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May 08, 2008

First loss

The Gorham softball team handed Marshwood its first loss on Wednesday, ending the Hawks' four-game winning streak. Marshwood's loss leaves two remaining undefeated Western Class A softball teams - Biddeford (6-0) and Scarborough (7-0). But don't expect a matchup between the Tigers and the Red Storm anytime soon. The two teams aren't scheduled to meet until May 26 at Mitchell Sports Complex in Scarborough.

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May 06, 2008

No. 500 and then some

Hannah Hill struck out her 500th batter Monday in the Fryeburg Academy softball team's 2-0 win against Lake Region.

Hill has pitched in all seven games for the Raiders (who, not coincidentally, are 7-0 entering Friday's game against Poland).

Hill struck out 15 against Lake Region and has averaged 13.5 strikeouts a game. Fryeburg has given up one run and nine hits this season.

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Point and click - the first Heal points have been released for spring sports.

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about Rachel and this blog

Rachel is in her fourth year as a sports reporter at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. A Maryland native and a former college soccer and softball player, she covered high school and college sports at newspapers in Pennsylvania, Texas and Colorado before joining the Press Herald/Sunday Telegram staff in June of 2004.

She grew up watching the NHL, the Pittsburgh Steelers, Georgetown basketball and the Baltimore Orioles and is a confessed sports nut. Her interests include reading and movies, going to the gym, Motown and '70s R&B music and following the New York City tabloids.

Married in July, she and her husband Tommy are avid Steelers and Kansas Jayhawks fans. Their toughest decision as newlyweds has been "NESN or ESPN?"