ELLSWORTH — Local athletes have been announced as all-conference athletes in their respective sports. Caitlin MacPherson of Ellsworth was named a Class B first-team selection to the All-PVC girls’ cross-country team along with Mount Desert Island’s Callan Eason, Olivia Johnson, Katelyn Osborne and Rachelle Swanson. Cassidy Hanscom, Grace Munger, Piper Soares and Sophia Taylor were …
CUMBERLAND — As they crossed the finish line and entered the chute, runners competing in Saturday’s state championship cross-country meet had nothing left in the tank. Some lied on their backs; some cried; some blankly into space as they lost themselves in moments of relief and exhaustion following 3.1 grueling miles of running. All were …
BELFAST — George Stevens Academy freshman Thea Crowley claimed her fifth meet win of the season Saturday with a first-place finish at the Northern Maine cross-country championships in Belfast. The race saw Crowley and Orono junior Erin Gerbi break away from the pack in a two-person battle for first. Crowley crossed the finish line in …
SEARSPORT — Local runners were among the top finishers in Saturday’s Penobscot Valley Conference championships in Searsport. Mount Desert Island won the Large-School boys’ meet with 34 points, and Ellsworth placed fourth of the nine point-accumulating teams with 130. Ponce Saltysiak and Jon Genrich placed a respective second and third for the Trojans, and the …
BELFAST — One thousand six hundred forty-four runners took to the Troy Howard Middle School course Saturday to compete in this year’s Festival of Champions. MDI’s Ponce Saltysiak finished as the top local runner in the seeded race with a time of 17 minutes, 0.79 seconds and a place of 29th. Jon Genrich (62nd place), …
SULLIVAN — Hancock County enjoyed two strong days in cross-country over the weekend with local teams and runners earning wins and other solid results in weekend meets in Sullivan and Old Town. On Friday, this year’s Seacoast Invitational was held at Sumner Memorial High School. Runners from Sumner, Bucksport, George Stevens Academy and Deer Isle-Stonington …
BLUE HILL — After opening the season on a difficult course in Aroostook County, a setting closer to home gave Louie Luchini’s Ellsworth cross-country team a bit of a reprieve. On Sept. 12, the Eagles began their 2019 campaign on a hilly, open-air course in Presque Isle. With the wind blowing and grass all throughout …
PRESQUE ISLE — The Ellsworth girls’ cross-country team spent much of the 2018 season winning meets in nail-biting fashion. The Eagles’ opening meet this year came without such difficulties. Ellsworth posted a strong start to its state championship defense Friday with a first-place finish in the Presque Isle Invitational. The Eagles placed all six runners …
ELLSWORTH — Two months after the 2018-19 sports season came to an end, a new year is just around the corner. The 2019-20 sports season officially begins Monday, Aug. 19. Football, soccer, volleyball, cross-country and golf teams throughout the state are eligible to hold their first practices starting at midnight ahead of their first games …
ELLSWORTH — The first competitions are still more than a month away, but the Ellsworth football, soccer, volleyball, cross-country and golf teams know when and where they’ll play in 2019 after the school unveiled its fall sports schedule Friday. Below is a list of Ellsworth’s games, matches and meets for the upcoming fall sports season, …
ELLSWORTH — The 2018 cross-country season was historic for the Ellsworth girls’ cross-country team, which claimed Hancock County and Class B North championship crowns Oct. 5 and Oct. 20, respectively, before winning the state title Oct. 27. It was the first girls’ cross-country title in 40 years for Ellsworth, which improved with each passing meet …
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 …
