BAR HARBOR — The Ellsworth/Sumner and Mount Desert Island football teams fell to Week 7 defeats Friday night in their penultimate regular season contests. In Cumberland County, Ellsworth/Sumner waged a competitive battle with Yarmouth but lost 30-20 in a pivotal eight-man clash. The defeat sent the Eagles to 2-5 on the season. Ellsworth/Sumner racked up …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth boys’ soccer team will be making its return to the Class B North playoffs after securing its first three-game winning streak in more than three years. Last Wednesday, Ellsworth hosted Presque Isle as seniors Javen Clarke, Aidan Goller, Colby Hamilton, Sam Holler, Lucas Jordan, Mike Kazmierczak and Noah Scholes were honored …
SULLIVAN — Warren Harden had never had a single golf lesson when he began his sophomore year. Two years later, few high school golfers in Maine can match his accomplishments. Harden, now a senior at Sumner Memorial High School, was named Class C Player of the Year earlier this month after producing one of the …
JONESPORT — Opposing teams’ efforts to keep Damon Warren off the scoreboard the past few years have rarely been fruitful. Last week, another flurry of goals put the senior forward in elite company. With the Sumner boys’ soccer team battling Jonesport-Beals in the second half of Wednesday’s road game, Damon Warren, Sumner’s all-time leading scorer, …
ELLSWORTH — Fresh off two encouraging performances, the Ellsworth/Sumner football team entered Homecoming week with a new challenge on its hands. After earning its first win of the season with a shutout of Sacopee Valley and holding its own against Maranacook, eight-man football’s only unbeaten team, Ellsworth/Sumner had plenty of confidence ahead of Friday night’s …
ELLSWORTH — Looking to conjure up a late goal, Lelia Weir put the ball where only her teammate could reach it. Less than four minutes remained in Thursday’s game against Ellsworth when Weir, a sophomore midfielder on the Mount Desert Island girls’ soccer team, stepped up to take a corner kick. Spotting her teammate, Daisy …
BLUE HILL — For decades, the George Stevens Academy gymnasium spent fall evenings in silence. Now, it’s home to one of the rowdiest crowds in town. From posters plastered on the walls to packed parking lots to stands filled with white-clad fans screaming until they grow hoarse, there’s been an energetic atmosphere throughout the GSA …
CARIBOU — Sierra Andrews’ goal in the second overtime period Saturday gave the Ellsworth girls’ soccer team a crucial road win over Caribou. Ellsworth fell behind early in the second half when Caribou’s Edie Shea scored via an assist from Araya Caverhill to give the Vikings a 1-0 lead. Yet the Eagles find an equalizer …
BELFAST — One thousand six hundred forty-four runners took to the Troy Howard Middle School course Saturday to compete in this year’s Festival of Champions. MDI’s Ponce Saltysiak finished as the top local runner in the seeded race with a time of 17 minutes, 0.79 seconds and a place of 29th. Jon Genrich (62nd place), …
HERMON — All season long, the Bucksport football team has heard the chatter. The Golden Bucks have been called overrated; they’ve been told they’ve preyed on a week schedule; they’ve even been told they’d be exposed against a strong opponent. During practices and games, Bucksport players have even repeated these adages to themselves as a …
BAR HARBOR — To the naked eye, the attacking threats seemed to come out of nowhere; to the Mount Desert Island boys’ soccer team, they were the natural products of inch-perfect execution. From the opening kick of last Wednesday’s game against Ellsworth, MDI had its hands full in the bitter cold against its No. 1 …
BUCKSPORT — With the high school soccer season heating up, two local girls’ teams have secured vital wins as they push toward the Class C North playoffs. The Bucksport and Sumner girls closed out September by climbing up the standings and inching closer to appearances in the postseason. The Golden Bucks recorded a win Monday …
