With teams playing in regional pods throughout the regular season, there's a lot of mystery heading into the playoffs in baseball, softball and lacrosse.
Monday’s high school roundup: Trojans top Stags in girls’ lacrosse, 11-9
Girls lacrosse: Thornton Academy gets four goals from Izzy White and earns a victory over Cheverus.
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SACO Izzy White scored four goals and Thornton Academy held off Cheverus for an 11-9 girls’ lacrosse win on Monday.
Morgan Bolduc and Hazel Stoddard each scored twice for Thornton Academy (2-1). Emma Boissonneault, Abby Brown and Grace Veroneau all had one goal.
Riley O’Mara led Cheverus (1-2) with five goals. Neve Cawley made 16 saves in net.
NORTH YARMOUTH ACADEMY 14, GARDINER 6: Emma Sharpe had six goals and an assist, Lilly Weinrich added five and three assists and the Panthers (2-1) controlled the game defensively and came out with a win over the Tigers (1-1) in Gardiner.
Local roundup: Skye Chandler’s last big hit sends Gray-New Gloucester past Lake Region
The sophomore s power bat helps the Patriots earn the softball win. In other action, there were no-hitters and extra-inning thrillers.
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GRAY Skye Chandler had a double, triple and two-run home run and Morgan Curtis had a double and two RBIs as Gray-New Gloucester edged Lake Region 9-8 in WMC softball action Monday.
Madi Pelletier got the pitching win for the Patriots (4-1) by scattering five hits while striking out five. Chandler’s double in the bottom of the seventh scored two for the walk-off win.
Softball: Teams to watch in southern Maine
From three-time defending Class A champ Scarborough to tiny Sacopee Valley, these are softball teams to watch this spring.
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1. Scarborough: For the first time in forever, Coach Tom Griffin doesn’t have a pitcher returning with an inning of varsity experience. But if there’s a team that can overcome that inexperience, it’s the Red Storm, who have won 60 consecutive games and the last three Class A state championships. Senior catcher Sylvia Foley (.435), senior shortstop Mollie Verreault (.354, 20 runs), junior utility player Katie Roy (.537, 18 RBI, SMAA second team pick) and junior first baseman A.J. Swett (.373, 15 RBI) lead the offense.
Fryeburg trailed 31-30 heading into the fourth, but outscored Poland 15-5 in the final quarter.
Emily Walker (six points) and Camden Jones (three) both hit 3-pointers in the fourth for the Raiders.
Emma Gagne paced Poland with 10 points, including a pair of 3s in the first quarter.
Emma Williams scored five of her seven during the second quarter when the Knights turned a 14-12 deficit into a 25-24 halftime lead. Thea Thornton and Kalie Paradis each added three of their five points apiece in the second.
FREEPORT 41, GRAY-NEW GLOUCESTER 35: Rachel Wall scored 20 points as the Falcons erased an eight-point halftime deficit to beat the Patriots at Gray.