BREWER — Bucksport senior David Gross took home an impressive haul of awards and honors Sunday evening at the Little Ten Conference football banquet at Jeff’s Catering in Brewer. Gross became the rare lineman to take home the conference’s biggest individual honor as he was named Little Ten Conference Player of the Year. He was …
ELLSWORTH — After a long offseason, the Ellsworth girls’ basketball team can finally revel in a new beginning. It’s been nearly 10 months now since the Eagles saw a propitious season came to an all-too-early end at the hands of John Bapst in the Class B North preliminary round. Few teams have wanted to take …
BAR HARBOR — Eight-man football is coming to Mount Desert Island High School next fall because of a shortage of players for the traditional 11-man squad. MDI will join the 10 high schools in Maine that switched to the eight-man format this year. Athletic Director Bunky Dow told the high school board Monday night that …
BLUE HILL — As his players and assistant coaches gathered at halftime, Dwayne Carter saw a chance for his team to put its regular season opener out of reach. No, Carter’s George Stevens Academy boys’ basketball team hadn’t been the definition of consistent during the first half of Saturday’s game against Lee Academy, which had …
BAR HARBOR — A prolific offensive performance Saturday afternoon left one basketball fan in Mount Desert Island High School’s Bunny Parady Gymnasium in utter amazement. Using speed in the transition game, pinpoint passing and red-hot shooting to make basket after basket, the Ellsworth boys’ team was an unstoppable force in its second game of Saturday’s …
BAR HARBOR — Coaching transitions are never easy to make; when the outgoing coach is a program icon, those transitions are even more challenging. On Oct. 8, the Mount Desert Island swim team bid farewell to its head coach of 19 years, Tony DeMuro. DeMuro, whose 11 state championships at MDI include the past two …
ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth/Sumner’s Connor Crawford was announced Monday as one of 12 semifinalists for the Fitzpatrick Trophy, awarded annually to the top senior player in Maine high school football. Leading the way for Ellsworth/Sumner in its first season of eight-man football this year, Crawford rushed for 1,632 yards and 22 touchdowns and passed for 218 …
BANGOR — Husson University freshman and 2019 Ellsworth High School graduate Ellie Clarke racked up the latest in a list of early-season honors last Wednesday when she was named Husson Female Athlete of the Week. In Husson’s Nov. 15 double-dual meet against Maine Maritime Academy and St. Joseph’s College, Clarke posted individual wins in the …
ELLSWORTH — A decade ago, Duane Crawford set out with a dream to bring football to Ellsworth. As a new decade comes to a close, his vision has transformed fall afternoons and evenings throughout the community. Since founding the Ellsworth Football League in 2009, Crawford has taken the Eagles from a brand-new program long detached …
PORTLAND — Ellsworth/Sumner and Mount Desert Island football players — and one notable coach — received all-conference honors in their respective leagues. In the Campbell Conference, Ellsworth/Sumner’s Jeremy Card, Connor Crawford and Noah Hughes received all-conference nominations last Wednesday following the Eagles’ first season of eight-man play. The trio received their awards Sunday at the …
PORTLAND — The Bucksport football team reached this year’s state title game by using its size advantage to plow through opponents. Facing a much tougher — and faster — foe Saturday afternoon, the Golden Bucks’ Gold Ball push ended in heartbreak. Bucksport suffered a 28-8 defeat to Lisbon in Saturday’s Class D championship game at …
ELLSWORTH — Local athletes have been announced as all-conference athletes in their respective sports. Caitlin MacPherson of Ellsworth was named a Class B first-team selection to the All-PVC girls’ cross-country team along with Mount Desert Island’s Callan Eason, Olivia Johnson, Katelyn Osborne and Rachelle Swanson. Cassidy Hanscom, Grace Munger, Piper Soares and Sophia Taylor were …
