ELLSWORTH — Two Hancock County schools are set to compete in Big East basketball pod tournament play in the coming week. The Ellsworth and Mount Desert Island boys’ and girls’ teams are set to compete in the tournaments next week. The tourney action will feature a rubber match between the Eagles and Trojans on the …
DEER ISLE — The fields are set for a pair of postseason basketball tournaments that will include four of the six Hancock County high schools. The Bucksport, George Stevens Academy, Sumner and Deer Isle-Stonington boys’ and girls’ teams are set to compete in the Penobscot Valley Conference Coastal pod tournaments. The teams will be joined …
AUGUSTA — As the 2021 winter sports season nears completion, one activity has been stopped in its tracks before it could even begin. The Maine Principals’ Association announced Friday the cancellation of the 2021 competitive wrestling season. The announcement came after the MPA Wrestling Committee met Friday morning to determine the status of the sport, …
DEER ISLE — The Maine McDonald’s High School All-Star Game won’t be played on the floor this year, but the top senior basketball players were still honored Wednesday for their contributions on courts across the state over the past four years Five Hancock County seniors have been announced as selections to this year’s McDonald’s High …
ELLSWORTH — They’ve been the subject of discussion all throughout the 2021 basketball season. Now, they’ve been made official. Hancock County teams will end their seasons with regional “pod” tournaments that are scheduled to begin next week. The tournaments will provide local teams with chances to play for championships and get some form of closure …
ELLSWORTH — Just two games remain in the regular season for the Ellsworth boys’ and girls’ basketball teams after the Eagles’ most recent 2021 contests. Hunter Curtis drained back-to-back last-second jumpers to give the Ellsworth boys’ team wins over Bangor and Washington Academy following the Eagles’ dominant win Wednesday against George Stevens Academy. On the …
DEER ISLE — The Deer Isle-Stonington girls’ basketball team improved to 6-0 on the season last week with high-scoring efforts in its past two games. Deer Isle-Stonington began the second half of its regular season with a lopsided win in last Wednesday’s contest against Sumner. Returning to action Saturday for another home contest, the Mariners …
It’s an opportunity that’s always been there for their predecessors. Now, the state’s current high school basketball players find themselves with no chance to compete in an event that’s been a lifelong dream. The 2021 basketball season will not end with players cutting down nets in Bangor, Portland and Augusta or bringing regional title plaques …
No matter where he works, Justin Norwood is surrounded by trophies. In the winter, Norwood, the head coach of the Mount Desert Island boys’ basketball team, begins his days at Mount Desert Elementary School, where Gold Balls won during the building’s time as a high school in the days of yore line the hallways. He …
ELLSWORTH — For Ella Hubbard, volleyball season has always been a sign of fall’s arrival. This year, unfortunately, was different. As an indoor sport and a moderate-risk activity under the state’s guidelines on community sports, volleyball, an activity that’s been surging in popularity at the high school level in recent years, could not be played …
In a way, it’s never been about basketball at all. Every February, people from all over the state travel to arenas in Bangor, Augusta and Portland for a Maine high school sporting event like no other. It’s a two-week marathon in which some dreams are made, others are shattered and the impossible becomes reality. Yet …
BLUE HILL — The Sumner girls’ basketball team will ride a three-game winning streak into its final stretch of the regular season after completing season sweeps of Bucksport and George Stevens Academy. Sumner traveled to Bucksport on Wednesday and claimed a 45-43 victory over the Golden Bucks. The Tigers trailed by eight points early in …
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