BUCKSPORT — For Andy Wentworth, there’s no limit to how far the Bucksport High School community will go. For the most part, preseason baseball and softball games have been unable to go on this year during a spring season characterized by cold weather, more snow and wet fields. As a result, schools have been forced …
ELLSWORTH — Coming off the team’s best season in nearly a quarter-century, the atmosphere surrounding the Ellsworth baseball program is as electric as ever. A year ago, the Eagles combined a nine-member senior class full of contributors at the plate, in the field and on the basepaths with an unflappable pitching duo to capture lightning …
ELLSWORTH — For seniors at Hancock County high schools, graduation is only one semester away. Conner Wagstaff wants to make the time he has left time count. Between getting his house in order for college and graduation and pitching his final season for the Ellsworth baseball team, the next few months will be plenty busy …
ELLSWORTH — Thanks to the efforts of a local Eagle Scout, the Ellsworth Elementary-Middle School baseball field will have a pair of brand-new dugouts waiting for the Falcons and their opponents when the season begins this spring. Will Hutchins, an eighth-grade student at EEMS, raised more than $12,000 to help build the dugouts for the …
ELLSWORTH — Island vs. mainland; family vs. family; green vs. maroon; bragging rights on the line. Any way you slice it, there’s something exceptional about Mount Desert Island vs. Ellsworth. Showdowns between MDI, Hancock County’s largest high school, and Ellsworth, its second-largest, have been taking place across sports of all kinds since the former was …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth baseball team had an experienced crop of players in 2018, and the result was the Eagles’ best season in a generation. Ellsworth finished the 2018 season with a record of 17-2 and claimed the Penobscot Valley Conference title as the conference’s top-ranked team. The Eagles made it all the way to …
ELLSWORTH — The Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday to claim their fourth world championship in 15 seasons. After winning the first two games of the series in Boston, the Red Sox lost 3-2 in a marathon Game 3 that lasted 18 innings and …
ELLSWORTH — Conner Wagstaff’s first day of college is still more than a year away, but one of the biggest decisions of his life is now behind him. Over the past two seasons, Wagstaff’s prowess on the pitcher’s mound has made him one of the top pitchers in both the Penobscot Valley Conference and all …
BLUE HILL — The George Stevens Academy baseball team, led by head coach Dan Kane, has received the 2018 Peter Webb Good Sportsmanship Award for the fourth consecutive year. The Eagles have won the award seven of the last 18 seasons. The award, named after a longtime official in Maine, goes to a team in …
ELLSWORTH — Maine’s 2018 high school baseball season came to an end Saturday as four state champions were crowned. In Class A, Northern Maine No. 1 Bangor (19-1) made history as the first Maine team to win five consecutive state baseball championships. Bangor’s 10-6 win over South No. 2 Gorham (15-5) at St. Joseph’s College …
