MILLINOCKET — The frustration was evident as the final whistle blew and the Bucksport football team made its way back to the bus. The Bucks had just dropped the opening game of their season, a 28-14 road loss to Stearns High School. The team got better as the game went along but players were unable …
Members of the Golden Bucks girls’ soccer team practice their footwork with some one-touch passes at the start of practice. The team is looking to rebound from a 5-0 loss in the Class C state championship game last year. Head coach Dave Svec surveys his squad as they warm up with some bear …
BUCKSPORT — It’s the time of year when the Maine high school football landscape always seems to change — and this year, those changes will once again affect a Hancock County team in a major way. Bucksport will move to eight-man football for the 2022 season following a vote at the most recent Regional School …
BUCKSPORT — Three Hancock County football players have been chosen to play in this summer’s edition of the Shrine Lobster Bowl. Bucksport’s Tyler Hallett and Josh Miller and Mount Desert Island’s A.J. Lozano were announced Friday as selections to this year’s Lobster Bowl game. The three will represent the East team in the competition, which …
BAR HARBOR — High school football returned to Maine in 2021 — and for two Hancock County high schools, that paved the way for a historic opportunity. Ellsworth High School and Mount Desert Island High School have long had one of Maine’s fiercest sporting rivalries. Yet in the 53 years since the consolidation of MDI …
BUCKSPORT — The return of a real fall sports season saw a number of standout efforts from some of Hancock County’s top male athletes. For the first time, The Ellsworth American and Mount Desert Islander have chosen a Player of the Year for each of the four boys’ fall sports and one all-encompassing Boys’ Coach …
BANGOR — The Ellsworth/Sumner football team was rewarded this weekend for its upstanding conduct throughout the 2021 season. Ellsworth/Sumner was presented Friday with eight-man football’s Large-School North Good Sportsmanship Award. The team was presented with the banner at halftime of the Class D championship game between Foxcroft and Winthrop/Monmouth at Cameron Stadium in Bangor. Sportsmanship …
WINTHROP — The 2021 Hancock County football season has come to an end in the exact place it started. Bucksport fell to a 46-27 road defeat in Saturday’s Class D quarterfinal game against Winthrop/Monmouth. The result eliminated Hancock County’s lone remaining football team from postseason contention. Seventh-ranked Bucksport (2-6) fell behind 20-0 early as Winthrop/Monmouth …
BAR HARBOR — The second gridiron matchup in as many weeks between two Hancock County rivals didn’t go much differently than last Friday’s historic clash. Mount Desert Island reached eight-man football’s Large-School North semifinals with a 56-0 win over Ellsworth/Sumner in Friday’s play-in game in Bar Harbor. The Trojans ruled on both sides of the …
BAR HARBOR — Mark Arnold woke up Monday morning knowing what he wanted to call on the first play of a historic game. Days before his football team’s regular season finale against Ellsworth/Sumner, Arnold, MDI’s head coach, wanted his team to set the tone in the game’s opening seconds. The play call he felt would …
BAR HARBOR — The games happen every year — but never before like this. In Hancock County, Ellsworth vs. Mount Desert Island needs no explanation. Whether in soccer, basketball, baseball, softball, swimming or any other head-to-head sport, competitions between the Eagles and Trojans are circled on the calendar by athletes at both schools. Yet in …
BUCKSPORT — The Bucksport football team has found life in the overhauled Class D to be anything but easy. After years in the Little Ten Conference, Bucksport, a longtime football power, is in a much different environment in 2021. With the new nine-team class consisting primarily of high-caliber southern Maine opponents, the Golden Bucks are …
