WINTHROP — After 650 days, regular season high school football games have been played in the state of Maine once again. The Bucksport, Mount Desert Island and Ellsworth/Sumner football teams opened their seasons with defeats in this weekend’s contests. The Golden Bucks fell on the road Friday night against Winthrop, and the Trojans and Eagles …
DEER ISLE — A Hancock County school that could not field two teams in the spring is unable to provide another of its traditional sports offerings this fall. Deer Isle-Stonington High School will not be fielding a girls soccer team in 2021, Athletic Director Bob St. Peter told The Ellsworth American on Wednesday. The school, …
ELLSWORTH — The goals just don’t stop coming. Throughout the Ellsworth girls’ soccer team’s two-week preseason slate, the net has seemed to be as wide as the goal line for a prolific attacking unit. From six goals to nine goals to 10, it’s been hard to keep track of just how many times the Eagles …
ELLSWORTH — Football under the lights returned to Maine on Friday as teams in Hancock County and across the state tuned up for their season openers with preseason contests. Bucksport and Mount Desert Island claimed victories Friday in their respective contests against Belfast and Mattanawcook Academy. Elsewhere, Ellsworth/Sumner suffered a defeat as Orono pulled away …
ELLSWORTH — Of all the sports dealt unusual hands at Ellsworth High School last year, volleyball might have been turned upside-down the most. Plenty of volleyball was played at Ellsworth and other schools offering the sport, which was played on a limited basis outdoors in the fall before a competitive season was held in March …
EAST MACHIAS — A Downeast football team that had been scheduled to face two Hancock County teams this year will not be playing this season. Washington Academy informed fellow teams Thursday morning of its decision not to field a football team in 2021. The East Machias school made the decision after it had been reduced …
CASTINE — With fall sports back on tap, an athletic conference home to several Maine universities is taking steps to keep its contests COVID-free. The North Atlantic Conference announced Wednesday its COVID-19 protocols for the 2021-22 season. The conference laid out a vaccination policy for all athletes participating in athletics under the NAC banner ahead …
ELLSWORTH — Even before the pandemic arrived, the next Maine high school football season was set to be a pivotal one. In recent years, no fall has gone by without massive changes in the Maine high school football landscape. From Kittery to Houlton and everywhere in between, dwindling numbers, an evolving class structure and the …
ELLSWORTH — A familiar face on the local high school sports circuit has been formally noticed for her years of dedication. Tracie Martin was presented Sunday with the Bob White Award at Ellsworth High School. The award, which has been given annually since 2014, honors a Maine high school soccer referee who best exemplifies “knowledge, …
WINTER HARBOR — Deep inside Warren Harden’s old family farm house attic is a trophy that’s spent years collecting cobwebs and dust. The decades-old trophy belonging to Harden’s father, Robert, has long been a source of stories in the Winter Harbor family’s household. With his dad boasting a 3-0 record as a boxer from his …
CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy has named a new head coach to lead its women’s soccer program. MMA announced Monday the selection of Keenan Schaeffer as its next head women’s soccer coach. The Wrightsville, Pa., product comes to the Castine school after a busy past few years that have included concurrent stints in both college …
ELLSWORTH — Hancock County teams wasted little time getting the 2021-22 sports season underway. The local fall season began Monday, the first day teams were eligible to hold practices under Maine Principals’ Association rules. Some teams took the field as early as Monday morning with one squad beginning activities at the earliest possible second. The …
