BLUE HILL — The scenes of empty fields last spring hit everyone hard. For Dan Kane and the George Stevens Academy baseball team, the season that never was hurt even more. After a strong 2019 season in which it claimed the No. 1 seed in Class C North and finished with a 16-2 record, GSA …
ELLSWORTH — Springtime means baseball and softball, and although many fields are still rather damp at the moment, the action is set to return to local diamonds in the coming days. The Hancock County preseason slate is scheduled to begin with the first game Thursday, April 8. Contests will continue into the weekend and over …
ELLSWORTH — Doug Libby vividly remembers one of the very first basketball games he watched in Hancock County. Arriving in Ellsworth in 1975 after accepting a teaching job at Surry Elementary School, Libby, who had gotten hooked on coaching youth sports during his young-adult years in Aroostook County, was eager to get involved. With the …
BUCKSPORT — After 21 long months, spring sports have at last returned to Maine high schools. The 2021 spring sports season began Monday as high school baseball and softball teams in Hancock County and elsewhere across the state commenced throwing drills. Those sessions with pitchers and catchers marked the first spring athletic activities since the …
DEER ISLE — A local high school with a tradition of success in both diamond sports won’t be fielding a team in either one this spring. Deer Isle-Stonington will be unable to offer baseball and softball during the 2021 spring season, Athletic Director Betsy Woodward told The Ellsworth American last Wednesday. The school lacks the …
AUGUSTA — Maine high school sports might finally be getting — dare it be said — just a little bit more normal. After more than a year of dealing with the unfamiliar on courts, fields, diamonds and tracks throughout the state, local athletes, coaches and administrators are beyond ready for the return of the atmospheres …
CASTINE — After seeing their seasons canceled abruptly a year ago, spring athletes at five Maine universities appear set to compete in their favorite sports in the weeks and months ahead. The North Atlantic Conference announced Wednesday that it will be moving ahead with a 2021 spring sports season. The announcement means spring athletes at …
ELLSWORTH — A different playing environment this year didn’t stop Ellsworth Challenger Little League from wrapping up a fun baseball season in style. The league’s season concluded Sunday with the last day of play at Demeyer Field. The day began at 11 a.m. with a home run derby and concluded early in the afternoon with …
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 …
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