ELLSWORTH — Long a feature of the city’s summer sports scene, Little League baseball and softball won’t be played in Ellsworth in 2020. Ellsworth Little League announced last Thursday that it will be canceling the season in its entirety as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The decision came as many other leagues both …
ELLSWORTH — Hopes to see games played at diamonds across the state this summer have taken a further hit following two recent cancellations. No Little League baseball or softball champions will be crowned this year after state administrators made the decision Friday to cancel the 2020 state tournament. The American Legion season is also a …
ELLSWORTH — The inevitable has been confirmed. The Maine Principals’ Association delivered heartbreaking news Thursday as it canceled the entire 2020 spring sports season. The decision followed Maine Department of Education Commissioner Pender Makin’s recommendation Tuesday that schools in the state continue with remote learning for the remainder of the school year. “It is with …
ELLSWORTH — Spring fever was very real in Hancock County over the weekend — but only for some. Prior to Monday’s snow dumping, Mainers were treated over the weekend to some of the nicest weather 2020 has had to offer thus far. With temperatures topping 50 degrees in some places it was a great opportunity …
ELLSWORTH — This was not how the 2019-20 college sports season was supposed to end. As is always the case, the flip of the calendar from February to March raised the stakes for athletes at universities across the country. For winter athletes, it meant the chance to compete for championships; for those competing in spring …
ELLSWORTH — The last pitch Matt Burnett threw as an Ellsworth Eagle clinched a state championship. Six months later, he hasn’t stopped thinking about it. With winter’s arrival, green grasses and dirt infields across the state look vastly different than they did June 15, the day Burnett pitched Ellsworth to a 2-0 win over Freeport …
ELLSWORTH — For two days, Carolyn Miller’s sons were baseball’s biggest stars. As Miller, an Ellsworth mother of two boys with rare medical conditions, awoke Sunday morning, she did so to the joyful yelling of Timothy, 6, and Oliver, 5. This was game day morning, and there was no containing her boys’ excitement. “They woke …
ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth Challenger Little League is hosting this year’s Maine State Challenger Little League Jamboree this Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 24-25. The event will feature Challenger Little League teams from leagues around the state playing a series of games at Ellsworth’s Demeyer Field. Games will be held throughout the morning and early afternoon on …
ELLSWORTH — Nearly two months after their last home game, members of the 2019 Ellsworth baseball team are still buzzing with excitement. Many summer evenings have come and gone since June 8, the last time the Eagles played on their home field. The celebratory scenes that followed Ellsworth’s 6-0 win over Medomak Valley in the …
BANGOR — From start to finish, 2019 has been a banner year for baseball at all levels across Hancock County. On July’s final day, some of the top local players finished it with one last hurrah. The Trenton Acadians concluded their 2019 season Wednesday with an appearance in the American Legion state championship game at …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth Little League Junior League baseball team won the District 1 title last Wednesday with a 11-9 win over Machias Little League in the title game at Ellsworth’s Demeyer Field. The win gave Ellsworth five victories in a row after opening the tournament with a 4-1 lost to Coastal Little League of …
ELLSWORTH — Another Ellsworth Little League All-Star team is heading to the state tournament. The Ellsworth 9-10 softball team won the District 1 title with a 5-0 home victory Thursday against Acadian Little League of Bar Harbor. The win capped off an undefeated tournament for Ellsworth, which will compete in states later this month in …
