Saturday morning in Hampden, the 11-12 All-Stars baseball State Tournament kicked off with the opening ceremonies, a base running contest,and a home run derby.
Kienan Brown (District 2 – Camden-Rockport) won the base running contest with a time of 11.46 seconds around the bases from home plate to home plate. Cumberland-North Yarmouth (District 6) player Matt Pisini finished second in the base running with a time of 11.65 seconds.
Camden-Rockport's Kienan Brown races to home plate during the base running contest portion of opening ceremonies at the start of the 11-12 baseball State Tournament in Hampden. Brown won the contest with a time of 11.46 seconds. Photo by Skip Hawkes
Dirigo (District 5) claimed the top two spots in the home run derby with Sawyer Pinkham taking first place and Jake Rideout getting the second place award.
Dirigo's Jake Rideout loses this ball onto the lower baseball field during the home run derby contest. Photo by Skip Hawkes
Game play begins at 2:00 p.m. with District 4 (South Berwick) taking on District 5 (Dirigo). The second game of the day will be District 6 (Cumberland) taking on District 1 (Ellsworth).
Click to view additional photos from the Opening Ceremonies for the 11-12 All-Stars State Tournament
