The game has changed since Amy Vachon led the Cony High School girls basketball team to a pair of Class A state championships and went on to star for the University of Maine. But it’s hardly passed her by.
Gary Hawkins
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Summer means more baseball
The longest season of their baseball careers continues for several central Maine collegians who have hooked on with teams this summer.
CLASS D SOFTBALL: Richmond finishes unbeaten season with title
Jamie Plummer, who struck out 13, escaped jams in each of the final four innings to lead Richmond to a 3-0 victory. Even Richmond coach Rick Coughlin didn’t expect this type of performance from his lanky senior, and he watched her pitch a perfect game Thursday against Greenville.
EASTERN A SOFTBALL FINAL: Therriault throws 1-hitter as Skowhegan wins regional title
Thursday night, the Indians rode the one-hit pitching of junior Kaitlyn Therriault to a 2-0 win against Bangor in the Eastern Maine Class A championship game.
EASTERN CLASS B BOYS LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP: Yarmouth ends Gardiner’s season
WATERVILLE — The Gardiner boys lacrosse team can take small comfort in the fact it was only outscored by two goals in the second half of Wednesday’s Eastern Maine Class B championship game against Yarmouth.
EASTERN B SOFTBALL: Smith, Gardiner reach final
GARDINER — The top-seeded Gardiner softball team rode a big first inning and the arm of sophomore Kristal Smith to a berth in tonight’s Eastern Maine Class B championship game.
HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS: Teams prepare for regional finals
The Gardiner and Winthrop softball teams will find out today if they play in regional finals, but five area teams are already there.
HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS: Baseball rivals prepare for Round 4
The battle of the bridge between the Waterville and Winslow baseball teams will take place 50 miles to the north at Mansfield Stadium in Bangor on Tuesday, but that will do nothing to diminish the rivalry.
EASTERN CLASS B BASEBALL SEMIFINALS: Bellows lifts Panthers to final
Waterville junior Brian Bellows would have preferred a sharp single or even a sacrifice fly, but his slow dribbler down the first base line was good enough.
EASTERN B GIRLS LACROSSE: Morse scores in 3rd overtime to beat Tigers
GARDINER — Morse High School senior Sadia Crosby spun away from one defender, bounced off a second and eluded a third before scoring the most important goal in her school’s history Friday afternoon.