AUBURN — The next time a high school baseball coach preaches about “winning the little battles,” he should show the footage of Walter Feeney’s at-bat Wednesday against Nate Pushard. Six consecutive times, Edward Little’s ace threw a fastball. On every occasion, Oxford Hills’ left-handed hitting senior flailed and fouled it to the third base side, […]
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H.S. softball: Kane completes Cougar comeback
FARMINGTON — Being down early didn’t seem to affect the Mt. Blue softball team Tuesday. The Cougars just shrugged off the early deficit and gradually worked their way back into the game. “We knew we could come back,” sophomore outfielder Caitlin Kane said. “We’d been in that situation before.” After rallying from behind once against […]
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H.S. softball: Lewiston earns first win
Despite a winless start to the season, the Lewiston softball team hasn’t let it dampen their spirits. The Blue Devils have been making progress, and they’ve seen it in recent games. It gave them reason to believe bigger and better things weren’t far away. So after losing a pair of close games with Mt. Blue […]
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H.S. softball: Rams edge Vikings in eight innings
SOUTH PARIS — The only person that may have noticed that nobody was covering third base was Alyssah Dennett. The Cony senior catcher had already advanced to second on a bunt in the eighth inning of a scoreless softball game Monday. She barely stopped at the base though. Seeing third vacant, she kept running, much […]
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H.S. softball: Leavitt outslugs Maranacook
TURNER — It didn’t take long for the Leavitt softball team to find itself in a hole Monday afternoon. Maranacook belted a pair of hits to start the game, scored single runs in each of the first two innings and could have had more. The early deficit didn’t seem to fluster the Hornets at all. […]
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Edward Little softball preview
Coach: Elaine Derosby (10th year) Last year’s record: 10-7, lost in Eastern A quarterfinals Returning letter-winners: Seniors — Kory Norcross 1B, Danny Rock SS, Kennedy Hubbard OF, Emily Schario P/OF, Hannah Farrington DP/OF; Juniors — Brooke Reynolds OF/2B, Hannah Smith OF, Calli Murray 2B/OF, Molly Murray P/OF; Sophomores — Sarah Hammond 3B/2B, Karli Stubbs C/3B. […]
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Mt. Blue softball preview
Coach: Charles Wallace (third season) Last year’s record: 1-15 Returning players: Seniors — Kiana Thompson OF, Destiny Nelson 3B/OF, Krista McLatchy SS/2B; Juniors — Addie Brinkman 1B, Mariah Martin SS/2B, Moesha Harrington UT, Fiona Lefresne 1B/DP, Sammi Reynolds 3B/P, Katlyn Wells UT, Savannah Fay OF, Rachalle Bator OF, Mackenzie Dwyer OF, Brandi Harris C; Sophomores […]
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Leavitt softball preview
Coach: Pete Higgins (21st year) Last year’s record: 5-11. Returning letter-winners: Seniors — Annie Castonguay 1B, Sierra Santomango 3B, Emily Perkins OF, Nicole Bradley OF, Melissa Richardson 2B; Juniors — Morgan Knowlton OF, Livie Gilbert C; Sophomore — Angela Daigle SS. Promising newcomers: Sophomores — Ashley Kelley P, Kaitlyn Deblois 1B/P, Chantel Eels 1B/OF, Alivia […]
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Eastern Class A softball: Eddies, Vikings looking to take next step
Both Edward Little and Oxford Hills hope to be in the mix in the Eastern A playoff field this spring. The Red Eddies and Vikings each made the playoffs last year and should be tourney teams again. EL went 10-7 last year and lost in the quarterfinals to Skowhegan, the eventual Eastern A champs. The […]
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Western B softball: Top WMC teams still tough
Fryeburg, Greely and Cape Elizabeth have been the teams to beat in Western B in recent seasons and should be among the top clubs in the standings again. Fryeburg was the top-seed last year but lost to Western Maine Conference rival Greely in the semifinals. The Rangers went on the win the Western B title. […]