ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth baseball team’s first two games of 2019 couldn’t have been more different. The Eagles, who entered the season looking to improve on last year’s 17-2 finish and Northern Maine championship game appearance, took a little while to get going in their first game of the season last Thursday against John Bapst. …
ELLSWORTH — Athletes from Ellsworth, Bucksport and George Stevens Academy competed in the first meet of the outdoor track season Wednesday at Husson University’s Cameron Stadium. On the boys’ side, Ellsworth enjoyed a successful day with Mark Berry and Mike Kazmierczak finishing a respective first and second in the 400-meter dash and Nick Cormier winning …
ELLSWORTH — Jake Hackett waited out a long winter and rainy early spring for the Ellsworth softball team’s season opener. When that moment finally came, he didn’t want his team to waste any time. All throughout preseason workouts, the new Ellsworth head coach has sought to incorporate the Eagles’ vigor and enthusiasm into their playing …
ELLSWORTH — The Boston Celtics and Boston Bruins will play in the second round of the NBA and NHL playoffs, respectively, after winning their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series. The Celtics earned a four-game sweep of the Indiana Pacers on Sunday to reach the second round of the NBA playoffs for the third consecutive year. The …
BUCKSPORT — The Bucksport baseball team won its season opener against Mount Desert Island on Thursday and improved to 2-0 Monday with a dominant home victory over Dexter. Thursday’s game was a back-and-forth affair with MDI (0-1) and Bucksport swapping leads before the Trojans took a 6-4 advantage into the bottom of the seventh. The …
BLUE HILL — Chances to play baseball have been limited throughout a very wet season in Maine thus far. For George Stevens Academy, spring has taken a particularly heavy toll. Twice last week, GSA saw its scheduled opening game postponed as a result of poor field conditions. Those rainouts came after the Eagles had their …
BUCKSPORT — No matter who comes and goes, the Bucksport softball team expects to win. Even with a young squad this season, that expectation has gone unchanged. Last year marked the end for Bucksport’s decorated 2018 class, which appeared in four consecutive Northern Maine championship games and brought home two Class C titles. Each of …
ELLSWORTH — Local runners were among the many competitors in Monday’s 123rd running of the Boston Marathon. Bradford Eslin of Bucksport finished as Hancock County’s top overall finisher with an official time of 2 hours, 59 minutes and 45 seconds. His time placed him in the top 10 percent of all runners in the field. …
TRENTON — Elvi Shelton continued her dominance of the Angell Open over the weekend with a victory in the women’s open singles bracket at Racket and Fitness Center in Portland. Shelton made it to the title match with a semifinal victory over Mollie Guba of Newburyport, Mass. She then cruised to a 6-0, 6-2 win …
ELLSWORTH — The Boston Celtics will begin the NBA Eastern Conference quarterfinals against the Indiana Pacers in a best-of-seven series beginning at 1 p.m. today, April 14. Boston finished fourth in the Eastern Conference in the regular season with a record of 49-33. The Celtics will have home court against Indiana, which finished fifth at …
BUCKSPORT — For Andy Wentworth, there’s no limit to how far the Bucksport High School community will go. For the most part, preseason baseball and softball games have been unable to go on this year during a spring season characterized by cold weather, more snow and wet fields. As a result, schools have been forced …
ELLSWORTH — Nearly four years after they put on helmets and pads for their first varsity practices as freshman, five Hancock County football players are ready to do so one last time for a noble cause. Since Ellsworth High School marked its return to the gridiron as part of a cooperative agreement with Sumner Memorial …
