Rangeley’s Summer Vanburen (5) battles with Richmond’s Emma Carbone (9) during season-opening East-West Conference girls’ soccer action at Richmond on Saturday. The host Bobcats came away with a 1-0 overtime win. RICHMOND — It is not often that a Richmond High School girls soccer team is held scoreless through a half of East-West Conference play. […]
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Class D softball: Penobscot Valley ends Richmond’s run, wins state title
Penobscot Valley Howlers players celebrate after receiving the championship trophy on Saturday at Standish. The Howlers downed Richmond, 4-0, in the State Class D title game. STANDISH — Prior to Saturday’s Class D softball state championship game, Penobscot Valley coach Patrick Leonard felt his team was ready for the challenge. This was the ultimate challenge […]
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H.S. Softball: Usual suspects square off in state finals
Three rivalries renewed and a returning champ against a return to the championship. Yes, the eight teams playing in Saturday’s softball state championships are all familiar names. The longest state final drought for any of the eight teams is a mere five years. Five of the eight teams were in state finals last year, with […]
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Searsport ends Richmond’s run in Class D South baseball final
STANDISH — Keys to success for the Richmond High School baseball team this season included solid defense, aggressive base running and working opponent pitch counts. On Tuesday against top-seeded Searsport at St. Joseph’s College in the Class D South regional final, the Vikings did those exact things to the No. 2 Bobcats in a 6-2 […]
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Richmond thumps Greenville in Class D South softball final
STANDISH — You can hit against the Richmond High School softball team. With a little small ball and some timely knocks, you might even be able to send a few runs across. You’ll just have a tough time scoring enough. It was the same old offensive story in Tuesday’s Class D South regional final against […]
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Men’s Lacrosse: Bates’ Weber wins national award
Bates College’s Kyle Weber (3) runs away from Middlebury College’s Cedric Rhodes during their NESCAC men’s lacrosse semifinal at Garcelon Field on the campus of Bates College in Lewiston on May 6. Bates College men’s lacrosse senior Kyle Weber was named the winner of the Fran McCall Award over the weekend. The award is given […]
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Bates’ Charlie Fay drafted by Boston Cannons
Despite being mauled by Plattsburgh State players, Bates’ Charlie Fay squeezes through to get a shot off during a playoff game in Lewiston on May 10. Bates College men’s lacrosse player Charlie Fay was selected by the Boston Cannons in the 2017 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft on Sunday. Fay, a senior attackman from Falmouth […]
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Local roundup: Bates women’s rowing reaches NCAA finals
WEST WINDSOR, N.J. — The Bates College women’s rowing team followed through on the first day of the NCAA Championships. The Bobcats, ranked No. 1 in Division III, rowed to first-place finishes in their first and second varsity eight heats Friday on Mercer Lake. Bates hadn’t raced since winning the National Invitational Rowing Championship on […]
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Softball: Richmond silences Buckfield for second time
BUCKFIELD — Through two East-West Conference meetings this year, Buckfield pitchers have been extra careful with Richmond junior Sydney Underhill-Tilton. In the first softball meeting between the two rivals in early May, Underhill-Tilton was intentionally walked three times, and in the rematch on Tuesday, Bucks hurler Abby Shields through four pitches well outside in the […]