Monmouth’s first baseman, Trevor Flanagan, loses the ball as Mountain Valley’s Dylan Desroches gets back on the base earlier this season in Rumford. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Recent history in the state baseball tournament gives both the top seeds and Cinderellas something to cling to as the 2018 playoffs begin next week. Five of the eight […]
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H.S. track: Hunt sisters run together for final time at state championships
Sisters Kaitlin, left, and Abbie Hunt lead the Monmouth distance team. (Adam Robinson/Sun Journal) Kaitlin and Abbie Hunt can usually be seen running, stretching, and competing side by side at Monmouth track and field practices. While teammates, they are still siblings, and neither like to lose to the other. “We always do our active stretches […]
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Track and field state meet capsules
Class A Boys Area athletes to watch: Oxford Hills — Dawson Stevens (100, 200, javelin), Dominic Sclafani (1,600 run, 3200 run); Edward Little — Russell Allen (400, 800, 4×400 relay), Fabrice Mpoyo (100, 200), Connor Jackson (high jump, triple jump, 110H, 300H), Alex Thompson (pole vault, javelin, long jump); Lewiston — Asad Abukar (300H), Connor […]
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High School Roundup: Flanagan leads Mustangs past Cougars
MONMOUTH — Trevor Flanagan had three singles to help lead Monmouth to a 6-4 victory over Dirigo in a Mountain Valley Conference baseball contest. He had an RBI single in the bottom of the first and fifth while recording a sacrifice fly in the sixth. Brad Neal had two singles in the victory for the […]
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Country Brewing: Craft beer industry expands into rural Maine
MONMOUTH — Grateful Grain Brewing Co. sits on a street corner in the Kennebec County town of Monmouth. There is not much to it. A blinking yellow caution light is draped over Route 126 out front and there is a four-pump gas station across the street. “We are in the middle of nowhere,” Grateful Grain […]
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Local roundup: Farina’s homer helps Lewiston baseball take down Oxford Hills
LEWISTON — Brodi Farinas’ three-run blast in the first inning to left field provided enough offense for the Lewiston Blue Devils to defeat Oxford Hills 5-1 in a key Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference baseball contest Friday. Farinas’ homer was one of his two hits on the day. Jack LeBlond provided the other two runs with a […]
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Lisbon, Monmouth earn MVC track and field titles
Mountain Valley’s Lauren Sterling, right, is first over the hurdle and was first to cross the finish line setting an MVC record in the 110 meter hurdles during Thursday’s MVC Championships in Lisbon. From left to right are Destiny Deschaines, Lisbon, Emily Grandahl, Monmouth, Ayanna Stover, Wiscasset and Sterling.(Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LISBON — Lauren Sterling […]
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Local roundup: Leavitt baseball slips past Gardiner
TURNER — Eli Lind came up big in a tightly played defensive duel between Leavitt and Gardiner in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference baseball contest Monday. The Leavitt catcher led off the bottom of the sixth with a solo home run to give the Hornets 1-0 victory. Lind’s batterymate Tim Albert was outstanding on the […]
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Local roundup: Spruce Mountain softball edges Lisbon in 12 innings
JAY — Freshman Abby Ortiz had a walk-off bases-loaded double in the 12th inning as Spruce Mountain topped Lisbon 12-11 in softball action Friday afternoon. The Greyhounds gave up three runs in the bottom of the sixth, but came back for a pair in the seventh to send the game into extra innings. Mallory Fairbanks […]
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H.S. softball: Oak Hill makes Monmouth pay for mistakes
Oak Hill shortstop Kiera Young (5) holds up the ball in her glove after tagging out Monmouth’s Emma Johnson attempting to steal second base during the Raiders’ win in Monmouth on Friday. Oak Hill second baseman Emily Ahlberg looks on. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) MONMOUTH — Early errors can take a team two ways. Either the […]