LEWISTON — When Kyle Bourget was told Friday that he was going to get the start to open the Zone 3 Legion baseball tournament, he couldn’t help but be a little nervous. The Pastime Club hurler had struggled in his outing Thursday. After getting the news Friday, he had nearly two days to dwell on […]
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Legion Baseball: Wong pitches Pastime past Highland Green
LEWISTON — There were moments Michael Wong had to battle Tuesday night. The Pastime Legion pitcher had a number of innings that didn’t go smoothly, but they didn’t go terribly wrong, either. Wong, still adjusting to the role of a starter, settled in and gave his team the kind of start it needed. “We definitely […]
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Zone 3 American Legion: Pastime sweeps Locke Mills
LEWISTON — Even though he’s the sage veteran of Pastime Club’s roster, Ryan Riordan started the American Legion baseball season at a disadvantage. While most of his teammates and opponents were still sharp coming off a spring spent on the diamond, Riordan, who played fall baseball at Southern Maine Community College, hadn’t pitched or faced […]
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Zone 3 Legion Baseball: Pastime’s late rally salvages split with Rogers
LEWISTON — Pastime Club has represented Lewiston baseball splendidly at the state and regional level for the past several years. In order for the traditional Zone 3 American Legion power to maintain that status this summer, the young local contingent will need substantial help from some of the surrounding schools. So far, so good. R.J. […]
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Windham removes Pastime
AUGUSTA — The Pastime Club fought tooth and nail to the end, but a bottom-of-the-ninth rally just came up short in the 7-6 loss to Windham at the American Legion State Tournament. The loss eliminates Pastime. “I am very proud of our guys, yes, we made quite a few mistakes today, but we showed a […]
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State Legion Tournament: Worcester, Bangor grind out win over Pastime
AUGUSTA — It was immediately apparent Bangor’s Curtis Worcester didn’t have his best stuff for Thursday’s state American Legion tournament game with Pastime Club. Worcester kept his composure, though, and with his offense and, eventually, his defense picking him up, he found out getting hit doesn’t necessarily have to be a bad thing. Worcester settled […]
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Legion state tournament: Hyde overpowers The Red Barn
AUGUSTA — Corbin Hyde has been most comfortable pitching from the stretch this year. Whether or not he was willing to admit it before Wednesday’s American Legion state tournament opener, but he certainly couldn’t deny it after. Hyde struck out 16 while scattering six hits and two walks over eight innings to lead Past Club […]
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State Legion tournament: Pastime hopes mix of youth, experience leads to another deep run
As one of the grizzled veterans on Pastime Club’s three-time Zone 3 championship team, Corbin Hyde has seen his team find countless ways to win big baseball games over the years. Hyde never saw his team win the way it won this year’s zone championship, on a technicality that was later deemed incorrect by zone […]
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Legion baseball: Zone III conclusion incorrect, commissioner says
The bizarre saga of the American Legion Zone III championship took another strange turn on Thursday. The rule that resulted in Pastime Club of Lewiston being awarded its third consecutive zone championship on Wednesday was incorrectly interpreted, Zone III comissioner Todd Cifelli said. A Windham pitcher ruled ineligible on Wednesday was actually eligible, and Windham […]
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Zone III championship: Pastime Club by TKO
WINDHAM — Pastime Club and Windham knew Wednesday’s Zone III championship game could end with one pitch. Both teams just assumed that the one pitch would have to be put in play. It was not. Instead, the pitch led to Pastime winning its third consecutive zone title on a technicality, two days after the game […]