DIXFIELD — Nate Gagne and Kyle Fletcher came at Dirigo’s hitters from different sides and different angles on the mound. But their results were essentially the same. Gagne, Monmouth’s side-winding righthanded starter, and Fletcher, the Mustangs’ over-the-top lefthanded reliever, combined to strike out 16 Cougars and allowed just four hits for a 5-1 win in […]
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H.S. Baseball: Saints hand Mustangs first loss
MONMOUTH — Mitch Lorenz found himself in an unenviable position in the seventh inning of a key Mountain Valley Conference contest. Alex Curtis had refused to bite on the sliders Lorenz tried feeding him. So with Monmouth’s cleanup hitter representing the winning run and down in the count, 3-0, Lorenz went to his fastball, despite […]
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H.S. Baseball: Mustangs rally to overwhelm Ramblers, 10-5
WINTHROP — Unbeaten Monmouth Academy sent Nick Sanborn to the mound to try to put out a third-inning fire in Monday’s Mountain Valley Conference clash with rival Winthrop. The sophomore’s first two pitches can only be termed as accelerant. But Sanborn recovered and snuffed the Ramblers’ offense over the next three innings while the Mustangs […]
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H.S. Baseball: Gagne’s gem, nearly perfect, keeps Monmouth unbeaten
MONMOUTH — Monmouth Academy’s pitching strategy so far this unblemished baseball season has been three innings and a cloud of dust. So every time Nate Gagne made the short walk from the Chick Field mound to the home dugout Wednesday afternoon, coach Eric Palleschi would inquire, “One more? You got one more?” By the end […]
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Monmouth Baseball Preview
Coach: Eric Palleschi (10th year) Last year’s record: 9-8, lost in Western C quarterfinal Returning letter-winners: Seniors — Kyle Fletcher (OF/P), D.J. McHugh (IF/P), Brandon Goff (OF/P), Alex Curtis (1B/P), Phil Rowe (C), Brett Wilson (OF/P) , Jacob Weeks (OF), Nate Gagne (P). Key losses: Billy Cummings, Josh Fournier, Devin West. Promising newcomers: Junior — […]
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Western C Preview: Mustangs, Ramblers, Saints among threats to Cougar three-peat
Winning three consecutive regional titles, while no cinch, has been far from impossible in Class C this century. Three teams — St. Dom’s, Calais and George Stevens Academy — have all turned the trick within the last dozen years. Winning three state titles in a row is a different story. No team has ever done […]
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Monmouth boys’ track and field preview
Coaches: Tom Menendez (ninth year) and Norm Thombs (eighth year) Last year’s results: Sixth in MVC, 14th in Class C Returning letter-winners: Seniors — Ben Bailey (400, 800), Stewart Buzzell (distance), Marcques Houston (400, jumps), Luke Thombs (distance); Juniors — Casey Clement (middle distance), Jeremy Marsh (throws), Sherman Spears (throws), Robbie Spencer (throws); Sophomores — […]
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Monmouth girls’ track and field preview
Coaches: Tom Menendez (ninth year) and Norm Thombs (eighth year) Last year’s results: Seventh in MVC, 25th in Class C Returning letter-winners: Seniors — Becca Fernandez (jumps, middle distance), Tiffany Pease (hurdles); Juniors — Rose Bryant (high jump), Hannah Kerrigan (jumps), Carey Knowles (distance), Jordyn Mann (distance); Sophomores — Madi Bumann (sprints), Shayna Frost (sprints), […]
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College Basketball: Mustangs go cold in second half, fall in USCAA national title game
No matter where they came from in the second half of Saturday’s USCAA Division II national championship game, Central Maine Community College’s shots refused to fall. The top-seeded Mustangs went ice cold at precisely the wrong time and couldn’t counter No. 2 Cincinnati-Clermont’s second-half surge, falling 69-51 in the program’s first national title game, in […]
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College basketball: CMCC men rally to win consolation game
The Central Maine Community College men scored the game’s final 15 points to rally from a 22-point halftime deficit and defeat Warren Wilson College, 90-85, in the consolation bracket of the USCAA Division II national basketball tournament Friday in Uniontown, Pa. Tim Flanagan scored 18 of his game-high 23 points in the second half to […]