The Scarborough boys and Falmouth girls both took home team titles, and each had a performer in a starring role to help capture their respective crowns at Hampden Academy. Sam Rusak was a one-man wrecking crew for the Red Storm. The junior won four individual events — the first time anyone has done that at […]
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H.S. Baseball: Arsenault, Dirigo shut-out St. Dominic Academy
St. Dom’s starter Gavin Bates struck out 14 batters, and Dirigo’s Gavin Arsenault punched out 11 of his own. But it was Arsenault’s Cougars who scored the only runs of the game in a 2-0 win. Bates set the standard for how the game was going to play out, striking out the side in the […]
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Boys’ Lacrosse: Welch and Bowering lead Cougars past Saints
The first half was a back-and-forth affair, with the Cougars looking to move up the heal point standings and the Saints seeking their first win of the year. Up 7-5 at halftime, the Cougars shutout St. Dom’s in the second half for the 14-5 road victory. “The first half we struggled as far as passing […]
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H.S. Baseball: Dirigo tops Telstar in 9 innings
DIXFIELD — “I don’t know if it was Friday the 13th or what it was, but before long we were going to get that break and finally we got one.” That’s what Dirigo baseball coach Ryan Palmer had to say after his team’s wacky 4-3 victory in nine innings against Telstar on Friday. The Cougar […]
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H.S. Baseball: Dirigo powers past Wiscasset
DIXFIELD — Both Dirigo and Wiscasset started the first inning of their MVC baseball game with solid singles to center field. It was what happened on offense after those respective at-bats that told the story of Friday’s duel on the diamond. Wiscasset couldn’t do anything with their lead-off hit, while Dirigo plated three runs. The […]
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H.S. Baseball: Dirigo, Arsenault outlast Oak Hill, 4-3
No great surprise, then, that Cougars’ senior southpaw Gavin Arsenault found another gear, notched a strikeout and coaxed a harmless ground ball to escape a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning and seal a 4-3 victory Friday afternoon at Harlow Park. The Cougars (3-1) won their third game in five days after a season-opening loss […]
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H.S. Baseball: Dirigo survives against Mountain Valley
The Falcons (0-2) loaded the bases in the first inning and the seventh inning, but were held scoreless in both frames. The first three batters of the game reached, on an error and a pair of walks issued by Cougars (1-1) starter Cooper Chiasson. The sophomore right-hander got out of the jam with back-to-back strikeouts, […]
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High School Baseball: Big first inning for Red Eddies in win against Mt. Blue
AUBURN — In the bottom of the first inning, Jarod Norcross-Plourde helped his own cause and Grant Hartley provided the insurance as the Edward Little defeated the Mt. Blue 9-0 in a Class A baseball game at Austin Field. Norcross-Plourde, Monday’s starting pitching for EL, drove in the game-winning run with a double to score […]
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H.S. Baseball: Monmouth slugs, hustles past Dirigo
MONMOUTH — Monmouth Academy’s first trip through the batting order Friday afternoon against Dirigo High School ace Gavin Arsenault was a cluster of K’s. Six of the nine Mustangs struck out, each one down swinging. The next cycle, however, was a cacophony of contact. Gage Cote scored all the way from first on a single to […]