The last event on the track at Winslow High School will have nothing to do with the high school. And it comes only a day before the track will be torn up.

WATERVILLE — Madison coach Peter Kirby thought he had a great plan. Kirby had saved ace Cody Moody for Thursday, giving Moody an extra two days of rest and enabling Moody to pitch two of Madison’s final four games. Kirby envisioned Moody going out and allowing one or two runs in a win.

BY MATT DIFILIPPO Staff Writer The American Legion Zone 2 baseball tournament finally has a location and schedule. The tournament will be July 21-23 at the McGuire and Morton Fields in Augusta. Games will begin at 10 a.m. on July 21 and the championship game is scheduled for 1 p.m., July 23. All games are […]

MADISON — Early Tuesday evening, Madison coach Peter Kirby took a dare from his players and stopped the game against Post 51 to get Sam Dexter’s autograph on a baseball. Maybe Kirby should have gotten Matt Woodbury’s, Blair Blaisdell’s, and Reid Nutter’s as well.

Occasionally, I come up with some off-the-wall, way out-of-the-box ideas. This one isn’t mine; it’s just one I think Maine should strongly consider.

WATERVILLE — One of the many interesting things about baseball is that an ace pitcher can magically turn a game between the last-place team and the league leader into an even matchup.

The law of averages says it can’t possibly last, but it’s quite a feat. Through five American Legion baseball Zone 2 games, South China Subway has allowed a total of 13 hits.

WATERVILLE — Jimmy Neal didn’t pitch all that much at Lyndon State College this spring. But he’s certainly pitched enough to know what’s working.

When the “Friends on the 4th” 5K run/jog/walk began in 2003, the race had 97 entrants. There could be more than 700 this year at the 10th running of the race.