Speed Game Helps Orono Run Past Monmouth For C Baseball Title

The Orono High School baseball program could make a legitimate claim that COVID-19 not only robbed it of the 2020 season, but a real chance to win a state championship that year. The Red Riots had lost in the 2019 Class C state final, but returned a strong nucleus of sophomores from that squad with still two seasons left in their interscholastic careers. What coach Don Joseph’s club may have missed out on last spring, it finally achieved in style Saturday with a 5-0 victory over Monmouth Academy in the state championship game at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish. “We’ve been just beyond motivated,” Orono senior shortstop Cam Shorette said.