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The new and improved MaineSportsReport.com has moved. If you are here it is because you have bookmarked this page or your computer cache has brought you here. You should remove this bookmark and or clean your cookies and cache and then in your URL address bar type in www.mainesportsreport.com and it will takre you to the new site. Once you have done that bookmark the new site and you will be all

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comGame 1 results — South 67, North 55Game number 1 features the class of 2013NORTH 2013Gabby Foy - Mt BlueJordan Maxwell - Hampden AcademyAlex Winchester - Hampden AcademyAmy Hilton - Mt BlueMeg Hall - Mt BlueCheyenne Malloy - SkowheganMikayla Bolduc - SkowheganEmily York - MessalonskeeChelsey Oliver - MessalonskeeShawna Oliver - MessalonskeeSOUTH 2013Lydia Caputi

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This event is sponsored by The Maine Maniacs Basketball Club and will take place at the Augusta Civic Center on Saturday, August 8.Four games, 2:00 p.m. (class of 2013 which is incoming frosh), 3:30 p.m. (class of 2012), 5:00 p.m. (class of 2011) and 6:30 p.m. (class of 2010) will feature the best from the north vs. the best from the south from each graduating class.Here are the current rosters

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By Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comOne of the hardest things to do in a little league elimination tournament is for a team to come out of the loser's bracket and defeat a team twice to win a championship. Sunday at the Thomaston Little League field, the Bangor East 11-12 All-Stars accomplished just such a feat with a 4-3 victory over South Portland to claim the 2009 State Championship. Bangor

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comMercy, Mercy, Mercy the South Portland National 11-12 year old Little League baseball team had not lost a game in their District 6 tournament and went into Saturday nights state tournament championship game unbeaten in the run to the title only to run into a momentum driven Bangor East.Bangor East used that momentum along with the power of Justin Courtney and the

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comWhen Kristina Prescott came up with the idea to do Cougar field hockey camp she didn't really know what to expect. Coach Kristina Prescott gets ready to play in the end of camp all-star game Photo by Ron HawkesThe first camp was held in Portland June 29 - July 2 and had about 47 participants sign up for the four day camp. The Northport camp at Point Lookout held

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By Skip Hawkes and Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThursday night at the Thomaston Little League field, it was a case of win or go home for the two teams vying to take on South Portland in the state 11-12 year old baseball tournament. Despite being out hit 9-8, Bangor East got some clutch hitting from Ben Crichton and Liam Harrigan while Justin Courtney provided some power in a 7-5 victory over

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comAs the dust had settled and the fog started to roll in at the Thomaston Little League field Wednesday night another team was sent home, a previously unbeaten was now in the losers bracket and the State 11-12 year-old baseball tournament was down to just three teams.In the 5 p.m. game South Portland got behind the pitching of Aidan Mckee for a 3-0 win over

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comTuesday was a pivotal day for two teams as the elimination rounds of the State 11-12 Little League tournament got underway with Rockland coming off being held hit-less in their previous game and Ellsworth having lost to South Portland 3-0 in their first game. In the second game it was Bangor East who had lost a heart breaker to Kennebunk 2-1 in nine innings in

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comAfter not being able to get the game in that was originally scheduled for Sunday at 6 p.m. the two teams were set to do battle on Monday only to have the weather take over and push the game to Tuesday where they picked up in the top of the second inning with Kennebunk leading 3-0.Kennebunk's Billy Risigo slides into home on a passed ball under the tag of

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comSouth Portland National (2-0) had to wait a day because of rain to get the game played, but wasted no time in overpowering Elliot Avenue of Lewiston (0-1) in action Monday at The Thomaston Little League Field. South Portland's Matthew Beecher makes the play on a single to left field during Monday's game in the State 11-12 Little League tournament played in

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.com The State 11-12 year old Little League tournament kicked of Saturday with an opening ceremony and a home run derby before the first two games of the tournament got going.After Thomaston Recreation director Troy Smith spoke and thanked everyone for their help, State Senator, District 22, Christopher Rector welcomed everyone to the tournament and to Thomaston.

