The Cony baseball team is hitting .327, which is fairly consistent for a high school ball club, but averages only tell part of the story of the team’s success this season.
Gary Hawkins
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: McKelvey, Tigers stop Hornets
GARDINER — Throwing strikes is every baseball coach’s remedy for an ailing pitcher.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Lachance, Cony top Skowhegan
AUGUSTA — This year’s Cony High School baseball team won’t knock your socks off like some of their recent home-run hitting ball clubs. But the Rams find a way to get the job done.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Lachance, Lucas come up big in victory
AUGUSTA — This year’s Cony High School baseball team won’t knock your socks off like some of their recent home-run hitting ball clubs. But the Rams find a way to get the job done.
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK: Tigers thrive on chemistry
Gardiner coach Ginger Shaw tried to recall the last time the school’s softball team was undefeated this late in the season.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Maines, Rioux named Cony coaches
Thomas men’s coach T.J. Maines is the new Cony boys coach while women’s coach Ted Rioux will coach the Cony girls team. Both were approved Wednesday night by the Augusta Board of Education.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL NOTEBOOK: Maranacook turning corner
Maranacook coach Eric Brown knew the Black Bears success this season would depend on the development of their pitching staff. Now as the Black Bears hit the halfway point, the staff are starting to come around.
COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: Crisci adjusts to new role
After winning the 100 and 200 meter dashes at last spring’s Class C track and field state meet, Hall-Dale senior Bri Crisci saw sprinting in her collegiate future.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Monmouth scores 8 in 6th to beat Winthrop
Winthrop opened the game with four first-inning runs against Monmouth ace Kyle Fletcher and cruised into the sixth with a five-run lead. That’s when Winthrop starter Jared Hanson hit the wall and Monmouth scored eight runs on its way to an 11-8 win.
MAINE SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Class of ’13 goes in
AUGUSTA — From the tearful evocations of former Cony High School girls basketball coach Paul Vachon to the polished humor of NASCAR’s Ricky Craven, acceptance speeches Sunday at the 2013 Maine Hall of Fame awards banquet ran the gamut of emotions.