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Winslow coaching icon Harold ‘Tank’ Violette passed away Tuesday. The Maine Sports Hall of Fame inductee, coached hockey and football at Winslow High School and was also the school’s athletic director. He was 77. Nick Mazurek of Rockland has the first-day lead in the Maine Junior Amateur Championship at Toddy Brook Golf Course in North Yarmouth.

Sam Moore has been named the new varsity ice hockey coach at Gardiner. He was a member of two Class B state title teams at Gardiner in the 80's. The Woman's Maine Junior Amateur Championship gets underway Wed. at Toddy Brook in North Yarmouth. Boston Red Sox: were pounded by the NY Yankees, 13-3.

Boston Red Sox: Off Monday. --Former Portland Sea Dogs southpaw, Henry Owens, will make his Major League debut in the Bronx against the Yankees Tuesday. MLB: Texas Rangers Adrian Beltre hit for the cycle in just four at-bats. The first player to hit for the cycle in just five innings since 2009.

Coffee News of Bangor beat Morrill Post of South Portland, 12-9 to win the American Legion State Championship. Boston Red Sox: 3 game winning streak was snapped, losing to Tampa Bay, 4-3. --Off Monday. --Former Portland Sea Dogs southpaw, Henry Owens, will make his Major League debut in the Bronx against the Yankees Tuesday.

Little League Baseball state championship for 11- and 12-year-olds, Hall-Dale lost to Biddeford, 5-0. American Legion State Tourney: Post 51- 7, Morrill Post 6

Staci Creech of Veazie won the Maine Women’s Amateur. American Legion State Tourney Post 51- 13, Tri-Town 3 Coffee News 6, Bessey 1

Matthew Campbell of New York won the Charlie’s Maine Open at the Augusta Country Club. Campbell shot 7-under 63 for a two-day total of 9-under 131.

Veazie’s Staci Creech takes one-shot lead after first round of Maine Women’s Amateur at the Biddeford-Saco Country Club in Saco. Brian Agee of Virginia has a on-shot lead after the first round of the Maine Open’s first round at the Augusta Country Club.

American Legion: Post 51 of Oakland won then Zone 1 Championship with a 4-3 victory over Coffee News of Bangor. The Augusta 15 and under Babe Ruth team beat Cranston, R.I., 2-1 in Connecticut. That advanced them to the single elimination semifinals. Their first game is Monday. Boston Red Sox: routed the Detroit Tigers 11-1.

Bangor native Jesse Speirs has one-shot lead after the first round of the 49th annual Greater Bangor Open Golf Tournament. American Legion playoffs: Bessey 4, Augusta 3 (Augusta loss on wild pitch during an intentional walk.)

American Legion playoffs: Augusta Elks 5, Pastime 3 Tri-Town 2, Farmington 0 Bessey 4, Tri-Town 0 Boston Red Sox: lost in Houston, 4-2.

Matt Burgess, Gardiner's head football coach the past 4 season, has resigned the position. American Legion Playoffs: Augusta 5, Gardiner 4 Pastime 13, Rogers Post 10 Bessey 14, Highland Green 7 Boston Red Sox: lost in Houston, 8-3.

Boston Red Sox: lost a double header in Anaheim, 11-1 and 7-3. --Former Portland Sea Dog, lefty Brian Johnson makes his Major League debut, Tues. night @ Houston. --@ Houston, Tue.-Thurs.; Hosts Detroit, Fri.-Sun. --Sox are now 9 games under ...

American Legion: Post 51 11, Trenton 6 Boston Red Sox: were rained out at Anaheim, they'll play a double header, Monday against the Angels.

Nine local high school field hockey teams will take part in the 5th annual Battle for Breast Cancer Tournament at Thomas College Saturday. It's a benefit for the Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington. The Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic, featuring High School Senior All-Star football players, is Saturday in Biddeford. Kick-off is at 6:00pm.

MaxPreps, a national web site that covers high school sports, named Richmond its 2015 Small Schools Softball Team of the Year. The Bobcats have a 52-game winning streak that includes three Class D state titles. Portland Sea Dogs: The Eastern Division beat the Western Division in a home run derby shootout after the game remained tied 4-4 after nine innings of play. --Portland's Marco Hernandez went