ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth/Sumner’s Connor Crawford was announced Monday as one of 12 semifinalists for the Fitzpatrick Trophy, awarded annually to the top senior player in Maine high school football. Leading the way for Ellsworth/Sumner in its first season of eight-man football this year, Crawford rushed for 1,632 yards and 22 touchdowns and passed for 218 …
ELLSWORTH — A decade ago, Duane Crawford set out with a dream to bring football to Ellsworth. As a new decade comes to a close, his vision has transformed fall afternoons and evenings throughout the community. Since founding the Ellsworth Football League in 2009, Crawford has taken the Eagles from a brand-new program long detached …
PORTLAND — Ellsworth/Sumner and Mount Desert Island football players — and one notable coach — received all-conference honors in their respective leagues. In the Campbell Conference, Ellsworth/Sumner’s Jeremy Card, Connor Crawford and Noah Hughes received all-conference nominations last Wednesday following the Eagles’ first season of eight-man play. The trio received their awards Sunday at the …
PORTLAND — The Bucksport football team reached this year’s state title game by using its size advantage to plow through opponents. Facing a much tougher — and faster — foe Saturday afternoon, the Golden Bucks’ Gold Ball push ended in heartbreak. Bucksport suffered a 28-8 defeat to Lisbon in Saturday’s Class D championship game at …
HAMPDEN — Deprived of a chance to watch their team play one last game in its own stadium, the Bucksport faithful brought home-field advantage 20 miles north. As the No. 1 seed in Class D North, the Bucksport football team was originally scheduled to play Friday night’s regional championship game against Dexter at Bucksport High …
BUCKSPORT — Many football coaches use a bye week as a chance to breathe a sigh of relief. Joel Sankey is not one of them. Even though a week off affords a team extra rest and more time to game plan against a particular opponent, Sankey, the longtime Bucksport head coach, is wary of the …
READFIELD — The Ellsworth/Sumner football team’s inaugural season of eight-man play came to an end Friday night with a 44-12 loss to Maranacook in the large-school semifinals. After top-ranked Maranacook (9-0) took a 22-0 lead in the firstquarter, Ellsworth/Sumner fought back with two Connor Crawford touchdown runs to cut the deficit to 22-12 going into …
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Late-season matchups against Foxcroft have become all too familiar for the Bucksport football team — and not for the right reasons. In each of the past two seasons, Bucksport has seen a promising campaign come to an end with a loss to Foxcroft in the Class D North title game. Between being shut …
BAR HARBOR — The Ellsworth/Sumner and Mount Desert Island football teams fell to Week 7 defeats Friday night in their penultimate regular season contests. In Cumberland County, Ellsworth/Sumner waged a competitive battle with Yarmouth but lost 30-20 in a pivotal eight-man clash. The defeat sent the Eagles to 2-5 on the season. Ellsworth/Sumner racked up …
ELLSWORTH — Fresh off two encouraging performances, the Ellsworth/Sumner football team entered Homecoming week with a new challenge on its hands. After earning its first win of the season with a shutout of Sacopee Valley and holding its own against Maranacook, eight-man football’s only unbeaten team, Ellsworth/Sumner had plenty of confidence ahead of Friday night’s …
HERMON — All season long, the Bucksport football team has heard the chatter. The Golden Bucks have been called overrated; they’ve been told they’ve preyed on a week schedule; they’ve even been told they’d be exposed against a strong opponent. During practices and games, Bucksport players have even repeated these adages to themselves as a …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth/Sumner football team doesn’t care to think much about its Week 3 loss to Mount Ararat. In fact, head coach Duane Crawford has six words for it: “Flush that one down the toilet.” Entering its Sept. 21 road contest in Topsham, Ellsworth/Sumner, which already had one of the state’s smallest rosters with …