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe Midcoast South (2-0) Babe Ruth baseball team was rained out Friday, but wasted no time Saturday getting down to business in the first two games of the 14 year-old state tournament.Midcoast South got an outstanding performance from Nat Baptist who pitched a complete game five hitter in the 6-1 win over Apple Valley. The South then turned around in the

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe Rockland and Lincoln County 11-12 year old teams met last Saturday in a battle of the unbeaten teams with Rockland getting a perfect performance on the mound.Rockland team members and coaches pose with their District 2 championship banner. Pictured front row from left, Noah Slivinsky, Ryan Allender, Keenan Hendricks, Nick Mazurek, Dustin Steeves, Nate

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The Midcoast branch of Maine Sports Report & Photography has new office space located at 75 Mechanic St, Sharps Point South, Rockland. We are located on the second floor of the building closest to the ocean, enter through the red doors in middle. Our phone number is 975-2311 and we will be open Monday through Friday 9-5 unless on assignment or by appointment. Having trouble ordering photos? Make

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By Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comTuesday night in Holden, the Houlton 9-10 All-Stars overcame a six run deficit and scored five runs in the top of the sixth inning to rally past Old Town and claim the 2009 District 3 Championship.The Houlton 9-10 All-Stars defeated Old Town 8-6 Tuesday night in Holden to win the District 3 Championship. Photo by Skip HawkesOld Town jumped all over Houlton in

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comWhen tournaments get towards the end, fans like to see good baseball games played by what should be some of the best. Games should be close, well played, and exciting.Lincoln County (3-1) and Camden-Rockport (3-2) provided all of that and more as the two teams battled in an exciting game for eight innings before Lincoln County was able to score two runs in the

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By Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comMonday night at the Rod McPherson Field in Holden, Austin Lacadie had two hits and drove in three runs as Old Town eliminated Holbrook with an 8-5 win in the 9-10 All-Stars District 3 tournament game. Old Town (4-1) advances to the championship game against Houlton (4-0) at 5:30 on July 21. Old Town will need to defeat Houlton twice in order to win the District

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By Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comIn Holden Sunday afternoon, Old Town broke open a scoreless game in the fourth inning with a nine run explosion and put the game away with five runs in the fifth inning for a 15-10 victory over Hermon in the 9-10 All-Stars District 3 playoffs.Old Town's Cole Daniel slides safely into home plate as Hermon's Matt Leach jumps to get out of the way during the 9-10

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It did not take long for the Midcoast South 14 year-old baseball team to get the job done in Searsport as they defeated Midcoast North 12-2 in a five inning mercy rule game Sunday morning to capture the District 2 Babe Ruth 14 year-old championship.The District champs are scheduled to play on Friday, July 24 at 2 p.m. in Westbrook at Westbrook High School. They will play the winner of the

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe Camden-Rockport 11-12 year old baseball team took a 7-4 lead into the bottom of the fifth inning and the bats came to life scoring seven more runs to defeat Knox Suburban 14-4 in a mercy rule win at Walsh Field in Belfast Saturday.Camden-Rockport's Sean Pierce delivers a pitch during the District 2 11-12 year-old playoff game at Walsh Field in Belfast

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By Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comSaturday night in Holden, Tyler Beaton breezed through the Brewer batters and tossed a 3-hit complete five inning mercy rule game as Hermon eliminated Brewer 11-1 in the 9-10 All-Stars District 3 tournament game. Hermon will face Old Town, who eliminated Bangor West 10-0 in four innings in the early game, at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 19.Hermon's Tyler Beaton

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comRockland 11-12 year old all star baseball players and fans got a treat Saturday at Walsh Field in Belfast as Isaiah Patterson took the mound for Rockland and threw a five inning mercy rule 10-0 perfect game against previously undefeated Lincoln County. Rockland's Isaiah Patterson was perfect in Saturday's District 2 playoff game in Belfast against Lincoln County

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comAll-star teams are funny sometimes. They are kind of like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get. One might think Midcoast South Babe Ruth 14-year-old division manager Don Shields might have had a good idea what he was getting — and who would not want to manage a group like this.Midcoast South's Nathaniel Baptist was dominate

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By Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThursday night at the Rod McPherson little league field in Holden, Connor Grant made his first appearance on the mound at the 9-10 All-Stars tournament and delivered four solid innings of relief work as Houlton held on to edge Holbrook 9-8 after overcoming a 7-3 deficit. Houlton remains undefeated at 4-0, while Holbrook falls to 2-1.Houlton's Connor Grant

