David Barber
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Brewer softball blanks Oxford Hills with wind-blown doubles, defense
BREWER, Maine — The Brewer Witches took advantage of the limited hits they were able to get to post a 3-0 softball victory over Oxford Hills of South Paris on Friday afternoon at Coffin Field. Alexa Grindle doubled with one out in the first and Morgan Small doubled home courtesy ...
Limestone softball coach would trade wins to get his young team more experience
LIMESTONE, Maine — With a perfect 9-0 record, it would appear that coach Ryan O’Neal has his Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics softball team right where he wants it. But he has a young team and would rather be seeing the Eagles get a few more difficult ...
Penobscot Valley High pitcher records 26th straight win, 600th career strikeout despite sore knee
Howland, Maine — Penobscot Valley pitching ace Kayla Dube posted the 600th strikeout of her career Wednesday against Schenck of East Millinocket on the last batter of the game. The 7-0 victory was the Howlers’ seventh shutout in 12 games this year. It was the 26th win in a row ...
Bucksport softball holds off Orono 3-1 for 11th straight win
BUCKSPORT, Maine — The Bucksport High softball team took advantage of five Orono errors and held off the Red Riots for a 3-1 Eastern Maine Class C victory Wednesday afternoon at the Bucksport High School field. The Golden Bucks, now 11-0 and the top-ranked team in the Eastern Maine Class ...
Deer Isle student named top scholar by Maine State Golf Association
CUMBERLAND, Maine — Sam Grindle of Deer Isle is one of more than a dozen people who will receive scholarship awards from the Maine State Golf Association for the 2013-14 college school year. Grindle also earned the Winchenbach Award for being the top scholar in the field. Grindle, a senior ...
Pine Hill Golf Club sets open house for Saturday
BREWER, Maine — A free individual golf membership will be on the line as part of the festivities during an open house at Pine Hill Golf Club from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18. The golf membership will be the prize for the winner of a putting contest, ...
Bapst’s McGuire commits to women’s soccer at Oberlin
HAMPDEN, Maine — Casey McGuire of Hampden has committed to play women’s soccer for Oberlin College in Ohio, an NCAA Division III school and member of the North Coast Athletic Conference, starting this September. In March, the college hired Dan Palmer as the new head coach of the Yeowomen, who ...
Pellegrino powers Brewer softball team past rival Bangor
BREWER, Maine — Sam Pellegrino feels she is making good progress as a hitter for the Brewer High School softball team. “As the season goes, I’ve been focusing more and more on my hitting,” said the Witches’ sophomore catcher. That added focus was the prime reason the Witches were able ...
Dennett, Morse propel unbeaten Cony softball team past Skowhegan
AUGUSTA, Maine — Cony High School catcher Alyssah Dennett said she had been thinking too much at the plate before Friday afternoon’s softball game against fellow KVAC foe Skowhegan. Intestinal flu-like symptoms took her mind off her hitting some and it paid off for the Rams’ junior. She homered to ...
Defense provides base for Calais softball success
CALAIS, Maine — While an undefeated softball team is likely to be good at all phases of the sport, Calais High School coach Greg Smith sees one aspect of his team’s play as the foundation of the Blue Devils this season. “I think our success is going to depend more ...
Calais softball coach gets 300th win, wants focus to be about players
CALAIS.Maine — If Greg Smith had his way, he would prefer that no one — maybe including himself — know that he had reached 300 career victories as coach of the Calais High School softball team. The milestone victory came Monday night in a 7-1 victory in Lincoln over Mattanawcook ...
Old Town softball takes advantage of key hits, errors to edge rival Orono 4-1
OLD TOWN, Maine — Holding a slim one-run lead in the bottom of the fourth and hits hard to come by, the undefeated Old Town softball team was happy to pick up an insurance run on throwing errors by rival Orono on Wednesday. An RBI double by Susie Outman that ...
Illegal-pitch calls didn’t bother Old Town softball senior Kendra Hayward
OLD TOWN, Maine — Two illegal-pitch calls last week on her ace pitcher, Kendra Hayward, left Old Town softball coach Jenn Plourde with questions. Hayward had been pitching the same way against the Eagles in Ellsworth as she had been pitching through the defending Class B state champion Coyotes’ first ...
Calais downs Mattanawcook in matchup of unbeaten softball teams
LINCOLN, Maine — Calais took advantage of five straight walks and a fielder’s choice in the second inning to score three runs that powered the Blue Devils past Mattanawcook Academy 7-1 Monday afternoon in a battle of undefeated Eastern Maine Class C teams. Calais pitcher Olivia Smith held the Lynx ...
Big innings power Hermon softball past Central
CORINTH, Maine — By its score, Saturday afternoon’s high school softball contest pitting Class B Hermon against Class C Central was a resounding victory for the visiting Hawks. Hermon downed the Red Devils 16-1 in a game halted after five innings due to the 12-run rule, but both sides were ...
Brewer softball remains undefeated with win over Messalonskee
OAKLAND, Maine — Brewer pitcher Alexa Grindle scattered five hits and clouted a two-run homer as the Witches shut out Messalonskee 9-0 in a battle of unbeaten Class A softball teams Friday afternoon. The Witches, who were tied for first place with Messalonskee in the Eastern Maine Class A Heal ...
Speed final key to power Old Town softball past Ellsworth
ELLSWORTH, Maine — The undefeated Old Town Coyotes pounded out 16 hits, scored 13 runs and got a fairly strong outing from ace pitcher Kendra Hayward, but Ellsworth coach Rick Roberts pointed in a different direction to credit for the Coyotes’ 13-0 softball victory over his Eagles in six innings ...
Pine Hill Golf Club lessees seeing work pay off; number of members up dramatically
BREWER, Maine — Both Jason Brooks and his fiancee, Katie LaChance, expected that preparing Pine Hill Golf Club for this season was going to take a lot of work. “It held up to that expectation, if not more,” said LaChance. “We’ve put in a lot more hours since we opened,” ...
Penobscot Valley softball rolls to 16-1 victory over Bangor Christian
HOWLAND, Maine — After a slow start, Penobscot Valley ace Kayla Dube struck out 13 of the final 17 Bangor Christian batters as the Howlers posted a 16-1 softball victory over the Patriots on Friday afternoon. “I was nervous for some reason,” said Dube, a senior who led the Howlers ...
Bangor High softball team young, athletic, competitive and improving daily, says coach
BANGOR, Maine — Don Stanhope knows he has a work in progress as coach of a young Bangor High School softball team, but he likes their progress. “We use the analogy of, in archery, a quiver on your back that holds all your arrows,” said Stanhope, in his eighth year ...
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