Steve's Sports Shorts: State champs battle in regional competition

The Berlin-Gorham 12 and Under Cal Ripken All-star baseball team has played two games so far in the regional tournament in Maine. They lost their first game to Eastern Massachusetts 7-0, and then bounced back to beat Vermont 1-0. Action continues this week and stay tuned for the details as they become available. It's a long road to the finals, especially after losing game one, but they lost game two in the states and went on to win it all. Anything can happen!

Meanwhile the Ryan Scammon Post 36 Junior Legion Team keeps on rolling, this time with a come-from-behind 13-4 win over Merrimack, to extend their record to 10-1.  One more win will propel them into a first time ever state playoff appearance. In their win over Merrimack on a very hot and muggy day, Post 36 got off to a slow start, falling behind early. Chucker Sam Seavey struggled on the mound in his four and 2/3 innings of work but Landyn Croteau, who got the win, and Brody Labounty both pitched scoreless innings to aid in the win.  Kaiden Dowse and brother Kolton, also with two hits, were the offensive stars of the game, with key RBI hits coming off the bats of Carter Poulin, Jack Robinson and Seavey.