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 …
ELLSWORTH — Little League season has continued into the second week of July with the Ellsworth 11-12 softball team beginning state tournament play and three other Ellsworth teams opening their respective district tournaments. On Sunday evening, Ellsworth’s 11-12 softball team played the first game of the state tournament against the Kennebunk-Kennebunkport/Wells-Ogunquit All-Stars. Ellsworth took a …
ELLSWORTH — Three Ellsworth Little League All-Star squads will attempt this week to replicate the 11-12 softball team’s District 1 success as they begin their own district tournaments. The Ellsworth 11-12 All-Star baseball team will face Bucksport Little League at 5:30 p.m. today, July 1. Team members are Daniel Carter, Dawson Curtis, Lucas Horne, Thomas …
ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth pitcher Matt Burnett was selected last week as one of eight finalists for Mr. Maine Baseball. Burnett was named a finalist last Tuesday prior to Ellsworth’s Northern Maine title game showdown with Hermon. He joined fellow nominees Trejyn Fletcher of Deering, Will Neleski of Greely, Lucas Francis of Lisbon, Colton Carson of …
STANDISH — After 31 years, the Ellsworth baseball team is back on top. It wasn’t easy. In fact, for Ellsworth players and coaches, few games this year have been more nerve-wracking. Yet by providing the dominant pitching and timely hitting they’ve been putting forth all season long, the Eagles are bringing a Gold Glove back …
BANGOR — One year to the day of a gut-wrenching defeat, the Ellsworth baseball team earned redemption in a manner fit for champions. It happened in the same title game; it happened on the same field; it happened with the same starting pitcher on the mound; it even happened as the Eagles brought the same …
ELLSWORTH — They’re back. Ever since falling to Brewer in last season’s Class B North championship game at Mansfield Stadium, the Ellsworth baseball team has been longing for another chance at a regional title. Now, after one of their best performances of the season, the Eagles will get a shot at redemption on the same …
