ELLSWORTH — An unusual Senior Night setting gave the Ellsworth boys’ soccer team an added boost. In a twist from a typical season, Ellsworth honored its 10 senior boys’ soccer players prior to Tuesday night’s season opener rather than the regular season’s final game. Fueled by the emotions of Senior Night and the urge to …
ELLSWORTH — Down East Family YMCA’s first road race of the year came much later than expected. After nearly 11 months since its last race, the Y held its first of 2020 on Saturday with the running of the Roger Willey 5K and 10K in Ellsworth. A combined 53 people competed in the events, which …
ELLSWORTH — Hancock County’s cross-country season is officially up and running. It’s a new scene, one that includes wider courses, staggered starts to races and fewer teams at each meet than in past years. Yet the competition is back, and in a shortened season, the push for glory is reaching a vital stage even though …
SULLIVAN — Scarlet Capitano and Skylar Soule had been looking forward to the 2020 fall sports season for a long time. As juniors a year ago, Capitano and Soule were key players on a Sumner girls’ soccer team that found itself shorthanded for much of the season. After the Tigers fought to a five-win campaign …
BAR HARBOR — Tyler Frank still has the same feeling he gets every time September arrives. True, the sports scene looks a bit different at Mount Desert Island High School, where Frank is beginning his seventh year as head coach of the boys’ soccer team. Between masked players and coaches, sanitization stations throughout athletic facilities …
ELLSWORTH — An offseason of constant back-and-forth left Kylie Robidoux wondering if she’d even get to play her senior year of soccer. Robidoux, the starting goalkeeper for the Ellsworth girls’ team, has long been anxious to return to the field after missing all of last year due to an injury. Yet as weeks and months …
ELLSWORTH — With a global pandemic raging, one of New England’s largest sporting gatherings took on a much different look. No, there were no runners sprinting from Hopkinton to Boylston Street this year in front of thousands of cheering fans. Yet with the Boston Marathon offering a virtual competition this year, qualified runners weren’t deprived …
ELLSWORTH — In four decades, there’s been no challenge too great for Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County. Built on the foundation of countless volunteers’ care and dedication, the organization has become a vital service in the Hancock County health care community. Now, the independent service is in the midst of celebrating a major milestone: 40 …
ELLSWORTH — At long last, the verdict is in. High school sports will be offered in Maine this fall after the Maine Principals’ Association received approval from state agencies on a framework for a 2020 season, though not all activities have been cleared to return. Golf, cross-country, field hockey and soccer will be offered with …
SULLIVAN — One week into September, the wait for a final decision on the 2020 fall sports season continues. The Maine Principals’ Association voted Wednesday to delay the start of the fall season by one additional week. The decision came a day after the governing body received a letter from state agencies recommending such a …
SULLIVAN — At least one Hancock County high school will not provide any athletic offerings this fall. Sumner Memorial High School’s fall 2020 season is off the table after the Regional School Unit 24 Board of Directors voted Tuesday to suspend all fall athletics. The decision comes a day after a stinging letter from the …
ELLSWORTH — The Maine Principals’ Association has given sports the OK to return — but the governing body must revise its plan before any athletic activities can take place this fall. The MPA on Thursday unanimously approved a decision to go forward with a 2020 fall sports season. Yet on Tuesday, the return of high …
