Oak Hill starting pitcher Sadie Waterman fires a pitch during a game this season. After not starting on the varsity team as a freshman, Sadie Waterman was thrust into the fire as a sophomore on the Oak Hill softball team — as the ace pitcher and the leadoff batter. Waterman got comfortable in her role, […]
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Volk pitches Scarborough to Class A softball crown|
AUGUSTA — A 74-game regular-season unbeaten streak has produced plenty of highlights and high seedings for the Scarborough High School softball program. But the Red Storm hadn’t been able to convert such momentum into similar postseason dominance since the early days of that streak, when Scarborough topped Skowhegan to capture the 2013 Class A state […]
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Class B softball: Old Town, behind 19 Ks from McKenna Smith, stop Fryeburg
STANDISH — McKenna Smith didn’t allow herself to think about how she was pitching for seven innings. According to Old Town’s team rule, she’s only allowed to think about each out, hit, or otherwise for just seven seconds. She’ll have plenty of time to think about her pitching performance now. In what might be an […]
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H.S. Softball: Buzzell, Cooper, Bennett the backbone for Fryeburg Academy
FRYEBURG — Growing up, Mackenzie Buzzell remembers watching Fryeburg Academy win three softball state championships in four years, and she wanted to win one herself one day.. Now after going the first three years of her high school career without making a state final, let alone winning one, Buzzell is part of a trio of […]
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Oxford Hills falls to Skowhegan in A North softball final
Skowhegan teammates hug after the win. AUGUSTA — Skowhegan will be making its fourth appearance in the Class A softball state championship in five years, but Indians coach Lee Johnson said he’s learned in the past half decade that winning the regional final is never easy. It certainly wasn’t Wednesday night. The Indians’ second straight […]
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Class C South softball final: Madison shuts out Winthrop, 12-0
STANDISH — Madeline Wood drove in four runs and held Winthrop to zero runs in Madison’s 12-0 victory in five innings in the Class C South softball championship game at Richard W. Bailey Field at St. Joseph’s College on Wednesday. “She just rises to the occasion,” Madison coach Chris LeBlanc said. “She’s a player, you […]
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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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H.S. Softball: Fryeburg rallies past Wells in seventh for Class B South title
STANDISH — Fryeburg Academy softball coach Fred Apt told his team on the drive to Tuesday’s Class B South regional final against Wells that they hadn’t made things easy all year — neither for themselves nor their opponents. The game that followed was anything but easy, but for the Raiders, it was a win nonetheless. […]
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H.S. Softball: Maturation of Merrill a key for Oxford Hills
Oxford Hills freshman Lauren Merrill delivers a pitch midway through a Class A North semifinal against Lawrence on Saturday. PARIS — After reaching the regional semifinals last year, the Oxford Hills softball team brought back basically the same team this season, save for the pitching staff. Freshman Lauren Merrill had big shoes to fill with […]
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Buckfield softball, St. Dom’s girls’ lacrosse fall in semifinals
GREENVILLE — Greenville came back in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Buckfield 7-6 in a Class D South semifinal playoff game Saturday. Down two in the inning, the Lakers recorded two singles before a Bianca Breton single knocked in the tying run. The bases were loaded after an intentional walk and Halle […]