Archive for ‘Sports’

  • Weekly recap: Fryeburg Academy

    SOFTBALL Raiders 23, Traip Academy 0: Nicole Bennett rocketed two home runs to spark a 17-hit attack as the Raiders blanked Traip in a game called after 4½ innings at Fryeburg last Friday. Bennett hurled a no-hitter with eight strikeouts and one walk. She was also 4-for-4 with four RBI. Kristen Chipman was 3-for-4 with […]

  • Lakers rally late, but lose baseball opener 5-4 to Wells

    WELLS — Laker Coach Randy Heath knew his club could struggle in the season opener last Friday at Wells. “It’s hard to go from the gym to a season game,” Lake Region’s varsity baseball coach said after his team dropped a 5-4 loss to the Warriors. “I’m very proud of the team. There were so […]

  • Spring sports preview: Lake Region

    VARSITY BASEBALL Head Coach:  Randy Heath, fourth year Assistant Coach: Rich Hines JV Coach: Andrew Stacy, first year. “Andrew brings a lot of energy to the program,” Coach Heath said. Key returning player: Juniors Jordan Williams, Gunner Harriman and Nate Smith. Top newcomers
: Freshmen True Myers and Andrew Douglass, also junior Paul Angelone, a lefty […]

  • Spring sports preview: Fryeburg Academy

    VARSITY BASEBALL Head Coach: Gregg Corbin, 2nd Year Assistant Coach: Stu Frost JV Coach: Steve Barker Key returning players: Trevor Henschel (captain), Brandon Ludwig (captain), Nick L’Hereux-Carland, Matt Boucher, Keegan Jones, Ben Southwick and Henry Santana. Players to watch: Hunter Day (captain), Trevor Henschel, Brandon Ludwig, Nick L’Hereux-Carland, Keegan Jones and Ben Southwick. Strengths: Senior […]

  • April 2, 2015

  • Champion! Kate Hall delivers on biggest track stage

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer The night before the National Indoor Track & Field Championships, Kate Hall barely caught a wink of sleep, her dad said. While Kate did not fixate on a certain “target” distance for the long jump, she was totally focused on what it would take to compete for a title […]

  • In a league of her own: Kate Hall sets two new all-time N.E. marks

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer No one in New England has ever run faster than Kate Hall of Casco, and no one has ever jumped farther. The Lake Region senior closed out her high school indoor career in record-setting fashion at the New England Championships held over the weekend at the Reggie Lewis Center […]

  • Anna Lastra completes comeback at N.E. Championships

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — When Anna Lastra learned that she had a stress fracture, she easily could have put the brakes on indoor track and started to look ahead to the spring. Instead, she never gave up on her goal. Saturday, it paid off for the Fryeburg Academy junior. Entered in […]

  • 11-0 Cape Elizabeth run dashes Laker Region’s title dream

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer PORTLAND — When Lake Region and Cape Elizabeth met in the regular season, they were locked up in a see-saw affair. Eventually, the Lakers escaped with a five-point home win. The same story line unfolded in the Class B West Finals Saturday, but an “X” factor titled the final […]

  • Revenge was theirs; Lakers stun top-ranked Yarmouth in semis

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer PORTLAND — Standing on the biggest stage, so far, of his high school basketball career, Marcus DeVoe experienced what it is like to be in a “zone.” With a smooth flick of the wrist, DeVoe torched Yarmouth for a tourney record seven 3-pointers en route to a game-high 24 […]