10-run Rally Lifts Machias To First D North Baseball Crown

The Machias Bulldogs used a remarkable 10-run rally in the top of the fifth inning Wednesday to capture the first Class D North baseball championship in school history with a 13-8 victory over Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook at Mansfield Stadium in Bangor. Coach Sam Whitney’s club had 13 consecutive batters reach base during the decisive uprising, which led to the school’s first regional title in the sport. “This means a lot to have played pretty well with not a lot of kids,” said shortstop Kashman Feeney, one of five juniors on the Bulldogs’ 11-player roster, which included no seniors and two eighth-graders.