ELLSWORTH — With the 2021 season nearing the midway point, the Ellsworth baseball and softball teams are getting hot at the right time. Ellsworth cruised to wins on the baseball and softball diamonds last week with victories Wednesday against John Bapst and Saturday against Hermon. The wins were the products of strong all-around efforts from …
BUCKSPORT — Two Hancock County softball teams are now on winning streaks after suffering back-to-back losses earlier in the season. Bucksport and Sumner moved up the Class C North standings with key victories in recent contests. The Golden Bucks claimed decisive wins against Oceanside and Belfast last week before topping Orono on Monday, and the …
ELLSWORTH — The first full week of action for the Ellsworth softball team ended with two very different victories on the diamond. Ellsworth won both games of a doubleheader against Caribou on Saturday at Ellsworth High School. The Eagles won in blowout fashion in Game 1 and mounted a late rally in Game 2 to …
ELLSWORTH — After tough openers against top programs, the Ellsworth baseball and softball teams are now in the win column following victories over local rivals. Ellsworth bounced back from season-opening defeats in Friday’s games against Old Town with home wins Tuesday against George Stevens Academy. The Eagles claimed a 10-0 win in the baseball showdown …
BUCKSPORT — Two Hancock County softball squads are set to meet in a matchup of 2-0 teams this week after posting a pair of victories to begin their respective seasons. Bucksport breezed to a pair of easy wins in last week’s contests against Orono and Sumner. In Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island opened the season …
ELLSWORTH — Preseason contests and practices are now over, and the first countable games, meets and matches have begun. Preseason action concluded Wednesday with the final preseason baseball and softball games across Hancock County. Wednesday also marked the first day of regular season spring contests with two baseball games and two softball games on the …
BUCKSPORT — Kaylee Morey’s game-day attire this spring has featured a major contrast in colors. Behind the plate, Morey, a senior at Deer Isle-Stonington High School, can be seen sporting her traditional blue catcher’s gear. Wearing those colors has long been the norm for the Stonington native, who has spent the past four years representing …
ELLSWORTH — Springtime means baseball and softball, and although many fields are still rather damp at the moment, the action is set to return to local diamonds in the coming days. The Hancock County preseason slate is scheduled to begin with the first game Thursday, April 8. Contests will continue into the weekend and over …
ELLSWORTH — Jake Hackett has spent hours contemplating how a 2020 high school softball season might have unfolded. This time a year ago, Hackett, the head coach of the Ellsworth softball team, was still holding out hope that the spring season, which had yet to be officially canceled, could still take place. Even when those …
ELLSWORTH — Another tight battle between the Ellsworth and Mount Desert Island volleyball teams has gone the way of the Trojans. MDI defeated Ellsworth in four sets in Tuesday afternoon’s match at Ellsworth High School. The Trojans claimed a 25-18, 25-20, 26-28, 25-21 victory to notch their third consecutive win and complete a regular season …
ELLSWORTH — Doug Libby vividly remembers one of the very first basketball games he watched in Hancock County. Arriving in Ellsworth in 1975 after accepting a teaching job at Surry Elementary School, Libby, who had gotten hooked on coaching youth sports during his young-adult years in Aroostook County, was eager to get involved. With the …
BUCKSPORT — After 21 long months, spring sports have at last returned to Maine high schools. The 2021 spring sports season began Monday as high school baseball and softball teams in Hancock County and elsewhere across the state commenced throwing drills. Those sessions with pitchers and catchers marked the first spring athletic activities since the …
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