When Buckfield’s Hannah Shields slid into third and the ball scooted past Traip 3rd baseman, Cecelia Driscoll, right, Shields took off for home. Sirois looks like she will be tagged out at the plate after Driscoll picked up the ball and threw it to her catcher, Cala McEllin, but the throw was a little wide […]
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H.S. Softball: Oak Hill takes down Telstar in five innings
Oak Hill’s Charlotte Waterman slides safely into second while Telstar second baseman Hannah Evans awaits a throw during the Raiders’ 15-0 victory in Wales on Wednesday. WALES — Kylee Martin and Telstar got off on the right foot in Wednesday’s game against Oak Hill, with the Rebels’ leadoff hitter singling on the first pitch of […]
H.S. Softball: Bangor jumps ahead of Edward Little
Edward Little’s Kylie Bureau slides into home base as Bangor’s Morgan-Carter Moulton tries to tag her out during the final minutes of the match up in Aubrun on Tuesday afternoon. AUBURN — Starting off the game with an error was a bad omen for Edward Little. Too many mistakes, too many fly-outs and too many […]
H.S. Softball: Buckfield rallies past Rangeley in a big way
Buckfield firstbaseman Mackenzie Richardson catches Rangeley’s Olivia Pye off first base to record an out during Tuesday’s softball game in Buckfield. BUCKFIELD — Buckfield had one pitcher knocked out over the weekend, and another got knocked out in the first inning Tuesday against Rangeley. So on came the Bucks’ third option, a player who hadn’t […]
H.S. Softball: Kennebunk knocks out Gray-NG in extras
Kennebunk’s Allie Gregoire slides safely into home under the tag of Gray-New Gloucester catcher Alexa Thayer during Monday night’s game in Gray. GRAY — When 10 runs wasn’t enough for Kennebunk to put away Gray-New Gloucester on Monday, the Rams scored 11 — in one inning. The Rams’ bats got going early before cooling off, […]
H.S. Softball: Monmouth musters enough offense to top Telstar
Monmouth’s Emily Chasse crosses home plate as Telstar catcher Julia Cherkis awaits a throw during the Mustangs’ 3-1 win in Monmouth on Wednesday. MONMOUTH — Telstar coach Jim Lunney said that if you had told him before Wednesday’s Class C South softball game against Monmouth Academy that his team would hold the Mustangs to three […]
H.S. Softball: Monmouth offense running on all cylinders
MONMOUTH — After a preseason full of working on fundamentals inside the gym, and a spring trip to Florida to get some innings under the belt, the best thing for the Monmouth Academy softball team might have been a season-opening loss to Oak Hill. The Mustangs had high expectations coming into the season after not […]
H.S. Softball: Monmouth runs past Lisbon, 10-3
Abby Ferland of Monmouth Academy slides into home plate as Lisbon catcher Jasmin Le fields the throw during the second inning in Monmouth on Wednesday. Ferland was out on the play. MONMOUTH — Lisbon struck first. Monmouth Academy struck often. The Mustangs kept an early deficit to a minimum, then rallied in a big way […]
H.S. softball: Yarmouth jumps Poland to stay undefeated
YARMOUTH — Falling behind 2-0 before even getting a turn to bat didn’t put a damper on Yarmouth on Monday. The Clippers evened the score after one inning, then kept the momentum going long enough to hold off Poland, 5-3, in a WMC Class B South softball clash at Michael Brown Field. “The last two […]
High school softball: Edward Little tops Brewer in opener
BREWER — It took Edward Little High School of Auburn only two pitches to take a two-run lead in a season-opening slugfest at Brewer High School’s Coffin Field on Wednesday. Edward Little and Brewer wound up combining for 23 hits but it was two defensive gems by Red Eddies junior right fielder Maddie Thistlewaite that […]