Mountain Valley’s Jasper Turner competes in the javelin throw as part of the State Class C Track and Field Championship Meet at Foxcroft Academy in Dover-Foxcroft Saturday. DOVER-FOXCROFT — Jacob Fandel knows how mentally exhausting a “distance triple,” when a runner competes in the 1,600, 800 and 3,200-meter races over the course of a track […]
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H.S. baseball: Lisbon squeezes past Monmouth
MONMOUTH — Lisbon’s Nick Austin stood at the plate, already having fouled off a pitch on an attempted suicide squeeze play with the Greyhounds trailing 6-5. The next pitch from Trevor Flanagan came toward Austin, with Monmouth Academy second baseman Nic Foulke coming in at full speed toward the plate. It didn’t matter. Austin executed […]
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H.S. Baseball: Ramblers rout Mustangs, 15-5
MONMOUTH — Winthrop made Monmouth pay for six errors and picked up an important win, 15-5, in six innings at Chick Field Tuesday. Matt Ingram led Winthrop’s nine-hit attack with two hits, including a double, two runs batted in and three runs scored. Carson Camick added two hits, scored twice and drove in three. “All […]
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Monmouth girls, Lisbon boys win MVC track and field championships
Tori Spencer, left, of Monmouth Academy and Sydney Douglass of Lisbon High School compete during the 1600 meter racewalk during the MVC Championships in Lisbon on Thursday. Douglass passed Spencer on the final corner to win the event. Spencer came in second. LISBON — The Monmouth girls and Lisbon boys entered Thursday’s Mountain Valley Conference […]
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H.S. softball: Unbeaten Madison rallies from five down to beat Monmouth
Monmouth’s Abby Ferland slides and beats the throw to Madison catcher Ashley Emerly in the fifth inning Friday at Monmouth Academy. MONMOUTH — Monmouth softball co-coach Dave Kaplan was proud and excited because he and the Mustangs found out they could play with 2016 state champion and 2017 unbeaten Madison. That revelation, however, came with […]
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H.S. baseball: Amero’s clutch hit and pitching lead Mustangs to 7-5 win over Bulldogs
FARMINGDALE — Monmouth’s Avery Amero paid close attention from the on-deck circle as Hall-Dale reliever Cole Lockhart took his warm-ups in the seventh inning of a tie game. “I kind of measured his speed to see how hard he was throwing and where it was going to be,” Amero said. “I timed it up right […]
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H.S. track and field: Monmouth girls win nine-school meet; Lisbon boys, girls finish in top three
Mt. Abram High School’s Alice Cockerham, center, battles with Wiscasset’s Grace Webber, right, and Cony’s Erin Wathen for first place in the girls’ 100-meter dash at Lisbon High School in Lisbon on Tuesday. Webber won the race. LISBON — A strong all-around showing led the Monmouth Academy girls to victory at a nine-school track and […]
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Role of men, women during World War I at Cumston Public Library
MONMOUTH — Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Maine state historian, will present an illustrated lecture, “The Maine Home Front in World War I,” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, at Cumston Free Public Library. The discussion will document the role played by Maine men and women in World War I, especially at home. Previously unseen photographs, […]
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Roundup: Oxford Hills softball holds off Edward Little
AUBURN — Anna Piirainen, Madison Starbird and Kenzie Kahkonen each doubled in Oxford Hills’ 7-5 victory over KVAC rival Edward Little on Thursday. Erin Morton, Hannah Kenney, Kasia Heikkinen had a pair of hits and an RBI each for the Vikings (4-4), as well. Emmy Lashua had three hits and four RBIs for the Red […]
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H.S. Baseball: Winthrop overcomes Monmouth’s quick start
Monmouth shortstop Hunter Richardson prepares to fire a throw to first while Winthrop’s Matt Ingram heads down the line during the Ramblers’ 3-1 win in Winthrop on Thursday.Monmouth first baseman Avery Amero scoops up a throw that beats Winthrop’s Antonio Meucci to the bag during the Ramblers’ 3-1 win in Winthrop on Thursday.Winthrop’s Jackson Ladd […]