ELLSWORTH — Nine Hancock County teams have qualified for this year’s Northern Maine baseball and softball playoffs, and three of those teams will have No. 1 seeds in their respective fields. Prior to the Ellsworth baseball team’s 6-4 win Friday over Mount Desert Island, the Eagles defeated Washington Academy 11-0 on Thursday to clinch the …
BREWER — The outdoor track season came to an end Saturday afternoon as Hancock County athletes competed at state championships in Brewer and Farmington. At the Class B championship meet in Brewer, the Mount Desert Island boys placed third of 30 teams with 40 points. Gilbert Isaacs claimed an individual state championship for the Trojans …
ELLSWORTH — In the final week of a season full of achievements, the Ellsworth girls’ tennis team added one more to the list. Having already recorded double-digit wins, three separate winning streaks of three-plus matches and a runner-up finish in the Penobscot Valley Conference, Ellsworth entered the Class B North tournament seeking its first playoff …
BAR HARBOR — On adjacent sides of the Mount Desert Island High School parking lot, fans watching the Ellsworth and Mount Desert Island baseball and softball teams spent nearly three hours on the edges of their seats. Even with a 30-minute difference in start times between softball and baseball games, the action had fans of …
ELLSWORTH — Three Hancock County teams are set to participate in the Northern Maine semifinals after winning their quarterfinal matches. In Class B North, the No. 2 Ellsworth girls improved to 11-2 on the season Wednesday with a 4-1 victory over No. 7 Washington Academy (7-7). Miriam Nelson, Brianna Abbott and Faith Braley won their …
OLD TOWN — The Ellsworth baseball team needed a remarkable road stretch to close in on Class B North’s No. 1 seed. After winning the first two of those road games, the Eagles won’t have to worry about playing another in the playoffs. Ellsworth improved to 13-1 on the season with road victories Thursday evening …
ELLSWORTH — Hancock County is sending six of its 10 high school tennis teams to this year’s Northern Maine playoffs. George Stevens Academy produced two Class C North playoff squads yet again this season with the boys and girls earning byes to the quarterfinals. The No. 2 girls (10-2) will host either No. 7 Van …
BLUE HILL — If there are any baseball teams in Maine on hotter streaks right now than George Stevens Academy, they aren’t very to find. Whether they’re winning via blowouts, tight games or anything in between, the Eagles have been beating every opponent they’ve faced on the baseball diamond as of late. Now, after going …
ELLSWORTH — One hundred thirty-five people competed Monday in this year’s running of the Main Street Memorial Mile in downtown Ellsworth. First place in this year’s race went to Mount Desert Island High School junior Stephen Grierson, who crossed the finish line in 4 minutes, 37 seconds. Ellsworth High School sophomore Nick Cormier finished just …
BUCKSPORT — Athletes from three local high schools claimed Penobscot Valley Conference titles this weekend at the Small-School championships in Bucksport and Large-School championships in Old Town. For the Bucksport girls’ team, freshman Angelina Cotoni finished with a time of 17.14 seconds in Friday’s Small-School 100-meter hurdles to take home first place in the event. …
ELLSWORTH — Looking to find its offensive rhythm, there was no better time than Senior Day for the Ellsworth baseball team to get back on track. After scoring 78 runs in their first seven games of the 2019 season, the Eagles entered Wednesday’s showdown with John Bapst having scored just 15 in the past four. …
SULLIVAN — It was a big week for George Stevens Academy diamond sports last week as the baseball and softball teams earned clutch wins against local opponents. The GSA baseball team moved into first place in the Class C North standings Friday when it defeated Ellsworth (10-1) 3-1 in Blue Hill to hand the visiting …
