AUGUSTA — There was nothing phony about Madison’s post-game celebration at Saturday’s American Legion Zone 2 baseball tournament.
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AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Gardiner slugs way by South China
AUGUSTA — Every player in the starting lineup had at least one hit for Gardiner in the opening round of the American Legion Zone 2 baseball tournament Saturday and several had more than one.
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ZONE 2 LEGION BASEBALL: Gardiner, Madison win
AUGUSTA — Madison upset top seeded Post 51, 6-2, while No. 2 Gardiner stopped third-seeded South China Subway, 12-9, in the opening round of the Zone 2 American Legion baseball tournament Saturday.
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ON THE GREEN: Women’s groups combine for new state golf title
The three-day championship which begins Monday at the Augusta Country Club is billed as the 1st Annual Women’s Maine Amateur Championship. Since 1977, the state has been divided into two women’s golf organizations — the Women’s Maine State Golf Association and the Southern Maine Women’s Golf Association — and they’ve held separate championships.
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Canine aquatics event DockDogs comes to Augusta this weekend
They run, jump and swim like the Olympic athletes we’ll be watching shortly in London, but the only compensation they seek is praise, a pat on the head and an occasional biscuit.
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GARY HAWKINS: A place to hang out, have fun, and skate
Monday’s high temperature and oppressive humidity didn’t discourage Kyle Stevens, John Tupper and half a dozen other young skaters from testing their skills at the skateboard park at Williams Park in Augusta.
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BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Erskine’s Scates excells at the plate, on the mound
Erskine Academy pitcher Shyler Scates knows how to tease and nibble around the plate but above all he throws strikes, lots of them.
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BASEBALL COACH OF YEAR: Johnson successful in 5th stint at Hall-Dale
Tim Johnson has returned to coach the Hall-Dale baseball team more times than Billy Martin came back to the New York Yankees.
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ON THE GREEN: Augusta Country Club gets a boost
The Augusta Country Club could use some new members and a steady stream of revenue from outside events. Toward that end, the club added director of club operations to superintendent Chris Barnicoat’s duties and hired a couple of new people in Randy Blouin and Elizabeth Strout.
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SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Rugan puts on powerful display
Nicole Rugan had an inkling this might be her year after she took Scarborough pitcher Mo Hannon deep in a preseason game.