Baseball and softball regional final highlights
CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK FOR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS IN THE STATE OF MAINE WITH THE SOFTBALL, BASEBALL AND LACROSSE TITLES TO BE DETERMINED THIS WEEKEND. SOUTHERN A BASEBALL…THORNTON ACADEMY AND RIVAL BIDDEFORD. 1ST INNING..NOAH FULLERTON DOUBLES TO RIGHT FIELD….JACOB FISH COMES INTO SCORE….1-0 THORNTON ACADEMY.. TROJANS HAD A CHANCE TO ADD TO THEIR LEAD IN THE FOURTH BUT SHORSTOP TRAVIS EDGERTON WILL THROW THE RUNNER OUT AT THE PLATE. BIDDEFORD TIES IT UP IN THE FIFTH…GAVIN HAGGETT WHO WAS ALSO GREAT ON THE MOUND SINGLES TO CENTER TO KNOCK IN LANDON SIROIS… IN THE SEVENTH…BEN DESCOTEAUX WALKS WITH THE BASES LOADED TO FORCE IN DOM SMITH AND BIDDEFORD TAKES THE LEAD. T-A PUTS TWO ON IN THE BOTTOM OF THE INNING BUT SMITH COMES ON IN RELIEF AND GETS THE GROUNDER TO SHORT TO END IT. BIDDEFORD 2 THORNTON ACADEMY 1 BIDDEFORD WILL TRY TO WIN ITS FIRST TITLE SINCE 1984 ON SATURDAY NORTHERN ‘A’ FINAL… NUMBER THREE BANGOR AND THE ONE SEED MT. ARARAT WHAT AN OUTING FROM STAN SPOONER…GETS OUT OF TROUBLE WITH THE DOUBLE PLAY BALL…HE GOES THE DISTANCE TO GET THE WIN THEN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME, SOME OPPO POWER OUT OF ANDREW CLEMONS TO GET MT. ARARAT ON THE BOARD. THEY’D CRUISE FROM THERE WINNING 4 TO 3, THEY’LL HEAD TO ST. JOE’S ON SATURDAY FOR THE STATE FINAL. MT. ARARAT 4 FIRST BANGOR 3 EAGLES AND BIDDEFORD IN STATE FINAL SATURDAY AT ST.JOE’S ‘A’ SOUTH SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP A REMATCH BETWEEN CHEVERUS AND WINDHAM CHEVERUS WOULD LOAD THE BASES WITH ONE OUT IN THE FIRST INNING BUT KENNEDY KIMBALL GOT BACK TO BACK STRIKEOUTS TO ESCAPE THE JAM. WINDHAM LOADS THE BASES WITH ONE OUT IN THE THIRD.. KENNEDY KIMBALL FLYS OUT TO CENTER FIELD BUT CONFUSION KEPT THE RUNNER AT THIRD. BUT A FEW PITCHES LATER, CHLOE EDWARDS WOULD COME INTO SCORE ON THE WILD PITCH TO GIVE THE EAGLES THE LEAD. IT ENDED UP BEING THE ONLY RUN OF THE GAME. KIMBALL GETS THE GROUNDOUT TO END IT…WINDHAM HEADED TO STATES WITH THE 1-0 WIN IT’S JUST UNREAL. LIKE, I JUST OUR TEAM DESERVES IT SO MUCH. WE’VE BEEN WORKING SO HARD. WE SHOW UP TO PRACTICE EVERY SINGLE DAY WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT. AND WE KNEW COMING HERE THAT THIS IS OUR GAME AND IT WAS OUR TIME TO SHINE. AND WE WERE READY. CLASS ‘A’ NORTH SOFTBALL…. #7 EDWARD LITTLE AND #1 BANGOR EL TOOK A 2-1 LEAD AFTER ONE…EDDIES THREATING FOR MORE…BUT BANGOR’S EMMA TRIP THE STRIKEOUT ENDS THE EL INNING THIS TIME, BANGOR TRYING TO TIE IT UP….BUT EDDIES STARTER KASSIDY LOBB HANDLES THE COMEBACKER…..IT STAYS 2-1. IN THE THIRD, IT’S KYLEE LEBRUN SLAMMING THE SINGLE TO RIGHT… .AFTER AN ERRANT THROW ELLIE PORTER SCORES.. EL 4 BANGOR 1 WILL PLAY WINDHAM SATURDAY AT ST.JOE’S FOR STATE TILE. THE ‘B’ SOUTH BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP…#8 FRYEBURG TRYING TO CONTINUE THEIR CINDERALLA RUN..AGAINST #2 GREELY RAIDERS DOWN 1-0, LOAD THE BASES, BUT THE SQUEEZE PLAY FAILS AND WYATT SOUCIE GETS THE OUT AT THIRD FEW PITCHES LATER, DAVID