ELLSWORTH — Two months after the 2018-19 sports season came to an end, a new year is just around the corner. The 2019-20 sports season officially begins Monday, Aug. 19. Football, soccer, volleyball, cross-country and golf teams throughout the state are eligible to hold their first practices starting at midnight ahead of their first games …
VEAZIE — Local runners were among the 30 who competed Saturday in this year’s Veazie Day 5K. The first Hancock County finisher in the race was Dedham’s Andrew Goupee, who had won the event in 2018. Goupee finished with a time of 17 minutes, 55 seconds this time around to take home second place. Dedham’s …
MOUNT DESERT — For the second year in a row, Ellsworth High School swimmers led the way in one of eastern Maine’s biggest outdoor swims. Ellsworth swimmers swept the men’s and women’s 500-yard and 1.5-mile events Saturday at the Bill Reeve Echo Lake Swim at Camp Beech Cliff. Nick Partridge (500-yard) and Sean Hill (1.5-mile) …
CAPE ELIZABETH — Ellsworth High School alum Dan Curts had a strong performance in Saturday’s Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race, placing first among all Maine runners in the field. Curts, a 2014 Ellsworth graduate, finished the race in 29 minutes, 26 seconds, more than a full minute ahead of the next Maine finisher, Ryan …
ELLSWORTH — Nearly two months after their last home game, members of the 2019 Ellsworth baseball team are still buzzing with excitement. Many summer evenings have come and gone since June 8, the last time the Eagles played on their home field. The celebratory scenes that followed Ellsworth’s 6-0 win over Medomak Valley in the …
BANGOR — From start to finish, 2019 has been a banner year for baseball at all levels across Hancock County. On July’s final day, some of the top local players finished it with one last hurrah. The Trenton Acadians concluded their 2019 season Wednesday with an appearance in the American Legion state championship game at …
ELLSWORTH — Members of the Down East Family YMCA Dolphins set numerous state and team records over the weekend at the Maine Swimming Invitational in Saint John, N.B. At the state level, Nick Partridge set 50- and 100-meter breaststroke records in the boys’ 13-14 age group with times of 32.77 seconds and 1 minute, 9.21 …
ELLSWORTH — Duane Crawford has spent many late-summer and early-fall hours over the past eight years preparing for high school football games. This year, the Ellsworth/Sumner head coach’s preparations look a bit different. After re-entering the varsity fold in 2012, the Eagles have gone from their first win to their first winning season to their …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth Little League Junior League baseball team won the District 1 title last Wednesday with a 11-9 win over Machias Little League in the title game at Ellsworth’s Demeyer Field. The win gave Ellsworth five victories in a row after opening the tournament with a 4-1 lost to Coastal Little League of …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth Little League 9-10 All-Star team defeated Glenburn Little League 8-2 in an elimination game Sunday to stay alive in state tournament play. Camryn Clough struck out 12 batters for Ellsworth in the circle and had two hits at the plate. Ellsworth also got big hitting performances from Elizabeth Boles (3 for …
ELLSWORTH — June was already a month to remember for Charlie Hughes. That was before he got one last chance to put on an Ellsworth football helmet. On June 14, Hughes was rewarded for four years of hard work in the classroom when he walked across the Charlie Katsiaficas Gymnasium stage as a graduate of …
ELLSWORTH — The first competitions are still more than a month away, but the Ellsworth football, soccer, volleyball, cross-country and golf teams know when and where they’ll play in 2019 after the school unveiled its fall sports schedule Friday. Below is a list of Ellsworth’s games, matches and meets for the upcoming fall sports season, …
