STANDISH — After a night of agonizing missed opportunity after missed opportunity, Saint Dominic Academy finally watched the right guy walk to the plate at the right time. Senior Mitch Lorenz greeted Winthrop reliever Ben Allen with a one-out single to right field in the seventh inning, scoring Ray Mosca and Mike Bryant with the go-ahead […]
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Class C West baseball championship: Seven seniors set tone for Winthrop
WINTHROP — Ben Allen was Mountain Valley Conference cross country champion. Adam Hachey and Ben Caprara shared in a golf state title. Mario Meucci and Dakota Carter were part of an undefeated regular season in football as juniors. Matt Sekerak was such a sensational soccer goalie that he was a first-team all-star for a team that didn’t […]
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Class C West baseball semifinal: Winthrop, Meucci stave off frantic Monmouth comeback
Given the chance to lead off the bottom of the sixth inning Saturday and give his reeling team a lift, Meucci defied logic in every way imaginable. His second triple of the day, this one to the gap in right center field, put No. 2 Winthrop back in business. Meucci beat throw home by a […]
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H.S. baseball playoffs: Ramblers get defensive with Bulldogs
WINTHROP — Winthrop’s winning pitcher Matt Sekerak finds it comforting to know his supportive defense will stand behind him when things get rough on the mound. Two double plays and a run-down kept No. 7 Hall-Dale (12-6) off balance in a Western Maine Class C softball quarterfinal game on a breezy, muggy and warm Thursday […]
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High school lacrosse: Lewiston twin bill among playoff highlights
The Lewiston High School girls’ lacrosse team is hoping the third time is truly the charm. As the Heal Points stopped spinning Friday and the brackets for this year’s Eastern Class A playoffs were etched in stone, the Blue Devils, the No. 4 seed in this year’s bracket, saw a familiar foe line up at […]
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H.S. Baseball: Winthrop strikes early, extends St. Dom’s skid to three games
AUBURN — Now in their fourth year watching Mario Meucci ruin otherwise glorious May afternoons, MVC baseball coaches and pitchers aren’t offering the Winthrop third baseman many chances to tee off. Meucci took advantage of the rare generosity Friday afternoon, ripping Mitch Lorenz’s two-strike offering to the gap in right-center field. The two-run triple triggered a […]
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H.S. Baseball: Winthrop stays unbeaten, pulls away from Mt. Abram
Hickey delivered precisely that Saturday morning with a no-frills, four-hit complete game for the Ramblers in a 9-2 MVC baseball victory over stubborn Mt. Abram. Winthrop (4-0) needed three runs in the fifth inning and five in the sixth to pull away. Hickey didn’t give up a hit until there were two outs in the […]
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H.S. Baseball: Big hit by Ben Allen, gem from Matt Sekerak rally Winthrop past Monmouth
MONMOUTH — Right guy at the plate. Right guy on the mound. Ben Allen’s two-run, two-out, opposite-field single broke a tie in the top of the seventh inning Monday, completing Winthrop’s rally to a 4-2 victory over Monmouth in the Ramblers’ MVC baseball opener at Chick Field. Pinch hitter Bennett Brooks’ single, also to right field, […]
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Boys’ lacrosse: Maranacook/Winthrop Hawks dismantle Oak Hill Raiders
KENTS HILL — Maranacook/Winthrop will typically practice its defense more than its offense early in the season. Not this week, after managing only three goals in a season-opening loss to North Yarmouth Academy. “Usually, I stress that defense is the most important thing, and once we perfect our defense we can move on to the […]
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Winthrop baseball preview
Coach: Marc Fortin (20th year) Conference: MVC Class: C Last year’s record: 11-7, lost in Class C quarterfinals Returning players: Seniors — Ben Allen (P/CF), Matt Sekerak (P/LF), Mario Meucci (3B), Adam Hachey (2B), Dakota Carter (C), Ben Caprara (RF), Joe Fay (UT); Junior — Cabot Lancaster (SS); Sophomores — Antonio Meucci (1B), Bennett Brooks (P/IF), Matt Ingram […]