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe Knox Suburban 11-12 year-old baseball all stars used good pitching and timely hitting to eliminate the Waldoboro (1-2) team from District 2 Little League playoff action Wednesday night in Waldoboro.Knox Suburban's Drew Stanley comes off the mound to field a ground ball during Wednesday's District 2 playoff game in Waldoboro. Knox Suburban won 6-4. Photo by

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By Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comBangor West broke open a 4-1 three inning lead with five runs in the fourth inning on their way to a 12-1 victory over Lincoln in an elimination game of the 9-10 All-Stars District 3 tournament in Holden Wednesday night.Bangor's Sam Putnam slides safely into third base as Lincoln's Jordan Hanscom reaches for the ball during the first inning of the 9-10 All-Stars

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By Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comIn Holden Tuesday night, Tyler Beaton made Hampden pay for intentionally walking the bases loaded by ripping a single straight up the middle to drive home the winning run as Hermon eliminated Hampden with a 9-8 come from behind victory in 9-10 All-Stars District 3 action at Rod McPherson Field.Hermon's Tyler Beaton swings and watches the ball head up the middle

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe District 2 Little League 10-11 year old baseball tournament is now one game away from deciding the champion that will represent District 2 in the state tournament starting July 25 in Cape Elizabeth.Camden-Rockport's Teddy Laurieta rips one of his four hits during Tuesday's District 2 10-11 year old baseball game against Camden-Rockport. Camden-Rockport won 15

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By Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comMonday night at the Rod McPherson Little League Field in Holden, the Houlton 9-10 All-Stars capitalized on five Brewer errors and squeaked out a 7-6 win to remain undefeated in the District 3 tournament.Brewer out hit Houlton 9-5, but fell victim to some outstanding defense by Houlton and some fielding miscues that led to Houlton runs.Houlton right fielder

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe District 2 Little League playoffs for 11-12 year old baseball continue with the end in sight as we get closer to state tournament time. Lincoln County's Travis Creamer was solid on the mound and at the plate to lead Lincoln County to a 5-2 District 2 playoff win over Camden-Rockport Monday in Rockland. Photo by Ron HawkesOn Monday night Lincoln County managed

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On Saturday, July 18, the Bangor West Little League will host the opening of the 9-10 Softball All-Stars District 3 Tournament. There are only four teams entered into the tournament. Bangor, Lincoln, Hampden, and the combined Hermon-Levant-Carmel (H-L-C).There are two games on the schedule opening day beginning at 11:00 a.m., with two more on Sunday, July 19. The tournament is a

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe Midcoast Babe Ruth regular season and league playoffs are complete and a new champion has been crowned with Northern Division champ, Rockport downing Southern Division champ, Georges Valley 9-5 at Medomak Valley High School Saturday afternoon.Rockport's Connor Hart delivers a pitch during Saturday's Midcoast Babe Ruth league championship game at Medomak

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Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comSaturday at the Job Corps gymnasium on Union Street in Bangor, the John Bapst Memorial High School wrestling program held their First Annual Summerslam Tournament.Photo by Skip HawkesThe tournament featured some 80 wrestlers participating in nearly 100 matches on the day. One of those participants was a nationally ranked female wrestler named Kelly Golek. An 18

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comAs the season winds down for American Legion baseball the Rockland based Amato's finds itself not only battling to get enough games in, but trying to stay sharp between rain out's that keep the players from practice and games.Amato's Dale Winchenbach delivers a pitch during Thursday's game in Rockland against Augusta. Amato's lost 5-3. Photo by Ron HawkesAmato's

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The Regular season of Babe Ruth baseball has come and gone before we knew it as both the Northern and Southern divisions of Midcoast Babe Ruth Baseball played their divisional championship games Friday night and the two winning teams will face off Saturday at 1 p.m. for the overall league championship at Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro.Rockport's Adam Landwehr delivers a pitch during

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Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comFriday night in Holden, the Houlton 9-10 All-Stars became the first team to go 2-0 in the District 3 baseball tournament when they defeated Lincoln 14-4 in five innings at the Rod McPherson Field. With the loss, Lincoln falls to 1-1 in the tournament.Houlton's Isah Bouchard delivers a pitch during the first inning of the 9-10 All-Stars tournament game in Holden

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Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comKyle St. Thomas was the player in charge on Thursday night in Holden, as he led his Brewer 9-10 All-Stars to a 10-0 five inning mercy rule win over Orrington in the District 3 tournament at the Rod McPherson Field.Brewer pitcher Kyle St. Thomas delivers one of his 12 strikeout pitches during the 9-10 All-Stars District 3 game in Holden Thursday. Brewer defeated

