Two Scarborough teams, softball and girls’ lacrosse, were eliminated from the playoffs last week, but heading into press time for this edition, two more squads, baseball and boys’ lacrosse, still entertained title hopes. It’s been quite a week and here’s what you might have missed: Baseball Junior ace Erik Swenson was expected to get the start when Scarborough’s baseball team met Falmouth in the Class A South Final. File photo.
Scarborough’s baseball team, the top-ranked team in Class A South after a 15-1 season, brushed off its recent early round tournament bad luck by reaching the regional final. The Red Storm first got past No. 9 Gorham, 3-1, in last Thursday’s quarterfinal round.
Ace Erik Swenson went 6.2 innings, allowing just one run on two hits while striking out a dozen. Mason Porter scored all three runs and Patrick McCue had the lone RBI.
Next up was nemesis Marshwood in the semifinals Saturday. The Hawks had beaten Scarborough in the quarterfinals in both 2022 and 2023, but this time, the Red Storm prevailed, 5-2, to improve to 17-1 on the season. Zak Sanders came on in relief of Ryan Shugars in the second inning and pitched six innings of relief to earn the victory and paced the offense with two hits and two RBI.
“We knew me and (Ryan) Shugars were pitching,” Sanders said. “We just didn’t know who was going first. I was ready to go.
” “It’s playoffs. We knew we’d have to use two guys today,” said Scarborough coach Wes Ridlon. “Zak .
