There won’t be a repeat winner in the Budweiser Pro Late Model division at Oxford Plains Speedway heading into Sunday’s Oxford 250. Gary Chiasson of Peru assured that unprecedented oddity Friday night, becoming the eighth different driver to win a 50-lap main event in the top class at the track this season. Chiasson stormed past […]
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Local Racing Roundup: First time for Farrington at OPS
First-time winners are all the rage this season in the Budweiser Pro Late Model division at Oxford Plains Speedway. Scott Farrington of Minot made the triumphant turn into victory lane Friday night. He is the sixth different winner in as many 2014 races and the fifth consecutive driver to claim the checkered flag for the […]
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Class D West Baseball Championship: Wiscasset blanks Buckfield
Wiscasset won its first regional title in school history Wednesday afternoon, shutting out two-time defending champion Buckfield, 4-0, in the Class D West final at Mahaney Diamond. Tyler Bailey threw a four-hit shutout and struck out seven for the Wolverines (10-9), who will try to derail the Bangor Christian dynasty in Saturday’s state game at […]
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Local Racing Roundup: Childs claims first Oxford Pro victory
The Budweiser Pro Late Model division at Oxford Plains Speedway produced a first-time winner for the second consecutive week, but it was hardly a newcomer to victory lane. Billy Childs Jr. of Leeds, a rookie in the top division but a past winner in numerous other classes at the track, held off Kyle DeSouza in […]
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Fire quickly doused at Two Bridges Jail; fire was reported in woodshop
WISCASSET — Officials say a fire in an industrial shop at Two Bridges Regional Jail was quickly doused. Firefighters said it took about an hour to put out the fire after it was reported around 6 a.m. Thursday. No one was hurt. The fire didn’t affect jail operations.
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Auto Racing Roundup: Sanborn tops huge Pro field at OPS
Trevor Sanborn topped one of the largest headline-division fields in many years at Oxford Plains Speedway to win the Budweiser Pro Late Model feature Monday afternoon. Sanborn, of Limerick, took the lead from early dominator and two-time OPS champion Tim Brackett of Buckfield on a lap 33 restart. The fourth and final caution flag of […]
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Local Racing Roundup: Penfold tops Pros at Wiscasset
He might be merely keeping the driver’s seat warm, but Oxford’s Bill Penfold is on a hot streak at Wiscasset Speedway. Penfold posted his second 30-lap Pro Stock victory in three starts this season on a foggy Saturday night at the coastal oval. The long-time NASCAR Busch North and Pro All Stars Series competitor has […]
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Auto Racing Roundup: Rowe wins Beech Ridge PASS 150
Ageless Mike Rowe took the lead from Scott Mulkern on a lap 101 restart Saturday and forged ahead to victory in the Pro All Stars Series Southern Maine Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough. Rowe, 63, of Turner, has won well over 200 races and countless championships, carrying the checkered flag in […]
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H.S. Baseball: Greyhounds trample Wolverines
LISBON — Lisbon High School senior hurler Kyle Bourget remembered the two starts he had against Wiscasset last season. Both were losses, and the Greyhounds found themselves on the outside looking in come Western Maine Class C postseason time. Bourget didn’t allow history to repeat itself in his team’s Mountain Valley Conference season opener. The […]
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Class C West Boys’ Quarterfinal: Dirigo charges past Wiscasset
Form — and tradition — held, however, with Dirigo outlasting Wiscasset, 66-56, in Monday night’s quarterfinal clash of Mountain Valley Conference rivals at Augusta Civic Center. Sophomore Riley Robinson registered 31 points and 10 rebounds for the Cougars (18-1). Gavin Arsenault added 11 points and Dylan Kidder 10. Point guard Tyler Frost dished out seven […]