ELLSWORTH — Hancock County will have two wrestlers in the upcoming New England championships after Bucksport’s David Gross and Ellsworth’s Logan Lord advanced at Saturday’s All-State qualifiers at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. Competing in the heavyweight division, Gross began the day with a bye to the semifinals. He pinned Mount View’s Nathaniel Fuller in …
BANGOR — It’s over. After three straight Gold Ball wins and countless nights of dominating opponents on the Cross Insurance Center floor, the George Stevens Academy boys’ basketball team’s run of mid-February dominance has come to an end. GSA’s latest opponent, the Houlton Shiretowners, proved worthy of dethroning the back-to-back-to-back regional and state champions with …
BANGOR — Celebrating on the Cross Insurance Center floor, Mount Desert Island’s senior starters took turns at one of Maine’s most exhilarating high school basketball traditions. With ladders placed beneath both baskets, the Trojans’ Maddy Candage and Julia Watras stepped up to perform the famous cutting of the nets that follows every regional and state …
BANGOR — It might not have cut down the nets, but as the Deer Isle-Stonington girls’ basketball team walked off the court Saturday, it did so to the applause of a fan base that couldn’t have been prouder. As the team hoisted the Northern Maine runner-up trophy, chants of “We are proud of you!” and …
BANGOR — For a moment, it appeared as if George Stevens Academy’s bid for a fourth consecutive Northern Maine title would end in the semifinals. Then the Eagles’ defense took hold. In what’s been a rare scene at the Cross Insurance Center in recent years, GSA trailed by seven early in the fourth quarter of …
BANGOR — Ellsworth girls’ basketball head coach Andy Pooler and Mount Desert Island forward Derek Collin were among the recipients of top honors from the Big East Conference on Tuesday. Pooler, who led the Ellsworth girls’ team to a 13-6 record in a 2018-19, was named Big East Girls’ Coach of the Year following one …
BANGOR — Against all odds, the Trojans found a way. It could’ve been the end for Mount Desert Island girls’ basketball team when one of its senior leaders, Maddy Candage, fouled out of the game; it could’ve been the end when, numerous times, the opposing Winslow Black Raiders went to the free-throw line with a …
BANGOR — Entering last week, neither of the Ellsworth boys’ basketball team’s playoff opponents had challenged the Eagles on either end of the court. In the regional semifinals, they finally met their match Ellsworth’s season came to an end Wednesday with a 65-58 loss to Caribou in the Class B North semifinals at the Cross …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth girls’ swim team recorded its best-ever finish at the state swim championships when it placed fifth of 21 teams in Monday’s Class B meet at the University of Maine. Senior Ellie Clarke, competing in her final meet for Ellsworth, set a team record in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of …
BANGOR — Needing a basket to stay alive, the Sumner boys’ basketball team turned to the man it trusted most. In what had been a back-and-forth affair for much of the second half of Tuesday’s quarterfinal against Central Aroostook, Sumner found itself trailing by a point with 9.7 seconds left on the clock. A score …
