ELLSWORTH — There has been no shortage of top-notch, spirited play on the high school softball diamonds for Hancock County teams, as a bevy of area squads continued to perform at a lofty level and remain in strong position in the Maine Principals’ Association Heal Point standings. As of Monday, May 16, Bucksport and Ellsworth …
ELLSWORTH — High school softball swung away at a fevered pitch the past week, as teams from across Hancock County added to their impressive win totals. As of Monday, May 9, Bucksport boasted a 7-1 record, while Ellsworth and Sumner sat at 6-1 and Mount Desert Island 5-1. George Stevens Academy held a 1-5 mark. …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth Eagles baseball team battled for seven full innings against a dangerous Bucksport squad, manufacturing one run in the bottom of the third inning to secure a 1-0 home win on Tuesday. This was a non-conference game for the Eagles, who are in Class B, but Bucksport is one of the top …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth, Bucksport and Mount Desert Island softball teams have swung out of the gate to 2-0 starts. Ellsworth was scheduled to play John Bapst at home Tuesday night. MDI was scheduled to play at Old Town. The following is a recap of reported recent results: Mount Desert Island 16, Caribou 0 (5 …
BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island softball team has been waiting for this chance at a breakthrough. For the past three years now, MDI’s seasons have all ended in eerily similar fashions. The Trojans went 9-7 in regular season play in 2018, 2019 and 2021 before falling to narrow prelim defeats to come up …
ELLSWORTH — The first countable events of the 2022 spring sports season are now only a day away. The spring season will begin with track meets tomorrow, April 14, and Friday, April 15. Baseball, softball and tennis will then begin next week with a full slate of action scheduled for the weekend. Ellsworth is scheduled …
DEER ISLE — As practices continue on baseball and softball diamonds throughout Hancock County, there are two local fields that won’t be home to high school ball this spring. Baseball and softball are not being played at Deer Isle-Stonington in 2022, Athletic Director Bob St. Peter told The American on Thursday. The school once again …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth softball team had a lot to be proud of in 2021, but the Eagles are still bitter about how the season ended. Under head coach Jake Hackett, Ellsworth emerged as one of the state’s top teams last year as it followed a season-opening loss to Old Town with 16 straight wins …
ELLSWORTH — It won’t be in the form of full practices yet, but the first team activities of the 2022 spring sports season are scheduled to begin next week. Pitchers and catchers are eligible to begin conditioning drills for the 2022 season Monday, March 21. The conditioning exercises, which precede the first spring sports practices, …
ELLSWORTH — With the first spring sports practices just weeks away, the Ellsworth softball team has its next head coach in place. Ellsworth High School announced Monday the hiring of Brandi Ensworth as the next head coach of the softball program. She replaces Jake Hackett, who announced in January that he would be unable to …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth softball program will have a new leader in place when the season begins in just under three months. Jake Hackett announced Wednesday his resignation as Ellsworth’s head softball coach. He departs the position after posting an impressive 26-9 record in two seasons at the helm. Hackett took over as Ellsworth’s head …
A community has channeled grief from a family’s loss of a son at age 17 in a car accident into an annual softball fundraiser that has raised more than $80,000 and sent over 120 children to sports camps of all kinds.
