BUCKSPORT — After breezing through the month of October, the Bucksport and Mattanawcook Academy football teams are set to battle one another yet again on the big stage. The No. 2 Golden Bucks and No. 3 Lynx will face off in the Class D North semifinals at 7 p.m. next Friday, Nov. 2, at Bucksport …
BUCKSPORT — The road to victory wasn’t quite as smooth as it could have been for the Bucksport football team, but the result was all the same. Coming off three games in which it had scored early and often against opponents near both the top and bottom of the Little Ten Conference standings, Bucksport entered …
BUCKSPORT — The Bucksport and Mount Desert Island football teams earned blew out their opponents Friday evening to post big Week 7 victories. In Orono, Bucksport improved to 6-1 on the season with a 61-22 win over the Red Riots. The Golden Bucks led Orono (1-6) 34-16 at halftime before running away with the game …
By Mike Lowe Portland Press-Herald KINGSTON, R.I. — Improbable? Nah, last week was improbable. This one was stunning, mind-boggling, jaw-dropping, even a little outrageous. For the second straight week, Kenny Doak kicked a field goal as time expired to lift the football team to victory, this time with a 39-yarder Saturday as the Black Bears …
By Travis Lazarczyk Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel AUGUSTA — The Maine Principals’ Association Football Committee discussed prospects for eight-man football on Tuesday but decided to withhold final recommendations on a possible league in 2019 until completion of the current football season. Eight-man football is not played at Maine high schools, but the idea has gained traction …
BUCKSPORT — The Bucksport football team’s best path to victory in recent years has been to put forth strong showings on offense. After lighting up scoreboards in their first two games this season, the team’s past two showings entering Friday had been a bit of a step back. Coming off a one-point loss against Foxcroft, …
BUCKSPORT — The many years Joel Sankey has spent as head coach of the Bucksport football team have given him plenty of games he’ll always remember. The Golden Bucks’ season finale last year is one he’d like to forget. Last November, Bucksport’s football season came to an end with a road loss to Foxcroft in …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth/Sumner and Bucksport football teams stayed in the thick of the Class D North playoff race over the weekend with vital road wins over Little Ten Conference opponents. Ellsworth/Sumner traveled to East Machias on Friday and earned a 39-16 victory over Washington Academy (1-2). The Eagles led 18-8 at halftime before running …
ORONO — Finding the numbers to support high school football is a problem many teams throughout Maine have to face. The Ellsworth/Sumner Eagles have been no exception. Between injuries, competitions with other sports over players and other mitigating factors, few of the state’s Class D football programs find fielding a full team to be an …
ELLSWORTH — Central and eastern Maine CBS affiliate WABI is planning to televise three Hancock County high school football games this season. The first televised game can be seen on WABI affiliate The CW at 7 p.m. tomorrow, Sept. 7, when Ellsworth/Sumner faces Orono on the road. The Eagles defeated the Red Riots 41-3 in …
BUCKSPORT — Little went wrong in the Bucksport football team’s first game of the regular season Friday night. One of the few things that didn’t quite go as planned happened before the game even began. Halfway through the singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the public address system went out at Bucksport’s Carmichael Field. Instead of …
BAR HARBOR — Hancock County’s first football game under the Friday night lights this year gave two rival schools one last chance to leave good preseason impressions. Whereas the visiting Ellsworth/Sumner Eagles returned the vast majority of the roster that led them to a historic playoff appearance last year, the Mount Desert Island Trojans brought …