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comGeorges Valley picked up an exciting 4-3 semifinal Southern Division playoff win over visiting Damariscotta Tuesday night in Thomaston despite not getting a hit the entire game.Georges Valley's Bryant Matthews delivers a pitch during Tuesday's semifinal playoff game against Damariscotta. Georges Valley won 4-3. Photo By Nicole HawkesWith two outs in the bottom

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Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comOn their first appearance in the 9-10 All-Stars District 3 2009 tournament, Old Town got a stellar performance on the hill from Caleb Gifford as they edged Hermon 3-0 Tuesday night in Holden at the Rod McPherson Little League Field. Gifford and Cole Daniel combined on a one hitter in the shutout win.Old Town's Caleb Gifford delivers a pitch during the first inning

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe Rockland 11-12 baseball all stars hosted Knox Suburban in Waldoboro Tuesday evening managing to get the complete game in before the sky opened up with a steady rain that had threatened all evening.Rockland's Nick Mazurek connects on this high fastball in the third inning for his second home run of the game Tuesday in Waldoboro. Rockland beat Knox Suburban 5-1

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At the Rod McPherson Little League Field in Holden, Alex Maximic and Tyler Williams combined to pitch a three hit shutout as the host team Holbrook defeated Bangor East 6-0 in a 9-10 All-Stars District 3 tournament game Monday afternoon.Maximic worked into the fifth inning before being removed after reaching his maximum pitch count in the game. He allowed just two hits and struck out 12 of the 14

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Cougar Field Hockey Camp is for all ages, and all skill levels.Camp runs July 27 - 30 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Point Lookout turf in Northport, MaineLearn to develop confidence, improve fundamental skills, experience game competition, make lasting friendships, learn from prominent college players and high school coaches and receive post-camp evaluations.**Beginners will develop the basics of field

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comAfter fighting off the weather for five straight days, Amato's (5-3) started a marathon run of nine games in seven days with a double header loss to Madison Sunday in Rockland.Madison's Cody Vigue took a no-hitter into the seventh inning with two outs before giving up a home run to break it up. Vigue was dominate in seven as Madison beat Amato's 8-1 in the first

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe Rockland District 2, 11-12 softball All-Stars, used good hitting, fielding, pitching and base running to overpower the visiting Waldoboro District 2 All-Stars Thursday 10-3 in Rockland as the playoffs continue towards a district championship.Rockland's Chelsea Williams, center, slides into home with the games first run during Thursday's District 2 All-Star 11

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe District II Little League playoffs for 9-10 year old softball got underway Wednesday in Waldoboro with Rockland downing Waldoboro 15-5 in a five inning mercy rule game.Rockland's Ari Curtis delivers a pitch during Wednesday's District II Little League 9-10 softball playoff game in Waldoboro. Rockland won 15-5. Photo by Ron HawkesAri Curtis pitched the

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Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comWednesday night in Holden, Houlton jumped out to a 6-0 first inning lead and never looked back as they defeated Hampden 10-6 in a District 3 All-Stars 9-10 tournament game at the Rod McPherson Field.Photo by Skip HawkesHoulton, after the six run first inning, added three more runs in the second to take a 9-1 lead after two innings. Hampden rallied for five runs in

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe Little League playoffs in District II are in full swing with playoffs games happening most every night weather permitting. Camden-Rockpport's Connor Graffam is mobbed at home plate after crushing a 2-run home run in the first inning of Wednesday's District II Little League playoff game against Bath. C-R won 7-3 Photo By Nicole HawkesWednesday night Bath

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Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comWednesday afternoon at the Rod McPherson Field in Holden, home of the Holbrook Little League and host field for the District 3 All-Stars 9-10 baseball tournament, Lincoln scored seven runs in the fifth inning to break open a 3-2 game and defeated Orono-Veazie 10-2.Photo by Skip HawkesLincoln managed just three hits in the game, but took advantage of base on balls,

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Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comOn the turf field in Hampden Tuesday night, Hampden overcame two deficit's throughout the game and squeezed out a 7-5 win over Hermon as the Junior League softball regular season winds down to their final games.Hampden's Amy Cirrinone gets back to first base safely as Hermon's Kayla Snow makes a late tag during the Junior League softball game in Hampden Tuesday

