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 — Duane Crawford has spent many late-summer and early-fall hours over the past eight years preparing for high school football games. This year, the Ellsworth/Sumner head coach’s preparations look a bit different. After re-entering the varsity fold in 2012, the Eagles have gone from their first win to their first winning season to their …
ELLSWORTH — June was already a month to remember for Charlie Hughes. That was before he got one last chance to put on an Ellsworth football helmet. On June 14, Hughes was rewarded for four years of hard work in the classroom when he walked across the Charlie Katsiaficas Gymnasium stage as a graduate of …
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 — Nearly four years after they put on helmets and pads for their first varsity practices as freshman, five Hancock County football players are ready to do so one last time for a noble cause. Since Ellsworth High School marked its return to the gridiron as part of a cooperative agreement with Sumner Memorial …
ELLSWORTH — Five Hancock County high school football players have been chosen to play in the Shrine Lobster Bowl this summer. Ellsworth’s Javon Williams, Bucksport’s Tyson Gray and Carter Tolmasoff and Mount Desert Island’s Gilbert Isaacs and Elijah Joyce were among the 90 players selected Wednesday to participate in this year’s game. The seniors will …
By Travis Lazarczyk Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel AUGUSTA — After months of discussion and debate, eight-man football in Maine is at the goal line. The Maine Principals’ Association Football Committee voted unanimously last Thursday to recommend an eight-man football class for the 2019 season. The debut of eight-man football would place programs in two divisions based …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth and Mount Desert Island football teams are likely to play the eight-man version of the sport in 2019 after the Maine Principals’ Association Football Committee laid out a proposal Tuesday for the possible format. The teams are two of 20 high school football programs in Maine set to adopt the new …
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 University of Maine football team will play in the Football Championship Subdivision semifinals after defeating Weber State 23-18 in Friday’s quarterfinal showdown in Ogden, Utah. After going most of the first half without scoring a touchdown, Maine took a 7-3 lead over No. 2 Weber State (10-3) with 2 minutes, 5 seconds …
BUCKSPORT — Bucksport football won big at the Little Ten Conference awards ceremony Sunday night with two players receiving major honors following the team’s impressive 2018 season. Senior Carter Tolmasoff was named Player of the Year in the conference following his prolific season on the ground. Tolmasoff finished with 1,661 rushing yards and 25 rushing …
By Travis Lazarczyk Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel AUGUSTA — It’s first down and goal to go for proponents of eight-man football in Maine. The Maine Principals’ Association football committee voted Thursday to replace the Class E developmental league with an eight-man division next year. Classes A, B, C and D would continue to play the traditional …
