BUCKSPORT — To Josh Jackson, this job means a little bit more. Jackson, a 2003 graduate of Bucksport High School, has held countless jobs coaching baseball over the past decade or so. No matter the size of the field or the dugout, Jackson has been a staple on local diamonds in his hometown and all …
BUCKSPORT — The 2022 spring sports regular season began late last week with two Hancock County teams competing in a local track and field meet. Bucksport and George Stevens Academy took part in a six-team competition Friday at Bucksport High School. Both teams produced numerous event winners with the Bucksport boys and girls claiming both …
BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island softball team has been waiting for this chance at a breakthrough. For the past three years now, MDI’s seasons have all ended in eerily similar fashions. The Trojans went 9-7 in regular season play in 2018, 2019 and 2021 before falling to narrow prelim defeats to come up …
BUCKSPORT — It’s the time of year when the Maine high school football landscape always seems to change — and this year, those changes will once again affect a Hancock County team in a major way. Bucksport will move to eight-man football for the 2022 season following a vote at the most recent Regional School …
ELLSWORTH — The first weekend of April was a feeling more than two years in the making for Springers Gymnastics. Although Doug Springer’s gymnasium never had to shut down during the pandemic, operations over the past two years have still been a bit different at the Bucksport Road facility. The first year of the pandemic …
BAR HARBOR — If you run — or jump, throw or vault — at Mount Desert Island, you know Aaron Long’s name. Since arriving at MDI High School in 2015, Long has been a year-round staple of the school’s athletic programs. As both a head and assistant coach, he’s been a major part of cross-country, …
ELLSWORTH — The third Monday in March is typically considered the “soft” start date for the Maine high school baseball season — but that’s not how the Ellsworth Eagles see it. With teams prohibited from beginning tryouts and full-blown practices until the fourth week of the month, the week prior is restricted to arm workouts, …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth softball team had a lot to be proud of in 2021, but the Eagles are still bitter about how the season ended. Under head coach Jake Hackett, Ellsworth emerged as one of the state’s top teams last year as it followed a season-opening loss to Old Town with 16 straight wins …
ELLSWORTH — The Penobscot Valley Conference announced Sunday this year’s All-PVC selections for basketball, wrestling and indoor track. In boys’ basketball, George Stevens Academy’s David Gadsby (first team) and Teague Smallidge (third team) were All-PVC Class C selections. Sumner’s Rachel Colby was an All-PVC Class C selection on the girls’ side, and Deer Isle-Stonington’s Luna …
ELLSWORTH — From the gym to the pool, Hancock County boys’ athletes wasted little time establishing themselves among the state’s premier competitors this past winter. Indeed, across every sport, the 2021-22 winter season was highlighted by championship-level performances from local male athletes. The Ellsworth American and Mount Desert Islander postseason awards highlight the top performers …
ELLSWORTH — After a diluted winter sports season a year ago, it was to be expected, perhaps, that local teams would be ready to take full advantage of returns to traditional competition environments and venues this year. That was exactly the case in Hancock County girls’ sports in 2021-22. From breakthrough athletes to numerous outstanding …
That’s the way the ball bounces. Some losses in sports come more painfully than others. In a lot of ways, losing a tight ballgame is much more painful than being soundly beaten; when you feel as if you or your favorite team are evenly matched with someone else but can’t take home the ultimate prize, …