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comDespite the rain and foggy weather the Georges Valley Babe Ruth team has been faced with they keep on winning games with Tuesday night being the big one as they come from behind to defeat the previously unbeaten Newcastle 6-4.Georges Valley's Drew Townsend throws one back to the mound during Tuesday nights Babe Ruth match up against Newcastle in Thomaston. GV won

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Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comAt the Rod McPherson Field in Holden Monday night, Tyler Beaton dominated from the mound and aided his own cause with a 2-run single as Hermon defeated Bangor West 6-1 in the District 3 9-10 All-Stars Tournament.Photo by Skip HawkesHermon scored one run in the top of the first inning and led 1-0 through the the first three innings. In the top of the fourth, Hermon

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Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comMonday afternoon at the Rod McPherson Field in Holden, the Bangor East 9-10 All-Stars exploded for 16 runs in the second inning on their way to a 22-4 four inning victory over Glenburn in the opening contest of the District 3 All-Stars tournament.Photo by Skip HawkesAfter Glenburn opened with a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, Bangor East came right back

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comSaturday was supposed to be a season opening tournament in Waterville for the Midcoast Blue Devils. However that was canceled due to a lack of teams so the Maine Tidal Wave were invited to play a double header in Waldoboro at Medomak Valley High School.Blue Devil's Kayla Vannah in triple exposure during an at bat in Saturday's game at Medomak Valley in Waldoboro.

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With Little League baseball you never know exactly what you are going to get from game to game, but when you get to the league championship you always hope for a good game. Thomaston's Jimmy Strong slides hard into third base under the tag from Hope's Chris Bresnahan in the fourth inning of Friday's Knox Suburban Little League baseball championship game. Thomaston II won 8-7. Photo by Ron

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comRockport Babe Ruth finally got back on the field after numerous rain outs as they hosted Belfast Thursday at the Rockport Recreation Field defeating them 7-4 in a hard fought battle.Photo by Ron HawkesAdam Landwehr got the start on the mound for Rockport pitching three innings allowing one run on three hits while striking out five. Connor Hart pitched four

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By Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe Knox Suburban Little League got its two semifinal games played Tuesday night with No. 1 Thomaston II (14-1) defeating No. 7 Warren (5-8) and Hope beating Washington to set up Friday's championship game at Thomaston.The championship game between Thomaston II and Hope is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Friday June 26 at the Thomaston Little League field.Thomaston's Jim

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe regular season for Rockland Little League baseball finally came to a close Sunday as the championship game originally scheduled for Friday June 19 was able to be played at Gordon Field in Rockland.Fisher's Nicholas Mazurek delivers a pitch during Sunday's championship game in Rockland. Photo By Ron HawkesIsaiah Patterson had a home run and a double with seven

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comAll great seasons come to an end in every sport, some on a happy note and some not so much. Then there is a game like today's state class B championship where it comes down to somebody has to lose only because we have to have a winner.Fryeburg Academy pitcher Hannah Hill rips this pitch to left field in the bottom of the eighth for a single to get the inning started

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comWhen the season started coach Dan McNichol said he wasn't sure what he had for a team this year, but said it would be fun anyway. By the time Wednesday night was over McNichol was positive what he had for a team; a championship team, and yes, it had been fun.Kenniston Machine's Krisandra McNichol makes a spectacular running catch from deep in the hole at shortstop

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comJust as one season ends another gets going and for the Amato's American Legion team of Rockland the new season is off to the races. Amato's Larson Platt makes a nice catch on a sharp line drive to left field during Tuesday's American Legion home opener in Rockland. Photo By Ron HawkesThe team opened their 2009 season June 13 with a double header sweep over Monmouth

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Due to recent budget cuts for the 2009-2010 school year, several athletic programs within SAD 22 were de-funded. At the Middle School level, "B" teams for boys and girls soccer, boys baseball and girls softball did not receive funding. As a result, several parents of student athletes at Reeds Brook came together on June 1st to form the Reeds Brook Athletic Booster Club (RBABC), a formal

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe Rockland Little League baseball regular season is over and the playoffs are down to the last games with two more games, Tuesday and Wednesday to decide who will join Fisher to battle for the league championship.Photo by Ron HawkesWith Fisher defeating Vinalhaven Monday night, the Ravens will wait until Wednesday to see who they play for the right to face Fisher

