As long as you keep a couple things in mind, Izzy Skinner advises, it’s not that difficult to take the beating that comes with being a girls lacrosse goalkeeper.
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KJ/MS GIRLS LACROSSE COACH OF THE YEAR: Andy Haskell
The Gardiner girls lacrosse team was 1-11 in the regular season last year, but to the Tigers, it must have felt like a hundred losses. There were two to Cony, by a combined 23 goals. Two more to Brunswick, by a total of 19 goals. Two more to Mt. Ararat, by 16 goals.
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AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: The Red Barn splits with Franklin
AUGUSTA — As The Red Barn tried to hold on to first place in Zone 2 Saturday, the Augusta-based team hosted two games with Franklin County. The first was quick, crisp, and well-played. The second looked like it would be the kind of game that began at 1 p.m. and was called on account of darkness.
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AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Bacon guts out a win
FARMINGTON — A lot of things combined to get Madison pitcher Taylor Bacon madder by the second on Wednesday night. That was very good news for Madison.
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ROAD RACE NOTEBOOK: Race raises funds for Special Olympics
The PFBF CPAs Half Marathon and 5K Run/Walk started in 2010, and raised $1,700 for charity. This year, the business is raising money for Special Olympics Maine, and the goal is to raise $20,000.
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ROAD RACE NOTEBOOK: Friends on the 4th continues to grow
Bob Moore, the race director for the Friends on the 4th 5K Run/Jog/Walk, thinks the race is the largest 5K in Maine north of Portland.
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ROAD RACE NOTEBOOK: Augusta race has added meaning for Ackerman
The second annual “Shake, Rattle, & Run 5K” race will begin at 9 a.m., Sunday at Capital Park in Augusta. Its cause is a personal one for race organizer Anna Ackerman.
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AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Franklin County’s Herrin guts out win over Madison
MADISON — It was the kind of evening where you could work up a sweat by taking yours keys out of your pocket. Still, Franklin County coach Kyle Gunzinger felt starting pitcher Amos Herrin deserved the chance to finish out the game as Madison put the tying and winning runs on base in the bottom of the seventh inning.
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AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Madison sweeps Gardiner
GARDINER — The Skowhegan Area High School baseball team made a good showing this spring, earning the No. 5 seed in Eastern A despite missing a good chunk of the roster for several games due to rules violations.
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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL ALL-STAR GAME: Gleason wins Ms. Softball
AUGUSTA — South Portland shortstop Danica Gleason hit .667 during the regular season. Her college coach is especially thrilled to get her, considering he thinks she could be a Division I player.
Still, Gleason was genuinely surprised when she was announced Thursday evening as the winner of the Miss Maine Softball Award. The award, given annually to the top senior player in the state, was presented to Gleason between the senior all-star games at Cony Family Field.