WELLS — The Morse High 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 Class B South semifinal. […]
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Matt Regan takes over OOB boys hoops program
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Coach Regan. It’s a familiar name for basketball fans in Old Orchard Beach as John Regan led the boys basketball team for 21 years and brought home the only state championship in program history back in 1988. When the Seagulls take the court next winter there will once again be a […]
Bobcats power past Rangeley, 15-2
RICHMOND The second-seeded Richmond Bobcats exploded for 12 runs in the second inning to sail past Temple Academy, 15-2 in five innings in a Class D South quarterfinal high school baseball match on Thursday. Senior Zach Small highlighted the 12-run inning with a home run, while classmate Matt Rines added a triple in the frame. […]
Bobcats roll past Lakers
RICHMOND Sydney Underhill-Tilton put the punctuation on Thursday’s Class D South quarterfinal game, and sent a message to the rest of the teams left in the tournament. Watch out for the Bobcats. Underhill-Tilton crushed a pitch over the left-field wall for a walk-off home run — enforcing the 12-run mercy rule — as No. 2 […]
Morse softball blanks Oak Hill, 7-0
BATH You do not have to look far back to see when Morse and Oak Hill squared off in a Class B South high school softball quarterfinal game. In 2017, the Shipbuilders ended the Raiders’ season with a 9-4 win on the road. This year, the No. 5 Oak Hill squad hit the road, hoping […]
Freeport gets it done
LEWISTON There are several ingredients that go into a successful high school boys tennis program. Talent! Without it, there is little reason to expect success. Luck! Everyone needs it at times. Timing! Having everything fall into place. These three points describes this year’s Freeport team, which put it all together this season. On Thursday, the […]
TA offense explodes in quarterfinal win
SACO — Sometimes when a softball team is forced to wait 12 days for its next game there can be a little rust on the bats. That certainly wasn’t the case for No. 3 Thornton Academy as the Golden Trojans’ offense exploded for 20 hits — including four home runs — in a 21-1, five-inning […]
Mustangs punch ticket to regional semis
WATERBORO — With Grace McGouldrick on the mound for Gorham, Massabesic didn’t have many chances to score in Thursday’s Class A South softball quarterfinal. But the No. 4 Mustangs capitalized on the few opportunities they had, scoring their runs on errors in the third inning in a 2-1 victory over No. 5 Gorham (13-5). Massabesic […]
Thornton Academy falls in Class A South baseball playoffs
GORHAM — Ryan Norris has limited varsity pitching experience but the Gorham High senior knew what he needed to do against Thornton Academy. “I pitched against this team before so I knew the middle of their lineup had a lot of good hitters, so I tried to pitch them to the outside and hit the […]
No. 1 Wells rolls to playoff win
WELLS — The top-ranked Wells baseball team scored in every inning on Thursday as the Warriors rolled to a 10-0 victory over No. 8 Fryeburg Academy in the Class B South quarterfinals. Tyler Carpenter tossed a two-hitter for the Warriors, who got a solo home run and an RBI single from Mike Wrigley. Tyler Bridge […]
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