AUBURN — Eric Hall experienced every kid’s baseball fantasy Sunday afternoon. He cranked a hanging curve ball over the Green Monster for a game-winning, two-run blast. Hall had barely enough space to finish his trot between third base and home plate before his four teammates — the aptly named Walk Off Warriors — pummeled him […]
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Girls’ tennis: Lally sets the pace
Frankie Lally had her hands full this spring. Edward Little’s multi-sport star was coming off a solid senior season in basketball for the Red Eddies, and immediately began training for her spring sports. Yes, that’s sports, plural. Lally is an all-star track and field athlete, and also spent time with the school’s tennis team, earning […]
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Boys’ Track: High times for Harris
On its toughest days, track and field might seem repetitive. Now imagine hitting a plateau in your best event and going weeks, then months, without breaking through it. Edward Little High School sophomore Connor Harris confronted that combined physical and mental barrier when he was stuck at six feet, two inches in the high jump […]
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The Hot Corner: Devils, Saints pulled rank in 2010-11
It’s the third Sunday in June, and it’s more than Father’s Day. It marks the end of the fiscal year for anyone who covers high school sports for a living. Here in the cozy confines of the Sun Journal toy department, we could celebrate this passage in a variety of ways. — Imbibe moderately. But […]
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Eastern A Baseball Semifinals: Mistakes cost EL in 10-0 loss
BANGOR — Edward Little surrendered five unearned runs in the first inning of Saturday’s Eastern Class A baseball semifinal and never recovered. The cushion was more than enough for Bangor’s Curtis Worcester, who tossed a three-hitter as the second-seeded Rams crushed the sixth-seeded Red Eddies, 10-0, in a game that was called in the bottom […]
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Class A track: EL boys finish 2nd, girls 3rd
WINDHAM — It was going to take a superior effort. That’s what Edward Little boys’ track and field coach Ryan LaRoche knew going into Saturday’s Class A state championship meet. He knew his Red Eddies would need the meet of their young lives to overcome a strong and favored Bonny Eagle squad. EL produced the […]
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Softball: Telstar takes top spot
When Jim Lunney’s unbeaten Telstar team lost for the first time this season, he eased the Rebels frustration with a choice. “Which game do you want to lose?” he asked his team. “This one or one later on down the road?’” That proved to be the only loss for Telstar so far. According to the […]
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High School Baseball: Devils, Saints top seeds
The last time St. Dominic Academy didn’t appear in a Western Class C baseball championship game, current seniors Alex Parker, Kurt Johnson and Kyle Hargreaves were in third grade. Lewiston High School’s last Class A baseball title might as well have been won in the stone age, or however the current Blue Devils view 1950. […]
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State Track and Field: EL hopes to hit stride
The boys’ outdoor track and field team from Edward Little High School has long been a classic example of why crunching numbers based on seeding and past performances is a slippery slope. Two years ago, the Red Eddies walked into the Class A state meet theoretically needing to make up more than 20 points on […]
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Boys’ Lacrosse: Blue Devils finish strong
LEWISTON — It was an exclamation point on an already successful regular season for the Lewiston boys’ lacrosse team. The Blue Devils finished the first portion of their campaign Saturday with the regular-season finale against Edward Little. Lewiston chalked up its eighth win in a row with a 15-1 victory. “I’m very proud of this […]