Sam Huston lined a two-run double in the top of the sixth, and Trevor DeLaite and Andrew Hillier combined on a two-hitter to lead Bangor (23-5) to a 2-0 victory over Bessey Motors (22-5) in the title game of the American Legion state tournament in Bangor.

Bessey Motors, behind Riley Chickering’s eight-strikeout performance, forced a final game with a 3-2 win in Sunday’s opener.

Bangor advances to the Northeast Regional in Middletown, Conn.

JUNIOR LEGION: Jesse Colford pitched the Bangor Cadets (20-4) to a 1-0 victory over South Portland (19-5) in the championship game of the state tournament in Old Orchard Beach.

Colford limited South Portland to five hits while striking out five and walking none.

Joey Moir scored the only run, coming home on Nick Cowperthwaite’s double.

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Bangor cannot represent Maine in the Northeast Regional because of player commitments to the state champion Bangor Senior Legion team as well as to the Bangor entrant in the Senior League World Series. So South Portland will go to the Northeast Regional, which starts Saturday in Manchester, New Hampshire.

FCBL: Despite Mekae Hyde’s three hits, including a home run, the Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide (19-31) fell 7-5 to the host Wachusett Dirt Dawgs (25-26).

TWILIGHT LEAGUE: Justin Ciszewski had a double, a home run and two RBI, and scored three runs as Edge Academy (15-1-1) completed the regular season with a 9-5 victory over Aero Heating & Ventilating (8-9) in Cumberland.

Aero meets Patriot Insurance in a play-in game at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Deering Oaks. The winner meets Edge Academy in the championship series.

GOLF

PGA: Geoff Ogilvy won the Barracuda Championship in Reno, Nevada, for his eighth tour title, scoring five points with an eagle on the par-5 13th and pulling away for a five-point victory in the modified Stableford event.

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CHAMPIONS TOUR: Kenny Perry scrambled for a birdie on the 18th hole to beat hard-charging Bernhard Langer by a stroke in the 3M Championship in Blaine, Minnesota.

TENNIS

CITI OPEN: Milos Raonic won the first all-Canadian final in ATP history, erasing the only break point he faced and beating Vasek Pospisil 6-1, 6-4 in Washington, D.C., for his sixth career title.

MOTOR SPORTS

INDYCAR: Scott Dixon captured his fourth win at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio, in the last six years, ending Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s victory drought in 2014.

– From staff and news services


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