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comIt seems that when the Panthers play extra hard in extra innings good things come their way and Saturday's game in Bucksport proved not be any different.Medomak Valley's Mallory Conary, left, put s the tag on Bucksport's Meagan Benson as she slides into third base in the second inning of Saturday's Eastern Class B Semifinal game in Bucksport. The Panthers won 6-4 in

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Ron Hawkes MaineSportsReport.comAfter more then two inches of rain had fallen Friday, the sun broke through bright and hot Saturday in time to dry out the field and give No. 1 Georges Valley and No. 4 Hall-Dale a great day for a good softball game and the two teams did not disappoint.Georges Valley's Danielle Frye slides into home plate with the Bucs first run of the game as Hall-Dale catcher

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Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comHERMON - At the elementary school softball complex Saturday afternoon, Taylor Blood hurled a no-hitter for six and two third innings before Hermon's Gabby Bryant drove a single up the middle to score two runs as Lincoln defeated Hermon 10-5 in a Junior League game.Lincoln's Taylor Blood delivers one of her 13 strikeout pitches during Saturday's Junior League

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Skip HawkesMaineSportsReprt.comHERMON - At the Hermon Elementary School softball complex Saturday morning, the Hampden Junior League softball team came from behind twice to squeeze out an 11-10 win over Bangor 1. After trailing 7-0 and 10-8, Hampden rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to pull out the win.Hampden's Nicole McDougall hits one of her three singles in the Junior

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.com(Photo by Ron Hawkes/MaineSportsReport.com)Rockland Little League playoffs are underway and will be concluding next week with the championship game in softball scheduled for Tuesday June 16 and baseball scheduled for Friday June 19.(Photo by Ron Hawkes/MaineSportsReport.com)Below is a link to the Friday June 12 playoff game between Kenniston Machine and

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For a short time Thursday afternoon the sun broke through the clouds and the day resembled a day where you would want to sit and watch a softball game. Especially one where Mountain Valley Conference Player of the year Danielle Frye was taking the circle for her Georges Valley team.Georges Valley's Danielle Frye delivers a pitch for one of her 14 strikeouts during Thursday afternoon's Western

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Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comORONO - At Orono High School Thursday afternoon, the Lady Red Riots (No.4) overcame a 2-0 third inning deficit scoring four runs on their way to a 6-2 Eastern Maine Class C quarterfinal win over Houlton (No.5). Jade Keezer drove in the go ahead runs in the third, and Andi Foster held the Shiretowners to just two hits from inside the circle for the complete game

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comIt was cold, drizzling rain, a little foggy and overall miserable weather to be playing softball by anyone's standards. However none of that seemed to matter to the No. 8 Medomak Valley girls as they pounded out 17 runs to send visiting Foxcroft Academy home to pack it in for another season with a 17-0 win in a mercy rule game.Medomak Valley's Kayla Vannah was on

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BANGOR — The No. 10 Rockland baseball team made the trip to Husson University to face No. 7 John Bapst Tuesday in an Eastern Class B preliminary game at the John Winkin Sports Complex and pulled off the upset with a 3-1 eight inning win over the Crusaders.Nick Little pitched the complete game win for the Tigers and Lucas Morrill drove in the game winning run to lead Rockland to the

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comTHOMASTON — With No. 2 and No. 3 playing for the right to face off against No.1 for the Busline League North division softball championship one would hope for an exciting game and that is just what No. 2 Thomaston Grammar School and No. 3 Rockland provided for the good sized crowd on hand to watch Monday's game.Thomaston's Rachel Frye delivers a pitch for one of her

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Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comHAMPDEN - Matt Hawes held the Holbrook White bats in check Sunday afternoon allowing just two runs on three hits over a game shortened five innings as the Hampden Dirigo Junior League team cruised to a 14-2 win at Bordick Park.Photo by Skip HawkesAfter issuing a lead off walk to start the game, Hawes retired the next eight batters he faced while the Dirigo bats

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comTHOMASTON — The Georges Valley Babe Ruth team got the season off to a good start with a 7-4 win over visiting Wiscasset as the two teams kicked off the 2009 season Sunday in Thomaston.Photo by Ron HawkesWiscasset scored two in the first inning and one each in the third and fifth innings. Georges Valley scored four in the first, one in the fourth and two in the fifth

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Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comHAMPDEN - At Bordick Park Sunday afternoon, the Holbrook Red Junior League baseball team scored 14 runs over the final three innings to put away the Hampden Rounders 18-10. Photo by Skip HawkesHolbrook scored 18 runs on nine hits and committed two errors. Hitting for Holbrook was Nolan Webber with four singles and two RBIs, John Deshaine with two singles and an RBI

