond High School baseball team breezed into the Class D South regional final with a mercy-rule, no-sweat, blowout win over Greenville. On Friday, it was still Greenville in the semifinals, but this was a different team. A different pitcher. And a far different game. Ultimately, however, it was […]

LISBON There was no quit in the Lisbon High School baseball team on Saturday in a Class C South semifinal with the Maranacook Black Bears. Down 6-1 in the sixth, the Greyhounds reeled off three runs, highlighted by a Noah Austin two-run triple. Then in the seventh, trailing 7-4, Lisbon had the tying run at […]

RICHMOND Eight straight years, eight seasons of Class D South dominance for the Richmond High School softball Bobcats. That is the mountain that faced No. 3 Buckfield in Friday’s Class D South semifinal against second-seeded Richmond. In many of those seasons of the Bobcat dynasty, it was the Bucks that ultimately suffered the fate of […]

LEWISTON For a 30-minute period, Freeport had the lead in the State Class B boys high school tennis championship at Lewiston High School on Saturday. Clay Canterbury gave the Falcons that edge, rolling to a 6-1, 6-2 win over Caribou’s Alec Cyr at No. 2 singles. With top Falcons singles player Wes Goodwin warming up […]

BRUNSWICK After playing in the State Class A Championship the last three years, winners of two, the Brunswick High School boys lacrosse team has its sights set on competing for the Class B title this year. Saturday was a good start for the second-seeded Dragons, downing their crosstown “Battle of the Bridge” rival and seventh-seeded […]

WELLS The Morse High School softball team may have been unheralded and unknown entering the Class B South softball playoffs, but everyone knows who the Shipbuilders are now. Freshman Julia Goddard’s bloop RBI single in the sixth inning Saturday lifted fourth-seeded Morse to a 3-2 upset of top-ranked Wells in a B South semifinal. Now […]