BUCKSPORT — Before his opponent even had the chance to react, David Gross had made history. On Saturday afternoon, the Bucksport wrestling team traveled to Morse High School in Bath for the team’s final dual meet away from home this season. Facing the host team in one of several head-to-head contests, the Golden Bucks were …
ORONO — Local indoor track teams had some of their best meets of the season Saturday with three teams claiming first-place honors at the University of Maine. In the first meet of the day, the Ellsworth boys and MDI girls earned wins in their respective fields. The Eagles topped Hermon by a single point to …
BAR HARBOR — The passion and intensity of the Ellsworth vs. Mount Desert Island rivalry filled the Bar Harbor air last week, and the warmth of the pool deck provided a welcome reprieve from the bitter cold. Ellsworth and MDI continued their successful 2018-19 swim seasons Friday with a dual meet at the MDI YMCA. …
BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island boys’ basketball team’s first game of 2019 left a bitter taste in its mouth. Against a familiar foe, the Trojans were determined to make amends. Seven days after a 50-48 defeat to Oceanside in Rockland, MDI finally took to the court again, this time in front of their …
BAR HARBOR — For Ellsworth basketball players, fans and coaches, waiting 14-plus years was long enough. Many changes occurred in Hancock County’s lone city between Dec. 23, 2004, and Thursday. In that time span, 14 senior classes graduated from Ellsworth High School, and the city celebrated 250 years as a settlement as its population grew …
ELLSWORTH — Autumn Paul and her family are far from the traveling type. After an unexpected item arrived in the mail back in fall, that’s about to change. Early one morning back in November, the Ellsworth High School sophomore walked in to school just as she would any other day of the year. Soon after …
BAR HARBOR — Winning came easy for the Mount Desert Island girls’ basketball team in December. The first game of January required the Trojans to dig as deeply as they could. Coming off a 31-point win in its previous game eight days earlier, MDI had plenty of momentum on its side as it took the …
ELLSWORTH — As the Ellsworth boys’ basketball team dribbled the final seconds of 2018 off the clock, a chant from the Ellsworth student section said it all. Leading by 10 points in the dying moments of Monday’s encounter against Orono, the home team and its fans were in a celebratory mood as it closed out …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth swim team closed out the 2018 portion of its schedule in excellent fashion with a sweep of Washington Academy on Dec. 21 and a strong meet Friday at the Morse Invitational in Bath. Competing against Washington Academy at the Down East Family YMCA, Ellsworth scored a 128-31 win on the boys’ …
BLUE HILL — Throughout the George Stevens Academy boys’ basketball team’s historic three-year run, the reality of what the Eagles were accomplishing had never truly set in for Dwayne Carter. After the team’s latest championship, it finally happened. In the week following the Eagles’ 64-59 win over Hall-Dale in the Class C title game, Carter …
