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Updated April 15
Softball: Quite the opener for Marshwood in big victory over York
Playing a softball game for the first time since 2019, the Hawks score eight runs in the second inning and cruise to a 13-0 win.
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York’s Emily Estes plays first base while Marshwood’s Shelby Anderson watches to see if she can steal second during their season-opening softball game Thursday in South Berwick. Marshwood won, 13-0. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer
SOUTH BERWICK It had been 670 days since the last high school softball game had been played in Maine.
The 2020 spring sports season was canceled by the coronarvirus pandemic. And even as recently as two months ago, players and coaches were uncertain of what the 2021 season would look like.
For Seacoast Christian coach, two teams are better than one
The boys and girls basketball teams at tiny Seacoast Christian School in Berwick practice together under Coach Lee Petrie.
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Seacoast Christian basketball coach Lee Petrie talks with his players during practice on Thursday. Petrie began coaching both the boys’ and girls’ teams this year; the two teams practice together several days a week.
Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer
Like most high school coaches who also teach, Lee Petrie leaves his classroom once classes are finished and heads to practice.
But unlike anyone else, Petrie is pulling double duty as a coach. He coaches both the boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams at Seacoast Christian School in Berwick. And he does it for free, as a volunteer.