ELLSWORTH — Another Ellsworth Little League All-Star team is heading to the state tournament. The Ellsworth 9-10 softball team won the District 1 title with a 5-0 home victory Thursday against Acadian Little League of Bar Harbor. The win capped off an undefeated tournament for Ellsworth, which will compete in states later this month in …
ORONO — After 16 months, Taylor Schildroth finally back on his favorite basketball court. As a high school basketball standout at George Stevens Academy, Schildroth, a 2018 graduate, spent many late-winter mornings, afternoons and evenings dominating tournament opponents at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Now, he’ll get the chance to play on the same …
ELLSWORTH — Win or lose, Stu Taylor was at home at Ellsworth High School. A lifelong Downeast Mainer who lived and breathed the game of basketball, there were few things in life more satisfying than nights spent coaching from the baseline in the Ellsworth High School gymnasium. No matter his calling, Taylor built lifelong winners …
MOUNT DESERT — After six years in Trenton, the Down East Family YMCA’s Bo Lewis Memorial Golf Tournament has found a new home. The tournament will be held under a new name later this year when golfers compete in the Lewis/Crowley Memorial Tournament. It is scheduled to be held Sept. 20 at Northeast Harbor Golf …
ELLSWORTH — Marathon runners often traverse entire cities, counties and even states to reach their final destinations. One race this weekend took it even further. Local runners were among the many who traveled to the Downeast stretch of the U.S.-Canada border for Sunday’s Bay of Fundy International Marathon. The event featured a full marathon, half-marathon, …
BRUNSWICK — Playing in one of the summer’s biggest youth soccer tournaments, boys’ soccer players from throughout Hancock County finished among the very best. Acadia Fire’s 2019 spring season concluded Sunday with four boys’ teams competing in the Coastal Summer Challenge. The club sent three teams to the finals in their respective brackets and advanced …
STANDISH — After 31 years, the Ellsworth baseball team is back on top. It wasn’t easy. In fact, for Ellsworth players and coaches, few games this year have been more nerve-wracking. Yet by providing the dominant pitching and timely hitting they’ve been putting forth all season long, the Eagles are bringing a Gold Glove back …
BANGOR — One year to the day of a gut-wrenching defeat, the Ellsworth baseball team earned redemption in a manner fit for champions. It happened in the same title game; it happened on the same field; it happened with the same starting pitcher on the mound; it even happened as the Eagles brought the same …
ELLSWORTH — They’re back. Ever since falling to Brewer in last season’s Class B North championship game at Mansfield Stadium, the Ellsworth baseball team has been longing for another chance at a regional title. Now, after one of their best performances of the season, the Eagles will get a shot at redemption on the same …
BUCKSPORT — Mikayla Tripp has had her share of solid performances as a Bucksport pitcher, but none have been quite as prolific as this. After years as the Golden Bucks’ No. 2 starter behind former standout Kate Saunders, Tripp, one of two seniors on a young Bucksport team, has earned her chance in the spotlight …
DEER ISLE — Despite a spring filled with bridge repairs and tourist arrivals, the biggest story along the Deer Isle stretch of Route 15 over the past six weeks has been the Deer Isle-Stonington softball team’s bats. Few teams, if any, in the state of Maine have averaged more runs per game this year than …
ELLSWORTH — In the final week of a season full of achievements, the Ellsworth girls’ tennis team added one more to the list. Having already recorded double-digit wins, three separate winning streaks of three-plus matches and a runner-up finish in the Penobscot Valley Conference, Ellsworth entered the Class B North tournament seeking its first playoff …
