Larry Mahoney

1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Larry Mahoney

The Bucksport High School softball team had absorbed heart-breaking, late-inning losses to Hall-Dale of Farmingdale in the last two State Class C championship games. But the third time was the charm for the Golden Bucks on Saturday. Senior Natalie Simpson threw a four-hitter and fellow senior Jetta Shook drove in three runs as Bucksport ruined Hall-Dale’s bid to become the first team to win five consecutive state softball titles by virtue of its 6-2 win at St. Joseph’s College in Standish.

1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Larry Mahoney

ORONO, Maine — Sophomore righthander Sidney Nicholls scattered three hits and worked her way out of several jams and torrid-hitting fellow sophomore Grace Havener drove in the game’s only run as Medomak Valley High of Waldoboro captured its first state softball title since 1995 with a 1-0 victory over Hermon in the Class B final at the Pierre and Catherine Labat Softball Complex on the University of Maine campus in Orono late Saturday afternoon. It was Medomak Valley’s first Class B championship.

1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Larry Mahoney

ORONO, Maine — Buckfield High School senior pitcher and Miss Maine Softball finalist Carmen Crockett put an exclamation point on her high school softball career at the Pierre and Catherine Labat Softball Complex on the University of Maine campus in Orono on Saturday afternoon. Crockett threw a one-hit masterpiece, striking out 16 and allowing just one baserunner en route to a 5-0 victory over Penobscot Valley of Howland in the state Class D championship game.

1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Larry Mahoney

Ellie Austin hadn’t played softball since middle school but her friends convinced her to play her senior year at Howland’s Penobscot Valley High School. Austin was coming off state titles in soccer and basketball and was a Bangor Daily News All-State Schoolgirl basketball third team selection. Her participation in AAU basketball had previously prevented her from playing softball. “They were begging me to come out,” Austin said of her friends.

1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Larry Mahoney

The Bucksport High School softball team was two outs away from winning the state Class C title a year ago as the Bucks were holding a 3-2 lead over Hall-Dale of Farmingdale with one out in the seventh inning. But the Bulldogs rallied dramatically for four runs to become just the third school in Maine softball history to capture four state championships in a row with a 6-3 triumph.