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comCAMDEN — The weather could not have been any better for the 29th annual running of the Peter Ott's/Free Press 10K and 1-mile fun run for the kids then it was Sunday morning. Beth and Philip Cohen of Waldoboroo share a laugh as the 10K race gets underway Sunday in Camden Photo by Ron HawkesBoth races started at The Camden Harbour Inn on Bayview Street with the 1-

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Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comHERMON - At Hermon High School Saturday afternoon, the Hermon Junior League softball team scattered 20 hits and scored 20 runs in a 20-8 rout of Bangor (Allenfarm Fence). Gabby Bryant and Shannon Graves homered for Hermon in the game.Hermon's Kayla Snow swings for a 2-run double during the team's nine run first inning. Hermon defeated Bangor 20-8 in the Junior

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comROCKPORT — It took eight innings to get it done, but the No. 1 Gardiner baseball team climbed on the shoulders of Donnie Cray and defeated No. 3 Waterville in a hard fought battle 5-4 Saturday morning at Camden Hills Regional High School. 2009 Kennebec Athletic Conference Class B champions Gardiner Tigers. Photo by Ron Hawkes While Cray's 7 1/3 innings on the mound

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe Maranacook softball team got behind Sarah Maxwell's outstanding pitching Saturday afternoon at Camden Hills Regional High School to help her bring home the coveted Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B championship over Winslow 3-0.2009 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B champion Maranacook Black Bears. Photo by Ron HawkesWinslow's Julie Riordan

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comFriday night was just another typical night at Gordan Park with two talented Little League teams facing off in a late season matchup.Photo by Ron HawkesThe Lions fell to Fisher, but not before putting up an impressive battle. Saturday will be the final day of regular season games to determine seeding for the playoffs that start Wednesday, June 10.Photo by Ron

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Skip HawkesMaineSportsReport.comFriday night in Hampden, Dirigo Slipform held off a sixth inning Dysart's bases loaded rally and came away with an 8-7 victory.Trailing 8-7, Dysarts loaded the bases with no outs and threatened to regain the lead. Dirigo pitcher Casey Sudbeck got the next batter to fly out to left field. The next batter fouled out behind the plate as Dirigo's Noah Gradner made a

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SOUTH PORTLAND - Congratulations to Matt Richards and the Athletic staff at SMCC for organizing the 2nd Annual New England College Showcase held May 29-31 at SMCC in South Portland. We suggest players to consider this camp in the future. This camp encompasses a vision of providing knowledge, instruction by college coaches, exposure, and a great location at

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe Camden Hills tennis courts were buzzing with Eastern Regional Class B quarterfinal action Thursday as No. 4 Camden Hills narrowly defeated the visiting No. 5 Mount Desert Island team 3-2. Camden Hills swept the singles matches for the hard-fought victory. For the second time in as many weeks, junior Julia Kosowsky won the deciding match at third singles this

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comPitching a no hitter is not an easy thing to do, losing a no hitter has to be tougher. Rockland's Natalie Russell can tell you first hand as Wednesday she hurled the no hitter, her first high school gem, against rival Medomak Valley and lost 3-1.Rockland's Natalie Russell was on her game Wednesday throwing a no hitter only to lose to Medomak Valley 3-1. Photo by Ron

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe Medomak Valley (9-7) baseball team used solid pitching and timely hitting to rout host Rockland (9-7) Wednesday in the regular season finale for both local teams.Medomak Valley finishes on the high note having defeated Maranacook, Belfast and the Tigers this week while Rockland has lost to Gardiner and the Panthers to end the season.Medomak Valley's Dale

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe Camden Hills lacrosse team continued to battle, but could not find its way to the win column as another season comes to a close.Facing off against Mountain Valley Tuesday, who had only one win going into the matchup, might have been the best chance the Windjammers would have this season, but they were unable to get it done as the Falcons defeated them 6-3 Photo

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comThe Belfast baseball team just would not stop coming back while the Camden Hills seniors were trying to get to senior banquet. Something had to give and finally in the bottom of the eighth inning the Windjammers were able to plate a run that the Lions did not have the opportunity to answer for the 5-4 win.Zac Dufour and Adam Landwehr pitched for the Windjammers with

