EYEING THE BALL: Players from six different high school converged on Mt. Abram High School’s soccer fields Saturday afternoon for the 5th Annual Roadrunner Girls Classic. Mt. Abram (left) and Maranacook finished as two of the top teams for the afternoon session. (Arin McLaughlin photos)
RACING DOWNFIELD: Mt. Abram (blue) moves the ball down field away [...]
OPENING DAY: Members of the Mt. Blue High School boys’ soccer team work on ball skills Monday morning at Prescott Field. High school athletes went through opening day practice sessions Monday in preparation for the fall sports season. (Arin McLaughlin photo)
READY TO BEGIN: Mt. Blue field hockey team members worked on stick skills during the opening week of preseason practices. The Cougars finished 6-7-1 last season earning a preliminary round tournament position.
FOCUSED ON THE BALL: Mt. Blue’s Marina West chases down a ball at the Western Mountain 7 v 7 Soccer Classic, Saturday afternoon in Salem. (Arin McLaughlin photo)
HUSTLING BACK: Franklin County’s Charlie Martin scurries back to first base Monday evening at Hippach Field. Franklin County defeated Tri-County East, 4-1, but absorbed its second loss of the 13teen Babe Ruth All-Star tournament to Scarborough, 8-1 later in the evening, to finish runner-up. (Arin McLaughlin photo)
PLAYING IN THE RAIN: Franklin County’s Zac Kendall fires a pitch to home plate while playing in a steady downpour Sunday afternoon at Hippach Field. Franklin County absorbed its first loss of the 13teen All-Star Babe Ruth tournament losing to Scarborough, 12-1 in five innings. Franklin County returns to action this evening facing Tri-County East at 5:30 p.m.
HAPPY FACES: Franklin County 13teen All-Stars gather for a meeting after finishing Saturday with a 2-0 record in the Babe Ruth state tournament at Hippach Field. Franklin County defeated Apple Valley, 6-3 and Ararat 11-2 to advance to Sunday’s 5 p.m. winner’s bracket final. (Arin McLaughlin photos)
RIPPING A SHOT: Cam Abbott drives a base hit [...]
CLOSE PLAY: Franklin County’s Dustin Richards slides safely back into first base, Saturday morning, during the opening game of the 13teen Babe Ruth State Tournament at Hippach Field. Franklin County won the opener, 6-3 over Apple Valley advancing to the 5 p.m. game Saturday evening. (Photos by Arin McLaughlin)
SUMMER SOCCER: Mt. Blue’s Kelley Yardley (center) plays a ball forward against Mt. Abram defenders, during a summer league game at Prescott Field. (Arin McLaughlin photos)
Five Franklin County Flyers surround a Gardiner runner in the first game of a doubleheader after pitcher Ryan Barker (5) picked him off second base in Zone 2 American Legion baseball action at Hippach Field. (Arin McLaughlin photos)
FIRST BASE PLAY: Franklin County Flyer first baseman Hank Poulin (8) holds a Gardiner runner close to the base, Friday evening in an American [...]
