Forty Years of Waiting, One Legendary Comeback
Biddeford had not won a Class A baseball state championship since 1984. Let that sink in. Forty one years. An entire generation of Tigers grew up, played ball, graduated, had kids, and watched those kids graduate without a title. Then came June 21, 2025, at Mahaney Diamond, and everything changed.
Trailing Mt. Ararat by three runs not once but twice, Biddeford refused to fold. A two run rally in the bottom of the sixth, fueled by four infield hits, gave the Tigers their first lead of the game. Senior catcher Kaden Langevin drove in two runs, including the game winner on a sacrifice fly. Ernie Dore pitched a complete game, and left fielder Payton Blais sealed the 7 to 6 victory with a diving catch that made ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays of the Day.
Read that again. A Maine high school baseball play. On SportsCenter. That is what this title meant.
Class A: Biddeford 7, Mt. Ararat 6
Biddeford's title run was built on resilience. Mt. Ararat jumped out to a 3 to 0 lead in the second inning, scoring twice on fielder's choice plays where the Tigers barely missed getting outs, once at the plate and once on a potential double play. A third run came home on a two out error. Most teams would have wilted. Biddeford punched back.
The big question for 2026 is graduation losses. Championship teams in Class A typically lose three to five key seniors, and replacing playoff tested arms is the hardest thing to do in high school baseball. If Biddeford returns Dore and key pieces of that lineup, they are immediately in the conversation again.
Can they repeat? It depends almost entirely on what comes back. If Dore and the core of that lineup return, Biddeford will be a legitimate contender from day one. The confidence from this run alone is worth something. These kids know what it takes now.
Class B: Greely 6, Ellsworth 5
If you left the Class B championship game early, you missed one of the greatest finishes in Maine high school baseball history. Ellsworth carried a 5 to 1 lead into the seventh inning. The Eagles were three outs away from a title. Then Greely happened.
Five runs. All with two outs. Kyle Soule was the catalyst with three singles and three RBIs on the day, including a run scoring single in the sixth that started the momentum shift. The Rangers completed their first state title in 10 years with a comeback that will be talked about in Cumberland County for decades.
Class B baseball in Maine is, pound for pound, the most competitive classification in the state. Every year somebody new crashes the party, and Greely's seventh inning miracle proved that no lead is safe when June baseball gets serious.
Class C: Monmouth 9, Washington Academy 1
While the other championship games came down to the wire, Monmouth made a statement. The Mustangs jumped on Washington Academy early and never looked back, capitalizing on Raiders mistakes to build an insurmountable lead. Sam Schultz singled and scored on a passed ball. Bryce Fletcher scored on an error after a sacrifice bunt by Zane Foyt. Five walks issued by Washington pitchers in the fifth opened the floodgates for three more runs.
Kyle LePage went the distance on the mound, scattering five hits and striking out five. This was Monmouth's fourth state championship and their second in three years. That is not a fluke. That is a program.
With a young core and a coaching staff that clearly knows how to develop talent, Monmouth is the best bet to repeat in Class C. When you have won two titles in three seasons, the culture is embedded. The expectation is excellence.
Class D: St. Dominic 9, Bangor Christian 6
This is the story that will stick with people for years. St. Dominic Academy, in its final season before the school closed for good, won its fourth consecutive Class D state championship. You could not write a better ending if you tried.
There is no repeat question here. St. Dom's will not field a team in 2026. The program is gone, folded into history. But the legacy is permanent. Four straight titles. The last team to ever wear that uniform went out as champions. Every player on that roster will carry that forever.
For the rest of Class D, St. Dom's departure opens a door. Four years of dominance are over, and somebody new will claim the crown. The race to fill that void starts the moment the snow melts.
What It Takes to Repeat
Repeating as state champion in Maine high school baseball is one of the hardest things to do in sports. The margin between winning it all and going home early is razor thin, and graduation has a way of reshaping rosters overnight. But the teams that come back and do it again tend to share a few things in common.
Pitching returnees. Nothing matters more. If your top arm from the postseason is back on the mound next spring, you have a foundation. If he graduated, you are essentially starting over on the biggest stage. Monmouth's depth gives them an edge here.
Underclassman production. If your best hitters were juniors and sophomores, the lineup reloads naturally. If the offense was senior driven, filling those spots is a real challenge. Monmouth's young core is why they keep showing up in June.
Coaching continuity. Programs with experienced coaches who have been through postseason runs before handle the pressure differently. Monmouth winning two titles in three years is not an accident. That is coaching.
Culture over talent. Biddeford's comeback mentality was not built in one game. That resilience was forged over an entire season. Teams that develop that identity carry it forward, regardless of who graduates.
The Bottom Line
The 2025 baseball season gave us one of the greatest championship weekends in Maine history. Biddeford's forty one year drought ending on a SportsCenter worthy catch. Greely's impossible seventh inning rally. Monmouth's dominant run to a fourth title. St. Dom's riding off into the sunset as four time champions.
Can any of them repeat? St. Dom's obviously cannot. History says the odds are long for everyone else. But Monmouth's program depth and Biddeford's newfound belief make them legitimate contenders. And somewhere in Class B, a team is already plotting the next great comeback.
Grab your scorebook. The 2026 season is coming.