Sadie Armstrong strikes out seven, and Ruby Chase and Hannah Hawkes hit RBI singles for the Bulldogs in a 3-2 win.
Drew Bonifant
Staff Writer
Drew Bonifant covers sports for the Press Herald, with beats in high school football, basketball and baseball. He was previously part of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel sports team. A New Hampshire native and 2010 graduate of Northeastern University, he came to Maine in September 2016 after four years at the Concord Monitor, where he covered NASCAR, University of New Hampshire hockey and high schools and won a NH Press Association award for his work. He also worked for two years as a college co-op at the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. An avid golfer, frequent skier and consumer of sports, movie and music trivia, he’s a fan of the New England Patriots, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Flyers and Miami Heat – and yes, he’s aware of how random those teams seem.
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Softball: Scarborough finds clutch hits in walk-off win over Marshwood/Berwick
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Portland softball star Sadie Armstrong finds success after gruesome injury, mental health struggle
The high school senior has bounced back from career-challenging foot injury to become one of top players in Maine. And soon, she’ll be on her way to play Division I college ball.
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Waiting game: Class A South baseball, softball teams try to stay sharp before playoffs
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Softball: Windham edges Cheverus in matchup of aces and undefeated teams
Brooke Gerry, Kennedy Kimball and Kyla Harvie delivered in big ways as the Eagles ended the regular season with a 3-1 victory.
Softball: York stays on course for No. 1 seed in B South by taking down Freeport
McKayla Kortes strikes out 10 in six one-hit innings, and a balanced lineup helps the undefeated Wildcats ace their biggest test of the season.
Mental Edge Softball Camp teaches kids how to succeed on and off the field
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Kimball, a junior, fanned 14 while Brooke Gerry and Oakley McLeod supplied big hits to help the Eagles stay unbeaten.