LISBON — It was just another Lisbon/Monmouth Academy baseball game. Three lead changes, a run in all but one inning, and a hard-fought battle between two starting pitchers was nothing new for these teams. Despite a strong outing from starter Ryley Austin, the host Greyhounds battled but came up just short Saturday. Monmouth used a […]
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H.S. Baseball: Monmouth slugs, hustles past Dirigo
MONMOUTH — Monmouth Academy’s first trip through the batting order Friday afternoon against Dirigo High School ace Gavin Arsenault was a cluster of K’s. Six of the nine Mustangs struck out, each one down swinging. The next cycle, however, was a cacophony of contact. Gage Cote scored all the way from first on a single to […]
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Girls’ Outdoor Track: Monmouth Academy’s Allen hoping to go higher, farther
Mustangs coach Tom Menendez said he was expecting good things from Allen, who he called “an all-around athlete.” Expecting a win and a fourth-place finish in the MVC championships and Class C state championships, respecitvely, might have been a stretch but Allen did it anyway. And in the state championship Allen saved her best for […]
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Monmouth 2016 baseball preview
Coach: Eric Palleschi (12th year) Conference: MVC Class: C South Last year’s record: 11-8, lost in regional semifinals Returning players: Seniors — Nick Sanborn (P/OF), Chandler Harris (P/OF), Gage Cote (OF/C/P), Jariah Caissie (3B), Tommy Small (P/IF/OF); Juniors — Hunter Richardson (SS/P), Travis Hartford (1B), Mat Foulke (2B), Avery Amero (P/1B); Sophomores — Avery Pomerleau (OF/P), Nick Dovinsky […]
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Class C South softball: Telstar, Madison could contend again
Telstar and Madison have been two of the top contenders in Class C South in recent seasons, and this spring it may be no different. The Rebels went 17-3 last year and lost in the state championship game to Bucksport after a strong finish and playoff wins over Hall-Dale and Madison. Telstar graduated all-conference talents […]
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Class C South baseball preview: Monmouth, Sacopee could meet again
St. Dominic and Dirigo have combined to win eight Class C baseball championships in 11 seasons since 2005. Rare is the spring in which one of those programs is not considered a prohibitive favorite to win it all, or at least reach the regional final. Yet that is where are entering the 2016 campaign. In […]
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Claire Marie Angers
1955 – 2016 MONMOUTH, Ore. — Claire Marie Angers, 60, passed away Tuesday, March 15, at her home in Oregon. She was born in Lewiston on July 3, 1955, daughter of the late Leonard and Jacqueline (Maynard) Angers. She was a 1974 graduate of Lewiston High School and continued her education at the University of […]
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David Handley, One branch, one berry, one plant at a time
MONMOUTH — David Handley is the state’s strawberry expert, one of the state’s sweet corn experts and likely to be the state’s hops expert — as soon as he bones up on hops. He jokes that he’s still not entirely sure how that crop fell to him. “I’m desperately trying to learn how to be […]
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Class A North boys’ hockey: Edward Little holds on against Cony/Hall-Dale/Monmouth
The first period looked grim at times again when the two teams met in Tuesday’s playoff battle, yet the Red Eddies hung on until the first intermission, then hung on again at the end against the Rams for a 4-3 victory in the teams’ Class A North boys’ hockey quarterfinal at Norway Savings Bank Arena. […]
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Class A North boys’ hockey: Title shot is Lewiston’s to lose
Players to Watch: Jr. F Jeromey Rancourt, Lewiston; Sr. F Kyle Morin, Lewiston; Fr. F Alex Robert, Lewiston; Sr. F Austin Roy, St. Dom’s; Fr. F Reese Farrell, St. Dom’s; Soph. D Gavin Bates, St. Dom’s; Sr. D Ben Steele, Edward Little; Sr. F Liam Benson, Edward Little; Sr. F Trevor DeLaite, Bangor; Jr. G […]