Messalonskee (13-6) upended the top three seeds — Bangor, Hampden and Oxford Hills — by a combined 13-6 score to reach the Class A state title game for a second straight year. The Eagles will play Westbrook (16-3) at 2 p.m. Saturday at Morton Field.
Bill Stewart
Bill Stewart has been the sports editor at the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal since 2014. During his tenure as sports editor, the papers have received national recognition from the Associated Press Sports Editors. A Massachusetts native, he graduated from the University of Maine in 1999 with a BA in Journalism. He began his journalism career as a sports reporter at the Berkshire (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) Eagle in 1999. He also worked at the Republican-American (Waterbury, Connecticut) and Eagle-Tribune (Lawrence, Massachusetts). In his free time, he enjoys adventures with his family, reading and a good game of cribbage.
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AUTO RACING NOTEBOOK: Emerson chasing points title at OPS
Zach Emerson has been chasing a points championship at Oxford Plains Speedway for several years, coming close on a few occasions in his Street Stock car.
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EASTERN A GIRLS LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS: Cheverus too much for Cony
PORTLAND — The Cony girls lacrosse team admittedly didn’t know much about Cheverus, its opponent in the Eastern A title game Wednesday at Fitzpatrick Stadium.
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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: Tigers look for luck
GARDINER — The pair plaques — received after the Gardiner softball team won the 1985 and 86 Southern Division Championship — rest on a folded section of bleachers inside the John A. Bragoli Memorial Gym on a dreary Tuesday afternoon.
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EASTERN B BASEBALL: Hapworth dominant as Winslow tops Foxcroft in semifinals
WINSLOW — Dominant pitching. Flawless defense. Timely hitting. The Winslow baseball team had it all Saturday afternoon in a 4-0 victory over Foxcroft Academy in an Eastern B semifinal game.
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WESTERN D SOFTBALL SEMIFINALS: Richmond tops Buckfield to reach final
RICHMOND — A little jittery and a little rusty, the Richmond softball team struggled to find a rhythm in the early going of its Western D semifinal Friday against Buckfield.
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NEW ENGLAND TRACK AND FIELD: Athletes head to NEs
The New England track and field championships begin Saturday at Veterans’ Stadium in New Britain, Conn., with or without the rain.
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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL QUARTERFINALS: Ouellette sparks Ramblers by ’Dogs
FARMINGDALE — Winthrop junior third baseman Cat Ouellette worked the count full in her first at-bat, only to go down on strikes in the first inning of a Western C quarterfinal game against Hall-Dale.
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LOCAL AUTO RACING NOTEBOOK: Douglass makes return a winner
Kevin Douglass made a triumphant return to Wiscasset Speedway last weekend.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS LACROSSE: Gardiner picks up the pace in quarterfinal win
GARDINER — The Gardiner boys lacrosse team prefers to play a controlled game of possession, designed to wear down and frustrate opponents.