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Ron HawkesMaineSportsReport.comOn a day when the games were started early, at 3 p.m. instead of the normal 4:15 p.m. start time due to the Senior Banquet scheduled for Tuesday it would only figure that the softball game would go extra innings for the Windjammers. However when the game was over in the bottom of the eighth, the Camden Hills softball team didn't mind at all as they pulled off the 3-

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Monday night in Hampden, Abby Lord worked double duty and picked up both a win and a save from inside the circle as Hampden's Rawcliffe's majors softball team defeated Orono 10-9 at the Ball Field Road softball field. Photo by Skip HawkesLord was the starting pitcher as Hampden rolled out to a 7-1 lead in the second inning and never trailed the rest of the way. Lord gave way to a reliever and

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After 10 days without being outside or facing competition, Georges Valley's Danielle Frye had to bring what she had to a determined Hall-Dale softball filed and barely pulled out the 1-0 win against a very tough opponent. One mistake cost the Bulldogs pitcher, Lindsay LaChance, who also pitched an outstanding game.Georges Valley's Danielle Frye delivers a pitch late in the game for a strikeout

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With both pitchers throwing strikes consistently one could tell from the start this had all the makings of an outstanding game of high school baseball and neither team let anyone down in the end.Dylan Dupont was close to perfect allowing one hit in seven innings on the mound, a single in the sixth. Dupont gave up no runs on the one hit with no walks while striking out eight.Hall-Dale pitcher

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The MBR.ORG 'Extend the Season" tourney held Saturday and Sunday at Reeds Brook Middle School in Hampden featured two days of outstanding girls basketball.Sunday the teams other than Midcoast Warriors were different from Saturday's listing, but the competition was fierce.Photo by Ron HawkesThe MBR 15U team, this years AAU 15u state champions defeated Triple Threat Gerrish to start things off.

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It may be getting close to summer, but with the weather we have been having one would think it was early spring, still a good time for some exciting hoops action.Saturday was the opening day of the MBR.ORG 'Extend the Season' basketball tourney for AAU, YBOA and Travel teams at Reeds Brook Middle School in Hampden. Photo by Ron HawkesThe tourney was promoted by MBR.ORG and Mark Leclerc and was a

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ROCKLAND — It was raining almost the entire game, the temperatures were well below normal and neither the Mount View or Rockland squads could seem to get anything going offensively despite both having some opportunities during Thursday's 13 inning marathon game at Morrill Field in Rockland. In the end it was Gentry Burch who turned in a heroes performance with three innings of shutout relief and

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ROCKLAND — The Mount View softball team got a big boost from shortstop Terri Belcher with two hits and five RBIs including a 3-run home run over the center field fence in the second inning to lead the Mustangs to an 8-1 win.Cassandra St. Clair got the win in the circle for the Mustangs pitching seven innings allowing one run on two hits and three walks while striking out four. Mount View's

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Thursday afternoon at the John Winkin Complex on the campus of Husson University, Ellsworth's Patrick Kelley did it all as the Eagles squeaked out a 1-0 victory over John Bapst of Bangor in an Eastern Maine Class B baseball contest. Ellsworth improved to 12-2 with the win, while the Crusaders fall to 8-5-1.Ellsworth's Patrick Kelley delivers his final pitch of the game in Thursday's Eastern Maine

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Sometimes in baseball it does not matter how good the pitcher is throwing the ball if the defense is not there. Tuesday, Medomak Valley's Alex Goldrup found that out first hand as he allowed three runs, all unearned in a 3-2 loss to Camden Hills.In fact it was Goldrup's own defensive miscues that cost the Panthers two unearned runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to tie the game 2-2 and two

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Camden Hills' Hayley Buckheit and Medomak Valley's Kayla Santheson battled each other from start to finish in a game that was decided by circumstances beyond the control of either pitcher. The saying goes, errors will always come back to haunt you. Tuesday's match up between these Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference rivals proved that saying to be correct in the case of the Windjammers who's

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Tuesday afternoon in Glenburn, Gabby Bryant stroked four hits and drove in six runs, and Kristen Wilcox pitched 3 2/3 innings of relief allowing just two hits while striking out seven as the Hermon Hawks rocked the Chargers with 21 hits in a 30-7 middle school softball win.Hermon's Gabby Bryant beats out a base hit for one of her four hits in the middle school softball game at Glenburn Tuesday.

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