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Softball: Thornton Academy ends Scarborough’s long streak in first game of DH
Jess Dow s grand slam in the eighth inning helps the Trojans snap a 66-game winning streak for the Red Storm, who then rally from a 4-0 deficit in Game 2 to split the doubleheader.
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SCARBOROUGH The winning streak ended for Scarborough High’s softball team Friday night. And the Red Storm breathed a sigh of relief, then got right back to winning.
Thornton Academy halted Scarborough’s 66-game winning streak in the first game of a Class A South softball heavyweight doubleheader, scoring six runs in the eighth inning to win 9-3. Jess Dow had the big hit, a grand slam that broke a 3-3 tie. It was Scarborough’s first loss since June 14, 2016 – 9-7 to Biddeford in the Class A South final.
Softball: Thornton walks off with wild 10-9 win over Windham
The Trojans twice rally from behind in the final three innings, scoring the winning run on a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the seventh.
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Thornton Academy players celebrate after Renee Gonneville scored the winning run Wednesday in a 10-9 softball victory against Windham. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
SACO The ball squirted toward the backstop and Renee Gonneville, inching away from third base, thought to herself, “Do I stay or do I go?”
She went, and Thornton Academy walked away with a wild softball victory in the rain Wednesday evening. Gonneville, a sophomore first baseman, scored on a wild pitch with two outs in the seventh inning to give the Trojans a 10-9 win over Windham.