AUGUSTA — The Ellsworth cheer team has ended its 2021-22 season on a high note — and been honored for its upstanding conduct. Ellsworth placed third in Saturday’s state cheer championships at the Augusta Civic Center to qualify for the upcoming New England championship meet. The Eagles also received the Good Sportsmanship Award at the …
MILLINOCKET — After a one-week delay, local teams competed Saturday in the Northern Maine championship cheer meet. Ellsworth placed in the top two of the Class B North championships for the fifth consecutive time in the regional competition as it finished second in the weekend meet at Stearns High School. The Eagles were one of …
BANGOR — The regional cheer championships originally scheduled for this weekend have been postponed. The Northern and Southern Maine meets will not be held as scheduled Saturday afternoon as a result of the impending winter snowstorm. They will instead be made up next Saturday, Feb. 5, at new locations. The meets had been scheduled to …
CARIBOU — For the first time in two years, a competitive in-person cheer meet has been held in the state of Maine. Six teams from across the region traveled Saturday to Caribou High School for this year’s Big East championships. The meet marked the start of the 2022 season as well as the return to …
ELLSWORTH — Before the local sports world became somewhat recognizable again, 2021 began as a year unlike any other. Whereas the turning of the calendar is usually met with optimism and feelings of new beginnings, the world was a much different place as 2020 turned to 2021. With a pandemic raging, Maine’s 2020-21 winter season …
Student athletes, musicians and performers will not be required to wear masks during active participation if they enroll in pool testing for COVID-19 at the middle and high schools, the board ruled. This requirement is regardless of vaccination status.
ELLSWORTH — The contests will take place; that much is certain. What’s still unclear is what it’s going to look and feel like in Maine’s gymnasiums, pool areas and field houses. The scenes this year won’t be anything like the darkness of last winter, when high school athletic competitions were held behind closed doors with …
ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth High School’s 2021 fall sports meeting has been scheduled for next Wednesday, Aug. 11. Athletes wishing to participate in football, soccer, volleyball, cross-country, golf and the football cheer team are required to attend the meeting, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom webinar, a link …
SULLIVAN — Three Hancock County cheer teams concluded abbreviated 2021 seasons as the results of the virtual state championships were announced. Sumner capped off another successful campaign as it claimed second-place honors in Class C. Ellsworth and Bucksport also concluded their seasons with sixth- and 12th-place finishes in their respective events, the results of which …
ELLSWORTH — Hancock County cheer teams learned Monday the results of the Penobscot Valley Conference championship meet. Ellsworth and Sumner will be receiving hardware for their performances in the virtual competition, the tapes of which had to be submitted to judges by Thursday. The Eagles took home second place in Class B, and the Tigers …
ELLSWORTH — After a frustrating end to 2020, the early days of 2021 have provided a beacon of hope for the Hancock County sports community. Monday marked the first day of Level 2 and Level 3 competition for local high school teams, which were able to hold formal team practices and intra-squad scrimmages for the …
SULLIVAN — For Hancock County’s easternmost school district, the return of sports is, at long last, within touching distance. More than 10 months have passed since anyone at Sumner Memorial High School has been able to compete in practices, competitions or other team activities of any kind. Since then, athletes, coaches and parents at Sumner …
