AUGUSTA — The bashers showed up Thursday afternoon for Tri-Town American Legion baseball. All of them. Early and often. On the same day. With exquisite timing. Sixteen hits, six of them for extra bases, staked Tri-Town to an 11-1 rout of Pastime Club in an elimination game of the Zone 2 tournament at McGuire Field. “We’ve […]
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Legion Baseball: Bessey Motors uses errors to its advantage in win over Tri-Town
AUGUSTA — By its own admission, Bessey Motors wasn’t as focused as it should have been in its playoff opener Tuesday. The top seed in Zone 2 was ready to go Wednesday to start the double-elimination portion of the postseason. After committing nine errors against Highland Green the prior night, Bessey Motors used miscues to its […]
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Legion Baseball: Zone 2 tournament field strongest in recent memory
Aside from determining home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs, seeding for the Zone 2 tournament may prove to be nothing more than just numbers. Parity has been the go-to word for coaches throughout the year when describing the 12-team zone. Following the 18-game regular season, the field has now shrunk to eight […]
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Legion Baseball Notebook: Plenty of intrigue as season comes down to final week
The Zone 2 regular season is down to its last week of games and there’s still plenty to sort out before the start of the zone tournament on July 21. It’s going to be a hectic sprint to the finish line for some teams, especially Rogers Post, which has to play six games in six days. […]
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American Legion Baseball: Bessey Motors walks off on Tri-Town
PARIS — Bessey Motors remained unbeaten Wednesday — barely. Nick Attaliades-Ryan drove a double deep to right field to plate Jake Spinhern with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning as Bessey edged Tri-Town 5-4 at the Gouin Athletic Complex. Spinhern was on second after a fielder’s choice earlier in the inning […]
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American Legion Notebook: Bessey Motors leads competitive Zone 2 at season’s halfway point
Bessey Motors came one win away from its ultimate goal of winning the American Legion state championship last season, falling to Bangor in a winner-take-all title game. The Zone 2 powerhouse hasn’t lost since. Nearly halfway through the 18-game regular season and the state runners-up are unblemished through eight contests. It began with a doubleheader […]
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American Legion baseball: Wing pitches Pastime past Tri-Town
LEWISTON — After a lengthy road trip Thursday and a holiday weekend ahead, Friday was a potentially tough day to trot out onto the diamond again for another baseball game. A winning streak always makes things easier and that’s what Pastime’s motivation was Friday. Coming off a win at Locke Mills, Pastime was anxious to […]
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American Legion baseball: Farmington, Tri-Town split opening-day twin bill
POLAND — Amos Herrin went the distance for Farmington in Game 1 of their doubleheader against Tri-Town in a 6-1 victory. He allowed one run on two hits and struck out 12. He was perfect into the fourth until he let a Billy Bickford triple to lead of the inning. An Ethan Cailler sac fly […]
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Spruce Mountain student garden helps food pantry
JAY — Trevor Doiron, a Spruce Mountain High School sophomore, and a few other students and community members have just wrapped up their third year of growing a community garden. The garden, now with six beds, supplied the Tri-Town Ministerial Association Food Cupboard with 87 pounds of fresh vegetables. This year’s project included construction of […]
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Liquor licenses on Newry board agenda
NEWRY — Liquor licenses are on the agenda for the selectmen meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, in the Town Office. Two liquor licenses for business owner Jim Largess and a catering liquor license are up for consideration. Other business includes creating a job description for the deputy clerk, town bylaws, ongoing maintenance at […]