OAKLAND — The 10 kids at the Camp Tracy Youth Football Camp are too young to remember Marty Lyons as part of the “New York Sack Exchange.” But the words “former NFL player” always get the attention of aspiring football players.
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YOUTH SOCCER: Wyatt Omsberg picked for Region I Call Back Camp
United Youth Soccer has a pyramid-like system for determining the best young players in the country. For each year of birth, first you’re one of the best players in your state, then one of the 400 or 500 best in your region, then you’re one of the 40 or 50 best in that region.
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COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Fall baseball on tap
March and the new college baseball season for Maine teams is a way off, but for coaches like Thomas College’s Greg King, now is the time to prepare for fall baseball.
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TRIPLE THREAT: Jockey who rode Secretariat won over 3,000 races
WATERVILLE — Ron Turcotte won more than 3,000 races as a jockey in a short horse racing career. He’s also a member of seven different Halls of Fame, and he won the three Triple Crown races — the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont — twice each.
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BABE RUTH BASEBALL: Braintree moves on in regional
FARMINGTON — It didn’t have the excitement of Sunday’s near-donnybrook. Instead, Monday’s New England 13-15-year-old Babe Ruth tournament game at Hippach Field was a matter of waiting out the rain.
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AMERICAN LEGION STATE TOURNAMENT: Augusta falters in final
AUGUSTA — It all looked so perfect. Augusta led by five runs in the sixth inning. Ace Ryan Minoty was on the mound and was cruising. Corey Lapierre had already hit two home runs.
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LEGION BASEBALL: Gayton defeats Augusta for 2nd consecutive state championship
AUGUSTA — Gayton Post scored six runs in the bottom of the sixth and rallied for a 15-6 victory over Augusta in the American Legion Baseball state tournament championship game Sunday afternoon. Augusta led 6-1 entering the bottom of the sixth. Corey Lapierre drove in five of those runs with two home runs.
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LEGION BASEBALL: Augusta-Gayton Post Legion updates
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AMERICAN LEGION STATE TOURNAMENT: Augusta loses, still in title game
AUGUSTA — Whatever team you were rooting for, it was a fun and hair-graying day to watch baseball.
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LEGION BASEBALL: Brewer rallies past Augusta, 12-11
AUGUSTA — Augusta rallied for three runs in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game, then scored two in the top of the 10th, only to have Brewer score three runs in the bottom of the 10th for a 12-11 victory in American Legion Baseball state tournament action Saturday. Gayton Post defeated […]