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HS Baseball Notebook: Abbott has been a big relief to Cougars

Some teams may be slogging through early-season bullpen woes (right, Mr. Valentine?), but Mt. Blue has a bullpen ace to thank for its first two wins of the season. Sophomore right-hander Cam Abbott picked up his second win in relief in a 9-6 victory over Brewer on Wednesday. Abbott tossed 5 1/3 strong innings in […]

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H.S. Lacrosse: Lewiston girls trump Edward Little

AUBURN — Edward Little scored first, but Lewiston scored often in the first half, and that made all the difference. Taylor Landry netted the game’s first goal for the Red Eddies only 24 seconds into the game, but seven different Blue Devils combined for nine consecutive goals in the 17 minutes that followed as the […]

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H.S. Baseball: Eddies drop Vikings, 8-5

AUBURN — Edward Little isn’t picky about how it gets on base. Just find a way. The Red Eddies peppered Oxford Hills pitching for 11 hits, all but one of them singles, to hand the Vikings their first loss of the season, 8-5, at Pettengill Park Wednesday. “We talk about getting cheap base hits and […]

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Free breakfast offered to all Auburn students

AUBURN — Students Emily Fraser and Ashley Rackliff, 16, stood in the Edward Little High School cafeteria breakfast line Monday and broke into smiles. “We don’t have to pay!” they said at the same time. Beginning Monday, all students attending the city’s public schools could eat breakfast for free. Auburn is one of a handful […]

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2012 High School Tennis Overview

2012 High School Tennis Overview Boys’ tennis Players to watch (alphabetically) – Zach Baillargeon, Spruce Mountain; Dan Berry, Spruce Mountain; Lucas Bonnevie, Mt. Blue; Garret Carver, Dirigo; Austin Christopher, St. Dom’s; Zack DeBlois, St. Dom’s; Ryan Flanagan, Mt. Blue; Denis Graef, Lewiston; Joe Greco, St. Dom’s; Jeremy Grignon, Dirigo; Bryan Hall, Lewiston; Evan Keating, Lisbon; […]

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Baseball: Broncos elude Eddies

AUBURN — These back-to-the-future high school baseball bats might as well be microscopes. They magnify and illuminate every error, leadoff walk, wild pitch and baserunning blunder in the scorebook. Edward Little couldn’t overcome an assortment of those ancient diamond transgressions Friday afternoon in an otherwise exceptionally played 3-1 loss to Hampden at Pettengill Park. “The […]

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H.S. Softball: Bond bats EL

AUBURN — As each inning sped by without a score Wednesday, players knew somebody would have to make something happen. After five quick, scoreless innings, Erskine’s Meryl Bond wanted to do something — anything. “The game went by really quick the first five innings or so,” the senior catcher said. “The sixth inning came and […]

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2012 High School Baseball Overview

Class A Lewiston won its first regional crown in 61 years in 2011 and has the talent back to make the wait for the next one a lot shorter. Ace Corbin Hyde returns to anchor a staff otherwise short on varsity experience but battle tested on the mound and at the plate during Gayton Post’s […]

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Boys’ Lacrosse: Devils blank Eddies in opener

AUBURN — Any late-arriving spectators Friday afternoon missed, well, pretty much everything at the Central Maine Community College lacrosse field. Most of the important stuff, anyway. Lewiston’s first five shots on goal found their final resting place in the net, the first three before Edward Little even enjoyed a full-fledged possession. The Red Eddies soon […]

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High School Track: Area overview

KVAC Athletes to watch: Boys — Connor Harris, EL (Jumps); Darnnell Hairston, EL (hurdles); Lucas Bourget, EL (dist/RW); Roger Charest, EL (sprints); Bryan Ring, EL (misc); Sully Jackson, MB (dist); Dustin Staples, MB (jumps/dist); Dustin Thompson, MB (jumps); Izaiha Tracy, MB (sprint); Justin Tracy, MB (dist); Zach Veayo, MB (RW); Mohamed Barre, Lew (dist); Rudy […]