ORONO — Shane Lowell was just supposed to coach basketball when he traveled to Orono earlier this month for a youth tournament. Instead, he spent part of his day in the emergency room. On the morning of March 3, Lowell and the Down East Family YMCA 5th/6th-grade girls’ basketball team traveled to Orono Middle School …
ELLSWORTH — The 2018-19 high school swim season was an outstanding one locally, and it was Hancock County’s standout athletes who made it happen. Between championship wins and other remarkable performances, the area’s two biggest schools boasted some of the top individual and team efforts from the first meet to the last. The Ellsworth and …
ELLSWORTH — The Down East Family YMCA boys’ and girls’ basketball teams had solid showings in this weekend’s Sheriff’s Cup tournament held throughout the city. After advancing to the tournament quarterfinals, the DEFY girls’ team reached the last four with a 51-29 victory over Central Aroostook. The team then advanced to the championship game with …
PORTLAND — It was a spirited effort, but the Gold Ball’s return to Bar Harbor must wait. Looking to win its first state championship in 16 years Saturday afternoon, the Mount Desert Island girls’ basketball team went up against the Gray New-Gloucester Patriots in a battle of the No. 1 teams in their respective regions. …
BANGOR — It’s over. After three straight Gold Ball wins and countless nights of dominating opponents on the Cross Insurance Center floor, the George Stevens Academy boys’ basketball team’s run of mid-February dominance has come to an end. GSA’s latest opponent, the Houlton Shiretowners, proved worthy of dethroning the back-to-back-to-back regional and state champions with …
BANGOR — Celebrating on the Cross Insurance Center floor, Mount Desert Island’s senior starters took turns at one of Maine’s most exhilarating high school basketball traditions. With ladders placed beneath both baskets, the Trojans’ Maddy Candage and Julia Watras stepped up to perform the famous cutting of the nets that follows every regional and state …
BANGOR — It might not have cut down the nets, but as the Deer Isle-Stonington girls’ basketball team walked off the court Saturday, it did so to the applause of a fan base that couldn’t have been prouder. As the team hoisted the Northern Maine runner-up trophy, chants of “We are proud of you!” and …
BANGOR — For a moment, it appeared as if George Stevens Academy’s bid for a fourth consecutive Northern Maine title would end in the semifinals. Then the Eagles’ defense took hold. In what’s been a rare scene at the Cross Insurance Center in recent years, GSA trailed by seven early in the fourth quarter of …
BANGOR — Against all odds, the Trojans found a way. It could’ve been the end for Mount Desert Island girls’ basketball team when one of its senior leaders, Maddy Candage, fouled out of the game; it could’ve been the end when, numerous times, the opposing Winslow Black Raiders went to the free-throw line with a …
BANGOR — Entering last week, neither of the Ellsworth boys’ basketball team’s playoff opponents had challenged the Eagles on either end of the court. In the regional semifinals, they finally met their match Ellsworth’s season came to an end Wednesday with a 65-58 loss to Caribou in the Class B North semifinals at the Cross …