ROSALES IS LIKE, WHO NEEDS A SQUEEZE…TAGS ONE TO RIGHT…WES PIPER ALMOST MAKES THE PLAY…ALLAIN AND MICHAEL MALIA SCORE… .NEXT BATTER A BALK AND IT’S 3-1 KEELAN VOGT, THEN GOES POWER TO GET OUT OF THE INNING LATER IT’S 3-2, FRYEBURG, BASES LOADED IN THE 6TH…SOUCIE THE GROUNDER TO SHORT, THEY STAY OUT OF THE DOUBLE PLAY…TYING RUN SCORES TO THE LAST AT BAT…BOTTOM OF SEVEN…KYLE SOULE AT THE DISH…SLAMS ONE TO CENTER..PIPER SCORES GREELY 4 FRYEBURG 3 RANGERS AND ELLSWORTH FOR THE STATE TITLE SATURDAY IN ORONO CLASS ‘B’ SOUTH SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP….#3 MEDOMAK VALLEY AND #1 YORK MEDOMAK HURLER SYDNEY NICHOLS—ON THE MOUND WHERE HER MOTHER HAD A HALL OF FAME CAREER AT U.S.M….WAS DOMINANT. IN THE THIRD WITH A 1-0 LEAD….NICHOLS THE K SECOND BATTER IN THE INNING ALSO GOES DOWN VIA THE K…14 STRIKEOUTS ON THE DAY FOR NICHOLS LATER IN THE INNING… TYING RUN AT SECOND, NICHOLS ANOTHER ‘K’..SHE THROWS A 1-HIT SHUTOUT… TOP OF FOUR, THEY ADD TO THE LEAD. PAYTON EATON SLASHES THE DOUBLE THE OTHER WAY…GRACE HAVENER SCORES.. MEDOMAK HANDS YORK ITS FIRST LOSS BEHIND NICHOLS…5-0…ENDING YORK’S 2 YEAR RUN AS REGIONAL CHAMPS… PANTHERS FACE HERMON IN STATE GAME SOUTHERN C BASEBALL…TOP SEEDED MT ABRAM AND THIRD SEEDED MONMOUTH ACADEMY 2ND INNING….WALKER WOLFE SINGLES TO LEFT FIELD TO KNOCK IN LOGAN DUBE AND IT WAS 1-0 MT ABRAM. IT WAS TIED ENTERING THE FIFTH WHEN MONMOUTH SCORES THREE RUNS…SAM SCHULTZ SINGLES TO LEFT TO SCORE JACOB HARMON…5-2 MONMOUTH. HARMON EARNED THE SAVE ON THE MOUND IN RELIEF OF LEVI LAVERDIERE WHO CATCHES THE FINAL OUT AT SHORTSTOP MONMOUTH 6 MT ABRAM 4 MUSTANGS AND WASHINGTON ACADEMY IN THE ‘C’ CHAMPIONSHIP AT ST.JOE’S SATURDAY THE ‘D’ SOUTH BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP….#2 ST.DOM’S…MAYBE THE FINAL EVENT FOR THE SCHOOL? FACING #1 SEED RICHMOND WHAT A GAME…1-1 IN THE 11TH…LOGAN LACLAIR LIFTS THE FLY TO CENTER, IT SCORES NOLAN CAVERS..2-1 ST.DOMS NOT DONE… BRADY BLASH THE SQUEEZE…BEN DUMAIS SCORES…3-1 LATER IN THE INNING… CURTIS WHEELER… STEPS UP AND SLAMS THE SINGLE TO CENTER TO SCORE… BOTTOM OF 11. RICHMOND DOES NOT GO QUIETLY, TYING RUN ON 2ND…BEN DUMAIS COMES ON AND THROW THREE PLUS INNINGS IN RELIEF…GETS THE FINAL OUT ST.DOM’S 4 RICHMOND 2 ST.DOM’S FACES BANGOR CHRISTIAN SATURDAY 1:00 AT UMAINE ORONO SOUTHERN C SOFTBALL…FOUR TIME DEFENDING STATE CHAMP HALL DALE AND DIRIGO SECOND INNING…EMMA PERRY SINGLES TO LEFT FIELD…TWO RUNS COME INTO SCORE…2-0 HALL DALE. IN THE FIFTH…ABBY LUCZYNSKI SINGLES UP THE MIDDLE…LANA WAITE SCORE AND DIRIGO TOOK THE 3-2 LEAD. BULLDOGS TIE IT IN THE SIXTH, THEN THEY TAKE THE LEAD WHEN EMMALIN NICHOLS SCORE ON THE WILD PITCH HALL DALE 4 DIRIGO 3 THEY GO FOR THE FIVE-PEAT SATURDAY AGAINST FACE BUCKSPORT IN STATE FINAL AT ST.JOE’S DEFENDING CLASS ‘D’ CHAMP NYA THE #2 SEED AND TOP SEEDED BUCKFIELD IN THE ‘D’ SOUTH SOFTBALL TITLE GAME. NYA PUT THREE UP IN THE TOP OF THE FIRST, CARMEN CROCKET THE RBI SINGLE PUTS BUCKFIELD ON THE BOARD… BUT IT’S ALL F
Highlights from the regional finals in baseball and softball,
Highlights from the regional finals in baseball and softball,