WINTHROP — Every tournament, in every sport, at every level has the red-hot, lower-seeded team that no favorite in its right mind wants to face. In this year’s Class C West baseball playoff, there’s no doubt the unsung foe invoking fear is No. 6 Winthrop, which ousted No. 11 Old Orchard Beach, 9-0, from the […]
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Class D Football: Oak Hill picked off by OOB
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Even after losing to Winthrop/Monmouth by three touchdowns and Lisbon by a fistful of scores, Old Orchard Beach never lost faith that it could compete with the elite teams in Western Class D football. Hey, the Seagulls hear you snickering. They got the last laugh Friday evening with a season-saving, 22-21 […]
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Baseball: High Tide for Hyde in summer ball
LEWISTON — Mekae Hyde might shrug off the cyberworld process that made him a Futures Collegiate Baseball League all-star this summer. There’s no making light of the forum it provided for him, though. By winning an online fan vote, Hyde was anointed the 25th man for Team New England in the annual all-star game against […]