Bucksport group dominates at Mars Hill karate tournament July 3, 2018 by Staff on Other Sports, Sports BUCKSPORT — Members of Tracy’s Karate’s Bucksport branch brought home 23 awards competing in this year’s Graves Summer Kickoff Tournament on June 16 in Mars Hill. Linwood Bridges of Verona Island, a ninth-degree black belt, was one of the top competitors for Tracy’s at the tournament. After winning first place in fighting among black belts …
EHS graduate named finalist for auto-racing grand prize June 29, 2018 by Staff on Other Sports, Sports ELLSWORTH — Wyatt Alexander, a 2017 graduate of Ellsworth High School, has been named a finalist for the Valvoline Fast Track to Fame scholarship grand prize. Alexander, who is now an engineering major attending the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, was one of just four of the 800-plus entrants to make the final cut. The sponsorship …
Ellsworth’s Shorey starts race season with wins at Winterport June 24, 2018 by Staff on Other Sports, Sports ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth native Kerrigan Shorey is off to another successful racing season in 2018 after earning a pair of first-place finishes the past at Winterport Dragway. Competing in the weekly bracket point series, Shorey earned her first victory of the season June 17. The sophomore-to-be at Ellsworth High School finished first once again Sunday …
Locals bring home titles at Woodlawn June 19, 2018 by Staff on Other Sports, Sports ELLSWORTH — The 2018 Woodlawn Invitational Tournament was held June 14-17 with 12 players competiting for the coveted Chapman/Gould Memorial Trophy, and local participants were the top competitors. In the first flight at, which was played on Tina Hinckley’s court in Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert’s Randall McAndrews claimed the title. McAndrews edged out Fred Beck …
Tracy’s Karate holds 104th tournament May 18, 2018 by Staff on Other Sports, Sports BUCKSPORT — Tracy’s Karate of Ellsworth recently held its 104th tournament at Bucksport High School. The event was a big draw with more than 200 competitors in attendance. Students from dojos in Ellsworth, on Mount Desert Island and in Deer Isle, Belfast, Bucksport, Bangor, Yarmouth, Houlton, Presque Isle and even parts of Canada came together …
Special Olympics event an annual hit at Maine Maritime Academy April 26, 2018 by Mike Mandell on Other Sports, Sports CASTINE — Not even a daylong torrential downpour could stop athletes from throughout eastern Maine from having a good time at Maine Maritime Academy last week. Roughly 40 bocce ball teams from all over the region came to MMA’s Castine campus on Thursday for this year’s edition of Special Olympics Maine’s regional bocce ball championships. …
Bruins top Leafs in 7, advance to face Lightning April 25, 2018 by Staff on Other Sports, Sports ELLSWORTH — The Boston Bruins advanced to the second round of the NHL playoffs Wednesday by ousting the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games with a 7-4 win in Game 7 at TD Garden in Boston. Boston won three of the first four games of the series before Toronto battled back to tie it 3-3. …
Bruins to open NHL playoffs against Toronto April 12, 2018 by Staff on Other Sports, Sports ELLSWORTH — The Boston Bruins will begin the NHL Eastern Conference quarterfinals against the Toronto Maple Leafs in a best-of-seven series beginning at 7 p.m. today, April 12. Boston finished second in the Eastern Conference’s Atlantic Division with 112 points and will have home ice throughout the series. Toronto finished third with 105 points. Tuukka …
DEFY Ice-Fishing Derby held across Hancock County February 11, 2018 by Staff on Other Sports, Sports OTIS — The following are winning results from the inaugural Down East Family YMCA Ice-Fishing Derby held Feb. 10-11. Contestants were allowed to fish at any lake or pond legally open to fishing throughout Hancock County. Weigh-ins were held both days at Dunn’s Aviation Hangar on Beech Hill Pond in Otis. The top-two finishers in …
Tracy’s Karate holds 103rd tournament in Bucksport November 21, 2017 by Mike Mandell on Other Sports, Sports BUCKSPORT — Karen and Dennis Tracy have been holding karate tournaments for 40 years now. As the faces of martial arts in Hancock County, the two are no strangers to teaching the craft to students of all ages. The couple, owners Tracy’s Karate on Bangor Road, first began teaching the sport in 1971. Over four …
